Thankfulness #2

I am thankful for my...

parents

Mom & Dad (our family trip to Yellowstone)

I am grateful for great parents who raised me in the church and taught me the gospel. They taught me the importance of family. That it was important to support each other and made it a point to always be to our activities. They taught me the importance of being honest when they escorted me back to a store and had me pay for a penny candy that I had taken without paying for it, rest assure that was over 33 years ago, not recently. My mom taught me the importance of not gossiping. "It doesn't do anyone any good and only damages relationships". I remember her telling me that her mother taught her this lesson and she passed it on to her children. My Dad taught me the importance financing my money and investing just plain being frugal. It has payed off. (So when some may wonder why we still have our blue van with over 207,000+ miles on it, or why it has taken us 15 years to buy a DVD player you may call me cheap but I prefer to call it being frugal...I owe it all to my Dad).

My parents have also set a great example to our family by currently serving the Lord on their 2nd mission in Hawaii. (some sacrifice) They are true examples of believers in Christ and I am grateful to call them Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad @ the Polynesian Cultural Center

This is the mission home @ the Polynesian Cultural Center where they spend 5 out of their seven days a week.

Thankfulness

I stole this idea from my sister-in-law April's blog, "who stole it from a friend, who stole...", you get the idea. Each day she states what she is thankful for. I am thankful for

My Brothers and Sisters

I have been blessed with three brothers and three sisters. Growing up my brothers were always willing to share with me. Whenever it was their time to babysit the younger siblings they were more than willing to let me have their turn. My sisters were 5, 7 and 9 years younger than I. While I was interested in all that the "80's" had to offer a teenager, they were enjoying their strawberry shortcake dolls and Saturday morning smurf cartoons. My youngest brother, who is 11 years younger than me, was the stand up comic of the family. Now that we are adults, and have families of our own we love to get together when time permits. All of my siblings live in Utah all within 40 minutes of each other. I, being the only one in Montana, more than 500 miles away, it makes weekend get togethers a little hard. We enjoy yearly family get togethers, and whenever I get to Utah we enjoy seeing everyone. I have learned something valuable from each of my siblings. Brad - hard work, Allen - humor, Stephanie - compassion, Eve - organization and design, Nicole - love of life, Johnny - dedication.

Brad, Cami, Micah, Connor, Taylor

Allen, Cheri, Haley, Tanner, Braden, Madison

J.R., Stephanie, Allison

Adam, Eve, Samantha and Ella

Nicole, with neices Samantha and Ella

Johnny, April, Boston, Gennovah