- the "no smoking indoors" law in GA (some state we stopped in apparently doesn't have that law. made me realize how very thankful i am for it!)
- an incredible car ride to texas!
- breakfast with sam and christy friday morning - that french toast was AMAZING
- a beautiful (and delicious) picnic lunch packed by mrs. collins! so thoughtful! so generous!
- 1/2 way to texas prizes were a hit
- eli's excitement over the bingo game
- loving people so much that it's hard to say good-bye
- community living. i really like it.
- facebook feeds
- restful sunday. sabbath.
- mary is here!
- there's really alot for the kids to do here at the IOC (international operating center)
- "give your mind a break from planning & trying to anticipate what will happen." - jesus calling
- caroline's cuteness when she's eating bananas
- baby cows running across the field
- this is so right
- baby deer running by the van (i'm realizing i really like wild baby animals)
- playing catchphrase in the lobby/family room
- God's pullling up things that we (He and I) can work on
- my dependence on nick.
- eli's ever growing independence...
- watching my kids willingly choose to get vegetables on their plates at meals.
- doodling in productive ways (see picture of cup below)
- the fact that i don't have a panty cabinet...but that could be fun (i misspelled pantry on the cash crew blog...the lovely carol hill helped me see the error of my ways!!!)
- 2 braids (on emma, caroline & me - thanks to mary!)
- "replying in blue" to emails (sometimes)
- listening to emma play trains "beep, beep...i'm going through..."
- caroline's love for the song "i'm trading my sorrows" (it's become quite necessary in the falling asleep process)(and it's fun to talk about all those words/phrases and what they mean)
- i passed the fire safety test!!!
- doing something i've never done before (and have never even thought about doing!)
- vaccuuming our whole home in less than 5 minutes
- i really started working on isaiah 55 this week (you're thinking "'about time!" aren't you, lauren heath?! "Ho!" Though my version says "hey there!")
- my very own early morning crave wednesday morning (thanks for waking me up, God)
- getting to watch part of the office in our safety training class. it feels so good to laugh so hard!
- 3 sleeping children.
and...for the first time ever...a few thankful thursday pictures!!!!!
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| Mail!! Thanks Molly, Kaci, Carey & Beth!!! |
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| Eli Whitis is HOME from Ethiopia! |
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| Laptop Sleeve & "accesory bag" - major cool points for Bertie's Closet Etsy shop |
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| My fun Gateway Mug - everybody got one...saves on strofoam cup use |
