Grains of Gratitude

Oh it's so wonderful to be feeling well again! The week started off with the lingering sickness carried over from last week, but I was feeling so much better by the end of the week, thank goodness!

So here is what I am grateful for this week:

1. Remember when I went to get the mold for my night guard? I was told my insurance would cover 50% of it and my portion would be close to $200. So I paid $97 at that appointment and was going to pay the last 1/2 of it when I picked it up on Tues. Imagine my surprise when she said she checked with the insurance company again and they paid more for it then she thought - my balance was only $11! How wonderful that was! Also speaking of insurance, we received the statement from when Kayla had the ear tubes and it was about $2500! Thank goodness insurance covers that!

2. I'm grateful Joe's squadron had a family BBQ on Thursday. It was held at a park with a nice playground for the kids, which Kayla loved of course. Then there was a visit by the Easter bunny and all the kids had an Easter egg hunt. I'm grateful I was feeling well enough by Thur to go (and that I could go to Bunco that night too!) Joe was able to go home for the rest of the day after the BBQ and Friday was a "down day/Family day" so he was off then too. It was nice having him home for a couple extra days.

3. I'm grateful for the hairbow I won from Miranda in the giveaway. I received it last week, but haven't been able to get a picture of Kayla wearing it yet! It's so cute though!

4. A few Sundays ago I posted about being grateful for receiving that pair of shoes from Vincent Shoes and included a picture of Kayla in them. Well the president of the US branch of Vincent Shoes happened to read that post. He sent me an email saying how touched they all were by my post and they wanted Kayla to have a pair of dressy shoes too! He mentioned the Princess, the Princessa or the Vidars if that's what Kayla wanted. And as much as I thought those princess shoes were so cute (and Kayla doesn't have any like that), practicality won out. We went with the Vidar because I can see her getting more use out of those by wearing them with shorts and dresses. And because when I showed the pictures to Kayla she kept pointing to the Vidars! She received the shoes this week. I was so touched by his generosity in offering Kayla another pair of shoes - how nice was that?!

5. I'm also grateful for the kindness of blogging friends! Andrea from Sgt & Mrs Hub sent Kayla a box of colorful beads made in Vermont. Her daughter, Eve, is the same age as Kayla and enjoys playing with beads so they thought Kayla would as well. Thank you so much! Here is a video of Kayla enjoying the beads:

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6. I'm grateful Joe and I had a chance to go to the movies last night! I can't remember the last time we've been to the movies! We saw Music and Lyrics which was pretty good. Our good friends Jennifer and Jim babysat Kayla and she had a great time playing with their daughter Katelyn. Bonus was I had a coupon for "admit 2 for free" and another coupon for a free drink and medium popcorn. So our night at the movies was completely free!

7. So today is Easter Sunday and we all know the meaning of this day. I'm definitely grateful for that! We had a nice breakfast of blueberry pancakes then we'll all get ready for church. This afternoon we're getting together with 3 other families for a nice dinner, an egg hunt for the 5 kids who will be there, and board games for us adults. Looking forward to a nice day today!

Happy Easter everyone!