With Thanksgiving

The end of my 12 weeks is up on Friday. I am actually going to work on Thursday this week so that I can ease back into it rather than starting with a full week. I am feeling a lot of different things. On one hand I am excited to see my coworkers and have more adult conversation during the day. On the other, I am going to miss hanging out with my girls each day and seeing their happy smiley faces. Just when they are starting to get more interactive and smiley, they will spend their days at daycare. Sad. But, I am thankful for the daycare provider that we have found. It has been an interesting adventure finding her and I know she will be great. We did a practice day with her last Thursday and both the girls and her did well. She even sent me a picture text and took other pictures of the girls that she puts on her website for parents. But still, no one loves and care for your children like you do...

There has been a particular passage that Kevin and I have come back to several times over the last several years--Philippians 4:4-7:

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I will be focusing on these verses again as we anxiously start dropping off the girls at daycare and as I go back to work. Verse 6 says not to be anxious and that we can present all of our requests and situations to God and he will give us peace. However, there are two important words in this verse that I so often missed when reading these verses--"with thanksgiving." How can we ask God for more without first being thankful for what we do have? So while we will be praying for peace with the transition back "to the real world" of work and daycare (and we would appreciate your prayers as well) we have so much to be thankful for:

• Healthy and happy girls
• The time off that I have had
• A job to go back to
• A daycare provider that we trust
• Support from family and friends
• And so much more!

Ok, those are my thoughts for the day. Here are some of the latest pics of the girls.

Strawberry Shortcakes:

 

Happy girls:

 

 

Kevin's school had a baby shower for us:

 

 

Sunday nap at Grandpa and Grandma VV's

 

Their neighbor had giant pumpkins so we decided to use them for some pics

 

My Dad, Me with Quinn, and my Grandma Helen with Amelia:

 

 

 

Have a great rest of the week everyone!!