#74

I am grateful for:

74. a week with my entire family all together in one place.
75. A dad who lets us tease him, and wakes up every morning with the kids to make them pancakes.
76. A mom who spends all of her life planning and preparing fun activities for her grandkids, and Loves all of them to pieces. She spent all of her time in the past few weeks making the tree house of all tree houses. She built it all by herself!!! While my brother, the builder, acted as her personal building consultant, and answered all of her questions over the phone. I am also grateful that we have a lot of fun together and I always know that she loves having us around no matter what.
77. Danny, who always puts his arm around me in a loving, big brother way and calls me when he gets a minute.
78. Meredith, who always gives me a compliment and has a sweet way about her in everything she does.
79. David, who has almost gained Grandma status because he is always on the kids level, playing and having fun with them, and who always makes for good conversation. And, for the opportunity I have to be a big sister, because I always will always love him in a special way.
80. For Megan, who blends so seemlessly into our family. She is fun, sweet, cute, beautiful, helpful, wise, fashionable, playful, loving, adorable, and great in every way. I really just adore her. I don't think anyone could help it.
81. Angi, who is teasable, and has always been there for me, always. She is everyone's protector, and has little inhibition, which makes her a great playmate for people of all ages.
82. Jeff, who adds humor to life, and provided me with his interpretation of "me" when I begged him, and was right on, in an amazingly accurate way. Jeff has a way of making me feel like he has accepted me, I really appreciate that.
83. Kariann, who gets me, and adds energy to life, and also plans all of our days and keeps us on task, which I am SOOO grateful for, because, I have to admit, I like a plan, and its a hard job.
84. Chad, who plays hard and helps hard, a great dad, and great to my kids.
85. Brad, who was willing to fly out just for the weekend, just so that I could stay with my family for Thanksgiving and he knew I wanted him to. And for how much I love having him around.
86. All of the cousins, and how much fun they had together. And that they have all of these opportunities to grow close to one another eventhough we live so far apart.
87. Christ, who came to earth, so that we can know how to live, and the peace that comes to my life as I follow him.
88. To be me. Quirks, and all.
89. My life, and all that it includes, the joy that comes from the good things, and the growth, and joy that comes from the hard things.
90. The times that God answers my prayers, and the times that he gifts me with blessings I didn't even ask for.