Your Soul is Alive!

"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,

if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you,

 

if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive..."

~Eleonora Duse--Italian actress

Thankful and Wordless Weekend

135. Windows open and cool breezes all through our house in late October.

136. Sunday afternoon at the park.

137. Sunday evening playing on a blanket outside.

138. Sunday night listening to  music, drinking wine on the deck with my husband while watching the storm roll in.

139. Wicked lightning.

140. The smell of rain.

141. Listening to the thunder.

142. The girls eating flowers.

143. An afternoon in the country.

144. Introducing the girls to Buffy the buffalo.

 145. Meeting Fonzie the alpaca.

Thankful (and pics)

89. Surviving two days of business travel on our own.

90. Delicious steak dinner with my husband after the girls went to bed.

91. Hadley snuggles.

92. Fast healing.

93. Great weight check! Hadley=13 pounds 8 ounces, Brynne=14 pounds 8 ounces

94. Leisurely Saturday afternoon drive with my husband while the girls napped.

95. Rainy morning nap.

96. Crisp fall weather.

97. Brynne's giggles.
98. Three amazing years of marriage to the love of my life (on Wednesday).

99. Little girl dresses and Babylegs!

100. Upside down girls.

Thankful and wordless weekend

60. Two hour family naptime--heavenly!

61. Gorgeous weather.

62. My mama coming to help me out while Brad was away on business.

63. Clean floors, because of my mama.

64. Clean sheets, because of my mama.

65. Clean windows, because of my mama.

66. A freezer full of baby food, because of my mama.

67. Enjoying a glass of wine on the deck with my husband.

68. Getting to hear most of the sermon at church on Sunday.

69. Enjoying a dinner with new friends.

70. Eating delicious tomatoes from our garden.

71. Going almost seven months without any breastfeeding issues.

72. We were able to get rid of my clogged milk duct/milk blister without getting mastitis--blessed pain relief!

73. Seven month old girls sitting up for a few minutes unassisted--woo hoo!

74. Grandparents galore.

75. Awesome afternoon playing outside with the girls.

76. Time to pull weeds in the garden.

Thankful and Wordless Weekend

46. Great weekend with my brother-in-law and two of my sisters.

47. Flying shards of glass from the milk container did not cut me--I just had a lot of milk in my Crocs.

48. The milk was white, and not sticky chocolate.

49. Very nice girl in the Target parking lot who helped me pick up the glass from the shattered milk container.

50. Ibuprofen.

51. Hyland's Teething Tablets.

52. Waking up later than 5:45 A.M. this morning (they woke up at 5:50 instead).

53. Fun pool party with friends yesterday evening.

54. Two girls who love the water.

55. Lots of toys for the girls chew on.

56. Patience.

57. Tear-free and fuss-free walk yesterday.

58. Water in the basement was discovered, and the damage was minimal.

59. Friends with a dehumidifier and box fans. 

Wordless Weekend

Wordless Weekend

Wordless (almost) Weekend

Some bloggers go for wordless Wednesdays. I'll shoot for the occasional wordless weekend. Enjoy!