🍁Thankful & Blessed

My precious missionary boy's,

Wow! What a week! I have been so overwhelmed by emotions lately. I'm not sad, just full of gratitude! Maybe it's the Christmas music we've been playing or maybe it's the family uniting in prayers for Jacob. Maybe it's the excitement that we'll see Caleb in 17 Days. For whatever reason, I feel Heavenly Father's love in so many ways. I feel so rich in blessings & joy, starting with such a wonderful family. We are so very lucky to have such strong bonds of love. I would not choose any other family situation over ours. I am so grateful for each of the 6 spirits who have come to join our family. The family truly is ordained of God. I know why He planned for us to have families. It is to support one another and help lift in times of trial. We have a bond unlike any other and I see that now more than I ever have before. I hope and pray that we will always stay close and have this unconditional love for one another. You should hear the sweet prayers given by your siblings here at home. They even pray for our sweet Baxter, that he can hang on for both of you to see once again.

Sydney has done nothing but homework. Today is the end of the tri so maybe she can have a few days to rest over Thanksgiving.

Adam had an awesome time at his overnighter swim meet in Bountiful. I believe there were 30 teams there. He said that he placed 2nd in the 2 heats he was in. He feels great about his continued progress, even in spite of being sick.

Samantha auditioned for their school talent show which will be on December 12. She made it and is so excited because she didn't make it last year.

With all the excitement of Samantha being in the talent show, Sariah has decided that she wants to start working now on a song for her talent show, whenever that is. It's so cute as she goes down and sings on the stage, asking Samantha for pointers. 😏

Dad has worked so hard this week. I am so impressed. He has had a lot of fun making all his cuts to finally put the shelves together for the food storage room. Then the blinds for the remaining windows, including your bedrooms came so he jumped right in and started hanging them. What a tailored look these blinds give the great room now! We also found a great deal on a beautiful large sectional for the family room downstairs. It will arrive by the first of December. It's an early Christmas present.

We will of course be thinking of you this Thanksgiving Day. We hope you'll be able to eat some good turkey and pie somewhere. And Jacob, I just hope you'll be able to eat some. Good luck with all that you both have going on. Our prayers are oh so strong and hopefully felt by you everyday.

Love,
Mom

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