God's gifts 793-841

From Friday...
793. Abel spotting his train on the dresser and bringing in his bathroom stool to be able to reach it
794. Abel climbing into Adrianna's bed to read, and shouting, "Pur-pul cat!  Pur-pul cat!"
795. Taking a trip to my dad and step-mom's condo in Colorado














796. Adrianna knitting in the car
 797. Abel entertaining us with funny faces
798. Abel discovering the Madagascar toy, and shaking it to sing, "I like to move it, move it," for half an hour... He even started to say it with the toy
 799. Playing at a park for a nice break in the drive

800. Adrianna and Abel wanting a hug on the bridge
801. Watching Ruthie carefully approach the river for a drink
802. Adrianna practicing the movements to accompany the VBS songs we're learning
803. Safe travels to Colorado

From Saturday...
804. Grandma Debbie playing with the pattern board with Abel
 805. Abel giving his serious face, even with enjoying his swing ride
806. Adrianna chatting Grandpa Bob's ear off every chance she got
807. Abel forgetting what lemons were
808. Adrianna's writing: I love Abel.  I love Abel...
809. Adrianna joining Grandma and Grandpa on the patio, and writing "things from the Bible" with them: "Obey your parents... Be thankful always..."
 810. Abel waking up from nap, and wanting his daddy
811. Abel stopping at each stair landing so that he could jump off
 812. Abel posing on a giant chair
813. Adrianna and Abel turning a display tent into a play house

814. Abel reading his dog book himself by barking with each page

From Sunday...
815. Getting to worship God in a church far from home, where the Word of God is taught

816. Adrianna sitting through church with us, keeping very still and quiet (and eating pistachios towards the end)

817. Going on a hike with my dad, Debbie, and Ruthie

818. Hearing the trees creaking in the wind
819. Enjoying gorgeous views, where snow-peaked mountains are exceptionally abundant this year
 820. Catching Rusty sleeping on his feet
821. Playing Monopoly with Adrianna for the first time
822. Adrianna and Abel playing with Grandma Elizabeth in the kids' store
823. Abel finding a toy in everything
824. Abel and his love of shoes... Every time we passed a pair, he whipped his own off to try on others
825. Adrianna and Abel watching Grandma Elizabeth's stories (here)
826. Catching a moment between Abel and Papa Richard
827. A breath-taking view from a parking lot
828. Catching Scott playing hair-pomade-pass with Abel while waiting for Adrianna and me
 829. Scott telling Abel to hold his hand in the parking lot, and Abel saying, "Anna's hand?"

And from today..
830. My dad and Debbie sharing their condo with us and our two kids and two dogs

831. My dad taking the dogs on walks

832. Adrianna showing Grandpa Bob how to braid
833. And Grandpa even giving braiding a try, when Adrianna asked him to
834. Grandpa Bob taking the kids out to "dandelion hill" to play while Scott and I packed and cleaned up


835. Adrianna writing a poem about dandelion hill in her head and transposing it to Scott

836. Abel playing with his Leap Frog letters in the car
837. Driving through God's creation... and seeing the most incredible storms covering the mountains
838. Abel's apple grin
839. Adrianna making "knitting balls" with her yarn
840. Making it home early enough to get a start on unpacking and laundry

841. Adrianna showing us that she listened to our talk about not correcting adults by catching herself from doing it again

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Evan said…
I love Abel's sour lemon face!!!
May 31, 2011 at 8:07 AM
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