friday's musings...

things i am loving about this week:

1. camp fires in our backyard with our nieces and our kids' aunt and uncle :) (this just happened moments ago so it is fresh on my mind)
2. meaningful conversations
3. finding the members of our nativity rearranged in interesting locations...right now mary is getting kind of cozy with the shepherd.
4. oliver jack reading his very first two words through sounding out the letters!  he has been working hard in his lessons for three days now and we are so proud of him...
5. getting some new contacts...sounds petty...but i loathe my glasses!
6. messages from friends because they have found something with a mustache on it and it has made them think of harper.
7. people growing mustaches for harper as a christmas present.
8. how much harper loves that people are growing a mustache for her as a present...it is really weird...but it will be something she remembers forever and she will feel oh so loved...
9. giant coke's from mcdonald's. 
10. coffee
11. my house decorated for christmastime.
12. the anticipation of the arrival of our elf Holly Day.
13. trying to think of meaningful presents for people.
14. watching my children make gifts for people and put so much thought into each person as they make their gifts.  they truly aren't much but i am blown away by how much thought, effort, and time they put into each gift. 
15. jade.  i am proud of the girl she is becoming and praying that she will stay strong in this really hard world.
16. having three different homes in which to celebrate thanksgiving.  it is always a whirlwind time for us but i am so grateful to have so much family surrounding us and wanting us to be a part of their celebration. 
17. having merriwether come over to our house to spend the night...harper loves her so and i think the boys think she's pretty cool too...and of course i love her too.
18. oliver jack flashing the camera when jacob took his picture.  i actually have a love/hate relationship with this because i was completely mortified but also completely amazed that he would think of something so crazy.  he truly lives to make people laugh.  our problem is that we laugh a little too often at the wrong things.
19. having coffee with lori.  we don't do it often but i always relish the time i have to spend with another aspie mama :)
20. my husband's sweet spirit.  he loves us so much and wants to just spend time with us.  he doesn't want to simply fill time with activities and events to pass the days away until his next work day but he wants to just relish the moments he has.  i love that about him.