thankfulness is good for my soul.

• when the house is pretty much as clean and straight as i can get it
• serving icecream soup - and foster care/adoption collaboration
• the life, love, service & smile of lifeline's emily griffin
• birthday card for zoe from momma melinda

• the way community group pitches in to clean up
• surprise capp blast waiting for me at treadstone (and finally realizing that it's CARAMEL that make it just right)
• celebrating the gift of zoe

• nick's cupcake coordinating skillz
• all of my dad's hard work in the yard (and his determination that i WILL have tomato and cucumber plants) 
• the phillips family. Georgia's (and Alabama's!) loss is Washington's great gain!
• aunt amy.  she's just wonderful. 

• aaron and emma's trampoline wrestling presentation
• katie's cookies (and, of course, katie herself)
• MaMa and Papa's visit
• emma got to go fishing with papa