friday's musings...

things i am loving about this week...

1. my kids praying and thanking God for each other...my heart rejoices hearing them love each other.
2. watching harper walk down the aisle at her uncle's wedding...she took my breath away.  she is growing up so fast and she has such a beautiful soul.
3. my mom and dad taking the boys to a movie.  they had such an awesome time and it was great that they were able to have some "boy's only" time.
4. kyle's mom and dad coming to the rescue and keeping a sickly finley so that i could go to the wedding.  
5. getting caught up on laundry.  
6. harper and finley sleeping on the floor together in my room.
7. calvary learning more and more how to have self-control and learning the value of being kind to others. 
8. our church's new move! exciting times ahead!
9. going to book stores with my kids...they love books!
10. finley becoming more and more expressive with her words and body language.  she is really ridiculous.
11. seeing how much harper and calvary have learned this year.  i was so unsure of what we were walking into this year but seeing how much they have grown and learned has helped me to become so much more confident for our future.
12. meeting new people...exciting to meet new people and just see wonderful people living for Jesus.
13. the bunny hat that jennifer made for little finley...it is so adorable and i cannot wait to have it in hand and then on finley's head :)
14. my kids excitement for learning spanish...calvary has asked to have a notebook so that he can fill it with all his new words he is learning...they are constantly asking me how to say different phrases (some are more useful phrases than others).  i am so glad that i have the opportunity to spend more time teaching them a second language than what is allocated otherwise.
15. learning that i have SO much to learn.  i am humbled more and more everyday by just how much i think i know versus the realization of what i actually know.  this is true for all areas of my life; spiritually, emotionally, academically, and inter-personally ...
16. week 2 of the new expectation and reward system and, minus a few setbacks earlier this week, the kids are still going strong and their rooms and areas have never been so consistently clean with such little effort on my part!  i am still choosing to rejoice in this victory and praying for continued success in the future...
17. jesus calling devotional...we have been using this devotional in our bible time in the morning and harper and calvary are really responding to the text as well as learning how to find the scriptures in the bible.  finley is totally unimpressed and usually spends this time rolling around on the couch and poking oliver jack in the eye.  oliver jack tries to be interested but usually he is more entertained by finley rolling around and poking him in the eye...
18. finley eating more vegetables and fruit...by no means is she a "healthy eater" but she is SO much more willing to try things than she ever has before...and she actually enjoys some of it too!  
19. kyle and finley's shared love of all things peanuts.  
20. how cute kyle was playing and planning for david's wedding...