- porch time with jesus, jess ray and henri nouwen
- a note not-so slyly slipped through a handshake
- such a beautiful zinnia
- learning all the brain rot lingo (and making emma laugh)
- SUCH a good monday!
- celebrating jo & sarah with popsicles and a playground!
- walks with nick
- wednesday's "classroom" in the backyard
- bookmark from gloria (and learning i was saying isaac wrong this whole time!)
- the way the house smelled this morning...the combination of coffee & thieves was just right
- when helping/serving is a joy and not an obligation
- morning views
- both of us showing up at panda express
- chocolate cake and pecan pie and rice krispy treats
- finding the 2 of them like this...him reading scripture to her first thing in the morning
- fried chicken and pineapple sandwiches (and telling people about pineapple sandwiches....really didn't realize that they're not a thing for most people!!)
- i love having my family in our home
- some of my favorite people gathered around the table to celebrate Papa's birthday!!
- feels like fall
- bottled coke! treat tuesday!
- TRUTH from the Jesus Storybook Bible
- sharing with friday friends.
- jonathan and katie's potato salad
- they won the tournament!! (thanks to jenny k. for sending pictures and videos!!)
- .40 off each gallon of gas (is there no "cent sign" on the keyboard?!)
- celebrating caroline!! (& that her friends celebrated her with post-its and dinner and all sorts of wonderful things!)
- healthy birds leave the nest. 2 flying back to college....
- pretty toes
- instagram and the peeks it gives into college life
- eli is literally being prayed over.
- henri nouwen's "out of solitude" (and the pages of notes in my journal)
- such a perfect sabbath setting
- thursday's pace was better than tuesday and wednesday's
- splashes of soozi all over the place
- seeing the Body of Christ come around the Barkdulls
- lilies & sparrows...and considering them.
- no line, no waiting at SB
- just right liturgy (again)
- voice texts from logan
- gift baskets from eden...what a delight to pass them out....
- jess ray's psalm 19 and lilies and sparrows
- the ivy plant is now eli's
- kids in the driveway running and walking and doing all sorts of wonderful things with me
- "...set their hope in God and not forget the works of God..." Psalm 78 (around v. 7)
- SSI sweater/sweatshirt
- the "God i trust You" coffee purchase
- enough places for all the people to sleep
- aaron got his license!!
- watercolors on a monday morning
- tasty cheeseburger at the volleyball game
- 4 people offering to serve in hospitality at CS!
- breakfast picnic (and kids leading themselves in prayer)
- well timed power outage
- the hokey pokey (and other fun ideas for teaching zoe things)
- yes. this:
- the right liturgy at the right moment....God helps give the best resets
- juice in the fridge from caroline
- how, in just the right beautiful hands, a plain piece of paper can become a piece of holy encouragement and truth
- "He will make you strong and give you peace." Psalm 29:11
- much needed and much appreciated date night...so thankful for nick.
- it all went according to nick's plan at the clingstone game - got the jerseys! had a great night!!
- sweet time at evangel's playground (x2)
- serve day was a success (so thankful for toni!)
- blessing bag decorating and note writing on a saturday morning
- sharing the pause app (10/10 highly recommend)
- a team of 3 for jeeah's hope! laura lea is a lovely addition.
- a whole host of folks ready to help
- celebrating molly!
- cool weather in august (!?!)
- jason MADE eli a cajon
- sweet little conversations with neighbors of cityscape
- caroline is here! love hearing about camp.
- sister nails
- popcorn and cookies and such
- "do you mind if i do the dishes?" -abigail (nope...don't mind at all)
- fun little fish thing
- jess ray's MATIN albums
- even when things are messy it's an honor to be a part of people's lives
- good sportsmanship after a rivoting game of skyjo
- gracie's family's kindness to caroline
- having eli and logan around
- treats at open house or verification or whatever it's called when we got emma's schedule at calvary
- great first day for emma and abigail
- all things eden church...especially dinner saturday evening
- gift basket from eden!
- UGA sweatpants. just so comfy.
- lunch with emma (i think that made the list last week... i'm still thankful!)
- good thoughts about MomCo
- walking with EG, b'fast with LL, visiting with AK...good wednesday morning
- more family freeze tag
- first time at eddie's attic - with incredible people seeing an incredible artist (looking for good music? highly recommend jess ray)
- thoughtful lyrics, hymns well done.
- having the college students in our house
- learning about moon beam. wow.
- eli and logan had easy travels to and from texas (and a great time with her family!)
- women's and men's events at CityScape - knowing the room was full of friendship and fellowship and really amazing people.
- fun things:
- 48 ish hours away with nick
- shampoo at the front desk (God provides!!!)
- black dress for S&N's wedding (again, God provides!!!!!)
- i have been influenced in the best of ways by katie:
- walks and runs with good podcasts
- multiple panda express meals :)
- jon & melissa's willingness to stand in for jeeah's hope
- pizza with my best friend and a view
- "consider the wildflowers" everywhere...we see what we're looking for
- delightful breathe event. just right.
- susu's sugar cookies!
- having eli and logan here for a couple of days
- CFA, coffee, conversations and connections on wednesday mornings
- birthday box of goodness from mama melinda ("oh, the beautiful beautiful shoes!" - zgc)
- meaningful coversations with logan
- emma wanted to go to lunch! (such a delightful time)
- zoe's love of the butterfly center...and a butterfly finally landed on her
- kindness and generosity again and again for me and those i love.
- the way the gavins walk with the Lord...their willingness to love and care for the vulnerable is stunning
- few hours at callaway with lovely friends.
- the davissons were able to stop in (and the way God provided lunch!)
- meaningful meals around the table
- leftover country's
- when going to the playground doesn't really make sense but it's definitely right and best
- the inflatable slip n slide takes waffle friday to a whole new level
- rain.
- a dad dancing with his daughter to frozen songs
- seeing caroline's face and getting to talk to her
- benjie's help on the side of the road sunday afternoon
- catching up on my correspondence :)
- so much provision in one picture...mainly buddies and snacks.
- camp empower (it should probably have its own thankful list)
- human hungry hungry hippos (maybe we should call it hungry hungry humans)
- every camper, every buddy, every leader, every day. 100% perfect attendance
- the folks southeast restoration sent to help
- the way mark practices and lives all of the grounding/regulating techniques
- incredible leaders. truly. dream team.
- watching kids & buddies do brave and hard things
- orbeez from the get go
- so many people praying!
- breakfast brought on time every morning
- getting to meet and interact with bristol
- the camper bags had plenty in them!
- christal, jen & lisa's help with reset, clean up and pack up
- everything fit into the pilot to take the supplies back to pine mountain
- all the swelling went away (again)
- taking notes from a good sunday sermon
- fun things:
- mike & mallory leading worship
- gifts from LLcoolJ (speaking that love language!)
- how some people can just make things better and lovelier - even snacks.