so many gifts along the way.

• andrea diallo's smile
• delicious thanksgiving meal (it may not look like much but it was AMAZING)

• special thanksgiving celebration
• dessert table (this was only about 1/4 of it...i took the picture a little early)

• perfect cup of pressed pumpkin spice coffee
• listening to caroline & emma sing in dutch
• pajama day at school (it's amazing how easy it is to get kids out the door when getting dressed and fixing hair isn't involved)
• this picture: (it just makes me laugh)

• the way nick speaks God's Truth
• i successfully ordered lunch in french (and that, my friends, is the extent of my french speaking abilities)
• amy moser's willingness to watch emma for a few minutes (last minute!)
• "walk with me along paths of peace; enjoy the journey in my presence." - jesus calling
• caroline's plastic bag juggling skills

• finding the right words/approach with caroline and her major meltdown 
• package from the edfeldts!

• delightful date night...sunset, popcorn, cold coke, best friend, laughing at crabs scuttling about...
• the kids' excitement about decorating for christmas (and their willingness to straighten up the cabin so that the decorating could happen!)
• spreading out the opening of gifts over the entire month (round one: the Smiths from Texas!)

• "use all Your skill to put me together; i wait to see Your finished product." - psalm 25:21.  i am a work in progress...
• "God's almost done healing my knee!" - emma
• playing the "ha!" game at lunch (and the laughter that ensued)
• lovely and precious note from scotland (my first mail to come through the Dutch Mercy Ships' Office!)