- Abel's bear outfit, and him trying to surprise us by jumping out growling
... And Adrianna using the pop gun to get the bear
- Blessings over our garage sale
... The amazing quantity and quality of our friends' donations
... My in-laws helping with all the set up and clean up
... A friend volunteering to help when she heard we were having it
... The rain holding off
... The last groups of shoppers as we were cleaning up, who bought much of what remained
- Adrianna's Mother's Day puzzle for Grandma
... And Grandma's willingness to put it together
- Abel's card for Grandma
- Getting a morning to play learning games with Abel
... And an afternoon with Abel at Grandma and Grandpa's, so that Adrianna I could play them, too
- Abel dancing to "Yakity Yak"
- Dinners outside
- Abel trying to be like sissy
- Adrianna choosing to watch Samaritan's Purse video clips for her show
- "Adrianna, I found an ant!" "Where??"
- Abel singing initial sound songs with me, and getting some of the sounds right... "Spoon, spoon, sp, sp, sp!"
- Adrianna arranging/skip counting the eggs from Grandma's chickens
- Sweet boy in the grass
- Arriving at just the right moment to watch Grandpa use the tractor
- "Grandpa, I'm asking you if I can ride on your tractor with you?"
- Giving "Uncle" James a goodbye hug
- Heading up to see my family
... And running around like crazy people for a stretch break
- Our time with family and grandparents and sisters and cousins
... And Abel and Bennett having the same wild-eyed wonder of fires, even if it was just a pretend one at the museum
... Adrianna showing Aunt Ally her knitting
... And seeing my step-sister Ally again after nearly ten years
... And Ally letting the girls do her hair
... And God's amazing hand in Ally's life
- Getting to see the eclipse through Steve's welder's mask
... And the neighbor's solar viewer
- Lessons with Abel
- Making another seasonal flag with Adrianna
- The boy and his Jeep
- Abel and our neighbor Adam sending rubber duckies sliding
- Our first water play of the season
... And having so much fun photographing it (I love seeing the suspended water droplets)
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