344. Today I am grateful for swimming pools

I enjoy swimming and especially on really hot days ... I am grateful for swimming pools.

343. Today I am grateful for Highways

I am grateful for Highways that stretch throughout the continent to help make travelling more efficient and get you where you want to go faster.

That is if you’re on the right highway, we actually ended up staying the night in Montana instead of Oregon because we made a wrong turn. It will prob. Add a few more hours onto our trip but we will in Utah today!  

342. Today I am grateful for longest undefended border

As we get ready to leave to head down to Utah I am grateful that the border between Canada and the USA is undefended. This international border is known as the world’s longest undefended border which I believe just means that the two countries are not at war. However, there is still a lot of security and many people have difficulty getting over the border. Here is an interesting Canadian Geographic article about its creation.   

341. Today I am grateful for the Olympics

The London 2012 Olympics started on Friday and I have been watching the opening ceremonies and events over that past few days that have been PVRd. I love the Olympics! I love cheering for Canada, other countries and athletes.  I love the display of perseverance, sportsmanship, citizenship and believing in your dreams. I also love that people are gathering from all over the world to participate.  

340. Today I am grateful that my little sister asked me for makeup advice

My little sister (she’s 12) and I were in the bathroom this morning getting ready for the day. She asked me for some make up advice and I was surprised by how happy I was to share some tips with her. I’m not a make-up expert by any means but it was nice to kind of have that big sister role of sharing advice.

339. Today I am grateful for my Mom

Today is my mom’s birthday and so I think it would be a good opportunity to share my gratitude for my mom. I am grateful that she brought me into this world, I am grateful for the opportunities we have to talk, for her support in the choices I have made and for the relationship we have.   

338. Today I am grateful that there are still people I know in the Fraser Valley YSA branch

In my younger YSA years there was a Surrey YSA branch that I attended until it was dissolved and then I went back to my home ward for a bit for before moving out to Edmonton. Now the Surrey and Abbotsford stake YSA’s are combined to form the Fraser Valley YSA branch which I attended today. They meet in the old Langley building close to the temple. Over the years most of the people I know from my time in YSA in that area are married, have moved or are no longer in YSA so it was really nice to see people today that I knew and catch up with.