- Afternoon on back deck, kids splashing in sprinkler, mommy laughing, watching, sneaking a few pages of reading in here and there.
- Day of tilling, hoeing, raking. Sweat and sunshine, ice water and ice cream.
- Eighty-four degrees!
- A hint of sunburn.
- Sunday morning worship with my WCC fam.
- Kids bursting through church doors and running free in the field. I remember that feeling.
- Coffee.
- Walk to the park, perfectly timed to include neighbor-friend.
- Arrival at park — surprise! — house showing in less than an hour. In a bind. Friends come through. Watch kids at part for me, lend me a car to zip home and clean the house. Forty-five sweaty minutes later house is ready, back with kids. So thankful for grace.
- NOT getting pulled over by the police officer who followed oh-so-close as I was racing home in my friend’s car, without a license. Haven’t prayed that hard in a long time.
- Visit with new friend.
- Visit with old friend.
- Answers to prayer in tangible ways.
- Little boy running around in Lightening McQueen underwear.
- Afternoon sunshine.
- Hum of dryer.
- Scent of eucalyptus.
- Creativity.
- Creative cloth diapers when I ran out of plastic. Necessity remains the mother of invention.
- Funny Community Group video.
- All of our miniature diaper-clad “contributors” to small group discussion.
- My favorite frugal dinner: Lentil skillet.
- Green tea.
- Flowers all abloom, finally happy.
- Last minute Pump-It-Up playdate.
- An amazing reader who chose to generously share her life and belongings with us. Heidi-boo is blessed indeed.
- So many prayer requests: Opportunities for God to flex His muscles on our behalf.
- Words of wisdom from a beautiful mom here.
- Generous link from Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool.
- Circle of Moms.
- Toy lawnmower, happy boy.
- Early morning birthday run and coffee date with friend. Her gift of presence, love, words. It felt like the best birthday ever before 8am!
- Embrace and smile from my man.
- Kids sleeping in — long, hot shower.
- Washing my hair for the first time in…hm… can’t remember when! 🙂
- Kind kind words and birthday wishes on facebook.
- Many house showings, keeping me on my toes!
- Amazing weather for my birthday — a true sunkiss from God.
- Walk to the park in the morning sun.
- A practical WCC reunion at the park–so many wonderful ladies converge in that place. So thankful to be surrounded by such joy, friendship, love.
- Starbucks, nail polish, Plato’s Closet GC. 🙂
- A huge beautiful bouquet waiting on my doorstep. Little angels all around me.
- Birkenstocks arriving. Ok, these things are way bigger, wider, and bulkier than I had imagined. Kind of feel like I’m wearing snowshoes…but they are comfortable and that is a gift!
- Beautiful hand-made necklace, perfect for a date with my man.
- A little friend over for the afternoon with Dutch. She and Dutch are the best little buds and she has such a calming effect on Dutch! Can I arrange a marriage??
- Dutch spontaneously breaking into the Happy Birthday song.
- Little 3-year-old Brendan singing to me at the park.
- Fountain! Kids love water!
- Heidi playing with the big girls. She’s quite the soccer player!
- Birthday dinner out with my man at Seasons and Regions. Oregonians are so blessed with delicious local food!
- Afternoon spent with Caila from California — amazing disciple/friend/sister-in-Christ.
- Datenight with Cody Paskins. He whooped me at Candyland. 🙂
- Handmade notecards.
- Flora & Fauna stickers!
- Body butter.
- Handmade summer dress for Heidi from LittleBooBoutique.
- Too tired to write more gifts…but there are so many more!
- Strength to bow.
- Eyes to see.
- Grace to rise.
- Hands to raise.
- Praise.
6 thoughts on “Week's end with thanks”
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your thankfulness inspires me. and birks always look bigger when you’re looking down at your own feet. i don’t think it’s noticeable when you look at other people’s – or at least that’s what i tell myself, because they certainly are comfy!
~ blessings!
Haha, that’s what I tell myself! I did look in a mirror and they looked fine. So I just don’t look down. 🙂
Looking forward to connecting with you after London! Love ya!
It was certainly a week’s end for thanks! And I am so thankful for that Friday afternoon with you! Thank you for picking me up at the airport, taking me to lunch and dropping me off at the hotel. It was so much fun! 🙂
Yes, wasn’t it?! It was such a highlight to see you. I wanted to write more thanks about our time together but I was so tired Friday night I couldn’t think. 🙂 I love you my friend!
You were a blessing to me this week as well…I just don’t have a cool blog so I can’t add you to my public list! : ) It was wonderful to see you! <3
🙂 The clothes were the least of the blessing from visiting you that day. YOU were the real blessing.