authentic. some friday favorite things.

by Rachel Marie Martin

It’s time for a traditional
friday favorite things
where I just examine my week
and sit in gratitude for the simple joys
found in the everyday.

friday favorite things | finding joy

These are a few of my favorite things

beautiful square plaque
that I won at Relevant
filled with words of truth

a little boy resting
after he got all of his homework done
in the family room on the big puff ball
while playing his game on the nintendo ds.

a sweet note 
left on the doorway
in the morning for me 
to see as I left to run errands

and a sweet boy
found in his rather messy room
who decided he wanted to take a rest
in the middle of the room
in the middle of the day.

the bucket of toys
that the boys cleaned
and told me that they
sorted really really well. 😉

little crumbs
left from the gluten free cake
that we topped with berries
on a Tuesday afternoon.

the beautiful eyes
of my ten year old 
daughter Grace.

remnants of a lego game
left on the table
after some older boys 
played game after game in the morning.

making snow cream
after a fresh snowfall
much to the delight of all the kids
who gathered more and more and more snow
{thanks geography matters for this book}

and this little boy again
who happened to find more legos
upstairs in his big brother’s room.
love, love, love that smile.

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12 comments

Rebecca January 27, 2012 - 12:42 pm

Those are some wonderful favorites! And the snow cream…we miss making good,yummy snow cream!

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Lea also known as "CiCi" January 27, 2012 - 12:46 pm

Love your FF but mostly, I love the smiles and the beautiful eyes of your children. So, so cute!

Happy Friday my friend and blessings galore!

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Veronica and Daniel January 27, 2012 - 1:03 pm

ooo! Snow Ice Cream! Love it. I always liked making maple sugar snow candy like Laura Ingalls Wilder 🙂

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Kelli January 27, 2012 - 1:40 pm

Great list…filled with such sweet moments 🙂

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starla January 27, 2012 - 1:43 pm

I love the sorted basket…I know that one! :0) And that word board is AWESOME!!!

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Jocee January 27, 2012 - 2:29 pm

samuel has this natural pose that makes my heart want to melt. my word. this was priceless. i loved the note! but i would never do that to my mom. she’d kill me. :))
-jocee <3

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carissa at lowercase letters January 27, 2012 - 3:23 pm

the words of Truth plague, you grace’s eyes, choloe’s note, sammy boy, your big boy, gluten free berry topped cake, all such sweetness. so many precious little gifts.

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carissa at lowercase letters January 27, 2012 - 3:23 pm

plaque not plauge. gawsh!

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Laurie Collett January 27, 2012 - 5:53 pm

Beautiful favorites! Thanks for sharing & for hosting the linkup.
God bless,
Laurie

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Crista Moriah January 27, 2012 - 8:57 pm

Beautiful, simple things that bring such joy…

I love your {Friday} Favorite Things posts!

They inspire me to be thankful in the small things of life.

Blessings!
~Moriah

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Anne Eurose Abris January 27, 2012 - 11:13 pm

Love the plaque and the note :).

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Marie January 28, 2012 - 12:59 am

What lovely photos! We used to make snow ice cream when I was a kid but I’ve never done it with mine — hmm, next snow we get I think we need to do that!

This is my first visit and I think I’ll try and join in next week — it looks like fun!

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