"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Melody Beattie

Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever read. Maybe not ever. But it is beautiful. 

Happy Thanksgiving. We have a hundred leaves on our thankful tree that say "friends & family" on them. That is you! (In case you forgot.)

Big Kisses for all of you!

We recently took a trip to Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. We wanted to send you all BIG KISSES!!!

 

Grey is hugging this Hershey's bar because it's the closest thing we could get to hugging something as sweet as you.

Boy do we miss you guys.

Our Valentine's Adventure

This year for Valentine's Day we and our friends took a trip to Boston. We went to dinner Friday night at Five Guys because my kids LOVE burgers, and then we babysat for our friend at the hotel while they went to the Boston LDS temple. M. wasn't feeling well, so she and I stayed in with Grey while Matt took Jill, Hannah, and our friend Sam swimming. The girls had so much fun bouncing around and having a late night party with their friend.

Saturday morning we had a lovely, HOT, complimentary breakfast. Then our friends watched the girls and Grey while we went to the temple. A big storm was rolling in, so we didn't stay in town long. To round out the day we took the girls to see the temple for themselves. What a fabulous time we had. And what beautiful children we have. They are so very excited to go inside someday.