Thankful Thursday!

Many weeks ago I decided that I wanted to start Thankful Thursdays on my blog. Since then I always seem to remember on Friday! Since it is still Thursday for another 15 min, here is the short list (ie: the important list) of things I'm thankful for today.

• My Parents! They flew in last night for Kristen's graduation and I realized how good to me they have been. They really are amazing! It's fun to spend time with them as a "grown up" child. 
• BYU. Today we went to Kristen's graduation and I realized what a blessing it is that I am able to come to here to BYU. I've taken it for granted that I have a hugely subsidized education, my religious beliefs are not only not mocked in classes, they are supported, encouraged and even strengthened. All this while getting a top notch education! In another year I'm going to be sad to leave.
• My sisters. It's strange being the older sister and watching your younger sister do everything first. I don't want to give the idea that I begrudge her these things, I've done other things and at a different pace, but today it was weird watching Kristen graduate, knowing that she's moving onward and upward in life. I'm so proud of her, but I'm going to miss her. We've really bonded this year, and things are going to be different in Provo without Gristen here. It makes me a little sad. Rachel is AMAZING too (what great genes we all must have gotten!). She sews, she bakes, she is artsy, she derives the amount of awesomeness that Kristen is as a function of time. Who does that? Rachel, my sister!