- unexpected chick-fil-a for breakfast and lunch tuesday (God's given me some gooood friends!)
- fun time at CC on wednesday
- Good reminders from the Lord through Christine Caine:
- driveway (mine) walk with lauren
- driveway (hers) walk with molly
- post workout high-5's!
- new to us stroller (and the front tire doesn't even fall off!) and a fun car tower toy that zoe has thoroughly enjoyed from team marquez
- eli's responsible texting when he arrives/departs (having a trustworthy 16 year old is INCREDIBLE!)
- numerous friends who come to mind as i read this:
- caroline and emma's help in the cottage
- yaya kept zoe ANNNNND folded laundry.
- delightful double date with trusted friends
- celebrating eli and nick
- "...delighting in the ways Your glory is reflected in the unrepeatable gift of their being..." A liturgy for the marking of birthdays from Every Moment Holy
- watching "anne with an e" with emma
- Dr. G bringing the truth!
- all went well with eli getting his license
- celebrating eli and eli!
- chicken biscuits with nick
- why is this so true?! :)
- messaging with hannah
- sunshine after the storm
- Jesus Storybook Bible...and reading it with Zoe
- birds on the wire. God sees them and cares for them....
- family proverb reading and talking
- celebrating asher's soon-to-be-here-ness with delicious treats
- the little cottage succulent is thriving...and multiplying!
- lots of easy cottage guests this week
- emma's helpfulness and her awesome work on her faces of history project/paper
- taking a chance on pink running shoes (and the friend who found them!)
- rest and peace and relief and refreshment
- date night: good food and great conversation and a nice walk at britt david
- the book drops are open again! (and the fact that lauren knows how much i appreciate that)
- "hey my yaya" - zoe
- when the timing of things works out just as i planned for it to (no delays or unexpected situations)
- the moments that homeschooling allows (the way this big sister loves on this little sister is stunning)
- a certain little girl (and therefore this mama) slept until 9:30 monday morning (very rare and splendid treasure)
- anytime eli brings me a cherry coke from CFA
- this prayer on a lovely image
- needs that are shared and immediately met (bedside tables for Clement Care)
- social shuttling...and others willing to share in the shuttling
- getting to hang out with joshua and elliot
- hearing skip and ashley's life stories
- walking good hills and developing a new friendship
- zoe in pajamas picking tiny purple flowers
- nice people. paying for a service is so much easier when the people providing the service are nice.
- walks with wonderful women
- refreshing new to me news source (see mug below)
- early morning coffee (in my new the pour over mug!) and cinnamon roll and time on the window seat
- fantastic time at the park...lots of community and connecting
- super comfy cozy socks
- kathryn means' podcast - Here's What I Know To Be True
- zoe and her doctor kit (and the way she checks heart beats...thump thump...thump thump)
- all went well with Real Life Rapunzel getting to move back to her dad's
- the prayers and love that have surrounded that little girl
- Judge Dodgen's words of affirmation and encouragement and willingness to work with RLP's dad - what a gift to get to hear and be a part of all that
- sweet sisters sliding and smiling
- fun times in the CCC parking lot
- getting to meet a friend's special love interest :)
- yaya's generosity in the gift of clothes and shoes and swimsuits for zoe (and hearing about the fashion show)
- a day that was full of really wonderful people and opportunities (honestly, too full...but i'm glad for it...and glad for the reminder to schedule things a little bit better!)
