Thankful: Day 30

Today I'm thankful for our health.  We are so, so blessed in the health department.  After our 130 day stint in the hospital with Alexis, we quickly learned that there are SO many things to be "sick" with.  Our little Alexis came out with a handful of health problems, but most have been resolved, thank GOD!  Justin and I had our physicals for life insurance today, finally!  We've been putting off life insurance for far too long and now that we're both past the 30 mark, it's more than time.  I'm thankful our health is good so we could get affordable premiums. 

It's been a fun month of Thanksgiving.  I have SO many things to be thankful for, hence the title of my blog.  My daily gratitudes are over, but I will continue to blog about life's everyday blessings. 

~Be blessed,
           Amy

Thankful: Day 29

Today I'm thankful for 7 year old humor.  Alexis humor.  That girl cracks me up.  She's dramatic in every way (say a prayer for me for the next 10+ years).  She says several funny things each week and I seriously need to be better about writing them down blogging them. 

Here's what she said today....

A little background.  Justin and I finally purchased some substantial life insurance policies (yay!).  We had a traveling nurse at our house early this morning to do medical exams for our new policies and Alexis watched the whole thing.  She had many questions later but her little funny was...."Oh mom, I know why you're wearing that bracelet (an Energy Armor I put on a couple of days ago).  It your new life bracelet.  If you're dying, you just push that button (the magnet) and they send you your life insurance money."

One more Alexis funny. We're driving to go shopping in the morning of Black Friday (about 9:00 a.m.).  She goes..."Mom, whoever named this black friday was confused because it is NOT DARK out." 

I know, someday, her "drama" won't be as funny to me as it is now, so I'm enjoying her silly little sense of humor while it lasts.  I'm thankful for that girl.  She's such a blessing!

Thankful: Day 28

Today I'm thankful for slippers.  I love slippers in the winter time.  They keep my tootsies warm and cozy.  It's been a few long days so I was excited to get home from work today to slip on my comfy clothes and cozy slippers.  Happy Monday!

Thankful: Day 27

Today I'm thankful for sunsets.  I'm blogging while driving home from Tulsa and there is the most beautiful sunset.  I love sunsets and am very thankful God gave them to us to look at.

My camera is in the back of the car but I found a sunset similar to the one I'm looking at.  So beautiful!

Thankful: Day 26

Today I'm thankful for love.  Justin's sister (the other Amy Barber) got married today.  The wedding was beautiful and they had the most precious flower girl. ;)  There was a lot of love going on there.  Justin's fraternal grandparents from Florida came and they've been married 63 years!! Justin and I have great examples in our lives.  We're very fortunate to say none of our parents or grandparents have been divorced.  We've been married 8 years and although love isn't always easy, it's worth it! 

We're doing a couple's small group on Sunday nights and right now we're doing a study called "Staying in Love" by Pastor Andy Stanley.  It's a great study and when it's all over, I'll blog the bullet-points of what we learned. 

Thankful: Day 25

Today I'm thankful for shopping!!!  I love to shop.  I'm very "frugal" so I don't often splurge but I do search high and low for great bargains.  Today is Black Friday and although there weren't a ton of great bargains that caught my eye this year, I did go out and snag some Christmas gifts.  I also got a new phone for me, which is allowing me internet in the car to post this!   Our hotel in Tulsa was also across the way from a very nice shopping center which had a SWEET jewelry store called $1 Jewelry Galore.  It was no joke, all of their jewelry was $1 and some was even 2/$1.  That is my kind of jewelry, folks!  I got 27 new pieces of jewelry.  Not great quality jewelry but "fun" jewelry to wear...even if just a few times.  It was a great day!!

Thankful: Day 24

Happy Thanksgiving.  Today is the day we celebrate thankfulness for everything God has given us.  I am thankful for so, so many things today but I'll narrow it down.  I'm most thankful for family.  We get to spend many days each year with my family since we live in the same town as my parents and siblings.

Today, we got to spend the day with Justin's family.  I can't even remember the last time his parents, siblings, spouses and grandkids were together.  It's been at least 2+ years and that was before Craig and Austin were part of the family so it'll be a special day, especially for Justin's parents as they have all of their kids together (which is rare).

We went to Craig and Amy's church to celebrate, eat, and watch football.  They had a nice big kitchen and dining area so we had plenty of room.  Grandma Kacky (J's mom) went to a TON of work bringing every single grocery and kitchen supply to make an entire Thanksgiving feast, which made me even more thankful for the meal.  It was a fun day...and I ate too much!

I'm posting this before I have pictures uploaded of the day but I'll post them soon!  Check back...