So Blessed

So eight things that I am thankful for. Yes its long, with no pictures. Sorry. Here we go.

I'm thankful that Eric got into the MAcc program at the U.

For those of you who don't know. Eric graduates in December with a Bachelors in accounting. We were very blessed to find out 3 fridays ago that he was accepted into the MAcc (masters of accouting). He will start in January. We are so excited for the new adventure and for all the opprutunities this could open for us (okay mostly Eric).

I'm thankful for fasting.

I can't count the times that my/our life has been blessed through fasting. I'm sure that there are time that I was blessed and didn't even know it. I have fasted for many things. For an opprotunity, an answer,  guidance, safety, understanding, and so much more.

I'm thanful for scholarships.

We have been incredibly blessed with scholarships. Not only was Eric's undergrad paid through a scholarshp, but we found out last Tuesday that he recieved a scholarship for his masters. We are so blessed to have this extra help in paying for school.

I'm thankful for my parents.

I have such wonderful parents. They taught me so many life lessons. They knew when to let me suffer through the consequences and become a better person, and they knew when to help me through lifes challenges. They gave me so much. They made me laugh so hard that I would cry, and laugh when I was crying. They are still there to give me advice. I couldn't have asked for better parents. I love them so much, and I am so thankful for everything they did for me.

I'm thankful for Eric's parents.

I saw a necklace on pinterest that was meant for a bride to give to her mother in law. It said "Thank ou for raising the man of my dreams." I know that Eric is the man that he is today because of his parents. I'm also thankful for the way I was welcomed into their family. I am so blessed to feel like I am a part of their family and simply their son's wife.

I'm thankful for warm winter clothing.

Just in case you didn't know I'm the kind of person who is always cold. I can wrap up in a blanket in the middle of summer and absolutely love it. I love that even when I'm walking through snow and ice to get to my classes that I can stay warm.

I'm thankful for our apartment.

When we first walked into our apartment. I was devistated. There is a reason that there aren't any pictures of our apartment on here. The walls are cinderblock, the carpet is hard, thins, and pink, the linolium is grey and orange, and on top of all of that it stuck. At first we talked about how we would immediately look for a new place because this one is just awful.

I'm so happy that we got caught up in school and didn't have time. As we have move our stuff in and taken some time to decorate and personalize we have grown to like our apartment. It feels like home now, and honestly leaving will be bittersweet.

On top of that I have realized just how licky we are to have a place to live. So many people don't have a nice place to live, or there homes have been damaged through unexpected events. I am so happy that I have  nice, warm, safe place to go home to a night

I'm thankful for out ward.

One of the reasons I have grown to love our apartment is our wonderful neighbors. We have made so many great friends in our ward. We truly feel like we belong there.

Giving Thanks Days 3 & 4

Well I already messed up but that's okay I will just do two days again.

I am thankful for the Temple.

Obviously there are many ways that I have been blessed by the temple. I have been endowed and sealed to my husband and family forever. These are such great blessings all by themselves. I couldn't ask for any greater blessing. Despite that I still receive many other blessing form the temple. Whenever I go ,no matter what mood I was in when I went I come out feeling better. I always feel peace, love and comfort when I am there and when I come with questions I always leave with answers.

On the day of the shooting in Colorado I had a feeling of dread all day long. I knew that it was kind of silly but I couldn't help but think about easily our lives can be taken from us. I thought about all those innocent people died. I became scared as I thought about the world my children will have to grow up. My childhood seems so safe and carefree, and I wondered it I would be able to give my children the same thing.

Eric and I went to the temple that same night. I went thinking about the same things but as soon as I walked in I felt comfort. I immediately knew that everything was going to be alright. I knew that Heavenly Fathers plan is perfect. I knew that even though bad things happen there are still good people in the world.

I left the temple feeling happy and comforted, knowing that my Heavenly Father loved me.

I am blessed by an all knowing Heavenly Father.

There have been many times when I have had good goals and for whatever reason my path was turned away for those goals. At first I was always confused looking back and thinking what did I do wrong. Only after I would be able to look back and see that my Heavenly Father did know better than me. I can know see why. I am so happy that I was lead away from those things that I thought were good and lead to those thing that Heavenly Father knew where better.

In high school I had planned to serve a mission. As I neared the age of 21 I began to pray about going on  mission. As I prayed I got the feeling that a mission was not right for me. I was slightly confused but knew that by not going on  mission I was making the right choice. At the time I thought it was because I was suppose to finish school. I decided to continue with school and pray again when I was done. The next semester I met Eric. I now know that I didn't go on a mission because of timing. If I had gone I never would have met Eric.

There are many other times were my Heavenly Father has blessed me through his knowledge. Probably a lot more than I actually know.

I am so grateful for Temple and a loving, all knowing Heavenly Father. Both have blessed me life greatly, probably in more way than I know.

Giving Thanks

I know that for November a lot of people rite something they are thankful for there status everyday. I thought instead of putting it on facebook I would try write a post about something I am thankful for or about a way that I have been blessed. I don't know how well it will work because I'm not the most reliable blogger, but I will give it a shot. Today I will write about two since I didn't do it yesterday.

I am thankful for a husband who know my limits and tells me it is okay.

At our apartment complex the pass around signs that say trick-or-treaters welcome, because we live where there are a lot of international students who may not celebrate or understand Halloween. We of course put up our sign. I was so excited to pass out candy to the adorable kids in our apartment complex. At about  8:30 the trick-or-treaters stopped, but at 9 they started again. These were different though. They weren't cute little kids in absolutely adorable costumes, they were teenagers and adults who kind off, but not really had costumes. I slowly became irritated. I'm blessed with and thankful for a husband who knew me well enough to know it was bugging me, and who let me know that it was okay to take down our sign.

I am thankful for prayer.

I am so thankful that I can prayer to loving Heavenly Father and express every concern or desire I have. I am so happy to know that he know exactly what I mean even when I don't express myself well. I've always had a hard time putting my feelings into words. I'm also grateful my prayers are answered.

When I was nine or ten years old I was driving home with my dad. For whatever reason the gas light didn't come on and we ran out of gas on the freeway at night. We were about 10 miles from home. My dad sat there for a second thinking and then said well I guess we're walking. As we got out of the car I said a silent pray in my heart. I don't remember the exact words, but I know that I prayed that we would get home safely. We hadn't been walking very long when a car pulled over and asked us if that was our truck pulled over. We said yes. They asked us were we going. We told them Layton. They said that they were going there and that they would give us a ride. We gratefully got into there car. After talking for a little while we found out that on of the passengers went to high school with my aunt.

My prayer was answered. Not only did make it home safely, we need to walk, and we were blessed to be picked up by people who we a connection with. When we got home my dad told me to remember to thank Heavenly Father for getting us home safely.

I'm also thankful that through prayer I can let my Heavenly Father know how grateful I am for everything that he does for me.