Thankful for Matasha and Dustin

Matasha!

I’m so thankful that you are my cousin!  You have always been so fun and cute!

I LOVE that you are so close to having your sweet baby girl!  And that I secretly found out before your big announcement!  haha  You are going to love being a Mama!

I am so thankful you have a great husband that is so excited for your baby too!  I can only imagine how she is going to have her Daddy wrapped around her little finger!  Seeing your babies Daddy love and play with your baby is one of the sweetest things EVER! 

I love that you are so creative!  Your jewelry is amazing!

I love your style of decorating!  I can not wait to see your babies nursery!  You have an awesome talent for that!

I am thankful for the love between you, your mom, and sisters!  You girls are hilarious!  I love your funny pictures and stories you all share on your blogs!

I am thankful for how sweet you have always been!  I’ve even heard people talk about you not knowing we are cousins saying what a sweet girl you are!

I love all of your pregnancy updates!  It’s crazy how much I miss it!  Even though it was rough, it is such a great experience!  God has given us such an amazing gift to be mommies! 

I love all the memories I have of us growing up and getting together a couple times a year, even if that’s all it was.  Those memories are some of my favorites.  Easter and Christmas time!  So much fun!

I’m so thankful that our babies will grow up together.  It’s so much fun keeping in touch and watching babies so close in age to Zac grow up!  I can not tell you how excited I am for you to have your baby!  It’s the greatest experience ever, definitely hard and crazy, but such an amazing blessing from God!

Thankful for Raquel and Harold

Raquel,

I’m thankful that once upon a time, our parents became friends, and through them we became friends. 

I’m thankful for the memories I have of us playing “Werewolf” at the apartments we lived in.  It’s so funny that I live in the same apartment complex now.  20 years later.  haha

I’m thankful for the old pictures of us my mom has.  They crack me up every time I see them.  I will always remember Desi with no front teeth.  It was so cute!

I love that you moved away and since have gotten an Arkansas accent.  I loved talking to you when we finally found each other through facebook.  It was like we have always been in touch!  Speaking of talking to you, I should be a better friend and call you again!  We really need to have a reunion get together!

I’m thankful for you sharing your sister stories and that Desi came out here and I got to see her for a minute.  I’m also thankful to know Darienne through facebook.  She is so cute!  And Breck has sure grown up (how old did that make me sound?).  Crazy!

I’m thankful for your love of keeping your house so cute and decorated!  I’m such a slacker.  I used to be much better at it!  I can’t wait to own a house and actually be able to put color on the walls!

I’m thankful for how hard you made me laugh when we talked on the phone that first time after not seeing each other for so long.  You crack me up!

I love that we have so much in common.  Talking to you was so much fun!  We should be neighbors!

I’m thankful for the love you have for your family.  You can tell how close you all are and how much you love to get together.  You have so much fun!

I’m thankful for sisters!  Really is there much that is better than a sister?  I love all your sister pics and love how goofy you are together!

Thankful for Lorraine!

Lorraine!

What words would even express my love for you and Chrissie?!  And of course, your whole family and all your love for Jesus!  Thank you God, for Chrissie!

I’m so thankful for my time on bed rest, before I had by sweet baby boy!  It was then that I found your blog through Polly/Kristen’s!  Who would have thought I’d be thankful for bed rest?!

I’m so thankful for your sweet Chrissie!  What an inspiration she is to so many!  I love her so much!

I’m so thankful for all your pictures of Chrissie and for you sharing her story with us as hard as it had to be.  What a sweet smile she has!  Thank you!

Thank you for sharing with Polly, and for sharing www.haveheart.net.  It was through that comment that I found your blog.  Thank you!

I am so thankful for you sharing the Gospel with Chrissie and her love that she had for Jesus at such a young age!  I can only pray that my baby will love Jesus when he’s such a little guy!  I pray that he becomes best friends with Jesus!  I pray that me and my husband raise Zac in a way that he knows Jesus and that Jesus will show Zacky who He is!  There would be nothing better!

Thank you for showing us your great example as Christian parents through your blog!  Thank you, Jesus, for technology/blogging to share Your Word and Your Gospel!  THANK YOU JESUSThank you for your love for adoption/orphans!  You have such a big heart for children that need mommies and daddies.  Thank you for spreading the word for those babies.  I pray that they all find their Forever Families!  Thank you for being Chrissie’s!  PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!

Thank you for the charity contributions/prayers you give.  Thank God for giving you the opportunity that you are able to give as much as you do, and for being an inspiration to others to do the same or to do MORE than we would normally do.  The power of prayer is HUGE! 

Thank you, Lorraine, for your love of children.  For you giving all of kids Forever Families!  What a blessing!

Thank you God for your gift of eternal life!  That you want nothing more than for us to seek you!  For us to repent of our sins and have a change of mind, to live our lives for you.  To ask for forgiveness, and you will forgive!  That you gave your Son to pay four OUR sins!  That He died on the cross so OUR sins would be forgiven, so we could live eternally in Heaven with YOU!  THANK YOU GOD! 

Thankful for Jana

Jana,

Oh Jana, I’m thankful that I married Luke and we are now cousins.  And I love that on one of your posts you said you were glad I FINALLY married Luke.  Ok, so it was probably more like he FINALLY asked me to marry him!  haha  Now, if Charlie would just marry cute little Faye!

I’m thankful for your love for photography!  Even when you go “paparazzi” on me, like at the Ryan Shupe concert.  Sneaky you!

I’m thankful for the shout outs to me on your blog!  Silly, but I love it!

I love that I FINALLY got to see beyond the outside of your house this Halloween.  How have I driven by so many times and never stopped?! 

I love how excited you and your family were to see Zac, Baby Mario, when we stopped.  Your reactions couldn’t have been better.  Too bad Mario was so sleepy!

I love that you went to Snow, even if it was only for a little bit.  I knew you’d love Ephraim!

I loved hearing your stories of when you did live in Ephraim.  It brought back fun memories of when I went to Snow.  Or at least I was enrolled.  I super sucked and hardly ever went to class.  I was even too afraid to check my grades.  Lame!  I did at least love my English.  I’m sure I passed that class.

Is it silly to say that I love that you think I’m funny?  I sort of do love that.  haha  You and Zac think I’m funny.  haha

Thanks that you don’t love winter sports.  Pictures are always fun, but warm is better!

I am extremely thankful for the one post you said how grateful you were for me being open with my Christian faith.  I always feel like I could be more open and share more and know I should.  This specifically made me feel good and wants me to be better at sharing!  Thanks!

Thankful for Michelle and Vern

Michelle,  (PRIVATE BLOG)

I’m thankful that a looong time ago we were little neighbor girls riding our bikes around the block with our little sisters.

I’m thankful for the pictures my mom took of my birthday parties when I was little with you and Natalie in them.  I really was gonna wait to post this so I could scan a picture of the party just for fun, but it’s at my mom’s and that would require a lot of work.  haha

I’m thankful for the old pictures you and Natalie have posted on your blog of when we were little to make me laugh remembering you two as little girls.

I’m thankful for blogs and facebook to keep in touch with old friends and so I can see pics of your cute kiddos!

I’m thankful that there is someone out there that is more “behind” on blogging than me!  ;)

I’m thankful for Vern back in highschool making one of the best meals I have ever eaten!  You are one lucky lady!  haha

I’m thankful for your family and the memories I have of hanging out at your house in elementary school.

I’m thankful for Terrel’s Grocery Store.  Especially the bakery!  I can’t tell you how long I’ve been craving a Terrel’s glazed donut!  It’s ridiculous! 

I’m thankful for the birthday post Natalie did for you about her memories and great things about you.  I thought it was so sweet!  And loved reading it!

I’m thankful for technology that even though we don’t see each other we can stay in touch through the internet.  Even if it is just through blog-stalking! 

Grandpa MJ and Zacky

This will be Zac’s favorite spot to hang out watching sports with Grandpa.  I think he already loves it! Grandpa loves to watch Zac suck on his binky through the hole in the middle.

Thankful for Rachael and Garrett

Rachael,

I’m so thankful that our husbands are golf buddies, for you opening your home to Luke when he was in town for a golf tournament, and for Luke telling me how awesome you are so that now we can be cyber friends (until we actually finally meet anyway).  Luke really still tells me how cool you are whenever I have your blog up.  He loves your kids!

I’m so thankful for your blog and seeing all the fun things you do as a mom!  I hope I can be a fun mom like you and show my kids all sorts of fun things like you do.  I love all your mini daytrips you guys do! 

I love your creativity!  That cowboy baby shower you threw was so super cute!

I am so thankful for the soap you make and for you sending it to me!  I am especially in love with the ones with seeds to exfoliate when the seasons change and my skin gets dry.  They smell amazing!  Thank you!  (PS  I am such a slacker on my thank you cards!)

I love the blanket you made Zac!  And the cute apron you made me awhile ago.  You are so thoughtful!  Thanks again!

I’m thankful for all the cute photos of your cute kiddos, so we can see them grow up!  They are adorable and your pics are great!  Luke really can’t believe how big Brady is!

I’m thankful for your facebook updates of how productive you are!  You inspire me. 

I’m thankful for friends who live outside of Utah, so I can see the beauty of where you live too!  I love your backyard!

I’m thankful for the friendship Luke and Garrett have and that they are able to stay in touch.

I’m thankful for friends that are good mommy examples to me!  I can see how much you love your babies and all the fun things you come up with to do with and for them!