Halloween

I'm grateful for Halloween and the opportunity we have to dress up, pretend, and be silly for just one night (or several if you have lots of Halloween parties planned.) Also, if you know our family, we really are silly all the time. At our neighborhood Trunk or Treat on Saturday, my daughter was Rapunzel, my son was Batman, and my baby was an angel. After we put the kids to bed, Wade and I went to Tyson and Gina's party where I was a cave woman and Wade was a hot guy I picked up along to way to bring with me. Woo woo!What are YOU grateful for?

Flowrider

I'm grateful for the Flowrider experience after we enjoyed iFly on Friday. Wade's been surfing before in the ocean and wake boarding many times in the lake, but I'm a baby when it comes to trying extreme sports, so I started out body-boarding, and then advanced to knee-boarding, which I got really good at and was attempting all sorts of tricks. Go me! ;) I finally started on my feet and went surfing for only a minute. But after I biffed it, I went back to knee boarding since I'm a pro at that, remember? haha I'm still sore from Flowrider days later, but it was totally worth it. Fun experience!
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Indoor Skydiving at iFly

I'm grateful Wade took me indoor skydiving yesterday at iFly for part of our weekend getaway to celebrate our anniversary. It was an absolute blast! It's pretty dang awesome to feel like you're flying.

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doTERRA Essential Oils

I'm grateful for doTERRA Essential Oils. My favorites are peppermint to bring my baby's temperature down, melaleuca to clear my daughter's excema, lavender to help us all sleep better, OnGuard to protect against colds, and lemon to brighten my mood. Quality wellness products right there, I'm a fan!

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Marie Holleman

I'm grateful for my dear friend and life coach, Marie Holleman with Intuitional Living. This last month, my depression has come back in full swing, where I have felt such intense sadness and anger that I knew without a doubt there was a darkness inside of me, and I wasn't going to put up with it anymore. There were times I taught my children at home, the youth at church, the amazing kids at Live BIG Jr, and during those moments, I was on a natural high and my Heavenly Father helped me share my light. But other times, too many times to count, the darkness came, and I crumbled and broke down in tears, feeling like THIS JUST ISN'T ME! It's the most frustrating thing to feel that something like a chemical imbalance or someone like Satan is messing with me, trying to steal my light. I pray and pray and pray, and feel that God WANTS me to be whole again, but He cannot help those who do not help themselves. He wants me to work through the pain, find answers, lean on HIM again and again, and then share with others what I've gleaned so they, too, can find answers and find HIM.

Today, I'm happy to say that Marie helped me make a HUGE breakthrough, and I feel like the darkness is GONE. After the couple of sessions we've had together, she has helped me get clear on my priorities, get things DONE, learn to LOVE myself again, and find inner peace with God. Thank you so much Marie for sharing your gifts with me!

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Dr. Joe Maio

I'm grateful for our amazing family dentist, Dr. Joe Maio at Apex Dental. Because he's been a friend and coaching client of Wade's, we knew we could call on him in a heartbeat when my daughter experienced intense pain from her 6 year molars coming in along with 12 cold sores and mouth sores that randomly showed up on her lips and gums one day. Dr. Joe was so generous and insisted we bring her in right away so he could take a look, free of charge. It meant so much to us that he made her feel happy and comfortable in a dentist chair (a difficult feat in and of it self) and found a solution. Within days, she was healed and the pain was gone. Now he's officially our family dentist, and we're so grateful to have someone we trust to turn to with a staff that treats us like family. Plus we get to watch Monster's Inc and other cool movies on the ceiling during our appointments. :)

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Gymnastics Class

I'm grateful for gymnastics class that my kids have had the opportunity to be part of. My son was born to be a gymnist! We call him "Monkey" if that tells you anything about him. He has such a passion and gift for jumping, flipping, turning, climbing, balancing, etc that we feel he could be quite successful in the sport of gymnastics. We will definitely be signing him up for gymnastics again and again through the years. My daughter also enjoyed the class, but she said she wants to continue with solely dancing, which is her passion.
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