Thankful Thursday

1. The grass is green! I mowed the lawn for the first time this year today. Flowers are blooming! It looks so much prettier outside. Now we just need some leaves on our trees.

2. I am VERY thankful for my new flash for my camera. I am learning how to use it.

3. We are all much healthier than we were a week ago!

4. I forgot to mention last week that I was thankful my pastor came to visit us the first night we were in the hospital, and I also appreciated the two beautiful blankets and two stuffed animals Oliver was given (donated by people in the community for patients). He got an extra blanket because he threw up on the first one.

5. The kids and I had a nice dinner at Perkins last night. Last year I used three free birthday dinner coupons - one at the Watson Inn with just Nadia (if you go on your actual birthday you can order any meal up to $20 for free), and I took all three kids to Perkins and Red Robin last April. This year I decided just to use the coupon for the free meal at Perkins. I took the kids in between gymnastics and AWANA, and it went very well, which was a big relief as the last time the five of us went to Friendly's it was a disaster.

6. Oliver took a much longer than usual nap today (1hr 45 min), which was a HUGE help to me as I was able to mow the whole lawn and do a little other housework during his nap.

7. I love that the kids are enjoying games that are more interesting than Candyland. They both enjoyed playing Monopoly this evening!