1048-99 Gifts from a Good God

• Dish drying rack that doubles to dry paper
• Little girls 'petting' the Christmas tree
• Playing 'dress-up' with the girls and their constant cries of "ha (t)!" even when they're holding a scarf
• Cocolate godlfish--they taste like the best parts of a smore
• Little girls thoughtfully chewing on the chocolate goldfish saying "num" (yum)
• Mandy coming over one more time- even though she did not feel well- to babysit before returning to Korea
• Girls introduced to their first PB and Banana sandwich
• Homemade yogurt
• Handing out with Karen at Ellen's house
• Listening to crazy stories from Steven
• Ellen inviting us over
• ChanWey
• Sensory Balls and fetch
• Discovering and installing PSE actions for quick photo effects
• Stories-all of them
• The Grandest Story ever
• Holding tiny hands
• Little girls warming right up to magical "uncle" Josh
• Josh watching the girls for 5 hours!!
• A quiet lunch at Panera with Derek
• Wanting to shout "Amen" at the end of Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Both Derek and I crying during the movie
• "Lucy, what have you done?... You've wished yourself away....you doubt your value." Oh the truth there!
• Seeing The Story being told on the movie screen in fairy tale metaphors
• Talking with Josh
• Taking photos of Tamara's family again
• Having the quilt finally basted after many road blocks!
• Little girls trying to drink stir fry from bowls
• finding out 3-7 words is totally normal at 15 months
• Bronwyn walking hand and hand with a nurse voluntarily to the exam room
• Clear ears!!!
• Hot water heater
• Freezer meals
• Brandt heading home less than one week after his second surgery to correct a heart that would have been useless a few decades ago.
• A vist to a friend who wasn't home that turned into a visit to the mall playground
• The darkest days of winter coming to a close
• Bitter cranberry juice-but only as it helps me feel better
• Having a sudden fabulous idea for my dad's Christmas gift (wouldn't you like to know, Dad :-p)
• Mom crocheting me some baby photo props
• People who speak grace to me
• Exhaustion telling me to slow down
• A heater that works
• Steak with homemade mushroom and caramelized onion sauce
• Bronwyn trying to figure out how to whistle
• Aeralind sitting behind Josh playing peekaboo
• Aeralind snuggles after church
• Painter tap on glasses to mark whose is whose
• the oven going on a cold day
• Cobwebs in my windows
• Last puffy clouds passing by day

 

• Tamara coming to redo some of Lydia's photos
• Little girls sleeping with momma-made dolls wearing their preemie clothing