including my new favorite things button
and my new blog button — see Samuel?
my sweet daughter, Hannah, who spruced my blog up for me
and the updated pictures of my kids in my blog header
including this one of my Chloe Laurella
{love}
listening to Samuel talk
Samuel’s health — praise God our Healer
May is Celiac Disease Awareness Month
various writing opportunities
like my book review on
A Jane Austen Education
featured over on Blogher
{feel free to pop over and leave me a sweet comment}
and my devotional
at 5 Minutes for Faith
on time
and my post for
Heart and Soul Pursuits
on
the beauty of mud
I’m grateful for each opportunity and the grace to get them done this week
and speaking of mud — wonderful neighbors who invite my little boys to play in the mud
think summer
{yes, I let them jump in the mud}
my raspberry patch
{which I put in last year and this year is really starting to grow}
pea sprouts in my garden
{what’s growing in yours?}
I know I’ve said this before — but my Keurig Coffee Maker
including the BOGO coupon for Caribou Coffee this weekend
cell phone chargers for the car
my ring tone on my phone
which is
{seriously}
the opportunity to sit back and reflect on goodness
and
the time on an early Friday morning to write about it.
22 comments
What a fantastic post – so many great things to love! Your pictures are fantastic!!! And I love your blog layout – great job by your daughter! We have good friends whose son was just diagnosed with Celiac as well. They are just going through that adjustment phase of learning how drastic their diet has to change, but so far he is doing very well!
love the pictures of your kiddos and how cool that your daughter knows how to do some blog design stuff it sounds like?? Yummy to the cookies and how cool are you for letting your sons play in mud. I would too but, I would want to hose them off outside!! haha;0
Love the touch of spring on your blog! That Hannah is just the BEST! I always enjoy your thankful list and I’m with you on the Keurig, love, love mine!
Blessings for a lovely weekend!
a raspberry patch sounds divine. mmmm. i LOVE that pic of you. it’s so good. the cookies are calling my name! chloe is such a beauty – those eyes! samuel looks well… what a praise to our gracious God! and you’ve been one busy post writing machine. WOW!
We just planted our first vegetables. My son prayed over them and I’m hoping it helps!:) I love reading about your favorite things. Beautiful
You have such cute kids and a great story!! and GO VIKINGS 😀 ha
just added your new button to my blog sidebar for linkie parties.. hoooray! Love it! hugs xo bonitarose
This is a great post! The pictures are wonderful! The one of you with the sunlight is marvelous! It is so nice to reflect and see all the wonderful things that make us so happy. Great ringtone! Have a good day!
Mama Hen
Ah, love the hazy sunlight in that one photo. A good reflection on all that is right in your life, is a perfect way to start the day!
Have a great weekend, Rachel!
Love the new Spring look. The GF cookies look so good.
Where on earth can I get coupons for my phone? Must have them.
That’s so cool your daughter knows how to do this blog design stuff. It’s all Greek to me! I, too, LOVE vanilla lattes. 🙂 And what a great ring tone for your phone!
Thanks for the sweet comments on my post and for following. So fun to find a new blog to follow!
And 7 kids! – You are amazing! I can barely handle my one most days. 🙂
Happy Friday!
What a lovely thing to post about on Fridays…your favorite things:)
You have beautifully written a great post on your favorite things, which happen to be some of mine too:)
Every time you write about the things you like I go thru and am like yip, yip, yip….that’s me too! Friday’s are for being grateful!
those cookies look amazing, have you shared the recipe
Yes I have to try the gluten free Bisquick!
Great post and great blog. Those pics of your kiddos are sooo sweet. That Samuel – what a sweet boy. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Now following you
Can I just saw how FABULOUS it is that you let your boys play in the mud? So awesome.
And such sweet pictures!
Thanks again for your comments on my page :]
wow … the colour in that fruit really pops. Beautiful 🙂
i tried to comment at the austen site, but it
was much too onerous! sorry.
i look forward to checking out the book as
i adore jane and all her chicklets!
Those are great favorites.
Seeing pictures of the kids playing in mud reminds me of when my girls wanted a pool so badly that we just dug a mud pool and they’d play in it and have a ball. Of course, their clothes never got clean again but that’s nothing in comparison to the fun they had.
Wow – Chloe looks just like Hannah! Both {very} beautiful girls! I think it’s the icey blue eyes that make them look so alike (AND their smiles!).
I still cannot get over how *adorable* sweet little Sammy is. He already looks older in the span of just a couple months! ^_^
P.S. LOVE the new blog design! Very chic. ^_^