so much to be thankful for!!!!! in no particular order...
- eli saying "boogie...boogie 1...boogie 2...etc." (he's mispronouncing "bogie" on the putt-putt course...and each additional stroke is an added number...so a bogie 17 means it took par + 17 to get the ball in the hole.)(i don't think he actually had a bogie 17...but another in our party did)
- faithful pray-ers praying on our behalf. what a gift!
- talk of a candy eating contest
- the chance to see horrible parenting (may sound ridiculous to be thankful for that...but it was a very real and visible and obvious reminder of why it's so important to speak with love and kindness to my children)(and to not say ridiculous things like "well, just go home then." that won't work when you're in the middle of a theme park and your child is 8)
- a late night walk around a beautiful lake lined with scenes from a variety of countries. what a pleasant way to pray for the world.
- vacation. i do believe this is the best one yet. i love being with this family of mine.
- kids sleeping until 9:00 this morning. they're vacationing, too (of course that may be due to the fact that we ate "supper" at 10:00pm last night....)
- cherry coke. and lots of it.
- riding the hippo (fake hippo...just the name of the inflatable water slide)
- seeing the baby elephant (a real one)
- 193,800 points on the buzz light year ride
- end of the day pictures last night
- eating lunch while waiting for the dumbo ride. nick saying "i'm pretty impressed with us right now."
- finishing a letter that's been in the making for a week (it's out of my hands, mary...should be heading your way!)
- all of emma's new words!!! (eli saying "emma say (fill in the blank)" - and she does!)
- knowing our chickens, bell peppers and mail are all in good hands while we're gone
- "from c to silent t" and "super-cali-frag-ilistic your country is atrocious"
- getting to observe beautiful things (even if no one else is watching)
- coffee and french toast
- nick's laughter
- "you can go first." "no...you can go first."
- "enough is enough" (eli telling me there was enough icecream in his bowl)
- caroline's backflips on the jumpy thingy
- reading a book that is (pretty successfully) combining amish life with a mob story
- silly wigs in super target
- free ice. cold water.
- a husband who takes an active role in planning our making our vacations successful...he is so awesome.
