So much to be grateful for! I am blessed beyond and seem to forget this more often than I should!
On and on I count, and it seems this week has been so much easier. A break through perhaps, I don't know.... but whatever it is let's hope it stays!
61. My last day of work for just over a year!
62. Well wishes and lunch with some great colleagues!
63. Meeting my friends newest addition, spending time at their acreage and watching our kids play and interact together. Seeing my kids go nuts over the tractor and wagon ride, the animals on the acreage, and their garden! They really want a 'farm' and that is definitely a dream of ours--to one day have an acreage!
64. Birthday pedicure. My gift from John and the kids was a pedicure--that is all that I really, really wanted. It has been 5 years since the last one! I was falling asleep in the chair, it was so nice!
65. Knowing that God always provides for us, watches over us and loves us more than I can possibly imagine!
66. Countdowns and excitement as we embark on a new journey.
67. Knowing that in a few more weeks, we will have our third little monkey with us, in our arms!
(pray that I find a doctor in Calgary though--lately I feel like I am switching countries not 'provinces')
68. Great friends who are willing to help out for this move and take our kids for us while we get everything packed, loaded and sorted.
69. Fun in the park, just the 4 of us.
70. Watching my wonderful husband with our kids and feeling so incredibly blessed for how involved, interactive and silly he is with our kids. They simply adore him and he gets the best giggles from those two!
71. Feeling in awe how everything has really come together. God is so good!
72. Listening to the cousins talk on the phone and how excited they are to be able to see each other more often and 'live' closer to one another.
73. Letting go and letting my kids help me clean. I gave then each a sponge and a pail of water to clean the cupboards out. The whole pail of water was gone by the time they finished, but they loved helping and I just let them be and praised their work!
74. Singing songs with my angels and hearing them sing their new 'made' up songs too!
75. The RCMP Heritage museum with my two bundles of energy (we were giving Daddy some 'quiet' study time).
76. Prayers from my little ones and hearing how they pray for one another.
77. Walks.
78. Ice-cream.
79. Confirmation from the Lord on areas that have been difficult, that I have questioned and wondered about.
80. New friends.
2 comments:
Good luck with the moving and settling in, V! I pray that it will all be accomplished safely and with many smiles.
Like you, I had many events happening in July, and felt somewhat overwhelmed at times. Funny how life is like that.....all or none. Aina's baby was due on July 8th. I had planned a shopping trip for July 12th to buy a dress for Kai's wedding. Laurel, Alice, Jen, her Mom Shannon and myself were planning to check out the Millet Boutique. Aina's baby hadn't arrived by the 12th, so I didn't want to go shopping then. Shannon was in Texas for the birth of her first grandchild. Jaxon, Jen's nephew arrived on July 15th, and Lucas, Kai's nephew arrived the next day. Two of my colleagues visited on July 18th. One had just returned from China. We girls (Alice, Laurel, Shannon and Jen) met at Millet Boutique on July 20th for our shopping trip. Alice and Laurel and I went to Village on the Lake the next day. Laurel and Alice took me to Aina's later that pm so I could connect with Helge, and they could see the new baby. (I have not been driving since diagnoses in early February.) July 23rd we met ten of Helge's family at the Calgary International Airport. July 24th we had a family BBQ at our place. July 27th, we shopped for Helge in Red Deer. July 29th, we took Madison to her wedding rehearsal in Devon. July 30th was the wedding, and the 31st was a BBQ at Clymont Hall where the reception had been the previous day. That same afternoon we returned to Caroline. I went to bed at 6:30 p.m. and didn't awaken once until 8:00 the next morning!! On August 2nd we said goodbye to the Norway Nomes at Calgary International.
Hopefully you have arrived safely in Canmore by now, and are beginning to get settled. I hope that you will take some time to rest now until your baby arrives. Do only what you have to do!! Unpack only what you need.
Love,
Auntie Elaine
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