thankful tuesday, 8/30

• heavy library book bags
• discovering old toys
• exploring the tiger mother
• delicious take-out burgers & a beer on a friday night
• ella's gymnastic performances on the lawn
• saturday morning coffee & tomato picking with melissa
• finishing our first novel with ella (heidi)
• a stormy weekend
• safety
• peach & tomato harvest
• bennett's out of the blue i love yous
• walks to the little store for a treat
• a familiar face in a nervous moment
• reading old blog posts
• praying and preparing for fall schedules
• sweet apologies after fierce meltdowns
• purging, dumping and donating
• sticking close to home
• flashlights & candles
• after dinner water gun wars
• holding onto summer
• bunk bed snuggles