a thankful heart is a happy heart

• early morning iced coffee + blueberry lemon muffin
• brick & mortar in Old Town (need a coffeeshop?  it's a good one) 
• watermelon + salads + smoothies + sweet girls who love 'em all

• being in my smoothie era
• holy week....face to face with jesus' love and kindness and sacrifice.  goodness.  it's too much to take in sometimes. 
• beauty

• shane's rewards = free lemon pepper boneless wings (thankful emma want a grilled cheese from there!)
• eli and friends here for a bit 
• melted gummi bears (and the friend who prepares them :))

• books for zoe! 
• fully funded mission trips.  God's generosity through friends and family is amazing!!!
• meegan's candle

• captured goals
• slowly asking for "the twenty"
• borrowed puzzle from a sweet friend = perfect staff meeting activity

• work is happening on the fun run 
• the organization and leadership and systems matt brings to the CS table 
• these cash kids.  so thankful.

• listening/watching zoe sing and dance to Ellie Holcomb's song "Sing"
• sweet girls playing outside ALLLL morning
• letters and postcards that get where they are supposed to be going

songs and sunday afternoons and so many wonderful things.

• You're Worthy of It All  Shane & Shane "all of my hopes...all of my fears...all of my wants...and all of my years...everything now, everything then....You're worthy of it all."
• And Psalm 91 from Anna Golden - "You're my God in whom i trust!"
• seeing CityScape's "everybody touch somebody" in action in CityKids

• ALL IS D.O.N.E. with the business license stuff.  oh the weight that is lifted!
• quick coffee date with karina with a good dose of vitamin d 
• beautiful afternoon. beautiful girl. another beautiful soup. 

• "defender shepherd"
• molly pulling in with a cappuccino blast
• wisteria. 

• "...do away with wickedness for good."  psalm 139:19 (msg) 
• time with meegan.  i'm going to miss her! 
• this little section of the off ramp from JR Allen onto I-85...i just like it. 

• sweet sweet giftcard from MIC friends
• meaningful phone calls
• adapted shield prayer

• synchronized popcorn eating
• how talking to nick helps me not feel so sad. every single time.
• 3 girls eating icecream and watching movies...such a great sunday afternoon

• coming home to a much cleaner kitchen than i left
• how easy it is to get things done with Davis Concrete Company (expensive....but easy!  and kind!)
• UGA acceptances...college decisions made....

centering prayers and caterpillar houses and all kinds of goodness

• eventually all of the business license stuff IS going to get worked out. 
• Centering Prayer - song by Andrew Peterson
  
• we have THE BEST COMMUNITY.  so much love for Caroline on Senior Night!!! such an expression of love and support for our family

• ALL the love and birthday boxes and chocolate cake and family get togethers and hugs and smiles from Meme through the years.  what a life well lived. 
• candace won the auction for the pool vacuum!! 
• USO program that allows Nick to record himself reading a book for Zoe (and that book is going to get sent to us!)

• ideal saturday morning....sleeping in a bit, big breakfast, lots of time on the porch
• getting to zoom into amy's class...always such an enjoyable time of talking
• caroline officially committed to samford!! 

• liturgies
• mission trip money...such generosity! 
• celebrating eli at mr. pizza!

• friends who help make birthday presents possible
• the guys and gals who celebrated eli so well at impact
• zoe's caterpillar house

• walking with friends. such a gift every single time. 
• making smoothies
• the gift of leftover soup for lunch outside on the porch

gifts along the way this week

• having papa and uncle lane and leah and charles in town 
• couple of quick responses to the mission trip letters
• fun aldi find

• safe travels for nick 
• hearing about how good the food is where he is
• never a bad time for office/life supplies 

• time to work on the IG post and email and website uninterrupted
• daffodils for sharing
• nick set me up for so much success in renewing all the things for the cottage.  even left me $20 cash for the background check.

• sweet first wednesday
• getting to see eli for a few minutes!
• beautiful sky

• donuts are always a good idea. 
• scripture that zoe knows because of katie's dance class
• seeing friends in the movie (Lifemark!) we were watching (the lady sitting at the table is victoria!)

• pool pump situation is fixed (as far as i know)
• pinata stamps (almost as fun as the elephants!)
• so many encouraging truths all in one morning: 

• beautiful weather for being outside
• leftover steak!
• zoe's bean soup with rosemary and mint

• tried the subway footlong pretzel
• when kids say/text thank yous for having them over
• how very much zoe enjoys scruffy!

• time on the porch
• peach mango drink
• yup: