Day of Gratitude

Today was one of those day's when I realize how incredibly blessed I am. I woke up at 6:30 and laid in bed for a while. All those years of getting up because a baby was crying, or because it was time to make breakfast or etc. is over, and I laid in bed thinking about things and what I wanted to do. It felt good.

I got up after about 15 min or so and Steve came in and said he was going fishing. Now I love my husband, but I love fishing days also. We are together 24/7, and so it is nice to have the house to my self sometimes. It was cloudy and rainy, but that was okay. Yesterday I did basically nothing but talk to my children with my foot up, nursing it along with ice and ibuprofen. I decided I would baby my foot today also.

So I ate oatmeal with peaches, I forgot there are fresh blackberries outside, tomorrow!!! I then took my shower, and sat on my love seat with my journal and Pres Kimball manual and studied my scriptures. It was wonderful. ( with my blinds open of course, the ocean out my window)

Then tried to call Amy a few times, and set up a few Vacation Rental sites. Watched a little TV.

Steve came home at about 6:00 with two nice sized Salmon. By the late afternoon the sun was out and it was gorgeous, I had to open all the doors and windows. We sat on the front porch for a few minutes talking about our days. And I thought about our view out the front porch on our bench. We talked about that for a minute.


I then walked out to my greenhouse to pick some veggies to go with the salmon.
My petunia plant is starting to grow out of the greenhouse

This is what I see when I open the door, and this is after I have pruned my tomatoes on the left.

I haven't really looked at all the veggies since I got back so it was an adventure.

Peppers

Herbs

2 Cherry Tomato plants


More Peppers and a volunteer Bean plant that gave us enough beans for dinner




2 Regular Tomato Plants

7 Bean plants

Yellow Squash, which always think they deserve to take over the universe

Zucchini Squash and chives

1 Cucumber Plant

Another cucumber plant, shallots, and carrots

Volunteer alyssium

As I am listening to my music and picking veggies I think about how incredible this all is. How blessed I am to have this huge greenhouse and all the years of expereicne so I can have these incredibly delicious organic perfect veggies. I go outside and dig a few red potatoes, look at the spinach and chard that has gone crazy. And I think again I am so blessed. This is what I picked for tonight

I realize and my kids will laugh, that I am a small town, country gardener. New York was fun, but I love my spacious yard and home! The dream that Steve and I had when we were first married has almost come to pass. Tonight we had food that I had grown and Steve had caught.

As I walk back to the house with my veggies, I see my beautiful flowers, amazed at all the years that I couldn't grow flowers.





It tasted as good as food can taste.

Our view was this-

Life cannot get better. I thought where much is given, much is expected. I am going to enjoy all this until Heavenly Father says it is time to serve a mission. Then at that time I need to go whole heartedly without any holding back, for I have much to give back!!!

I think He is trying to prepare me, this week I told the Joseph Smith story to two different people, and told them what the Book of Mormon was all about. It was a sweet experience both times.

Heavenly Father has given me everything and more than I have wanted in this life, so I am going to have faith that he will give me my wish to be here when my children have their babies. I am hoping he doesn't ask that sacarifice from me. Rebecca and Lizzie said they would step in and help, and I know they would, but I want to be there.

Just a side note totally off the subject, Steve and I have been watching a very fast bat flying around in our back yard! It's not the first time I have seen them.

Well, I have gone on long enough I love you all!!!
mom/Sharon