thankfulness Days 6-8

I promise that one of these days I will get some more photos to put on here!

Day 6
I am thankful for family time. TJ and I make Saturday mornings family time. We often head into town to go do our grocery shopping and just run our errands. It is not anything huge or planned or anything but it is time to just be together. I think that is sometimes the best times. We get to take time out and just be together doing something mundane. Sam's Club is always on our list of places to go. We try to time it right so that we can grab lunch there. You can't beat $5 lunch that feeds us both!

Day 7
Today I am thankful for our church home. We have recently moved our church membership. There was nothing wrong with our old church, we just felt that God was leading us to a different place. Boy am I glad that he did. We LOVE this new church. The pastor and his family are amazing! They are huge supporters of fostering and adoption! We were so excited to learn that they had fostered and adopted 2 of their children and are working on the 3! They have been a huge support through the recent roller coaster ride that we have been on. Encouraging and understanding and a shoulder to lean on. What a blessing. We are also totally excited about the children's and youth ministries. For the size church, it is huge! They average over 100 kids for Awanas and 60 youth every single Wednesday night! God is really moving in this church and we feel blessed to be a part of it. We are excited to see what god has in store for us at this new church!

Day 8
Jobs. In these hard times, I am so thankful that TJ and I both have secure jobs. I know that is not exciting or profound of anything but it is the truth. I am so thankful that we really don't have to fear for our jobs. Especially TJ's job. For several years, we have been preparing for when we have children. This means that our house and our one car payment are all based off of TJ's income. Mine right now is pretty much just a bonus. So TJ's job security is huge! I love that he works so hard to provide not just for us but for the future that we want so badly. It is awesome to know that TJ has a job that can support us and that will enable me to be a stay at home mom when that time comes around! We are truly blessed!