God's gifts...

 From yesterday...
- An answered prayer: My father-in-law providing the means to visit my mom, my sister, and her kids for a few hours; he just happened to need to travel up to a spot that was almost equidistant for both my sister and me to drive and meet up with each other

- Abel naming all the family members in his photo album that we sent to Ethiopia before we met him
- Adrianna making name cards for her cousins she was about to see again
- A perfect resting stop at the John Deere tractor store
- Grandpa finding a couple of goodies for the kids
- Getting to meet my newest nephew

- Abel going "fishing" with a stick
- Adrianna playing some sort of Little House game while her cousin T made a tepee




- Cousins together again

 - The property we visited having so many wonderful wagons for the kids to play on

- Capturing a moment that looked so familiar

- Sharing Adrianna's gluten-free, dairy-free coconut donuts with the family
- Finding two brothers looking so much alike
- T pulling the kids around for rides


- Seeing my sister again (with a bonus visit from my mom!)



- Bringing home two happily tired, dirt-smudged kids

And from today...
- Adrianna and Abel playing so nicely together while I made lunch

- Abel playing all day with "Grandpa's tractors" that were a gift from Grandpa from the John Deere store
 - Waking Abel up from nap, and hearing the first words to pop out of his tired lips, "Mommy, tractors?!" (wondering where his toy tractors were)

- Adrianna and Jenny making sticker earrings
- Abel's love of wheels... Amazing how boys will be boys
- Adrianna trying to get a free ride from Abel's fire truck
 - Our small group leader's wife making a special popcorn ball dessert, because she knew Adrianna could eat it
- Game night with our small group

Comments

Christy said…
yeah! Love it!
the Little House photo is awesome!
I did not know your daughter had food allergies. I am sorry. that is hard! Kyle, my son, was allergic to wheat, eggs, and dairy....but he grew out of the wheat and dairy allergy.
June 24, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Samantha Brynn said…
It's fun to see Julie Ann and your mom--it's been so long. I'm glad you had a good visit. :)
July 5, 2011 at 9:57 PM
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