thankful thursday

welcome back. it's been a while since i've written a thankful thursday post so you'll find a lot of pictures this week. if you're new here, thankful thursday is time i set aside to thank God for the many blessings *big and small* that He's blessed me with. 

i hope you're joining in with me. find a pretty journal and grab a pen so we can get started. here we go!

i'm thankful for...

337. the most precious friend who sent me a vintage book about being thankful. it brought tears to my eyes as i scanned through all the sweet pages. i'm looking forward to sitting down with my kids and reading such a simple book to remind us to be thankful.

338. days spent together

339. a new tent that has kept all five preoccupied for hours

340. seeing all my boys in one photo

341. walking into the church this past sunday to a fresh cup of tea from someone and knowing they thought about me and wanted to bless me

342. the way her seven year old hand grasps her pencil as she works

343. looking in the laundry room to find lily dancing to we believe.

344. ladies on instagram who inspire me to be more of a minimalist with stuff so i can appreciate being *in the moment* with my family and not so preoccupied with cleaning and organizing all the stuff we've collected

345. beautiful skies that make for warm days at the beach

346. how my nine year old reminds me on mondays that it's his day to be my kitchen helper. maybe he'll be a chef one day?!

347. our morning time routine in the living room consisting of a book read aloud together, memorizing, writing out their school work on their planners, a bible story and a prayer over our day as we each go about our own way

348. making homemade fizzy bath bombs

349. that time he learned how to use the self check out for the first time

350. the day we went to feed the ducks and i looked down to see him eating the bread

351. my favorite go-to foods for a quick meal

352. learning how to obey by staying on the blanket until the timer goes off

353. that day i surprised them at debenhams and let them sit in the makeup chair while getting a little lip gloss applied

it's all about being intentional, friends. going about our days intentionally looking for those blessings.  He's the greatest gift-giver and i want to be forever aware and forever grateful.