Thankful Tuesday : For Everyone That Has Served Our Country

With Memorial Day yesterday, I thought I would thank every man and woman that has served our country.  What they do is the greatest thing I think any person can do.  They do it for their country and they make this country free.  They make so many sacrifices, they leave their families for months at a time and I don't know what that would be like, my dad and husband have never served in the military.  I want to say Thank You again for what they do for me and for everyone else.  I found these on Pinterest and I thought they were perfect for my blog post.  Enjoy.
                                                                                               

           

Prayers to the victims of the OK tornado

With the tornado that happened in Oklahoma yesterday, I am at a loss of words of what to say to everyone that lives there, so I am not going to be doing my Thankful Tuesday for this week; instead I am going to dedicate my blog post to them.  Everyone that I know that lives there, which isn't that many are all safe and I am thankful for that.  I have never been in a tornado before and I hope I never experience that.  Just from seeing the reports on the news about this tornado and past tornadoes, I am just so sad.  I am praying that they find more people and pets alive in the next few days and that people there can start rebuilding there lives.  Hugs to everyone there.

REACH OUT IN LOVE AND PRAYERS TO THE VICTIMS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND PROPERTIES IN THE MIDWEST STORMS ! JUST A CALL WITH A WORD OF COMFORT OR PRAYERS CAN GO A LONG WAY IN COMFORTING THE VICTIMS !

Thankful Tuesday : My 11 year old son's aides

With my son's last last few weeks of elementary school left, I thought I would write somethings to say thank you to his 2 wonderful aides who I love so very much.  I am not so good with words, but I will try.  You both are awesome in taking care of my son, you know what he likes and what he needs.  You know when to say No to him, even though he will probably have a meltdown, I know what those are like because he has had meltdowns at home.  You know how to make him smile and that is pretty easy to do, especially when he is able to talk to Siri with his morning aides Iphone 4S.  I tell him when you hurt and then he wants to do something for you and flowers are always the first thing he thinks of to give to you.  He also knows what cars you drive to school because well he loves cars and well he asks every adult at the school what kind of car they drive and he remembers what they drive.   Over the years of being his aides, you have helped him with science fairs, math, reading, spelling, dances, taking him swimming once a week and everything else you do at school.  I thank you both for all that you have done for him, I couldn't ask for anything more.  I will miss both of you for all that you have done for him, but thank heavens for facebook because I can let both of you know how he is doing in middle school, but you can always visit him anytime.

Zach with his afternoon aide

Thankful Tuesday : Brothers

Tyler and Tim at the MTC in 1993.  

I have 2 younger brothers, who I love very much.  I may not see them very often, but I do think of them.  1 of them lives in CA and now the other 1 lives in TX.  I wish I lived closer to them, well I wish I lived closer to my parents and any of my siblings, but I don't.  Maybe someday I will. It is great to have brothers.  Growing up I loved watching movies with Tyler, but sometimes it would take us forever to figure out which movie to watch.  After all these years, it still takes me forever to figure out what movie to watch some of the time and I have several movies to choose from.  Then there is my brother Tim, who would help me with Geometry because well I just couldn't understand it.  To this day I still don't understand it, but that is okay.  Enjoy the pictures of my brothers taken over the years.

Tyler, me, Grandpa Allen at my wedding in Dec. 1994.  Tim was on a mission.

Tyler in 2010.

Tim and Sarah.  I think they were already married.

Tyler and me.  I think this was in 1999.

Tim and my son Ethan, when he was about 3 weeks old.

Tim playing video games with 3 of his nephews in 2010.