thankful tuesday, 7/12

the vacation edition... a list that i am most certain does not capture all of the most precious moments from the past week.

• ella's excited early morning announcement - "mom NO MORE DAYS until vacation"
• road trips as a family
• exploring a new part of our country - the finger lakes

• hiking watkins glen... a gorgeous adventure
• sunny days on the boat...and some tubing adventures
• wes & taylor's water competition

• picnics on the boat
• the perfect swingset & tree house
• swimming in the middle of the lake

• camp fires and s'mores
  
• pancake breakfasts 
• long chats with munner

• late night game nights of charades, apples to apples, pit, cribbage
  
• face painted cuties
• reunion hugs

• millions and millions of fireflies...and holding on to a few of them
• muppets movie night...and the adults reliving this childhood favorite with our kids
• 10 cousins playing non-stop...and loving every second of it

• staying up late and the kids' delight over this special treat
• sunsets on the lake
• our skit with the kids...the very hungry caterpillar

• corn hole & air hockey competitions
• generosity of mr. & mrs. mccoy
• the joy of a grandmother being surrounded by her 10 grandkids

• pink, purple and blue toes
• watching fireworks from the dock
• sparklers

• radio red giggles
• morning tai chi with justin
• ella's bear for uncle cory

 

• cousin tubby fun for dirty kids
• wegman's moments
• being teased to hysterically funny tears over those unfortunate wegman's moment

• 2,2,2....3,3,3....1,1,1
• celebrating maggie's & america's birthday
• bandaids

• brothers playing basketball... and hitting a shot or two myself
• watching your kids grow up so much in just a few days... family love sure does enrich them so!
• the perfect kiddo picnic table

• sprinklers and the kids' delight that their grandmother was running through it with them
• kids sleeping in the closet
• hammock snuggles

• cereal buffet on the last day
• water slides and the joyful shrieks
• 4th of july parade

• wes & justin's cocoon turned butterly
• charlie's coffee and erin's iced
• family star spangled banner sing-a-long

• family
• vacation
• memories