cultivating that thankful mindset...

• surprise BOGO free at starbuck's
• getting to swing by and drop off a coffee 
• oh that cake pop
• sweet event on sunday afternoon

• celebrating poppa's 90 years of life!
• cash cottage waffle friday (messy though it be)
• friends who don't mind the mess
• seeing shipmates in a magazine and reading her incredible words

• beautiful moon
• the gift of worship
• the rain that came the day after the furniture was moved
• the silly ridiculousness of the game "speak out" 

•  marco's pizza. matt the generous strikes again.
• generosity in the form of an anonymous visa gift card
• AB's joy in climbing on the stool
• "working the land" (as a family to boot!)

• Emma's excitement over the "grand opening of iris the octopus's house"
• "is the Lord Jesus Christ being abundantly satisfied by your life?" - oswald chambers
• family mario chase (boy i'm bad at video games though)
• trying to practice "delighting in the one in front of me."