- hearing amazing songs that i had forgotten about: Climb
- delightful elephants magnet for mama melinda
- 3 girls and their daddy dancing
- roku remote is found and the sunroom is pretty much as clean as i can get it.
- pondering "enjoy the best of Jesus" - Romans 16:20
- "emma, want to do the 7 minute workout with me?" - caroline - thankful for a big sister investing in her little sister
- frozen cokes and a frosted coffee...car full of treats for $5
- a mother delighting in her son (kayla and seth)
- powerful worship: this is a move
- prolific magnet making happening by the next to youngest cash
- "september like weather" in july
- looong bike ride and momma g's with my favorite fella
- both kids' orthodontist appointments at the same time/day
- team marquez is 8 minutes away!
- that the pool not being blue is not the end of the world.
- doughnuts and bar-b-que (and a husband that pretty much read my mind about the food i was wanting)
- 2nd round of blueberry picking and wonderful friends to enjoy it with
- peaceful ride to orlando
- seeing familiar people in a setting away from home
- strong quotes:
- 1/2 price appetizers!
- fun meals with great people
- the generosity of the free methodist foundation
- incredible worship that flows naturally between languages
- aunt amy and zoe got to go to seaworld!
- getting to see and catch up with mishawn
- theresa and gracie's willingness to take care of our kitties
- molly & crew's willingness to take care of the pool
- our God is faithful. trustworthy. steadfast. loving. kind. able. victorious. (and oh so much more)
- sitting behind CCC youth in worship. wow. i love how they worship our God.
- eli, caroline and emma got to go with yaya and grandaddy to leonard's for the 4th
- the way wendi and jason serve so generously (especially after community group)...they just jump in and do stuff without making a big deal about it
- the way emma's eyes were sparkling when she came in from ultimate and talked about it
- wonderful things like this:
- that nick takes time to BE with our children
- zoe's morning naps (and her afternoon naps)
- reliable washer and dryer
- trips to the library (that place really is a wealth of resources!!)
- sweet sleeping sarah in church
- having the whites at ccc again
- ms. marie's kindness with the skirt and headband for zoe (and the way she always tells zoe that she loves her)
- CFA cow appreciation day. free food is fabulous.
- excellent service from Arrow (if you need a technician, clark is a good one!)
- "...inhabit the large world of God's sovereignty..." - intro to habakkuk, the msg
- getting the wrong chips that lead to an impromptu possibly important conversation (time will tell)
- "everytime i saw them they were serving..."
Thankful for Yaya asking me where my thankful Thursday list was this week...I put it together on Thursday as usual but must have hit "save" instead of publish. Thus, a Sunday afternoon posting. Thanks for looking out for me, Toni!!!
- hearing/seeing things learned from propel/impact 360 put into practice
- yaya and eli's breakfast outing
- blueberry picking -and eating- with the bray sisters
- costa rican sloth coffee (and, even more so, the friends that brought it)
- coloring rocks with 4 year olds
- the ashley family - the fellowship, the rocking of the pool, the camaraderie, the similarities
- pizza making with shea (and the reminder that pizza dough isn't all that difficult)(and that she came for a visit!!)
- days when i kind of get to do what i want to do (i need to remember that on days when it feels like i don't get to do anything i want to do)
- 3 sweet cash sisters
- brainstorming meeting ideas and devo ideas
- quotes that hit the spot: " our lives feel at once too frenzied and too mundane, too connected and not connected enough, too demanding and too sedentary."
- walking with wendi (and the way you don't have to turn around at the construction zone or at those buildings but can keep going!)
- trustworthy teenagers
- this. yes.
