Thankful Thursday 209!

"The Lord gives strength to those who are weary."
~Isaiah 40:29

Today, I am grateful for...

1.  Abby, who is reminding me of so many great things about the CHA Senior year! Also thankful for my first official boba tea experience last Friday (pretty good)!

2.  A random front yard golf session after our Monday night family dinner!  (Also grateful for this fantastic fall weather lately!)

3.  'Tis the season for early Christmas decorating!  Mom and I will be starting my house today, and this = her preparing for Melissa's house in early November!

4.  Rachael's creativity and how much she genuinely enjoys the artistry!!  (Although she did rake in $2 per sign for these amazing, colorful wooden signs for the CHA Fall Festival this Tuesday. lol)  Zoom in for so many fun details!! ❤

5.  Dad's latest car purchase (better-equipped for mild visual impairment)... the bottom pics were for Chet to see the new car, and the top pic = Rach and K pairing it up with Dad's phone and radio stations whilst Jace demanded they get out to watch him golf! lol

6.  God's creativity and attention to detail!  These are the tiniest little flowers (West Indian Lantana, according to Google Lens).  More often than not, it's the generous, intimate details like this that make me pause and think about God!

7.  Scrapbook #2 arrived Tuesday night - yay!!  Thankful to be caught up, and for all the memories represented in this two-year span!

8.  A fun weekend catching up with three friends I hadn't seen in a while + quality time with my Tulsa framily! =)

9.  The benefits of taking time to handwrite and/or meditate on certain verses!

10.  Jeffrey Edward, and this (requested) group pic from the guys' lunch at Keo for his birthday... the Umberto's group from yesteryear - seeing them together always makes me happy! =)  

That's all for today.  Happy Birthday to Frankie!  The Parrish kids are on Fall break this week and had some friends over to swim (in the heated pool) yesterday.  So here again, we have all the seasons converging at once... speaking of, please wish us luck on Christmas decorating this afternoon!! lol

❤ ❤ ❤