{"id":8687,"date":"2014-12-01T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T19:34:17","slug":"our-2014-thankful-jar-contents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=8687","title":{"rendered":"Our 2014 Thankful Jar Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know what we&#8217;re each thankful for this year?\u00a0 Here is it (in no particular order).\u00a0 Josiah&#8217;s will make you chuckle&#8230; ah, the things a 3 year old is thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pumpkins&#8211;because they are really pretty and I like orange<\/li>\n<li>The new baby<\/li>\n<li>Shopping with Mom<\/li>\n<li>The 50&#8217;s party at my school<\/li>\n<li>Rain falling to help the flowers grow<\/li>\n<li>Turkeys<\/li>\n<li>My brother<\/li>\n<li>Friends coming over to chat with us and play with us<\/li>\n<li>My beautiful parents<\/li>\n<li>Food<\/li>\n<li>For Tara coming over to give us nice pictures of our family<\/li>\n<li>Stores&#8211;so we can go there to buy food<\/li>\n<li>My room<\/li>\n<li>My cousins<\/li>\n<li>My family<\/li>\n<li>Snow falling down<\/li>\n<li>Jesus.\u00a0 Because He&#8217;s our Savior<\/li>\n<li>My toys.\u00a0 Playing with them and having fun<\/li>\n<li>Our home.\u00a0 It has lot of toys and protects us<\/li>\n<li>God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Josiah:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bug Stickers<\/li>\n<li>Pizza<\/li>\n<li>The House.\u00a0 And breakfast<\/li>\n<li>Yogurt<\/li>\n<li>The fridge<\/li>\n<li>Mike Wazowski<\/li>\n<li>Christmas<\/li>\n<li>God.\u00a0 No I mean Lightening McQueen<\/li>\n<li>Daddy<\/li>\n<li>Candy<\/li>\n<li>Juice<\/li>\n<li>Food<\/li>\n<li>Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Pete the cat<\/li>\n<li>Tootheless<\/li>\n<li>Trains<\/li>\n<li>Straws<\/li>\n<li>A kitty<\/li>\n<li>Decorations<\/li>\n<li>Candy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erica:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tim being able to be home in the winter<\/li>\n<li>My parents<\/li>\n<li>My comfortable bed and a good nights sleep<\/li>\n<li>Being able to eat breakfast every day with my kids<\/li>\n<li>Being able to have a house we can entertain friends &amp; family (space!)<\/li>\n<li>Our beautiful spacious yard for the kids to play in<\/li>\n<li>Two healthy, adorable sweet kids<\/li>\n<li>Perfect, amazing, beautiful snowflakes<\/li>\n<li>A treadmill in our basement<\/li>\n<li>Washing machines<\/li>\n<li>For supportive families in my studio<\/li>\n<li>Tim making suppers<\/li>\n<li>A husband who let me pick coordinating outfits, do crazy craft projects and family pictures<\/li>\n<li>Such supportive church friends<\/li>\n<li>Friendly neighbors that we&#8217;re getting to know better<\/li>\n<li>That we were able to finally share our exciting news (less stress!)<\/li>\n<li>The timing of the arrival of the baby (hopefully!)<\/li>\n<li>Being able to teach from my home<\/li>\n<li>Lazy Saturday mornings<\/li>\n<li>Watching Chloe sing in church<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tim:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being able to clear driveways<\/li>\n<li>Heat in my truck<\/li>\n<li>Work.\u00a0 Having a job<\/li>\n<li>My beautiful family<\/li>\n<li>The baby coming in a good month<\/li>\n<li>Hamburgers<\/li>\n<li>A backyard for the kids to play in<\/li>\n<li>A basement to go to while Erica is teaching<\/li>\n<li>My beautiful wife (prompted by Chloe)<\/li>\n<li>My new necklace<\/li>\n<li>Having a close (tight-knit) whole family<\/li>\n<li>Working vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Technology at our fingertips<\/li>\n<li>A self-sufficient wife<\/li>\n<li>A healthy family<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Dew<\/li>\n<li>A good church<\/li>\n<li>An able body<\/li>\n<li>A family who loves music<\/li>\n<li>Having a seasonal job so I&#8217;m able to spend 4 months with my kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know what we&#8217;re each thankful for this year?\u00a0 Here is it (in no particular order).\u00a0 Josiah&#8217;s will make you chuckle&#8230; ah, the things a 3 year old is thankful for. 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