Friday, May 31, 2013

Blessings 629 - 636

629. Seeing lots of kids running through my house and yard yesterday.


630. Spending the day with my sister-in-law.


631. Looking forward to a baby shower we are planning for my sis. She's more than halfway now and feeling great. Looking forward to seeing her and Joe with a baby in tow!


632. Playing with a flashlight with Sam in a darkened room, he turns to me and says, "You're my best. Mommy, you're my best."


633. Ed got home safely after a...


634. Successful day riding with his boss and...


635. A huge dinner program with 70+ people.


636. Able to send some of my long skirts and capris to Ethiopia. How fun for them! (Friend will wear them.)

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Blessings 616 - 628

616. A productive Memorial Day weekend: new flowers and shrubs planted.


617. And we paid to have our mulch laid this year. Yay.


618. And our house is becoming blue thanks to my two cousins who are painting it this summer! Love it!


619. We are DONE with school this year!!! Feels amazing to have Claudia finished with 3rd grade and Jake finished with kindergarten.


620. Did I mention Claudia is done with math for the year? Whew. That is a real blessing.


621. Root beer floats.


622. Friends who take my kids roller skating.


623. Time for Sam to be the big shot last night while his big bro and sis were gone. He enjoyed driving the 4-wheeler and Jeep around the yard and showing me tricks. I enjoyed the time with just him.


624. HUGE answer to prayer yesterday. Our friends have been waiting and waiting to be able to bring their son home from Ethiopia and they finally heard they get to go to his court date next Friday, which means they leave in less than a week. Praise the Lord. This news came on the same day they had sent out an email asking for more prayers. Thank you, God!


625. My parents leave today for a cruise to Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, and Germany. I'm so happy for them!


626. Reading Winnie the Pooh with my kids. Cozy.


627. Hearing Jake read to me.


628. Sending Claudia to bed reading Harry Potter.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Blessings 607-615

607. Wow. I've been absent for so long. Here's to a month of blessings I've neglected to record.


608. Thankful this blog is free and remains here no matter how long I am away.


609. I was sick last night - the only real sickness I've had all year. Not bad. Plus, the next day, I had absolutely nothing planned. I laid in bed while the kids watched cartoons and, apparently, had a cereal fight in the basement. Now I have plans for tomorrow: cleaning it up.


610. Also plans to go to the skatepark today with the kids before school gets out and the yay-hoos overrun it. Glad I homeschool so we can take advantage of stuff like this.


611. By the way, I think I'm done with school for the year. Another year of homeschooling under my belt. Claudia is now a 4th grader and Jake is a 1st grader. Thankful we made it and sailed through another year.


612. Gorgeous sunlight streaming in through my living room windows this morning.


613. Windows my cleaning lady just washed.


614. Jake up next to me, looking cute.


615. me: Jake, what are you thankful for?
Jake: you.