365:74 - 83 and One Thousand Gifts (671 - 680)

It looks like a cat! C'mon, you see it too, right?

First lemon

Water drop on grass

Knight going after a fly ball

Mr. Baseball pitched a great game!

Getting their trophy 

2nd place in their division

Counting my blessings..............................


671.  Cool weather almost till the end of May.

672.  My boys took 2nd in their division.

673.  School is out!

674.  My daughter, Mrs. M, got hired to teach High School English this fall!

675.  Mid-day naps

676.  One on one time with Mr. Baseball

677.  He lapped me on the go karts - twice

678.  I beat him at air hockey

679.  Timely devotional

680.  Quiet

365:67 - 73 and One Thousand Gifts (666 - 670)

A monument at Police Memorial Park.  It was made to honor the police officers who lost their lives to protect us.

This is the other side of the monument.  Beautiful.

Six of my favorite girls

Flowers make me happy

And I needed a little joy today

Today was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  Even more reason to count my blessings!

666.  Four days and counting!

667.  Rain

668.  It's mid-May and we had the doors and windows open.  That is unheard of here!

669.  Got to text a little with my sister.

670.  Good night kisses.

365:60 - 66 and One Thousand Gifts (659 - 665)

This is so cool that the three mountains are the same shape.

Boo playing hide and seek.  Thankfully, the bag was new and no trash was in there, but still.............

Mother's Day flowers

Bear hand feeding the baby bird

The girls having their devotions at running club.

Not sure what it is, but is smells really good!

Ladybug in a tree about 30 feet off the ground.

My abundant blessings.............

659.  At church, I look left to where the youth sit and I see Mr. Baseball and his buddies with their hands raised high in worship.

660.  I look to the right where Ladybug is sitting with her friend.  Her hands are raised high in worship.  I love that they love Jesus!

661.  Bear has such a sweet heart.  The baby bird died today and she is devastated.

662.  The other day we were at a potluck.  Bear was getting her food and noticed that the pizza was almost gone.  Only 1/2 pizza was left.  She saw that her brothers were at the back of the line.  She proceeded to try and take all that pizza back to her brothers.  Okay.  Her execution was flawed but I love that sweet heart of hers.

663.  Time with my grandson.  Haven't seen him in over a week.  I think I was having withdrawals.  Now, I just need to get my E-Baby over here.

664.  School's almost over - 8 Days!!

665.  Planning for next year.  Love the planning stage!

365:55 - 59 and One Thousand Gifts (651 - 658)

Cute bird

Hollywood!

Boo and E-Baby at the Christian Hope Project 

The next Mozart

Mmmm.  Yummy piano

I am truly blessed.  Still counting................

651.  School is almost out!

652.  Seeing results from yoga.  (I really have a love-hate relationship with it)

653.  My neck doesn't hurt as much.

654.  Silliness

655.  Beautiful day for a 5k

656.  Bear ran the whole thing! She's never run more than 1/2 mile at a time!

657.  Mr. Baseball came in first in his age group and 6th overall.  He's quick!

658.  Bear found a hatchling pigeon.  She is quite the little mama. (Hope it survives)

365:52 - 54 and One Thousand Gifts (646 - 650)

Knight got baptized!

Obviously I didn't take these pictures since I am standing right there.  So technically they shouldn't
count toward my 365.  But, I'm gonna count them. 

He has a heart for God

Counting my abundant blessings......................

646.  School's almost out!

647.  Running hills kicks my butt.  It's good though.  Someday, I will conquer that hill.

648.  A few of the kids are turning into readers!  They actually like reading! I never thought I would see the day.

649.  Bear found a few dollars in the trash can at the ball park.  She used it to buy all of her siblings a treat.  It melts my heart to see that. She also bought a security guard a nutrigrain bar.

650.  Beautiful, cool evening after a 104 degree day.

365:49 - 52 and One Thousand Gifts (641 - 645)

Tigger tested out for his white / black belt.  This was about a month ago.  He'll be testing soon
for his next belt.  If I were a good Tae Kwon Do mom, I would know what that was, but..............

He did amazingly well!

A few months ago, he couldn't even kick half that high.

Victory!

Counting the ways that God rains blessings on me..................

641.  Good, deep talks with my exercise partner.

642.  Hot yoga is awesome!

643.  School's almost out.  I know I said it last post, but I'll say it again in every post until school's out.

644.  My wonderful husband.

645.  Cuddling with my baby girl, giggling and doing math.

365:43 - 48 and One Thousand Gifts (636 - 640)

I'm waaaaay behind on my picture-a-day.  74 pictures to be exact.  Life got busy and my camera stayed in its case.  I hope to be able to post slightly more now.  A couple of events are winding down and I feel like I might be able to relax a bit.  This is an old post that I forgot to publish from a few months agao.

Blooms on my half dead plum tree

E Baby

Wolfman

Baby pine cones

More new growth

Mr. Baseball on his tournament team

Counting the blessings God puts in my life...........

636.  Making progress toward my goal

637.  New exercise partners

638.  School is almost over

639.  It was a good year

640.  Seeing my big girls achieving their dreams.  They are working so hard.