"A house does not have to be perfect to be a home of joy, a child does not have to behave perfectly to love and be loved, and every moment of life does not have to be perfect to be of value. Too often, I realize, we fail to see the glorious reality of the simple joy that abounds in the seemingly mundane routine of day-to-day living. Instead, we tend to idolize the past, idealize the future, and devalue the present.... What better way to show our appreciation to Heavenly Father for what we have than to embrace our lives, albeit 'ordinary' and 'unexciting,' with joy?"

--Winnie Dalley; Ensign, March 1998

Friday, November 28, 2008

Thankful

For Family Home Evening this week, we made a Thankful Tree. We talked about our blessings and the things that we as individuals and as a family are thankful for and wrote them on leaves for our tree. It was fun to hear Chloe think of the things she was thankful for and it was nice to take some time to reflect and think of all the things I have in my life to be thankful for. I've kept the tree up on wall of our dining room all week, so we could be reminded of all that we have to be thankful for.


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Lena Baron said...

I love your creativity! I also love that we can stay in touch through our blogs!!:) Thanks for keeping us posted:)

November 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM

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