I was tagged....

Hum, Annie tagged Julie...and now I am it. 3 Things I am grateful for....

Well, I am grateful for many things. I am grateful for life, salvation, faith, unconditional love....

1. I am grateful for friends, I do not have the greatest growing up story...at times it is sad, depressing, exciting, unbelievable, loving, violent, lost, and often lonely. But, God in his wisdom has always blessed me with the right person to love me at the right time. Monica and Autumn who are my friends till the end...they have always been there and loved me unconditionally. Even when I made decisions that were unlovable... Then I moved to North Texas...5 hours away from the dearest people in my life to begin my life with my husband. I was lost....for a long time. I made a few friends when we moved here...Jules and Leslie. Then I found Julie...well actually I found Corey and he said .... you have got to meet my wife..... really, you do! I am so glad I did. I have other friends in North Texas...but, Julie is the one that saved me from me. And I THANK God he gave me the gift of Julie. She understands me in a way only Monica has, that is a gift that I can not explain with all the words in the entire english language.

2. My little girls...especially when they are asleep : ) lol. No really, they give me more reasons than I can name to be a better person. isn't it wonderful that feeling of knowing how much someone loves you? We get mad and angry and grumpy and moody and stubborn...I have no idea where the children got those traits : ) But, at the end of the day we love each other! They are so funny...Meghan who has already decided that she will only grow up to be an animal doctor and marry Avery. Madison who wants to be a people doctor and plans to marry Gabriel and then Breishen. I am trying very hard to make sure she understands...We really only want to have one husband....if at all possible : )

3. Brent, not last, I saved the best for last. I am hard to live with. I am Moody, grumpy, stubborn, opinonated, and I have to have the last word. I want things the way I want them....only the way I want them. I did not have the best example of how to be a good wife, a submissive wife....I try. Really, I do. Except for all of the above mentioned personality traits...I am a joy! In all seriousness, I know God put Brent and I in that bar in college for a reason and it is because we are a perfect match. He loves me unconditioally. Notice the trend...unconditional love.... I am so grateful and thankful for him. He works so hard everyday so that I can kinda be a stay at home mom. I am so Thankful for that and all that he does.... What a wonderful blessing.

I am so blessed. I am thankful for the simple things too....
Bubble baths, love stories, good books, the food network, the smell just before it rains, freshly tilled dirt, purple hull peas, dr pepper (ice cold),
salt water, sea gulls, sunset in San Leon, breaking waves, ship waves, the sound of trees shwishing, snuggles, waking up to find my husband, both children and the cat in my bed, the smell of palmolive, Zinnias, freshly washed babies, an unexected real letter in the mail, new pjs, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, NRH2O, pedicures, someone else washing my hair, flylady and the house fairy....
So many little things....