it's thursday once again

fun note: a few of my thankful items this week are "sometimes you don't know what you've got until it's gone" things...

• having a toilet in our cabin (it was easy to recognize the convenience of it when it wasn't available and going to the bathroom required walking to the other end of the ship....)(and doing that multiple times with emma)
• the pizzas erin made us for lunch
• october!
• big bowl of chili lime popcorn from josh and steph

• the way nick sets our sheets right every night and covers me up
• dinner at the team house for stephanie's birthday
• laaaazy sunday
• "mama, can you take us to the pool?"
• cute cup from gretchen

• dr. pepper!
• prayer doodles
• mark's willingness to be "on call" so that running on the dock is possible while nick is away
• 3 weeks won't last forever
• "what are you going to say to God when all you do is pray to God to take the thorn away and all you hear Him say is 'My grace....My grace is sufficient....'" --shane and shane song lyrics
• emma's cuteness and eli's attempt to photo bomb

• made a phone call on the first try...no "invalid pin, invalid #" messages
• 'chelle brought just what i had been out getting -- coke & ice (in a very familiar cup)
• time with mae...it's always a blessing
• little bit of a "self-made care package" for me and the kiddos (spent way too much in the ship shop....but that's ok).  good grief at the junk.  it's going to be so good!