Name Them One By One

Count your blessings

Name them one by one

Count your many blessings

See what God hath done.
(From LDS Hymnal #241)

More entries in my gratitude journal and photos

from my "hunting for beauty" walk this morning.

1166- petting baby goats

1167 - a picnic under a shade tree

1168- picking blueberries with Cindy and Ben

1169- grilled veggies and fried green tomatoes

1170- hearing Ben play Beethoven

1171- a goodbye kiss through the car window

1172-green rolling hills

1173- holding hands around the breakfast table while

Dad says the blessing

1174- beautiful farms

1175- little barefooted girls in long dresses and bonnets

1176- horse and buggies

1177- handmade baskets

1178- farmers plowing fields 

1179-Amish bakeries

1180- a hug from a long distance friend

1181- long walks while catching up on family news

1182- a sheep dog doing her job

1183- phone calls from Mark

1184- cottonwood seeds blowing through the air

1185- bowls of colorful melon on a lazy susan

1186- teaching a little boy the 4th Article of Faith

1187 - the Krueger family

1188- bicycle rides to the park

1189- sailboats on Lake Michigan

1190- walking on the beach with Shannon

1191- picking up beautiful rocks

1192- baked whitefish for dinner

1193- watermelon

1194-lilacs on Mackinac Island

1195- my dad

1196- Rocky Road fudge

1197- lightning bugs

1198- a visit with Mary

1199- flowers on the counter to welcome me home

1200- Dillon's birthday

1201- a bright pink sunset

1202- peach juice dripping off my hands

1203- sitting on the deck together sharing blackberry sorbet

1204-Travis still calling me mama

1205- teaching Carol's primary class

1206-zucchini nut bread

1207-a new family in the ward

1208- spending time with friends from long ago

1209- a humble testimony from a new high councilman

1210- baskets of fresh veggies from the garden

1211- a clean chicken coop

1212-living in a free country

1213- American flags waving in the breeze

1214- peach smoothies

1215- a text message from Dad

1216- teaching Kenzie how to make chicken enchiladas

1217- lavender bubblebath

1218- announcements from joyful mothers that a

new baby is on the way

1219- hummingbirds

1220- blue cheese hamburgers on the grill

1221- sitting with three wonderful women

in Sacrament Meeting

 1222- picking green beans in the garden

1223- a "how do you make it" call from Kenzie

*MYOF Goals #16 - Exercise 50 minutes a day 5 days a week

# 26 - Improve photography skills

#35 - Keep a gratitude journal