That Time of Year...

I LOVE this time of year! Halloween is a fun holiday, but as soon as it's over is when the realy fun starts because I start getting ready of CHRISTMAS!!! My sister always says I just kinda skip over hte Thanksgiving holiday, but Idon't think I do at all...getting ready for Christmas and thinking about what Christmas is all about makes me even more thankful for the many wonderful blessing that I enjoy! Here are some of the blessings that have been on my mind a lot lately:

1.) Brian
He is always on my mind, and I am alway grateful for him, but especially right now at this busy time in our lives, he never fails to make me feel like I am the most important thing in his life. He will even leave work early to make sure he can see me before I go to work (even ifjustfor a few short minutes). I also love how he lets me do pretty much whatever I want! :) If I say it's time for dinner or FHE or something, he puts down whatever he's doing or turns off the TV and is ready. If I say I am too busy to do the dishes, he will do them in a heartbeat. The weekends are always my days to do whatever Iwant...If there is something he needs to do or has planned, he will let me know, then he will do whatever I want the rest of the day, whether doing something at home, or going out and doing something. He let me make the crafts I want without complaining about the cost of supplies. He even lets me try new recipes on him, even thought he doesn't particularly enjoy it :) I am not sure why he is so wonderful about everything...I tell myself it's because he's easy-going and he trusts me that I'll never request anything too weird or make him do something crazy. I know it's not easy on him for me to be working the night shift (because he loves cuddling as much as I do, and because it makes or some lonely evenings for him sometimes), but he understands that it is just what we need to be doing right now, and he always makes the best of it. And he always has such a positive attitude about everything...work, church, my schooling, and life in general! He is wonderful and I consider him my greatest blessing!

2.) The inspiration of church leaders
Yesterday for FHE, Brian and I went over President Uchtdorf's talk, "Forget Me Not" for like the hundreth time! It was such a wonderful talk, and I hear people referring to it all the time now! I know he was inspiried in giving that talk. It is exactly what I need right now.

Forget Not...
...to be patient with yourself
...the difference between good and foolish sacrifices
...to be happy now
...the "why" of the gospel
...that the Lord loves you

Such simple things, but so powerful!

3.) Fall
Such a fun time of year with the changing of seasons...some days of snow, some days of sun, but alwasy so beautiful! And the changing colors of the leaves...love them!

4.) Christmas music
It just gives me such a happy feeling! And it always bring such a wonderful Spirit into my home!

5.) Mu Hubby
He is just so cute! :)

6.) Family
My family is so amazing! They let me call them when I am sleepy while I am driving so I can talk their ears off to keep myself awake :) And they are just nice...it's hard to put it any better than that!

7.) Work
Work can be pretty challening sometimes, but I love it! It's nice to know that you are making a difference in someone's life. It is fulfilling. And it helps my in school to see how things really work and what the "real-world" is like instead of just reading about the things in a book. And the nurses are so awesome...they will tell me when they're about to do something cool or something they don't think I've done or seen before and are so good at teaching me!

8.) On-call shifts
Somethimes it's just nice to get that call at 5:00 pm to let me know they are overstaffed and I am on-call for the night. Then I get paid $5/hour to stay at home and answer my phone if they need me, and if I am called in, I get paid time and a half. Not ideal to be on-call regularly because I don't sleep well when I'm worried about my phone ringing, but it's refreshing once in a while :)

9.) People who are nice
It sounds simple, but it just makes you feel so good when people are nice, even if it's not to you! It's makes me so happy to see people being nice to others...driving, shopping, anywhere!

10.) My Hubby- he is nice to everyone!

Those are very few of the many blessings that I enjoy! There are so many more! And this season helps us remember that there are always things to be thankful for!