Beautiful Blessings - 8/1/16

~ movie night with Mom

~ quoting Princess Bride the whole time

~ movie day with my sisters while down with a migraine

~ homemade tortilla chips for a midnight snack

~ unexpected phone call from a best friend to see how I'm feeling :~)

Swinging

Sometimes...you just need 4 sisters...

...a few swings...

...cute sneakers to soar you high...

...and a spontaneous walk to the playground!

Beautiful Blessings - 11/4/15

~ Someone to talk on the "phone" with!

~ Someone to explore with!

~ Someone to play with!

~ Someone to swing with!

~ Someone to laugh with!

Beautiful Blessings - 10/31/15

~ Going for a couple fall walks!

(seesawing before we walked)

(having some assistance ;~)

(Skaneateles Creek)

(brick work on the Onondaga Creek Walk)

(looking upstream)

(looking further upstream)

(down a little path)

~ Having John come over for the day since he is on break!

~ Taking Mom, John, Heidi, and her brother out for dinner for Heidi's first birthday celebration!

(showing her this)

(group shot! thanks Mom!)

(goofing off)

~ Going to visit Great Grandma at the nursing home, and getting the biggest grin from her! She was so excited to see me, she came over and hugged me tight <3 She also enjoyed seeing everyone else!
~ Ending the night with root beer floats! Mmm...with Stewart's Root Beer no less! Thats the absolute best!!!!

Beautiful Blessings - 9/14/15

~ Finding a perfect hiding spot for a cat-nap and a bath! ;~) She even has towels to ensure everything is perfect! Heehee!

~ The girls getting their first swim lessons!

~ Swimming 8 laps, and Dad swimming 20! He swam a 1/5 of a mile!

~ T-bug getting 5 inches taller over the past year....tis amazing how they grow!

~ Having a friend's honest advice. Thanks girlie! <3

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,

    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. 

~ Proverbs 27:9 (ESV)

Beautiful Blessings - 9/13/15

~ Getting a pair of reading glasses to see if it helps with my reading. Especially after migraines. They are the most basic pair but they seem to help already. :~)

~ Passing by a restaurant and seeing pure joy in the faces of the employees as they greet a friend!

~ Having people pray about my migraines for me...tis an immense blessing!

~ My sisters being okay after they got stung this afternoon!! (3 of the 4 got stung)

~ Watching how God works throughout the day throughout our lives. Its amazing to see His perfect timing!!!

“If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.”
-Corrie Ten Boom

Beautiful Blessings - 9/8/15

~ Waking up to T-bug giving me puppet dog kisses!

~ Getting a ride home from work when I came down with a migraine. Thank you!

~ My sisters having a blast learning about archaeology!

~ Their excitement over discovering there used to be a second house on our property!

~ Watching how their interests grow and expand through time...they are getting so smart and so big!

Beautiful Blessings - 9/4/15

~ Seeing Gillie attack the yarn viciously and subsquently teasing her with it! ;~)

~ Seeing my sisters do things I never could do on the play ground! I never was one for crazy stunts on the playground. Heehee!! And then watching them use the seesaws! I never seesawed much as a kid since I was an only child back then ;~)

 

(Just Lil' G)

(L-Jo joins her)

(trying another seesaw)

(figuring out the best seat)

(T-Tot and T-Bug joined them)

(deciding which seat is best)

(happily seesawing!!)

~ Deciding the pine tree is all decorated for Christmas! Ornaments au naturel!

~ Lil' G requesting to watch "A Christmas Carol" with George C. Scott & enjoying some Christmas music!!!! (Denver and the Mile High Orchestra's Timeless Christmas!) Only 111 days till Christmas! :~D

~ Spotting the chickadees in the rose bush with Mom!

Beautiful Blessings - 9/1/15

~ Waking up in a freshly made bed, sniffing my chlorine-scented hair, and feeling like Im in a hotel!

~ Kitties being garden statues and table-top decor!

~ Listening to my sisters sing "Rainbow Connection"! "The Lovers, the Dreamers, and CHEEEEEEEEESE!"

~ Getting lots done at work! (Chapeaued and ready for anything!)

~ Marveling how the moon has changed the past few days!

Beautiful Blessings - 8/24/15

~ Listening to L-Jo giggle about her fresh sharpened pencil.

~ Hearing T-bug excitedly tell us about her "buddy date" with L-Jo and T-Tot. Also known as a walk around the block.

~ Going on a buddy date with Lil' G since she was left out last week.

~ Enjoying a picnic in the park, books in the library, and cookies on the park bench with her!

~ Getting our goal of having a truck honk for us!