27 July 2023

thankful list...vacation edition (volume 2)

 a few more pictures this week (and they are even pretty much in order)

  • "He fills my life with good things." psalm 103:5(a)
  • easy peasy rehearsal in the lovely (laura) lane chapel 
  • beautiful sunset at epworth (even more beautiful to me: the 3 teenagers and 1 five year old that i get to call my children)
  • pretty pretty fingers and toes
  • hawaiian tropic sunscreen
  • being with my sister on her wedding day!
  • so many incredible people who traveled all kinds of distances to be here to celebrate - so cool to see some of the lives amy and wil have impacted (and that have impacted them)
  • meme made it! 
  • lovely wedding for Wil + Amy (i like that officiant)
  • sweet conversations with folks at the reception (so cool to get to say "i've prayed for you!!" or to hear someone say "i've prayed for you!!")
  • "blessed are the flexible for they will not be bent out of shape." -mama lou
  • mid-reception nieces and nephews (+ shane, honorary nephew) uno playing
  • "in yourself you do not have the strength or the wisdom or the ability to accomplish the task to which you are called." - every moment holy 
  • God is so faithful. so faithful. 
  • pre-church dolce dough donuts (sweet mama's officially has competition)
  • double dose of church
  • the way caroline cares for zoe
  • St. Ignatius' Prayer of Indifference:
  • molly's generosity to take care of all things everbe while we're away 
  • just right after dinner bike ride (really thankful for the way SSI sidewalks are bike friendly...not lots of bumps or jumps!)
  • kids (and young adults) building castles together
  • paddleboarding to/with the dolphins
  • bike ride to get sweet mama's (kind of always wanted to do that!)
  • more incredible sunrises (gotta get my fill for the year)
  • so easy to get a new tent
  • scruffy is such a good dog!
  • yaya's awesomeness.
  • the card from the blood pressure thing worked!
  • braves on at the beach
  • papa with some of his girls
  • trash fairy and laundry fairy and dishwasher fairy 
  • plenty of hot water and good water pressure
  • nick's beach stylez charcuterie
  • plenty of good books to read
  • cherries
  • pretty decent news about the pool liner