love and muffins and girls working together.

• sweet, sweet week of vacation
• how much caroline loves her bed (and home!)
• TA projects
• how very, very, very much God loves us
• reckless love song
• cookies and milk (and ridiculously amazing friendship) with shea 

• silly messaging with shelley
• josh and katie are here!!!
• andrea and her "hey girl hey"
• rice & soy sauce
• eli's bluberry muffin making
• 4 words of affirmation for nick

• girls playing soccer in the mud
• coffee with katie (coffee = amazing; company = even better)
• vacation moments that are REALLY REST because my husband is thoughtful and generous and incredible
• caroline helping emma organize her room (thankful for the cooperation and the organization!)
• homeschooling = emma can get the sleep she needs
• goggles and bubbles and curly girly (and alllll the other white kids)(nope...not a racial statement) 

• familiar and sacred ash wednesday service
• when the heaviness lifts a bit
• microwaves and electric kettles and all the conveniences of life
• nick's lunch on monday