Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Capture Gratitude: Ice cream, Fireworks, Cousins, and Minnesota fun (with my favorite fast food thrown in!)

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“There is no event so common place but that God is present within it, always hidden, always leaving you room to recognize Him or not to recognize Him.”  Fredrick Buechner 
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149. ICE CREAM DATES WITH THESE LITTLE TURKEYS
 
150.CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE WITH OUR SOON-TO-BE NEW AMERICAN






151. SEEING PANIC AND FEAR TURN TO LOVE
The first time we saw a cat (in our friends' the Thompsons' neighbor's yard, as we were going into their house), Micah was so fearful and worried, he watched out the window to see what that THING was doing instead of playing with toys.

Now: He carries the kitties born to Grammie's barn cats around like toys, loves on them incessantly, and says, when you mention going to Grammie's, "I see kitties?"


152. PLANNING OUR DRIVE TO MINNESOTA SO THAT WE (CONVENIENTLY) ARRIVE IN DES MOINES AT LUNCH TIME
 
 151. COUSINS




151. WATER PARK FUN (AND A FEARLESS BOY)

152. BEING MARRIED TO THIS GUY

 153. MICAH'S FIRST CAROUSEL

154. WATCHING MY KIDS MEET THEIR TV BESTIES


 (If you like those last 3 shots, be on the lookout for the Minnesota photo dump post, coming soon... I think we took 200 pictures at the Mall of America. But don't worry, I won't be posting them all...Though it may come close! Plus: We got a taste of big city life and watched criminal justice in action.)