Thankful

I am pretty thankful for this blog ,.. . I had an external disk that I put all of sawyers baby photos on , that is not functioning anymore. I even took it in to a computer repair guy to see what he could get off of it, and nothing. It is a total loss. The internal drive is scratched where the information in not retrievable. And here I thought I was saving all of these pictures just in case the computer did a malfunction. So, my back up is gone and I am fishing around all over the place looking for pictures of Sawyer as a baby. I feel a little like when we had our house fire and all of Tylers baby pictures got ruined. They do look the same. I could probably pass one off as the other and they would have no clue. They are little twins, 10 years apart. I finally remembered this blog, which is terrible, because it has been so long since I have even looked at it. You can tell that this is how my journal is. Very spotty and inconsistent. I really need to get better at that. Anyway, here they are. Not a ton, but pictures of sawyer when he was first born. And I can copy and print. perfect!! I am so thankful for so many things. For good friends that encourage and inspire me. For bloggs that I did 6 years ago that help me now. This last Christmas , the family went Skiing down these rediculously small hills. . Because lets just face it, there are no mountains here in Minnesota. . . But it was still fun. We went with a big group of other families. So all of my kids has a friend to ski with. The sad part was that Lanae twisted her knee and is non crutches now. And then the second day, it was so cold, we ended up not skiing. The wind chills were like -30 and on the ski lifts, that is freezing!! I am thankful that Lanae didn't get hurt worse than she did. It is just a sprain! We think that it got dislocated, and then re- located. I don't even know how to say that. But she if fine. She just needs time for it to heal. I am grateful that we are healthy and strong, grateful for a sweet husband that does such a good job providing and taking care of us. That can't be an easy task. There are quite a few of us. I am just basking in my happiness, because I know that these moments don't last very long. Some tragety, or unhappiness of some kind will surely come along, and i will be pulled back to reality. This christmas instead of sending out cards, I did a video of our last year. If you want to see it, Put this link in your browser. I think it is super cute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JAwyyJvrzM The kids grow up so fast. Tyler will be a senior next year. I am so grateful I stayed home with them all! I would hate to miss any of it!