30 Days of Thanks- Days 26 &27

Today I am Thankful for 

Past and Future

Last year, we spent some time in Tampa/St. Petersburg Fl. It was awesome to splash in the water in November. 

A Mantee Viewing Center- It was awesome to see these creatures in nature. Although we just saw them from afar, it was nice to spot them and see share this together. 

When Dad was at the interview my son and I headed to the Zoo. One of the many animals that we saw at the Tampa Zoo was the Manatee. Of course we got a better view at the Zoo. 

We also spend time in Tennessee last year during this time. One of the main cities was Memphis TN. Of course, we could not visit Memphis without #1 visiting Graceland, and #2 eating Memphis BBQ, and #3 visiting the MLK memorial. 

Higher elevations there was snow ! 

Two peas in a pod

Graceland...

The last stop of the home. Showing respect to the members of the Presely Family.

Santa sighting in Nashville TN. 

This area is where all the music happens :) 

On our tour of Nashville, TN.

Our son having a good time playing and getting his wiggles out. 

We were lucky to see some snow. Yes, we stopped at all threw snowballs :) 

I was looking at my photos from last year at this time I realized that we had a really blessed season. We were able to do tons of traveling during my husband's interview season. I like looking at the pictures of some fun times that we were able to have together, sights that we saw, and things we are able to cherish for a lifetime. A lot of our travel was during my husband's break from school so we were able to take our time and have some fun after his stressful interview. 

I am also looking forward to things that we will be able to do in the future. My uncle is coming to visit me in a few weeks and I am very excited. I have some fun things planned for his time with us like brunch, christmas lights, and local sight seeing. My husband will have days off at Christmas that I am looking forward to doing some Christmas traditions. I am looking forward to teaching our son about the Christmas story. As well as having Daddy all to ourselves. 

I am thankful for memories, of hope for brighter days, and the ability to see through some tougher days.

~Thankful and Blessed~

What are you Thankful for today ? If you start a "30 days of Thanks" post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, let me know about it ! Each day this month I plan to post something that I am thankful for big or small. I hope that you too think of things in your life that you can also be thankful for. I hope that you will have a blessed experience ! 

Sending you all love and blessings today ! 

Shalasha

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30 Days of Thanks- Days 24 & 25

Today I am Thankful for 

Maintaining Thankfulness

Philippians 4:7-8

New International Version (NIV)

⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Last night I bundled ( it was 32 degrees) my son and I up and headed to church. We had a guest speaker, and WOW ! His sermon was amazing and spoke right to me. His message was on how to maintain thankfulness throughout the year. He stated, that many of us slip away from the mindset of thankfulness and complaints begin to creep out of our mouths once again. He pointed out that this is not a mouth problem but instead a heart problem. For, what comes out of our mouths is what we feel within our heart. Our hearts may be filled with hurts, regrets,wrath, and revenge. Which leaves no room for thankfulness,hopefulness, gratefulness, etc in our heart. If we focus on the negatives we are only giving  those thoughts power to turn into reaction in our life. However, if we mediate on the true, noble,pure, and righteous thoughts then those positive thoughts will fill our heart and in turn fill our mouths with Thanksgiving.  As Philippians 4:7-8 we must safeguard our hearts with Jesus !  

The pastor stated that we should mediate on positive things and not fixate on things that we can not control.  Give God the reigns of the situation and have faith that he will come on the scene. 

After these 30 days of Thanks I am going to continue to maintain my Thankfulness. For God is worthy of Thanks each day that I am alive.  The Devil wants us to gripe and complain about our situations, but God is bigger than any situation that we face ! 

~Thankful and Blessed~

What are you Thankful for today ? If you start a "30 days of Thanks" post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, let me know about it ! Each day this month I plan to post something that I am thankful for big or small. I hope that you too think of things in your life that you can also be thankful for. I hope that you will have a blessed experience ! 

Sending you all love and blessings today ! 

Shalasha

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30 Days of Thanks- Day 23

Today I am Thankful for 

Creativity

Kokopelli artwork for my Kitchen 

More artwork for my Kitchen

My son's version of my painting ( I like his better) 

My son's abstract house

Our Christmas Tree

My son calls himself an artist and I would have to agree. Today, I decided to use some creativity as well. It was fun to get something out of my mind and on the canvas as well as off of my to do list. I had bought the materials over two months ago and decided to get it mainly done today. I still have one portion of the project to do, which is to add another Kokopelli painting. We also had time today to decorate our Christmas tree today. My son was so happy to see it twinkle and glimmer. I am thankful for being able to be creative as well as the time to actually do the project. 

~Thankful and Blessed~

What are you Thankful for today ? If you start a "30 days of Thanks" post on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter, let me know about it ! Each day this month I plan to post something that I am thankful for big or small. I hope that you too think of things in your life that you can also be thankful for. I hope that you will have a blessed experience ! 

Sending you all love and blessings today ! 

Shalasha

You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, and Pintrest.