Catch-up Gratitude Post

I am grateful for…

(Today)
An incredible, beautiful, super-fun family

Bird songs

Ducks and ripples (picture by Cassia)

This camouflaged, spontaneous young lady (Cassia)

The sunset reflected on the water

This smile

And this smile

This photo bomber

And fierce explorer

Family picnics

This warrior (William)

This fairy-princess (Jess)

Authentic family pictures

This amazing man

Cuteness

Family Movie Nights (watching Enchanted):

(Yes, there were 7 of us on that futon)

Friday…
Rob Gardner’s Lamb of God concert with friends (such a beautiful musical – I loved the reminder to do whatever it takes for my Savior – because he did everything it took for me).

And ice cream afterwards (sorry Cassia – that’s what you get for making faces at me ;-))

And so so grateful for my parents who stayed up late to watch my little ones that night!

On Thursday I felt grateful for…
The incredible magnificence of the brain

Even sheep brains

And getting to dissect them

And play with them:

Microscope Images in friend’s big TV:

Flower Petal

Hair

Dryer Sheet

Spider web

Grass

Eye of a fly

(Thank-you Suzanne and Bro. Hanks [and everyone else involved] for such a fascinating, Ben Carson book discussion day!)

Wednesday…
This creative girl with her wall of art, her tidy room, and her books she has read many a’time

(She is just about finished with the unabridged Les Miserables and she just finished the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo last month. She blows me away)

Fun at parks