a few more and a few more and a few more

• "He is my God and i trust Him."  - psalm 91:2
• easy trip to warrenton (and from (to ft.jackson)...and to...and from (to columbus))
• nick graduated! 

• mexican on main street with papa and lane and laura lane (+ cash six)
• family feast...the way nick intentionally leads us is incredible
• the RELIEF that nick's presence back at home has brought (physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally...in every way, we are better when he is here with us)
• tasty lunch at b.merrel's with yaya and grandaddy
• hearing eli sing and play guitar
• celebratory homemade cookie cake from katie 

• "holiness is deeply compelling." - suzie silk, church of the city
• monday morning walk with molly.  love her and her honest heart. 
• celebrating God's creation of my dad
• the culprit behind the car seat that wouldn't move was discovered

• eli filled the hummingbird feeders (his idea, did it without mentioning it...saw something he wanted to do and did it...and now we're enjoying hummingbirds flying around)
• date night is back!  
• God's reminders that it really is ok that zoe isn't going to preschool (and not only is it ok, it's His best for her to be here with us)
• caroline passed her driver's test!!

• caroline's first act as a licensed driver was to take her sisters to get icecream and on a target run
• sleep. it's a gift. 
• delightful lunch in opelika with beth (amazed that this dear friend is close enough to meet for lunch!)
• comfy sweatshirt and PJ pants

more and more and more

• coffee on the porch with my siblings (2 out of 3 isn't bad)
• all of lane's service to us this weekend (he's such a servant!!  the world needs more lane mcmichaels!!)

• Amy came to Columbus!  Starbucks + Pedicures = super awesome blessing
• celebrating Caroline!

• the kumps kindness and love for caroline 
• molly's love and care for caroline

• "...he will hold me fast for my Savior loves me so..."
• unexpected walk with Amy T. 
• hearing about the boat finder app and already knowing it will be so fun at SSI next summer
• time in the car with caroline 

• good first classes of the semester at csu for eli and caroline
• more good stuff from written to speak: 

• walking with lauren...everytime is a gift. every.time. 
• finding all the things on the list (except watermelon...but i bet i can find that)
• just right afternoon at the playground

• nick is coming home TOMORROW. 

bits and pieces of God's goodness

• sitting at the table working on stuff with everybody else working on stuff, too
• how rhythms and routine have made the past 2 days pretty wonderful for a certain 12 year old in the cash casa
• time with a new friend...love it when God brings kind, easy, authentic folks who really love Jesus into my life
• tank of gas and a Saturday well spent - Trader Joe's, Cali n' Tito's, walking around UGA (time in a fountain included), frozen custard, time with/at Amy's, seeing my brother and dad and niece and future-brother-in-law, karaoke in the car on the way home...and NICK. 

• the way nick just makes life better 
• 8 days until nick is HOME.
• gift card from the summer reading program!
• able to make copies at the library (saved a trip to Office Depot!)
• Truth sidewalk chalked on our porch by AB Baby ("God is love. He will help you.  Come to Him.  He loves you.")

• chicken pot pie from sam's
• "the Lord is good and does what is right." psalm 25:8
• just right walk around lamb's lake and super tasty Panda Express with Christal
• really good glass cleaner
• a cup o' scuppernongs (and hundreds more on the vine)(we'll see if the deer beat us to them once they are ripe and ready)

•  nick's pinning (around minute 9:30 is when he actually gets pinned!). so proud of that guy. 
• Worship Initiative on shuffle
• 72 degree August morning
• the pool pump has been replaced
• a shower pretty much every time i want one

giving thanks...trying to live out God's plan for me

• "...for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs." - George Eliot
• knowing so many who are faithfully living a hidden life - seeking the Lord and serving the best they can 
• breathe on me breath of God (and the whole idea that it's His breath in my lungs that enables me to live/praise/worship/be)
• yaya's (and grandaddy's!) help with getting girls where they need to be...and keeping Zoe so that I can hang out with friends 

• "in the midst of everything be always giving thanks, for this is God's perfect plan for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thes 5:18
• lexi saved the day when I realized I didn't have the right vehicle for transporting all the folks
• riding Emma's bike to put mail in the mailbox....feels like freedom
• celebrating that Emma can chew/bite again (those braces have done a number on her!)

• J&L can be away from CityScape and everything still ran beautifully...mark of excellent leadership.
• a hint of coolness in the air (oh so rare for august)
• CS Students SR High leadership retreat....especially hearing how they commissioned the seniors
• Eli's cutting of the lawn (and his enjoyment of it!)

• "book club" with Katie, Meghan and Molly
• eating at Clean Eatz in Old Town and feeling like I'm in a movie (AND I liked clean eatz!!!)
• surgeries that go well 
• worshipping through weeding

• getting to be a tiny tiny part of what the Lord is doing in/at/through TruthSpring
• how God assembles the right people for the tasks...
• it was just a trashcan
• 2 weeks and a day until nick's graduation