giving thanks

• best sugar babies ever (a little soft from being in the container/cargo hold)
• milk chocolate covered espresso beans (saved the best for last!)
• kids playing happily and cheerfully together
• mail, packages & container all in one day

• elayne saucier & melany raborn's all around awesomeness (and thoughtfulness/generosity)
• dr. pepper from 'chelle
• monday nights - running club followed by cafe working (caroline), block party (chelle & emma), foosball (eli)
• sweet package of cards & notes from Mama Lou & her Sunday School class
• "God loves you - He always has - He always will" bracelets
• 2 ponytails to donate (pictures forthcoming)
• first christmas present of 2013 :)

• spur of the moment trip to the riviera hotel with eli and caroline saturday
• swinging with the kiddos on deck 7
• braids in little girls' hair
• dinner with friends saturday evening
• the crew clinic! quick & easy!
• kids writing letters

• getting to trust God in a new way
• white camisole tops
• white camisole tops that smell like my sister
• instant pudding (especially of the oreo variety) - so easy, so tasty
• window markers (thanks,  beth!)

• thoughtful husband
• "it ain't what i do in this world what makes me worth something - it's what the Lord's already done that makes me worth something." - a character named Jefferson in Bodie Thoene's "In My Father's House"
• sharing a coke with nick 
• chatting with molly on facebook knowing that it's the middle of the night for her.  what a special friend. 
• hugs & kisses from yaya