Thankful Thursday

Another week. We're thick in final papers and projects here...all three boys will be done by next Wednesday, and we're all really looking forward to that. In the meantime, here's my list...

1. Micah's schedule. Last week, Micah had his advising appointment to register for next fall's classes. He's happy with the four classes he's signed up for. I'm happy that his schedule lines up nicely with Asher's...which means they'll be able to ride together and I won't need to make extra trips. :)

2. Rain. Last weekend it rained. I'm thankful for that because it means at least another week before we'll need to turn on the outside water and because I love the smell after a good rain. 

3. Movies That Made Us. Have you seen this series on Netflix? These are little documentaries, basically, about the making of fan favorite movies...Dirty Dancing, Home Alone, Ghostbusters and Die Hard. We've watched three of the four episodes so far and truly enjoyed them. Had to watch the Dirty Dancing movie before we watched the episode about it, since two of the boys and Nathan hadn't seen it. (Apparently, Noah had to watch it for an honors seminar class at CSU.) And we rewatched Ghostbusters after watching the episode and then watched Ghostbusters 2016 also...such fun! We're hoping they'll make more episodes.

4. Warm weather. It was warm enough to wear shorts and a tank when I went for my morning run earlier this week! During my nice run around the neighborhood, I also happened on some wildlife...

These baby geese are almost past the baby stage but still adorable. And, not entirely sure what type of bird this is (friends think red-tailed hawk), but it was magnificent...so big and he totally just stared me down as I pulled out my phone from the sidewalk just below him. Thankful that this is the type of wildlife I've run into and not the rattlesnakes or mountain lions or bears that I've heard reports of around here. 

5. Grilling season. Hooray! It's grilling season! We enjoyed brats earlier this week and are looking forward to enjoying more grilled foods now that we're using the grill again. (Course, our poor grill is getting old and smoky...fingers crossed it makes it through the season!)

6. Much needed breaks. As I mentioned, it's finals week here and things have been a little stressful. (Unlike some other schools, all of my boys are still receiving letter grades and didn't have any decrease in workload after things switched to distance learning...which has been a bit challenging.) But, yesterday, our internet service went down for hours...which brought everything to a hard stop. While we waited for the internet to get fixed (the provider was aware and estimated that service would be up again about four or five hours after it stopped working), we headed for the front yard to catch a glimpse of the F-16s that flew over and to shoot each other with Nerf guns. Of course. ;)

And then we went back inside and played some Codenames until dinner. The internet, thankfully, came back on sooner than anticipated, so boys were able to finish up some homework and get it submitted in time. Whew. Thankful that we had fun with what could have been a (more) stressful situation. 

And that's my list for today. I'm looking forward to next week's list...when this semester will be completely done. :)