Four Days' Worth of Gratitude

I am four days behind so here are four things I am grateful for.

1. Having a job. I am really grateful to have a job that helps keep Race and I afloat and leaves us some room to have fun. My job is incredibly hard at times but I know that right now we need it.

2. I am grateful for the cute babies I watch. They are always doing something to make me laugh or smile and they make hard days not quite as bad.




3. I am grateful for a house with an awesome heater that keeps Race and I warm during these cold Flagstaff nights. (I am also grateful for our house but I don't want to blog about that one until I have more pictures).

4. I am grateful for cheap clothes from clearance racks. I loooove shopping and I would not be ableto afford it if it weren't for clearance racks. So I am definitely grateful for clearance. And just so everyone knows most of my clothing is off of the clearance rack. So you can have good style for cheap.

That's all for today! I am happy to be alive and to be blessed in so many ways!

Sisters

Today I am grateful for sisters. My sister Helena is my best friend and I love being able to talk to her about everything. I miss being able to be there for her when she needs me and having her around when I need her. :) Gelsey is the best youngest sister to have and it is always fun to chat with her on the phone and to get letters from her in the mail. Also I am grateful for all of my sister-in-laws. It's so exciting to have more sisters since I've grown up around so many boys. I love getting to know my sister-in-laws and I hope someday we can all be really close. I believe that sisters really have a special bond and I am so glad I have so many wonderful sisters in my family.






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{Popcorn&Apples}

Today I am grateful for random family traditions. In particular with food. I came home today and was really hungry but Race and I have not yet gone grocery shopping since we've moved. So we had very little food to eat. Then I saw some apples. And I looove apples. But they aren't so very filling. The next thing I saw was popcorn. Popcorn and apples have always been an Olmstead family quick "meal" when we either don't have the time to make anything else or we are just a little lazy for the night. But, it is one of my favorite quick snacks. The quick snack that Race's family has that I am grateful for is peaches and toast. We had it a few weeks ago for the first time and it has quickly become one of my favorite go to easy snacks or lazy meals. I am very grateful for yummy, super random family traditions.

I couldn't find a picture of popcorn and apples so it must be a little bit more out there than peaches and toast...but they are equally delicious!

Good Health

I have been debating in my head all day whether or not it was appropriate for me to be grateful for good health since I have been sick the last few days. But I finally decided it is definitely something I am grateful for right now. It makes a HUGE difference in my everyday life and although I don't recognize that when I am healthy I sure am realizing it now! So for today, I am grateful for that and I can't wait until I am healthy again! But, Race has been taking good care of me and making sure that I am getting lots of rest, any medicine I need and he's learning that sometimes all I need is to be held...or tickled....or for him just to be around. So really what he's learning is that I can be pretty demanding. ;) ESPECIALLY when I am sick. He's getting a lot of practice though and I'm sure he'll have it down in no time!

Also I am grateful for delicious healthy foods like the ones pictured above...I should eat more of those. :]

{2 Months}

2 months ago today Race and I were sealed in the Mesa Temple for time and all eternity. So today I am grateful for temples.








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Gratitude

Inspired by this blogger who was inspired by this blogger I have decided to post things that I am grateful for for each day in the month of November. Married life is busy and hard so I thought this would help me keep the right perspective and focus on how blessed Race and I are in so many ways. And since I am starting two days late I will start out with two different things that I am very grateful for. 

First of all I am grateful for this man:

He does so much for me. From our last post you found out that we are moving. He did so much to find us this new place, to pack up, and then to get us moved in. And right now he is in the living room arranging and rearranging our living room so it can be just the way I want it. Everything he does is to make me happy. :] I am so grateful to be married to him. 

The second thing I am grateful for this month is my family. And by my family I mean the Olmsteads and the Ashbys. 

Mostly for our parents but also for everyone else who has supported us in our decision to get married and helped us with everything these past few months. Mom and Dad Ashby have done so much to help us get moved into both of our places and they have always made sure that we have everything that we need. Mom and Dad Olmstead drove up to Flagstaff today just to help us move in. It was just the extra help that we needed and we were able to get so much more done than we would have been able to. Our parents have done so much for us in the past few months. I don't know how we would have done anything without their constant help, support, and most importantly love. 

So those are the first two days and I am excited to get back into the blogging world by posting all the things in my life that I am grateful for. I love this upcoming season of gratitude and hope that I can continue to see how blessed I am throughout my life. 

Moving Out!

So, I know it's been a really long time, but if Emma's not going to write it, I am: WE'RE MOVING!!

Ever since we got married, (two months ago), we've been living in the world's SMALLEST apartment. This place has really been home for us. We like to joke about how you can reach the remote from anywhere in the apartment. Really... almost literally... anywhere in the apartment.

So, we've loved it, but we were recently accepted into on-campus family housing. We were really excited about that phone call.

My other exciting news is that I quit Coldstone! The pay and opportunities for advancement were not at all ideal, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that the real reason I quit was because the boss is a complete bone-head. And maybe because growing up has been on my to-do list for a while.

So, I'm working on campus now, and we're going to be living on campus as well. I'm thinking that after this semester, we're really going to be calling NAU home...

The best part about moving out was probably how it took about five minutes to find someone to take over our lease. Craigslist is among the more awesome inventions known to man. We've been working on moving out ever since. We'll definitely be working harder on updating the blog.