day seven

i'm thankful for...

my right to vote

i made my voice heard

i may not agree with

the choices america made

but i will pray for our president

that he may do God's will

and not his own

day six

i'm thankful for...

the mail

i'm thankful for the service

it's amazing that i can mail a letter

or a package

and have it get to the other side of the country

within a week, most times.

today i mailed post cards to one grama

and a care package to another.

and remember

GO VOTE!!

our nation needs a change, and every vote counts!

day five

today i am thankful for...

my doctor

and antibiotics

the thursday before general conference

i got really sick

i haven't been this sick in years

by monday i was ready to die

so i went to the doctor

and lo and behold

i had an upper respiratory infection

i'm still trying to kick it

but i'm on my second round of antibiotics

and i'm feeling a little better

and a little better is a big deal right now!

day four

today i'm thankful for...

sacrament meeting

but specifically fast sunday sacrament meeting

i'm thankful for the

members of the ward

who stand and bear their

testimony, their very special testimony

i love the spirit

that enters the chapel

i love being reminded

that it's okay if i'm not perfect

because we all are working on something

day three

i'm thankful for...

temples

but especially that i have two

less than three hours away

today i get to go to the temple

to do baptisms for the dead

with my brother will

and a group of youth from my ward.

i'm thankful that my family

was sealed for time and all eternity

in the temple.

day two

i'm thankful for...

kleenex cool touch tissues

seriously, they are amazing!

 i've had a cough and a runny/stuffy nose

for almost a month now and

my nose is super red and dry

and it hates tissues now

but these,

these are heaven sent!

they are cold to the touch

like you've been keeping them in the fridge

and make your nose feel better

the one with the days of thanks giving

this month

i've decided to share my thanks

every day.

day 1

i'm thankful for..

being sick,

at least today i am.

but there's a reason,

i'm thankful because

it reminds be how thankful

i am when i'm healthy.

the one with the day i feel old

yes

that's right

i feel old

not in real life

but in mormon world

okay, maybe in real life too

today we sat in front of this missionary

and by we i mean my favorite kids,

their parents, and my parents

and the babies were mesmerized

and he was playing peak-a-boo

and smiling with them

and just being sweet

and then he bore his testimony

and he was cute

after sacrament meeting

we talked

and...

he's been in the field three days.

THREE DAYS!

holy freaking cow!

i'm older than like 98% of elders

hi, my name is ellie, and i'm feeling old

the one with baby chicks!

i like chickens for just a short time

i like them when they are babies and

so super adorable!

after they get big

and aren't cute to hold

i'm done, i don't want anything to do with them

well, until i get the eggs

this is peyton

but her nickname is Aphrodite, 

or afro for short 

(since she has a litte afro)

i know she has a nickname for her nickname

get over it!

this is smalls

his brother died today

it was kinda sad

big brother (see previous post) was here today

but i didn't know how to tell him

so i told him brother of smalls was sleeping

it was very sad

and feeding time is so cute!

they get stuck in their feeder

and just sit in there

just relaxing

until they finally come out

more pictures to come!

the one with my babies

okay so they're not really my babies

but i love them, like tons,

and i see them almost everyday

and they're practically family

this is chunckers

and he's reaching for bbq

the child has great taste

this child hates naps, with a passion

and not even 45 minutes later after

our amazing lunch

he was out cold. 

and his new favorite thing

is peek-a-boo

and he has the loudest, cutest laugh

this is baby girl

she alwasys has the cutest outfits,

thanks to her gorgeous mother!

and she's so mild mannered and easy going

we're two peas in a pod

and they play so well together

she helps roll him around

and he eats her shoe

and this is the cutest big brother!

he loves tv

loves my phone

and loves pretending to be to be french artists with me

we even had mustaches, nbd!