Week's end with thanks

• Welcoming Leah Joy Seifer into the world!
• Celebrating baby girl Snyder.
• That three of my closest friends will now have 10 little girls between them … (Dutch will have plenty of choices for a prom date!)

• Happy kids.
• That we made it through a full week!
• Backyard full of toys, chairs, picnic tables. Evidence of fun.
• Garden growing.
• Freezer full of blueberries.
• Coffee with raw honey and half-and-half. mmmmm…
• Sleeping in.
• 7+ mile run with my man. Three weeks ’til Hood to Coast!
• Molalla friends. Always, always, like water to my soul.
• Melissa’s smile.
• Good talks.
• A dozen barefoot Littles in swimsuits, laughing, playing.
• Green beans straight from the garden.
• Psalm 63.
• All the dishes put away.
• Laundry on the line.
• Dutch & Daddy tackling house projects.
• Heidi & Mommy washing 40 lbs. of blueberries, icy cold water, warm sun streaming in through the kitchen window. Wanting to memorize that moment.
• Dirty faces.
• Being totally terrible at frisbee golf … but having fun anyway.
• Strawberry pie!
• Kids with smiling, sticky faces.
• Believing.
• That He is always constant.
• A friend’s understanding.
• Hugs.
• That all true ministry is His ministry.
• Looking ahead.
• A day of rest.
• That this is His world, His gig, His story.
• Getting to be part of it.
• Getting to be with Him.

{Have a blessed weekend (stay cool!) … thanks for reading.}