God's gifts 619-644

Blogger was doing maintenance last night, so I have three days of blessings to catch up on!  :)  Since my memory isn't always up to remembering that far back, I know I will inadvertently leave a few out.

From Wednesday...
619.  Abel keeping me company while I made bread by playing with all the spice jars (I thought it was funny that the only one he kept opening was berbere)
620. Abel laying on the kitchen floor to play his fridge toys with his feet
621. Hearing a beautiful birdsong while walking with Abel

622. Adrianna helping me make banana bread
623. Ruthie shedding... and shedding... and shedding
624. Adrianna working on her first "journal" while Abel took a bath

From Thursday...
625. Taking Adrianna to her final Bible study class, where she has attended since she was two weeks old

626. Adrianna and Jenny playing cards
627. Abel spilling paper shredder oil on a slip-covered chair
628. Abel chowing down on a coconut flour blueberry muffin (he doesn't seem to mind gluten-free at all!)
629. Adrianna dressing up as Laura
630. Abel finding Adrianna's "school room" and trying it out
631. Abel trying to race two trains at once
632. Adrianna bringing Abel his "lovies" when he was sad
633. Finding a teff crust recipe to use with our quiche recipe
634. Realizing that we accidentally threw out the dogs' heart worm treatments with the recycling

And from today...
635. An extra day with Scott home

636. Taking the time to make a yummy breakfast

637. Scott twirling Abel until Abel could barely walk

638. Abel apple-crunching (he doesn't even mind the core)

639. Adrianna working on her "journal" with barely any help and writing about what she liked from our trip to Ruidoso
640. A delicious lunch, where each of us found just what we needed
641. Taking a long walk with Abel while Scott and Adrianna waited for new tires on Scott's car -- he loved pointing out the buses, trucks, etc. to me as they passed
642.Getting Scott's car new tires

643. Browsing for new materials to use in our front yard

644. Sleeping dog noises

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