Grateful Friday

 This post will be easy to write because I have a lot to be grateful for today.

I am grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I was talking to Olivia yesterday (the sister one) and we were talking about all the twists and turns life takes and the future twists and turns it will take as we move along this mortal journey and it is a comfort to know that I will always have the Atonement of Jesus Christ to strengthen me.  It's the most durable and secure safety net I know.

I am grateful for the Come Follow Me program.  I have studied the scriptures more meaningfully in the past four years than before that time and I look forward to a new year.

I am grateful for family.  

I have loved researching my family over the past few days.  I get kind of obsessed.  I am grateful for people that took records and wrote stories and made these people seem real.  I'm grateful for the sacrifices they made to place me where I am. 

I have loved being here with family.  Spending time with everyone fills me up.  I have loved taking walks, playing games and visiting.

We're going back to Pleasant Grove today and I'm grateful we've been able to spend a little time here.  I feel a little melancholy about the Christmas break ending, but I'm grateful that I really do like my life when it's not a break too.  I am looking forward to seeing my students little faces again.

I'm grateful for Adam.  We spent a little time here doing the homework our financial planner gave us (we finally decided we should be grown ups and figure out what we're doing).  We have talked about when we want to retire (we have no idea) and what we want to do and where we want to live (some idea, but not concrete ideas).  What I know though is that if I'm with him, it will be a good time.

I talked to Braeden on the phone yesterday and I told him that our future is in hands because I don't ever want to live too far away from QE if I can help it.