Practicing Gratitude 3.17.17

- Spending spring break at home, restful. Watching a couple of tv shows with Corbin last night;  kids all getting to sleep in, all six of us right here this morn; Tulsa cousins over last night for dinner and hot tub

- Quick but encouraging convo with Jenna Lee in her car yesterday morn picking up our boys from practice

- Hud going to a movie with a group of friends

- Your Word, Lord, Your unchanging truth, Your timeline with our kiddos ~ I can and will trust You

- A break this week from making lunches!

- Daboo so happy to keep Luke's kids spur of the moment for a week, allowing Luke and Julie (and baby Brylee) to go be with Jenna in Houston

- Crenshaw. Truly ~ God is able to do more than we can ask or even imagine

- Hud’s team’s win last night, his perseverance to sit in the dugout with his injury

- That baseball has been and continues to be an anvil in our home ~ always sharpening

- Tearing up my “idea pages” ~ things to do, people to have over, too much stress! And none of it is getting done! Gotta live in the moment. Help me, Lord, to do this under Your direction

 - Essie’s new glasses ~ after failing her eye exam at school, Dr. Kera West got us set up - so grateful for her expertise AND her kindness

- Hud - no more braces!! Beautiful smile, no jaw surgery necessary, thank you Dr. Kelley for working on him for nearly a decade

- Essie spending the night at Daboo’s with cousins last night

- Mama's spring break request ~ an entire day with each girl for a one-on-one shopping spree, lunch and sleepover

- Purdy in town ~ always a treat!

- That we can pay our bills (and more) ~ Your provision,  Corbin's hard work all of these years, providing for us

- Considering some highlights of Bran's last couple of years ~ his El Sal experience, mentors including NickMo, Chase, Connor, Mitchell, Coach Manks, Coach Flowers, Coach Wimpee, Coach Higgins, Coach Howard; Michael Burr, Graham McMillan; Paul Gerrish; his request to move schools, You leading him to SCS, BU scholarship, SCS scholarship, You have provided for him so richly. Oh my goodness we can trust You

 Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles...   1 Chronicles 16:11-12