Thankful Thursday

Another Thursday...another list of things I'm thankful for...

1. My fabulous husband. I don't say it often enough but I'm constantly thankful for Nathan...for the skills he shares with the boys, because he does all the grocery shopping and most of the cooking, for the fact that we're pretty good at communicating most of the time (and generally enjoy it), for the flowers he's been bringing me during these stay-at-home orders, for his attention to detail when he puts his mind to it, because he cares about the people he works with and seeks to take care of them...for just so many reasons.   

2. The Daniel Craig James Bond reboot. We realized recently that none of our boys had seen a James Bond movie. To rectify this, we started with Pierce Brosnan in "The World Is Not Enough" (to set the stage and introduce the character in a somewhat modern way)...and the boys were not impressed, lol. Micah and I then watched "Goldeneye" basically for the laughs. And then we convinced them all to give 007 another chance with "Casino Royale." And now they're willing to watch more James Bond. :) Pretty sure we'll finish off all the other Daniel Craig 007 movies before the next one comes out. 

3. Today's snow. Yes, that's a weird thing to be thankful for. I know. But, I'm choosing to be thankful for today's snow because it waited until we'd just managed to get the garage cleaned out to put the cars back inside (after our climbing wall build)...and because it means I won't need to turn the outside water back on this month, lol. 

It's not the easiest to see, but we measured 10" already and it's still snowing. Obviously.

(In case you're wondering, I got completely soaked (despite having dressed appropriately in parka and boots and fleece lined pants and all) when I went out to shake snow off of all the trees in and around our yard. Hopefully, though, I saved some branches...as a number of them had been dragging all the way to the ground.)

4. Friends who sew. Those who know me know that sewing machines and I do not get along, lol. Fortunately, the sweet Annette (mom to Noah's roommate his freshman year) does sew and generously made us all some terrific face masks. Woohoo!

5. Popcorn. Apparently, we eat a lot of popcorn. It's been our snack of choice lately. Thankful that it's easy and also gluten and sugar free.

6. Upper body strength. I climbed on our new wall earlier this week! Thankful that I still know how and have been keeping up my strength through boot camp, though the "easy" problem Micah set for me is really more of a problem I'd work my way up to over a climbing session, lol. Micah would want you to know that I didn't technically finish it either...because I refused to finish out the route and grab the top. I know I *can*...I just couldn't bring myself to do it yet, lol. (Micah also made me make my way to the top and hang there and drop--to prove that I could and get it out of my head. And I did. And it wasn't my favorite thing. So now I don't really want to, lol. Let's just say that the mats at Ascent are better than our old mattress and that normally I top out or down climb instead of dropping anyhow...but neither of those was an option on this route.)

Also, I totally climbed that pole!! I'm pretty proud...I've never successfully climbed a pole or rope before...always hated that in PE class. I did it again to make Micah document it for proof, lol. 

Of course then Asher and Micah proceeded to climb it, literally, one handed (still with feet)...and do things like this:

Boys. ;P

So, what are you thankful for this week?