Giving Thanks

We have had one of those weeks that reminds you of all you have to be thankful for, family, friends, health, and even our jobs.

Honora stays awake all night and is very quite during the day, which can only mean sleeping. Thus teaching Christi to be thankful for sleep.

Naya was taken to see the fantasy of light in Aztec by her parents and big sister. There they went on a carriage ride to better be able to see the lights. She also got to go to a big girl party with Christi and Fionna, where she was the youngest guest. It was a jewelry party. She enjoyed getting to try on the diffrent pieces, Woo hoo big girl dress up! She is learning to be thankful she is no longer a baby and can enjoy doing big girl things. Naya has also taken to saying the most surprising and funny things such as "Time to be awake, the sun is awake outside." "Tables aren't for kids to dance on." While playing with Legos at Dreigan's psychiatrist appointment proceeded to have the following conversation. " Are you building a tower Dr Simon?" to which he replies "No its a camera" Takes her picture, hands it to her and waits for his picture. "Are you going to take my picture?" "No its a helicopter." Naya says confused like it was perfectly obvious. Dr Simon say we are to have her test for gifted, like there was any doubt she would be anything else.

Dreigan learned to thankful Nebraska is changing it's safe heaven law and that the nearest hospital in Nebraska is 10-12 hours away from Bloomfield. He decided to ditch school this week, but mostly he has been well behaved, within pre-teen reason. Lets just hope he doesn't push so far before they change the law and we do drive to Nebraska.

Fionna has learned to read. She still requires some help, but often surprises herself and the adults around her when she reads without thinking about it. She also has learned the joy of bathing. Now the only problem we have is getting her out of the shower. If we will let her she take two long showers everyday, so opposite from Dreigan who he takes a shower every three to four days under duress. Fionna says she is thankful for her new sister.

Christi put in over forty hours this week at work, and yes that is with taking Thursday and Friday off. So she apologizes to anyone she offended this week. If Donna hadn't ordered Thanksgiving dinner through the church and Cathy hadn't said dinner is served at 5pm Christi would have forgotten completely what week it was and we would have had no Thanksgiving dinner plans at all. Who schedules a major inspection the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following a major holiday? The good news is that her bosses could not find anything wrong when they came in to inspect, so she got to schedule adjust out all the time she as worked. Christi doesn't get over time but can take worked over hours off somewhere else so that it all comes out even. Christi will be thankful when this federal inspection is over, please continue to pray, if this review goes well Head Start in San Juan county may get an increase in funding, if not we could lose funding.

Nick says he is thankful for his job. He was home Thursday and Friday paid. This his his first job that he has not had to work holidays and gets to spend time at home with his family.

Donna says she is thankful for still being able to work. It sounds crazy but true, many people who physically been through what she has gone through would have given up work and gone on disability a long time ago. Donna still manges to work 40 hours a week.