Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for my marriage and husband.

Oh sure we don't live a glamorous life and sometimes life gets pretty mundane and other times totally bizarre, but through the thick and thin we stand by each other. We choose each other over anyone else on this earth. I am extremely grateful for that.

You all know, I can get annoyed with my husband (and he can get annoyed with me) but one thing I have always known is that God gave him to me. I try my best (and my best is far from perfect) to cherish that gift. I can see almost every step of my life leading straight to him and knowing almost instantly that he was the one for me.

KLove is doing the Love Dare until Valentine's Day, I have been intrigued by this dare since we saw the movie Fireproof (which was excellent by the way) but of course my marriage was/is not in the turmoil of those characters. But the Love Dare is for anyone. I probably won't post about this again, but I am challenging myself to this Dare so I can better cherish the gift God has given me. Will you challenge yourself too?

Thankful Thursday

As some of you may have ascertained, ES can be a peculiar child. We don't have your typical household of running around to soccer, baseball, football or any other big team sport. Any sport I have attempted with ES has been met with a resounding NO! I force him to swim. Somedays it is a fight to get him there but I feel like he needs to MOVE and not just sit around and read or play video games and he always seems to enjoy himself once he gets there.

Tonight we attempted something new. Fencing! We first watched fencing during the 2008 summer Olympics. One day, I caught ES with a stick jabbing at a bush and I commented that he looked like a real fencer. Since then he has been asking to fence for and they do offer it at the local recreation center. The kicker was that he had to be 8. Well, now he is 8 and I was sure he was going to change his mind, but he didn't. I signed him up and he started tonight. I actually saw my child LAUGH and put on stinky clothes willingly (he won't bowl because of the shoes)!

Blunos, ES, Myself, and YB before fencing began.

I am sure part of the fun it is that Coach Geoff of Have Blade Will Travel truelly enjoys what he does. He even had the parents laughing in their seats.

Don't let him poke you ES! :-)

The Have Blade website says that:
"Fencing has often been referred to as physical chess because of the high mental discipline that it requires. It is a great alternative sport to those that may not feel like they fit in with the mainstream sports.".

I am thankful we seem to have found something ES will enjoy that does not involve a controller or a book. :-) Only time will tell if we found a perfect fit, but for today I am thankful I got to see ES laugh and enjoy himself off the couch. :-)


Ok, so it technically isn't Thursday, I tried to schedule the post for tomorrow and it didn't work and I don't feel like messing around with it, so here it is. :-)

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for the gorgeous weather that God provided for us on Saturday for Blunoz's Wetting Down and all of our wonderful friends and family.

I was having heart palpitations all week over the thought of 75+ people in my house but the Lord provided a beautiful day. At the end of the night I was sure that someone who had RSVPed had not actually shown up. So we went through the list and, yes indeed, everyone who said they were coming came! I swear there was only about 40 people here. :-)

As scary as the thought of 75 people in my house was, we were truly honored that everyone wanted to come share in this accomplishment with us. When throwing a party, the rule of thumb is that about 1/4th of the people you invite are not going to be able to make it. In the case of this party, I think maybe only 1/16th or 1/20th of the people we invited were unable to come.

It is hard to believe that Blunoz has reached the rank of Commander. When we met, he was a Liuetenant, junior grade (an O-2) and now he is a Commander (an O-5). I wonder where the years have gone and I wonder what the years ahead of us will hold. But I know that no matter what the Lord has in store for us, we will be surrounded by people that love and support us. Thank you our friends and family (even to those who were only merely here in spirit)!

So I guess, in a nutshell, I am thankful for where we have been and where we will go!

Thankful Thursday (A Day Late)

Hmm, I missed Thankful Thursday last week! How rude of me and even though I wrote this yesterday, I am a day late in posting! :-)

Blunoz is pinning on Commander this weekend so the in-laws have flown in for the big event (ans my mom arrived yesterday) and we spent Wednesday getting the house ready for a HUGE Wetting Down party (umm around 70 people to be exact).

So what am I thankful for?

I am thankful for my in-laws. Yes, you heard me right. My in-laws. I was feeling pretty nauseous over the entire thing but since their arrival I have been feeling better. My MIL is actually an event planner, so while that does add some stress because she thinks of things I would have never thought of, it is good to know someone is taking care of those little details.

I am not only grateful for the help they are providing (I was sitting here listening to my FIL vacuum the main stairway) but I am also thankful for the role they play in our lives and our children's lives. I love that they are so involved in our lives and visit often. With Blunoz's schedule, it is not easy (next to impossible) for us to go visit them. This is their second trip out here since we arrived back in NoVa and a third is planned for October (they live in Oregon, so it is a long trip for them). I always had such a close relationship with my grandparents, I am glad that my boys will have the same thing.
And yes, I knew when my mom arrivds she would also be very helpful (can we say "dusted house") and I will be thankful that she is here as well. I know that YB is looking forward to a good game of Garbage with Grammy!

Thankful Thursday

Wow, is it Thursday already? Where has the week gone?

Today I stop to think about what I am thankful for...

• a child who loves to read (out loud to his brother and quietly to himself).

• safe travels for Blunoz as he went half way around the world and back in about 54 hours.

What are you thankful for?