Nuestra Familia Pequena: Thanks Giving

So the past few days I have experienced a few simple things that just amazed and overwhelmed me with happiness and I thought now is the perfect time to share. I know that I don't think enough about all of the blessings I have and about all of the little things in life that don't seem to matter but are basically amazing. For some reason, these things, which will probably seem very silly to anyone else, really impacted me in the moment.

**A couple nights ago, I met with the Primary President to help her with some music for the primary program. Jeber had worked a pretty long day outside with a body that hasn't been feeling well for weeks or probably months by now and was at home relaxing. As I sat at the primary presidents house watching the clock tick by, the 30 minutes I told Jeber it would take long gone, I tried to think of some way to speed up the process or some reasonable excuse to have to leave (besides the fact that I just wanted to go home because I hate it that I could be at home spending time with my husband who I feel like I don't see enough). Anyway, she finally realized how long it had been and let me leave : ) I got home, just excited to be home with Jeber, and found that he had washed the dishes from dinner plus some leftover from days before. Seriously, I don't know why this was such a big deal, it's not like it was the first time that Jeber has washed the dishes, but I was SO grateful in that moment.

**Saturday after Jeber got done with the job he was working on, we spent the day cleaning. Jeber did all of the laundry and I worked on picking up the house--most of which was my stuff. I scrubbed the bathtub, but I mentioned to Jeber as he was going to the bathroom and getting ready to take a shower that I couldn't get the tub very clean. (*THis is going to seem very silly but I am being serious!) So when he was done, he stripped down so that he could scrub the tub while taking a shower. I peeked in on him and there he was naked, scrunched over in the bathtub, scrubbing away, with indentation lines on his booty from sitting on the toilet seat. That made my whole day! I don't know why but when I saw that I was filled with so much love for my cute boy!!! It didn't make me laugh, it just made me really happy.

**Saturday night we ended up going to a party with a bunch of Guatemalans and I got to eat authentic Guatemalan food for the first time, which was pretty exciting. As I sat there eating my tamales, watching Jeber interact with all of these people from his country, I was amazed. I hear him speak Spanish all of the time but for some reason it just really hit me how amazing it all is--the way his mouth moves and the way he just looks at home when he speaks. And he makes people feel so comfortable to talk to him. In like 10 or 15 minutes of knowing this lady, he had made her comfortable enough to basically share her life story with him. I had realized before but it really hit me at that party that Jeber grew up so differently than me. A lot of the things we have here that we wouldn't even consider doing without, that we know as just a given, he didn't have all of his life.

Anyway, it's just amazing all of the things we have that others don't have that we don't even think about being grateful for. It's amazing the way that we take for granted all of the little things that people in our lives do and the way that they influence us. It's amazing the way that little things can bring us so much joy and the way that you can feel so overwhelmed with love. So this thanksgiving, I am SO grateful for...