I started reading a great book that was given to me as a gift, and what a gift it is. Ann
Voskamp is the author and it is called One Thousand Gifts. The idea is to show your gratitude to God in the everyday blessings you receive. In the meantime you experience more joy than ever discovering all of the amazing blessings that are right in front of you. I only started counting this week and I'm already finding it's hard to write everything down.
Here it goes,
- bug spray
- huge blue AB sky speckled with white fluffy clouds
- a friendly man in the grocery store who takes time to smile and chat to everyone despite how rushed we all are
- a helpful young employee who went above and beyond by putting the tube and tire together for Andrews bike
- a common occurrence. Ken calling me at 12:55pm (lunch break) to see how my day is going
- the smell of lilacs, fresh flowers and freshly cut grass
- a cute elderly couple grocery shopping together discussing their purchases
- friendly moms to chitchat with at the park
- caterpillars in a jar on our counter making a cocoon, soon to turn into butterfly's
- encouraging discussions in the front yard with my neighbor while we watch our kids play together
- hot bath and book
- watching little boys play soccer and trying so hard
- bike ride with the boys to see sheep, goats, turkey's and a lama
- a cute little Chinese boy who came running up to Luke, Isaac and I in the mall today and started jabbering to Isaac and kissed him on the forehead. Isaac just smiled away.
- 3 very excited boys to see their grandpa when he stopped by to drop off wood
- a new bright cheery apron
- 8km run in the sunshine and no bugs!
- late night heart to hearts with my best friend in the whole world (Ken)
- 3 snugly boys crawling into bed with us at 7am sharp and one in his crib jabbering away across the hall
- a strong healthy body
So this is the results of the ladder I found in the alley during Spring Clean up. I was hoping to put the magazine rack in the bathroom but it doesn't fit. I just may have to start reading magazines in bed now.
Nice little shelf secured to the wall. My kids haven't even tried to climb it yet, thankfully.
Cuddling the kitty.
Andrew's class lined up and ready to check out the milking parlour.
A few of the mamas.
2 day old calf.
Checking out the calf pen
The Veurinks are busy with lambing season right now. The little babies are so cute.
The kids all got some goodies and homemade doughnuts from the hosts. 
Handsome church boys. Nana and Papa bought all of the boys new Sunday shirts when they were on holidays. Thanks Nana and Papa. 
I looked off the patio Saturday afternoon and saw a bunch of buff shirtless boys. Look at those guns!
I thought this was so cute Friday evening. Ken was barbecuing and I was on our deck chatting with him about life, and we look across the alley and see these two lovebirds chatting and hanging out together. We hear these two every morning cooing when we get up. They made me think of my mom who loved birds and actually had two love bird doves for a while.
Paul and Tracy and the gang came over Saturday night and we made an amazing pasta dish. Tracy made a yummy foccacia bread and I made a spinach salad and a frozen mocha cheesecake. Good friends, good food = good times.
We see a lot of Isaac doing the bear crawl lately. He's definitely our latest walker.
Andrew had to be goalie for one half in soccer last week. As you can see he had lots of action. His team hasn't lost a game yet. It is amazing to see how much Andrew has improved after playing for the first time last year. Last game he had two assists. It makes us pretty proud to hear other parents that we don't even know cheering for our son and saying "go Andrew!" 
