Thankful Thursday

This Thursday as I sit in the living room of my mom's house in Nebraska I have a lot to be thankful for. I am thankful for:

~Making Christmas cookies with Grandma! The little ones have always made sugar cookies with Grandma. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, Grandma or Claire!

Claire's motto is "you can never have too many sprinkles!"
Grandma Vickie and Claire!

~For snow! Ok, I'm not thankful for the cold but it sure looks pretty outside! Plus we will have a white Christmas!

~For a chance for cousins to play together in the snow! Hunter has been looking forward to playing in the snow for a long time. He stayed outside for over an hour!

Nicholas, Hunter and Zach

Hunter, Maggie, Sierra and Mia Claire and Stacey are climbing up the big hill of snow. Sierra is smiling at us!
Claire making a snow angel! Mia!


Maggie! The boys are king of the hill!

~Time spent with family and friends! We visited San Antonio on our way to Nebraska. It was wonderful to see our friends and visit our old church. Laurie, please share your pictures! I realized later that you took all the pictures! It was great to see our "parents" again too. Larry and Barbara are so special to us and love us like their own children!

~I am thankful for this time of year and the time we take to remember the birth of our Savior. Christmas is about so much more than presents and Santa. It is about our God sending His son to this world to save us from our sins. That is the best present we can get and one we certainly don't deserve! Take some time to reflect on how God has blessed you this Christmas season. I for one have been blessed beyond belief!