- time on the porch reading
- pause app "experience jesus"
- b-last from the past (posing as characters from a movie we've never seen...to play a kickball game!)
- cash family water balloon wiffleball
- just right iced coffee and a good choice for a rainy afternoon
- eli's dessert creation for zoe
- psalm 91 (and the anna golden song)
- anna...tre...yaya...bringing the smiles to emma
- few hours at chewacla state park
- emma's wisdom teeth removal went well...recovery is getting better and better....
- all the things for camp empower keep coming together
- nick made me a plate of all the cinnamon roll centers (and he remembered my "more/less" list from the beginning of the year!)
- multiple naps this week
- good fiction books to read
- runs and a walk with caroline
- pause app "experience Jesus"
- sweet wedding for Eli & Naomi
- eli's toast! such a good best man :)
- tasty lasagna and new members at CityScape
- iced coffee and way better than expected orange scone on the porch
- most of the waffle friday crowd celebrating molly's newly established mother-in-law status
- made it to tuesday at noon...little more breathing room
- zoe is so 7
- cookie cake!!
- fun cityscape kids kick off summer event....so many meaningful conversations
- every time my dad calls
- gardenia bush FULL of buds and blooms
- easy dentist appointment
- bubble bath monster
- iceskating birthday party for these 2 (i love that they share a birthday...and logan, too)
- family freeze tag ended well (lost a little cookie cake...but that's ok)
- whatever my eye had going on went away
- fun chalkboard sign (making the most of that borrow!)
- beautiful breathe event
- bible verse bracelets
- fabulous friends gathered at my favorite table.
- easy cottage guests and turnovers
- celebrating 23 years of being married to nick! i love my husband so much.
- butter chicken! indian restaurant with all the fun vibes. (not sure anything will ever top shamiana in benin...but we'll keep trying) and the best person to share it with.
- caroline made her flight!
- she's ropes course certified
- good stuff:
- eli has had a good week in houston! (can't wait to hear about it!)
- laughing at seinfeld and hearing nick and emma laughing at it
- buttermilk pie (and driving all the way to byron to exchange half for papa's fried chicken...but then lane didn't show up)(just kidding)(and i hope he was kidding)
- bouquet making at cityscape for mother's day!
- that i get to be eli, caroline, emma and zoe's mom. unbelievable.
- getting to use beth's art for the tags
- having eli and logan and friends here
- the way they came in from a very busy (and early!) day at impact and proceeded to take time by themselves to spend time with the Lord
- charcuterie on a stick and lovely flowers (both thanks to logan!)
- all of tuesday worked out (even though 4 trips to ccs were involved)
- encouraging emails from amy's end of semester reviews
- so much love and friendship in one picture.
- folks accepted jesus at cityscape on sunday!!!
- teamwork making the dreamwork for pretty much everything....specifically for the rehearsal dinner
- the robertsons. grateful for ALL the ways they love and serve...and their willingness to go where the Lord is sending them
sad to say i still haven't figured out how to add an email subscription button to the blog...i'm not giving up....just need someone who knows alot more about coding than i do.
- jesus and satan are not equal opposites. not even close.
- delightful walk in the woods sunday afternoon
- getting to hold things with folks and pray specifically
- arnold is sounding like a cash:
- God is at work in every situation. every single one.
- most precious daisies delivered by a beautiful friend in a just right vase
- lots of swimming!
- getting to meet baby lizzie!! (zoe is actually happy about it....)
- beth's kindness to create the mother's day tags for cityscape
- eli is home! love it when they get out the legos (almost as good as getting out the trains)
- fun times dance times playlist
- cute sweet things:
- how good the yard looks after nick mows
- forgotten flowers that bloom so incredibly
- mr. wright's continued kindness and generosity (fly stuff)
- piper perry!!!!
- celebrating shelley
- picturesque moments
- getting to wear a sweatshirt in may
- sweet sisters on a delightful quilt on an incredible day
- closer than i've been in a while to having a working "subscribe" button on the blog
- shared cinnamon roll and a just right cup of coffee at CHOA
- suzanne and lex getting to meet. love connecting incredible people.
- yup. this:
- rich mullins + button box + zoe in cute pjs = delightful thursday morning
- starting the book of James at CityScape. timely word.
- camp empower is FULL for campers (trusting God to bring the buddies!)
- kids serving and scrubbing
- having a good book to read (in this case, atonement child)
- the frogs and turtles this week (this is shelly)
- when people could easily be front and center and they choose to be back and left.
- mercy med gala. really fun time.
- an hour and a half of self-care that pretty much turned everything around. thank you, jesus.
- convertible driving with 3 really great kids (and a frog and a baby doll)
- anytime any of my kids share anything with me
- the ways the moms (specifically waffle friday moms) love on the kids...no matter which one...my community is ridiculously wonderful (thought about doing a whole post just on that....maybe sometime soon)
- nick's all around awesomeness. he's wonderful. truly.
- just right baby shower
- zoe worked hard, saved her money and the bunny (toy) was HALF the price when she went to buy it!
- these 3 waiting on the bunny to have her babies. this was very serious business (i got shushed and sent to the porch)
- icees at sam's - 3 treats for less than $3. i like it.
- zoe's excitement about previously mentioned bunny's arrival.
- 2 new (not toy) babies in our world! safe arrivals for tex and lizzie!
- such a good reminder:
