GrEightful!

Oh another week and while some days seem like they last forever, other days just fly by. Today we are having one of those days where we have a massive attack of the Travel bug! We have been looking at pictures of our beach travels and of the place we lived in Australia and we yearn to be on the beach somewhere tropical, warm and sunny (we are so not cold weather people). We even went to the West Ed. water park to try and feel like we were in a tropical destination for just a couple of hours. The humidity and warmth was nice, but somehow the awful stench of chlorine ruins it (just a tad)! :o) None the less it was a fun afternoon and a nice escape from the new dump of snow we have had and continue to have!


This week I am grateful for:


1.) My wonderful Hubby who celebrated his birthday! He is such an amazing man and I am so blessed to have him in my life! All of his co-workers believe that he was turning 25 years old, so we had a good chuckle over that. He ages well! :o)


2.) Our wonderful friends Dave, Jeanette and their little one Rachel. Jeanette also celebrated her birthday this week and we were able to do a joint celebration for her and John. This is the gift I gave her. I didn't know whether or not she would like it, but she did and there were some tears shed!



3.) Salvaging a deal at work.


4.) My dear sister who also celebrated her birthday this week too. She is an amazing sister, whom we love and cherish dearly! We had some AWESOME thai food and cake to celebrate!


5.) Feeling my baby move and kick and keep me running to the bathroom all night long! These little things are such huge blessings, especially after the stories I just read about still births and infant mortality (absolutely heartbreaking--I count my blessings with each movement I feel!).

6.) Zechariah. He is such a character and while there are somedays (a lot lately) where he just tries our patience, he is still such an amazing child and has quite the personality. His extrovert personality has me on my toes. He has no problems just walking up and talking to people, giving high fives, or just saying a friendly hello. I don't know how to handle it sometimes (as I am so completely opposite).


7.) A dishwasher!!!!! The one thing that I hated about this place was the fact that there was no dishwasher. John even bought a portable one using his staff discount, but it really sucked and was so tiny. So we have been checking out Kiji and happened to find one, that works good and was cheap! YAY for DISHWASHERS!!!!


8.) An amazing sermon at church on Sunday from Bruce Olson. I want to get his book. The brief testimony on his life and past 40 some years in the mission field in the Jungles of the Amazon was absolutely amazing and so encouraging. God works in some pretty incredible ways and I often take that for granted and really don't have much faith!