So much to be thankful for!

Well, I guess it is the appropriate time of year to start thinking of everything in my life to be thankful for. I have so much I think it will be hard to put everything down. I have never actually wrote this down but I feel it is such a great idea. I think I will do it every year and I am going to make my kids do it to. It is a great reminder for everything we need to remember that we have. It is very easy for me to think about all of the things that I don't have but instead of thinking of all my wants I need to start thinking of all the wonderful things I do have.
1. My husband. Matt is a wonderful partner. He would do anything in the world for me. He works so hard to provide for his family. His work ethic is one of the things that attracted me to him so much. Once he sets his mind to something he does it. I wish I had his will power! We may not have as much money as others but Matt has accomplished so much for his age. When I met him all he said he wanted to do was own his own electrical company. He never gave up until he had accomplished that goal and all by the time he was 25 years old. He is a wonderful father and the boys love him so much. I will never measure up to Matt in Bodee's eyes, so matter how hard I try. He gives me anything I have ever wanted and lets me buy anything I want even when I shouldn't. Honey, if you read this I love you and I am so thankful for you.
2. My kids. I love Bodee and Kolt more than I could ever explain. Sometimes I think I love them so much it hurts! Everyone says that the love you feel for you children is unbelievable but you can't even imagine that love until you have a child. While the three year old year is very trying I love how Bodee's personality seems to blossom more and more each day. I love all of the silly things he does and I love see his imagination coming to life as he gets older. I love his facial expressions and his huge brown eyes. I love how smart he is even when I know it is going to get him in trouble (knowing how to cook on the stove by himself). Kolt is the light of my life. He is so happy and such a cuddly boy. Bodee did not like to be held and loved like Kolt does. I just want to eat him up especially his chubby little cheeks. He probably wants to say, "Geez Mom would you just stop kissing me!" He is such a good baby and I feel so blessed. He is sleeping 12 hours a night straight through now and I am also so so thankful for that. Both of my boys are such good eaters most of the time. I am so thankful for that because I know so many moms struggle with that and it must be so frustrating. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a mom. So many people have infertility problems and I am so blessed to be able to have babies and raise them.
3. My health. I have fought some serious health problems in the last 8 years and I am thankful that I am doing well. I have battled serious depression and insomnia and no one understands how devastating those illnesses can be until you go through them. Depression runs in my family, my grandpa committed suicide after fighting depression and then my cousin committed suicide just this past spring. After struggling with depression I now understand how you can get to that dark place and I am so grateful that I was fortunate enough to survive it. I am doing well now and I am so thankful for that as well as my families health.
4. My home. Although I complain to Matt all the time that I want a new house I am so thankful for where I live. We are so blessed to have been lucky enough to find the property we did when we did. Places like ours do not exist anymore. We have pastures with grass up the horses bellies, a stream running through our property and even though I don't always think so, a pretty great house. Our house is older but it keeps us warm when its cold, dry when its raining, and cool when it is hot. What more could we ask for? We live in such a wonderful community as well. Hooper is still a little bit country and rural. People still ride their horses down the rode, can still hunt in their back pastures, and people still wave to everyone as they drive down the road. I know this is changing and changing fast but for the moment I am so thankful for these things. My neighbors are wonderful and have become great friends. Before we moved to Hooper we lived in Harrisville for 2 years we did not know any of our neighbors nor did they even say hello. It is wonderful to live in a place where you can ask for a cup of sugar or even a babysitter! One of my neighbors and Matt have become such good friends I call them boyfriends. Whenever I can't find Matt, I know he is just down the road.
I am thankful for many more things but these are my majors. As I started thinking nothing that is on my list is something material. We all get so caught up in the material things these days it is easy to forget what is really important in life. I am thankful to be able to have the technology to blog my blessings because it really helps me to keep things in perspective and remember the things that are so important.