Making Lemonade and Being Thankful!

lemonade stand!, a photo by amy.gizienski on Flickr.

What better way to finish out November and head in to December.  I am on a new way of thinking, not something that is uncommon to me, in fact, it is rather how I hope and pray to live every day and I really strive to already do in my life.  It is time to think of the blessings that I already have and how truly green the grass is that I already live on and that I can make lemonade when I am handed lemons, because not every day will start out that way.  It is a choice.  I choose lemonade and green grass!  I choose to be thankful for the blessings God has given us and live life to the fullest.

In starting out this blog, I wanted to recap on what I feel my family and I really have to be Thankful for this year.  We have so much to be thankful for that I can't possibly put it all in a blog.  This summer we finished out our 2 yrs in Fort Leavenworth, KS with the military.  Pat really enjoyed his job and we had a lot of family time.  It was a blessed time for our family and much needed rest for Pat.  This summer we moved to the D.C. Metro area.  Wow, what a change and an adjustment it has been!  Kansas is pretty quiet and peaceful and it takes quite a bit to get lost in the wide open area where we lived.  The D.C. Metro area on the other hand requires a GPS & lots of patience.  Pat is now riding the metro to work, something that is a foreign concept in KS.  We are blessed in our new location as well.  Pat was promoted in April of this year and although it is quite expensive to rent a home in this area, we were able to find a house in our budget.  I am thankful to be in a house and not a town home.  We appreciate having a house with a fenced in yard for our dog Mitch, a nice, small, friendly neighborhood.  Corey has made friends quite easily in our neighborhood.  There are 6 other kids and 3 of them are Corey's age.  He has had a blast playing with them and he is so happy here.  God definitely had his hands in our location for living out these several years in this area.  Corey is in Cub Scouts and we have found a church home.

Other things to be thankful for this year, we had a great time going on a Disney Cruise with our friends, The Hohing Family from Pennsylvania.  It was a wonderful time, we all had a blast.  I know that is something we will always remember as a very special vacation.  I am also thankful for Corey's new school situation (something I will blog about soon).  I am thankful that God took wonderful care of my sister, she went through emergency surgery while she was on vacation.  God had all the details planned out.  She is recovering and doing well now.

I feel I have so much more to be thankful for, so much more.  As this being my first blog post, I am going to end right now with this, but you will see snips of my thankfulness and also making lemonade out of lemons and enjoying the green grass we live on.  I am sure to post some of our weekly happenings, granted, it might not be an every day post, but hopefully weekly.  I plan to share the blessings, challenges and how God has grown me through our loving son with his special need challenges.  He brings a new perspective on just about everything and reminds me of the simple things.  You will also see me post about making healthy eating/lifestyle choices and recipes/pictures from time to time.  So get ready to come along and join me.  I am ready to let the sun shine on me no matter what comes my way!