I’d like to keep this short because as with Nate’s birthday post, if I really get going, I’ll never, ever stop.

I am so grateful for my life. I am grateful to be here. I thank the Lord each day for my family, my situation in life, my relative health, and even my struggles because they have certainly contributed to who I am today. I am grateful to feel His love and guidance in my life.

I am grateful for friends that surround me. They truly enrich my life.

I am, of course, grateful for knitting. It has been a wonderful way to exercise my creative side, and to do something for myself while still being actively involved with my children. What I mean by this is that I can knit while listening to and talking with them, which seems to be what my little girls need. They are such emotional, expressive little people. They never stop talking. And they don’t just talk. They ask the most complicated questions. They are so inquisitive about the world, and people, and relationships, and how everything connects. It is quite draining, actually, but while I’m in my chair, knitting, they surround me and talk, and ask, and I can talk with them.

I am grateful to be able to stay home with my children.

I am grateful for this blog. I don’t mean to sound shallow, but I really am. For the people I’ve met, the friends I’ve made, and the things I’ve learned. I thank those of you who have reached out in the comments and taught and encouraged me. It is most appreciated. Most importantly, I’m thrilled to have found a way to share my day-to-day life with those that I love that are far from me.

I am grateful for my incredible husband. He is such a strength to me. He supports and loves me in a way I could never have imagined or even hoped for.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who are celebrating it. Thank you, to the rest. Have a wonderful weekend.

Yesterday morning I worked out and cleaned bathrooms. Yesterday afternoon, once Abby came home from her half day of school, we went to Seattle to play at the Children’s Museum.

I tried many times to get my good friend Celeste to come with me, but in the end, it was just the kids and I. It was actually quite nice. I took Lauralund because it is easy knitting which would enable me to adequately watch the children.

It was a weekday, so the museum wasn’t crowded which meant that I could relax and knit. They had an art station set up for the kids to make candles. (Should’ve got a picture of that).

We left shortly before closing so we could haul up to the Science Center before they closed and play at the shadow wall, which is Veronica’s absolute favorite thing.

By the time everything closed, forcing us to head towards home, it was dark.

All in all, it was a great, fun day. If you’d like to see our last stop, click the link. I realize that all of these pictures are in varying degrees of blurriness. I need a new camera.