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!)
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.
"...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...
