Counting Our Blessings

Tonight we had the Cliffords over for dinner and afterwards FHE. We had a lesson about being thankful and how we should be thankful everyday for all of our blessings. We talked about some things that Elder Dallin H. Oaks said that we should be thankful for as members of the church. Then we made turkeys for our families to help us count our blessings and to help us count down to Thanksgiving. Each day we are supposed to add a feather to our turkey and write on it one thing we are thankful for. Since it is November 3rd, we put three feathers on tonight. Katie was thankful for families, and Sarah was thankful for brownies and lollipops. Not long after we got started, we caught Sarah trying to cut her hair with the scissors. So being the horribly mean mother that I am, I took them away from her, which triggered a mini-meltdown. She went and sat on the couch for a few minutes, but we were finally able to convince her to come back and help us finish our turkey. Right now, I am thankful for friends who invited both of the girls over to spend the night, and for Maw Maw who is picking them up tomorrow morning to spend the better part of the day with them. Just in time for a much needed break for me. HOORAY!