giving thanks.

• 3 kids playing happily at the beach!

• got to go to IKEA!
• Ariel's letter to Caroline
• Miss Carol's kindness - stickers for kids, drove us to IKEA, bought icecream for us!
• mini date with Nick at El Campo
• ocean view
• watching nick & caroline dance
• not having to use capital letters
• 10 kids peacefully & quietly watching a movie in our cabin (during emma's nap!)
• little oranges (that are green on the outside...but quite tasty...especially with a little salt)
• box of little pet shop stuff that anna brought over
• baskets from melissa
• green mentos (and only .38 euro each!  i should've gotten more....)

• peaceful place...peaceful moment.  practicing psalm 46:10
• 1st lunch in our cabin
• eli and caroline were/are so excited about school
• watching the office with nick.  laughing.
• resizing pictures.  wow, that makes things faster and life better.
• tums refill (for emma)
• emma's window cleaning abilities (even though they are dirtier when she's done than when she started)
• being helpful.
• 2nd lunch in our cabin.  i like this plan (to go get food from the dining room and bring it up for lunch - kids come home from school, nick from work.  it's a lovely way to spend an hour!)
• tori's i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e french toast casserole (and nick's thoughtfulness to bring me some!)
• the window above our kitchen sink (and the friend who sent it) (and the alarm clock and kitchen timer that now have magnets glued on their backs!)