Today my Gratia is for the wrenches life throws me...

I guess it is good to have some hiccups in life once in awhile. I imagine that if everything were always easy going then things would become quite boring. How can we know the good when the bad never happens. I am trying to stay on the brighter side of things.

My Gratia today is for working out and realizing I am really out of shape...  

Jake and I are going backpacking in the Tetons with some dear friends of ours. The big trip is in July so I am in the need to get in shape now. I realized today that I have a long way to go. The quick hike I did this morning kicked my butt. Now I know that I have to get serious.

My Gratia today is for spending time with some pretty cool mothers... 

For Mother's day we went to my husband's parents farm for the weekend. I must admit I wasn't sure if it sounded to appealing to leave our packing needs, our new chicks and all that we need to get done for the move to spend time with lots and lots of family and kids. I was wrong in my assumptions and we had a wonderful time and the kids weren't so bad after all.

My Gratia today is for my baby brother...

who is 31.

We just had a wonderful visit from my brother, his wife and their cutest two year old ever. Thanks so much for the visit we love having you and I am so grateful for being able to have the privilege to call you my brother.

My Gratia today is for eating a picnic lunch really fast...

My wonderful husband loves to have us come to his work eat lunch at a cute little table behind the building. Today we ate really fast watching the HUGE encroaching thunderstorm bear down on us. We could feel the air temp dramatically drop but we were determined to enjoy ourselves for as long as possible be it for only about 15 minutes.

My Gratia today is for meditation...

I have been trying unsuccessfully for some time to get into meditation. Being a scattered brained person it has seemed near impossible for me to focus my mind for more then a few seconds. Today, though I think I may have had a break through. I meditated for ten minutes and it was glorious. Finished up with a short session of Yoga in my living room and have felt pretty darn good all day.

My Gratia today is for listening to a thunderstorm and my kids reading to me...

It is really raining today with a almost constant roll of thunder. I banned the TV for the afternoon and we are having a great rainy day inside. The kids are looking at books and reading to me. A nice day to be inside.