A new day.

Time for some upbeat and good news! 
With Thanksgiving in ONE WEEK... I feel it appropriate to list some recent reasons to be grateful.
1.) We have an apartment that keeps us warm and provides shelter to us.
2.) The location of our temporary home has lead us to a wonderful church ward and amazing friends.
3.) AJ just bought me a camera I have been wanting since my Jun. year of high school.  
4.) My husband admires my dreams.
5.) My husband, in general.
6.) There is a healthy baby growing inside of me that has been moving and we have heard a strong heartbeat. AND their is a healthy baby growing in AJ's sister right now too!
7.) Wonderful family and friends back in Missouri and...big breath... Texas, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, One of the Dakotas, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Arizona....
8.) The cute three year-olds I teach Sunday School to who think that BYU is a country.  
9.) When my husband sits down and plays on the piano (well, keyboard)
10.) Neighbors that come over in their pajamas to play dominos and help us eat our ice-cream before it gets freezer burnt.
11.) Clog America, that sends Matt through Provo.  A long Logan drive that sends Anna through Provo.  Meetings that send my parent in-laws through Provo... and anything that sends anyone we love through Provo so we can see them.
12.) Emails that tell us how everyone is doing from far away places.
13.) A warm blanket and big pile of pillows that help me sleep at night... or any time of the day.
14.) Professors that care about my health and overall well-being.
15.)  . . . it's taken a while for me to get to it...but, as always, FOOD.
16.) Phones that let me talk to my dad about insurance, my mom about recipes, and my grandma and I about life in general and Harry Potter.  
17.) And, as I look up right now and see the back of AJ's head. Why? . . . because he is facing the sink and washing dishes from when we had lunch with his parents.
Life is better than I made it seem in my last post.  Sorry! There are so many other reasons for me to be grateful but these were on the top of my mind!....


Thank you for being one of those friends/family that I am so grateful for.