29 May 2025

so many good things

  • 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

22 May 2025

toasts and apps and friends and birthdays

  • 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.

15 May 2025

life giving moments and gifts

  • 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. 

08 May 2025

noticing the abundance in my life...just as a little treat.

  • 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

01 May 2025

God's abundance is ours...a few more examples....

  • 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: