Count your many blessings name them 1 x 1, and it may surprise you what the Lord hath done!

For FHE tonight we had a little Thanksgiving lesson.  We talked about the Pilgrims and how their journey here was so hard and even when they finally got here their troubles weren't over.  But even with all the hardships they had going on, they found reasons to be thankful and they celebrated it.  We talked about how when we're feeling sad or frustrated or bad about things, if we count our blessings, suddenly things don't seem so bad because we realize how richly blessed we are and we can see the Lord's hand in our lives.  Hailey pointed out that if we made a list of ALL the things we are thankful for, it would probably reach from one end of the house to the other.  So we decided to put it to the test.  We each started a list, and each day we will add to it, and we'll see if by Thanksgiving it will span the length of our nice safe house (which we are thankful for).

JoLynn:

 sisters, my dog, family, God, trees, light, pens, gardens, clothes, parties, dress ups, frogs, food, deer, eyes, flowers, markers, T.V., books, cats, lipstick, balloons, doors, cups, homes, toys, marbles, pepper, clocks, hands, kites, money, curtains, candy, names, moon, noises, water, pots, lids, parrots, chairs, napkins, fences, leaves, Disney, pets, crayons, paper, mailboxes, scoops, salt 

Hailey: 

My family, books (12,000 times), nature, pencils, paper, trees, oceans, earth, spookiness, my body, the church, the Temple, marriage, spiders (12,000 times), God, Jesus, scriptures (100,000 times), food, rain, Mom, Dad

 It really is surprising how much we have 
to be thankful for. 

 Hailey and JoLynn's lists crack me up. And I am thankful for that too.