Simple Pleasures

A few simple pleasures in the past week or so:

*telling Mattie that, yes, she can have dancing at her wedding... "singing and lots of dancing," she asked for

*Jacob letting Mattie have his turn to pick music in the van because she had just slammed her finger in the door and he knew she was hurting

*spending time together each night as all four of us snuggle on the couch to read The Hobbit
*Jacob's good humor at his eye "twitching"... he said, "make the google eyes [on my homepage] twitch like me!" and thought it was pretty funny!

*seeing Mattie's delight as she dressed her baby all by herself!
*Jacob's delight at completing his entire design book

*conviction, repentance and the peace that follows

*hearing Jacob gain confidence on the piano and learn that practice really does make perfect!

*sweet fellowship and new relationships developed over time in the Word
*hearing Jacob freely admit that he was wrong

*watching Mattie play for hours-on-end with "lassos" (ropes tied in knots), imaginary friends and bags of random stuff

*two extra hours of kidless quiet time at home b/c I had the birthday party time wrong and my sister-in-law let them stay!! 

*listening to Jacob recite scripture he's memorized

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”

Psalm 91:1-2