2.19.18

Thankful that today is a holiday since little bud woke up throwing up 😢

Thankful for our small gathering of believers that can sing some pretty harmonies together! We love when our friends host hymn sings.

Thankful for our 1st house guest arriving this Friday. Thankful that he's an older single guy, that has low expectations & can eat anything. #thisgirlcannotcook #takeoutfordayz

Thankful for new to me nails. They are a tad too long making my typing go extra slow ;) But they are  so fun and give the best back scratches. Ask Hannah. She is obsessed.
{See I do it all for the kids, the nails aren't even for me - haha- yeah right }

Thankful that our princess rocked her 1st away from us day at Girl Scout Camp. Up a 5am, and in motion the entire day made for the BEST night's sleep ever and a very sore Sunday.

Thankful for the local youth group that Harrison is a part of and for being a part of their annual Phileo Dinner Banquet. All the teens host and serve the adults. It was so sweet to see Harrison waiting on our table. The food so graciously cooked by the youth pastor's wife, was DELISH, the song they sang to us (they were not even embarrassed!! Impressive in itself!) and the fun game of jeopardy that our table won 2nd place in, was awesome! The night was capped off by one of the youth pastors sharing God's love from scripture. Best Saturday night!
{meanwhile Hudson was babysat by the church nursery & Matt was braving the 1 hour drive each way to get Hannah from camp before the sleepover part happened, and guys- the camp had a mile long steep incline dirt road that was pitch black leading up to it- I would have had a heart attack in that 1 mile alone... so thankful that Matt offered to get her... so so so ... }

Video clip of their song : https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=7gV1QkEQ8sI


Thankful for a fun Chinese New Year Friday in class & for a 5 minute "Jump for Joy", jump rope workout!

Thankful for waking up so early on Saturday to drop off Hannah, so that Esther (my long time marathon runner pal) and I could squeeze in a few minute catch up chat and coffee at sunrise! 

Haven't seen her for at least 5+ years?! And who woulda thought she'd come to me! 

Yay for living in a fun touristy spot!

Esther & Greg & their beautiful rental house. 

Thankful for this new treat.It is most def the boy's fave cereal now. 

Thankful for this super cool new plant. Check it out! It drips water?!

We finally saw whales! From a very far distance, obvi, but yes that is a whale body! 

 Splash!

Encouraged by scriptures in 2Samuel. 

Please pray for our good friend Cheryl Dobbertin. She ran the Monday bible studies that I loved back in IL. Her husband had a heart attack suddenly last week while shoveling snow, and is in Heaven. His funeral was Thursday. Tom was a kind, big hearted guy who thought of outta the box ideas to reach the community. His idea of Car Guys was really encouraging to Matt  and I. And although we have the Hope to see him again, we know the sudden loss is no doubt heart breaking for Cheryl and their family & the assembly in Palos.
Link below :
https://www.christianfunerals.com/notices/Thomas-DobbertinSr