grateful.

• such good conversations
• best tennis of my life  
• nick took zoe and emma out on the lake! (and brought back gas station pizza!)

• sweet mom's gathering wednesday morning (sister schubert's cinnamon rolls and sausage rolls...goodness in a pan)
• emma's NHS induction 
• nick is here for all the things

• moments where i really think the Lord helped me forget some things that needed to be done so that i could rest/relax...and then He reminded me and there was time to get them done. 
• honest and authentic conversation on suz's back porch. love those ladies. 
• this plant came back! (thanks, mrs. sherry!!)

• emma & mp & the lukes playing pickleball
• lovely weather (and safety in the midst of the not so lovely weather)
• moments that are just so zoe

• having eli and friends around (in and out) for the weekend
• spur of the moment dinner invitations that work out...and include a round of snowball freeze tag
• drew's kind note and the gift of pecans (10/10 recommend order here if you need some tasty pecans! milk chocolate are my favorite...meme's sugar pecans are a winner....cinnamon sugar...they are all good!!!) 

• suggesting a scholarship only to find out caroline's already applied for it. way to go. 
• pretty easy sam's run
• THE SWEETEST bunch in the nursery.

• camp empower is already 1/2 full of campers!
• the pink package from soozi arrived - beautiful truth to pray over friends and family
• the thank you letter made it to john & trudy