30 Days of...

Day 30... 

It may be the last 'official' day, but my thankfulness won't end here! It can't when you live by grace! My life isn't perfect by any means... I mean, who's is really?? Perfection within one's life is just what you create on your own, within your own heart. My life is perfect, to me and for me... and I will continue to be thankful for it until my days come to an end!!

Here are some quotes that I love.... I am going to keep them close in the months to come to remind me of this 30 Days of Thankful blogging!! Doing this has been so fun and reenergizing for me!!

 It may just become a yearly tradition.

Without knowing that grace is gift given at all times, thankfulness just doesn't happen!!!

When I lose sight of all the blessings and mercy that is given to me on a daily basis (and it happens often I am sad to say), this quote helps!! I try to say it as I lay down each night... :)

You can never be too Thankful!!!

Always - Abbey

30 Days of...

Day 29.. one day left!

Man! Time flies... I am happy and sad that November is coming to an end :)) Happy because I love this time of year and look forward to the Christmas holidays coming up! I am also happy that, even tho I could go on for what seems like an endless amount of days posting about all that I am thankful for.. the thankful posts are coming to an end!! I am sure I will look back and love all the thankfulness!! But I am anxious to get back to refocusing my blogs on crafts and other fun stuff that I like to write about... and maybe with the new year coming I will add in some bonus health/fitness posts!! 

Posting for 30 straight days really helps you realize the amount of good that fills your life! It forces you to notice not only the big, obvious things to be thankful for but also the small, minuet things that fill your days and make you happy without even realizing it!! So, I will be sad to not have to post each day and focus on all the blessings we/I have!!

With that said and to make sure I get in every last bit of random and purposeful thankfulness... here is some more :))

 I am thankful for new decorations that make a space took totally different!

Thank You Willow House and Pinterest for making this idea happen, and sprucing up my kitchen a bit!!

I am thankful for a decorated house... it just warms up the place ;))

We spent the whole afternoon last Sunday decorating and enjoying each other!! It was a fun day that filled my cup more than I can say!

I am also thankful for my brother, my sister-in-law, and their 3 boys!! Looking thru pictures always makes me smile! You get to look back on good times, great memories and things you had forgotten you did!! Today, I found this pic...

It's not the best pic, and for some reason I can't make it any bigger ! 

BUT nonetheless, it makes me smile because it is my family together with my brother's family!! Our kids may be crazy loud and rambunctious when they get together, but they will remember growing up together, just like I remember fun times with my brother and our cousins! I adore that we all live close enough to see each other as often as we want and to share important milestones together!! I love that my sister-in-law and I have grown close, have a lot in common, and share a love of family that goes beyond the "in law" status!! I am thankful that my brother and I grew up close... loving Mtv, 70/80's music, arguing but laughing when it counted, and shared our milestones together thru the years! I look forward to seeing our boys grow up together and our families celebrating many, many more fun times together like the one above!

Always - Abbey

30 Days of...

Day 28...

Today I am going to try to be thankful for the negative, stressful things in my life! I know I have read something similar to this before, but here is my own personal version:

I am thankful for the multiple loads of laundry, cause it means my loved ones are active and blessed with energy to get dirty!

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I am thankful for the alarm clock going off this morning, because it means I woke up to enjoy another day in a life I love.

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I am thankful for, what seems like never ending amounts of dead grass that end up all over our house and shows up so obviously on our wood floors! It reminds me that our boys love to play outside and that we are blessed with a big, safe backyard for them to run around in!

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I am thankful that I have to go to the grocery store today... I am blessed with a family to feed, growing boys that snack like maniacs, and a hubby who loves my cooking!

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I am thankful for a garage full of tubs and craft items that are waiting for me to 'redo' them!! Although I know it drives the hubs nuts, I know all the memories that those tubs store!!! Baby pics, bibs, sweet outfits our boys wore in their 3 month pictures, blankets and toys I hope to pass on to our grandkids! I love knowing we are fortunate enough to have "stuff", when so many in this world don't!!!

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I am thankful for the toothpaste marks all over the sink and mirror, that I try to keep clean every day... it means our boys are learning to take care of themselves!

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I am thankful for the bills we have to pay... simply because it means we are earning our living, working as a family to make ends meet and to give each other a life full of precious earnings that we come by on our own!!

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I am thankful for the unmade beds (that drive my OCD crazy) because it means our family had a warm, safe night's sleep!

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I am thankful for this crazy life we lead... the weeks ahead are full of parties, birthdays, lunches, soccer practices and games, church activities, dinners, family arriving, school performances, trips to here and there... you name it and we will squeeze it in! 

It gets stressful and sometimes cumbersome, but I wouldn't trade it for anything! It is our life, it is given to us by God's grace! He chose us to lead this life and I am proud to follow his lead! I could get bogged down in all the difficulties in the plan God has laid before me, but instead I am going to be thankful for them!!!

Always - Abbey