the critical thing

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

-G.K. Chesterton

Thankful, for -

- church softball games
- lunch with Grammy on the common, during a field trip with her students
- long naps
- birthday picnic with the BFF and our babies and celebratory small group at the GuluGulu
- coconut chais
- nursery duty with good friends and many cuddly babies
- wedding photos, lovely and finished
- my personal IT department (coughcoughrachelandkevincough)
- Shabbat dinner fellowship and Andrew's Indian food
- a craft morning with Kimmie and some very successful crafts
- birthday planning for Brian
- Grampy pushing Levi around in a wheelbarrow
- my husband's grace and forgiveness
- creative arts group and our summer art-making nights
- Levi's new and hilarious facial expressions
- an unexpected change of plans and a slow and foggy morning in Portsmouth

(Oh, and thankful for my new camera!...that takes video! Behold my first go at imovie. Please excuse the shakiness and unfocused parts. Still learning..)