Wednesday's Thanks

Today's thankful thoughts are brought to you by Cameron! We decided that there are just so many things to be thankful for, that it would take waaaay to long to list them all. So ... we figured eight (1 for each year of his life) would be sufficient! Here they are ...

8 Things Cameron Is Thankful For:

1. My parents
2. A place to live
3. Food to eat
4. Toys to play with
5. All the rest of my family
6. I am healthy and not in a hospital, I have all my body parts, and no broken bones (that goes for the rest of my family too)
7. My friends
8. The clothes and shoes I have to wear

Tuesday's Thanks

Today, I am thankful for this ... a fridge overflowing with mother's day gifts, drawings, book reports, spelling tests, calendars, and postcards.

It means I am a loved mother. It means my son has an incredible imagination and sense of creativity. It means my son can read and spell and works hard to get good grades. It means I have a son who is almost as excited as I am about bringing home these projects that he worked so hard on and is so proud to display. It means a fulfilling life drowning in extracurricular activities and lots of family time. It means notes from friends who are afar, but yet still thinking about us.

It means I might need a bigger fridge.

Thankfulness

Thanksgiving has always been a favorite holiday. This is probably due to the fact that it is very similar to Christmas with the food, family, and all the "day of" activities, but without the financial stress involved. And while it may not be a holiday with the same religious connotations as Christmas, it is a holiday that allows us to reflect on all that we have been blessed with. Perhaps it is the time of year, perhaps it is the obstacles our family has faced lately, or maybe a combination of both that have allowed me to reflect even more so on all that I have to be thankful for. So, this week I'll be blogging a lot about all the incredible things in my life that I have to be grateful for!

The above picture is of an original corn husk doll made by Cameron. They have been studying the Pilgrims and Indians, and made this doll in art class. I won't go into the adventure I had trying to find the corn husks for the class, but let's just say I was very grateful for the employees at Safeway: The checker and produce employee for graciously informing me they actually sell corn husks bags, the girl bagging the groceries for asking me what I was doing with all 30 bundles of Indian corn I had in my cart originally, and for kindly taking it and putting it all back for me when I had my 3 bags of corn husks. :)

NO. 21 Oregon State 19 | Arizona 17

This was on the front page of our sports section this morning. Way to go Beavs! What a fantastic game. I seriously think I wet my pants on three different occasions. Apparently I was "too loud and hurting people's ears" with my yelling. Hmmm. Oh well. Couldn't help that one! Bryan and I were laughing at thought of some of those Wildcats fans leaving the game early thinking they had it in the bag. Oh to be on your way home to celebrate when you hear they actually lost. Ha!!!

Next stop: Civil War.

Bring it on Ducks ... !!

Go Beavs!

Just a reminder for all you Beaver fans ... OSU plays University of Arizona tonight in Tuscon. It's on at 5:00 here, so 4:00 in Oregon? Bryan had a rather late work day - think he got home about 3:30 so we'll be watching the game right here. Chili dogs and Corona. I think we're set. :)

GO BEAVS!