Thankful in September 2105

September 2015 Gratitude:

1. Neighbor boys playing in the backyard, building forts, running wild

2. Reading aloud with my older kids

3. Enjoying a well-told story on CD as I drive, drive, drive

4. Apps that help my children learn to read

5. Apps that teach me French and Spanish, 10 minutes at a time

6. A Saturday to be home and get projects accomplished

7. Watching a movie as a family

8. Watching a football game on the couch and eating popcorn

9. Trying to practice French with one of my kids

10. Being prompted just when to send an encouraging text

11. Seeing a play at Town Theatre with mom and the girls (Singing in the Rain)

12. Mom's church gathering to pray over her healing and trips to MDAnderson

13. Tea time with L's friends in a London reunion

14. Discipleship opportunities for my children at church

15. Will is no longer qualified for tutoring, but his teacher will still allow him to come to continue closing in the gap

16. Deciding when to call it quits in a sport and focus on the next thing

17. Sweet connection moments

18. Steak night at Rioz celebrating our boy turning twelve

19. A chance to experience flying first class with miles points

20. Finding a chocolate on your hotel pillow

21. Turquoise water of Jamaica

22. A lounge chair by the sea (with lots of shade)

23. Frozen lemonade

24. Time with our best couple friends

25. Reading a good book late into the night

26. A glitter tattoo on my ankle for temporary sass

27. Recruiting enough dancers for the Singing Christmas Tree

28. Watching Once Upon A Time with our kids on Sunday nights with our kids- finding a tv show

29. Locating someone who can restore a Craig's List cello to good playing condition

30. A resurgence of MJ and Will wanting to be read to at night- the last little bits of being little in a preteen world