for these and all our many blessings...
- listening to/watching the rain the other night
- simple tasks that mean so much (easy for me to do, such gratefulness from the recipients)
- rend collective experiment (that should be on here about a dozen times...really enjoying their music right now)
- hearing mr. josh's laughter across the ship
- the 3rd graders field trip/service project with Ryan in the IS department
- the head cold i had didn't last long
- watching the olympics in an international community
- laughing at curling
- God ordained conversations that happened by the pool saturday night
- 'chelle's "recruitment" of caroline to help with a video/recording
- the general willingness of so many to invest in our children and to allow them to use their gifts and talents in incredible ways here's another example
- capable, faithful youth leaders
- people in the crowd of sports events that get so excited to see themselves on the screen...makes me laugh
- "c salads" (cucumbers, craisins, catalina dressing)(my favorite "c salad" would probably be cucumbers, crutons and cheese)(with good ranch dressing...but ranch doesn't start with a "c")
- when my kids say really kind things - especially to one another (wish it wasn't quite so rare!)
- caroline's ipod is found!!!!
- sweet pictures from the past
- CARE packages from Yaya & Grandaddy and Aunt Amy and the Whites and the Sheeks. so much love sent in those boxes...it's amazing how wonderful those boxes are.
- what God does when we give Him a little space (surrender the schedule!)
- charissa's blog post
- the way Erin Williams IS - so kind, so caring, so thoughtful, so sweet.
- Ray Charles stamps
- when you walk in a room and the song that's been in your head all morning is playing
- "i've counted up the cost...and You are worth it." - rend collective song
- thawing out on deck 7 with Miss Moriah
- black and white pictures
- my husband's willingness to invest in others