Thankful List for September 2014

Thankful list for September:
-sweet, thoughtful adoption t-shirt that Meegan ordered for me
-text from Vicki when she saw something that reminded her of Aida
-when people remind me/us in the little things that they are still thinking about us and praying for her
-Tucker's teacher pulling me aside to show me what he wrote in class.   When asked the question "where would you like your character to go?" Tucker wrote "He would take a boat to Africa to see my little sister, Aida, who is two."

And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption:
-Libby started the 4 year old preschool program at TLC.
-how much Tucker loves first grade
-all the ways Libby entertains herself while Tucker is at preschool (including playing with Play-doh for two hours!)
-hunting for pecans
-watching Tuck play baseball
-starting BSF

-Fall retreat
-Tucker's writing The Lord's Prayer
-Western Day at Libby's school

Friday nights with Party for the Nations (and the kids' glow sticks)
The return of the kids' "pillow mountain"

-7 years with Tucker- our kind, hard working, competitive, compassionate, sport loving, rule-following perfectionist
-the sweet "night before your birthday" conversation Ben had with Tuck
-Tuck's birthday wish for bowling (my favorite moment was watching him and Libby bowl together) and a spend the night party with Noah and Aydin.
-Facetime calls with Vicki

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-people from Faith serving at the BSM
-getting to go to Church without Walls

-"look beyond your children's faces and see the potential of a new generation- the families they will guide, the friends they wll lead to Jesus, and yes, even the nations they will impact." -Ann Dunagan (The Mission Minded Family)