Day 30 - Thankful for Thirty Days of Thanks

Thankful for our thirty day blogging adventure. It has been a wonderful experience. It has also been quite humorous. Of course a few days into our challenge our house got turned upside down, walls knocked out, our front yard torn apart, scared all of our neighbors! All the excitement had Declan sleeping about every two hours (THE WHOLE MONTH OF NOVEMBER!) and Jonathan's car died requiring a full engine rebuild and leaving us with one car right in the middle of the house projects. It was God just exhibiting his sense of humor! I think we did fabulously! Thank you to everyone who let us stay at their house, cooked for us, let us borrow their cars, offered to watch Declan so we could shop for a new car or checked in with us to see how we were doing and asked if we needed anything. We truly feel blessed to have all those wonderful people in our lives. Your generosity is appreciated more than you know.

Thankful that we have wonderful friends, near and far. Thankful that I joined Pi Beta Phi after transferring to UNM and meeting most of my best girls. I met the best of friends in that house. Thankful that Rachel and Jane have babies around the same age that we have grown closer and closer through the years. That now we are growing as women and raising our families nearby. Thankful for my family, my brother and sister, who really became more than just siblings, more like true friends and life companions. Thankful to have met my friend Liz at school my freshmen year of college, the best part of my year and that now we can share parenting Thankful for Camp Enchantment and our Camp E family. Thankful because that is where Jonathan and I met over ten and half years ago. Thankful for all the children that have blessed our lives and prepared us for parenthood! Thankful that we were able to love those that came to Camp Enchantment and grieve together when we lost one of our own. Thank you Camp Enchantment for blessing me with my husband. Also for some of the most inspirational people I have ever known. Thankful for those friends and family who know that my love language is quality time. That they make the effort to spend time with me and our family. Thankful that we had the opportunity to travel, explore and ramble all over the world. Thankful for our little blessing that is Declan. He is more than we ever prayed for, imagined and dreamed. We love you more than there are stars in the skies.
Thank you for all of you who have continued to read throughout our thirty day journey. Thankful that we, as a family, took the time and found a blessing each day to be thankful for, even though life had its challenges. Thank you to Jonathan for sharing in this experience with me and for being so passionate about this journey. I Love You.

Thankful for a photo that needs no explanation...

All the love in the world,
The Mommy Tree