Being Thankful

So I know Thanksgiving was 2 weeks ago.  But I think the feelings of Thanksgiving and Christmas pretty much go hand in hand so you are finally getting my Thanksgiving post.  Which sadly isn’t much.  Through all the excitement I really didn’t take many photos.  However, it was probably one of the most memorable Thanksgivings I have had to date.  We had lots and lots of wonderful visitors.  Some we just met for the first time and others we got to know better.  All were entirely worth every moment shared.  So thanks, you know who you are. 

But the absolute very best moment for me, one that I will never forget, happened on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.  We went and played some indoor volleyball, just to get out and also to burn off some of that pie.  Anyway, we started off with a regular volleyball and then after a while us girls sissied out (because the ball was so hard) and the boys allowed us to play with Rockwells huge blue bouncy ball.  I figured with a big and soft ball like that Eyla and Raya could join the fun.  I didn’t really have to teach them how they had watched us play and boy are they good mimickers but I just reminded them to clasp their hands in front of their bodies and hit the ball upwards.

My photography capabilities are lacking, let alone action shots.

 

Eyla took it very seriously.

 

Raya just noticed that the camera was out and came and danced and posed for me.

 

I know this isn’t of volleyball but I felt like he was being left out of my post.

 

ANYWAY, I’m finally getting to the whole point of my post.  In the middle of the game, Eyla ran over to me threw her little arms around my neck and whispered in my ear “Thank you teaching me how to play ballyball.”  Okay, so if there hadn’t been so many people there with us I would have cried.  I can not believe I get to have these incredible little spirits around me 24-7.  Why am I so lucky?  I am just a regular mom, I don’t do anything more than any other trying to be good mom that reminds their kids to say ‘Thank you’ after they get dinner, or after someone shares with them, etc.  But really Eyla was so grateful from the bottom of her heart that she was playing volleyball and that I “taught” her how, because lets be honest, have you seen my volleyball skills?  I was just so amazed that she was so full of gratitude and that she shared it over something so simple.  If anybody learned anything over Thanksgiving it was definitely me!