The Rest Of September....October, November, and December

Here is my lazy version of the rest of my joy dare.....life happened and I did not get a chance to enter all of these in, but I did write them down!!!

September Day Nineteen...

3 gifts in conversation....

All conversations in Sister's Bible study are always amazing!

Getting to know friends better at St. Andrew

Reconnecting with old friends

September Day Eighteen...

a gift fixed...

Fixed time to finally catch up with Lindsay Airey.

a gift folded....

This isn't really folded.....but our neighbors who we thought were so grumpy and mean, totally showed us love today by giving the kids a whole bunch of amazing outdoor toys...it was like Christmas!

a gift freckled...

Playground.

September Day Seventeen...

3 gifts ugly beautiful

Iree and I's sandwich today
Iree's eating

My heart

September Day Sixteen...

3 gifts shared...

meal with friends
love with husband
Zumba with strangers

September Day Fifteen...

3 gifts paired....

Mom and Dad on Skype.
Trey and Iree outside with cucumbers on their eyes at our picnic.

Dale and Tim's collaboration for Wildflower Gathering.
Bread and Wine.

September Day Fourteen...

3 gifts drawn...

Iree on chalkboard.

Getting stuff ready for Wildflower Gathering.

Rachel and Gavin for dinner.

September Day Thirteen....

a gift scented....

Time with Keri at Enchanted Grounds coffee shop.

a gift scrawled....

Iree pretending to do her homework while Trey was doing his....her scribbles.

a gift started....

Our routine is finally getting started.

September Day Twelve....

3 gifts in God's Word...

Getting into Matthew 10:16-32 at Sister's Bible study today.....
We have hope that God is with us and we are empowered by the Holy Spirit.
"Unforced rhythm's of grace"

September Day Eleven....

3 hard eucharisteo....

Sick kiddos
Kids at school
Workout

September Day Ten...

3 gifts moving...

car to airport while Iree napped the whole way.
ball during soccer.
Claire paying for dinner!

September Day Nine...

3 gifts framed...

Reuhmann's came to play

Men's grill team making lunch

windows framed mountains during worship

trees framing sunset

September Day Eight....

a gift made....

Qdoba made for me

a gift masked....

Dale's long run turned into a great opportunity to skype with my mom.

a gift marveled....

Sunset

September Day Seven...

3 gifts given...

Dale gave me a break dealing with Trey's bad attitude.
Gave the Martin's dinner and got to hold sweet baby Briggs.
Andrew W. and Dale gave their time to get us a new car.

September Day Six....

3 gifts growing...

Trey learning from his mistakes after getting in trouble at school.

Iree adjusting to school and sleeping.

Spinach and Kale again!

September Day Five....

3 gifts autumn....

cool mornings
Autumn morning moon
leaves blowing in circles
Sisters Bible study starting
harvest of my garden

September Day Four....

a gift cool 

breeze during morning workout

a gift warm

morning coffee

a gift sun-soaked

sunflowers

September Day Three....

3 gifts yellow....

Sunflowers
Aspens just starting to change
I cut into a watermelon today and it was yellow and it was delicious!

September Day Two...

3 gifts cut...


Branches cut off playing with kids outside and using our imagination that they were flags for a bike race!

Conversation wit friends about hair cuts and styles.

Tomatoes, onion, cilantro for yummy salsa.

Wood for fire with Staang family!

September Day One....

3 gifts summer.....

Fitness centers with A/C to workout.
Napping.
Dancing outside with Iree.

August Day Thirty-one...

3 miracles....

Breath
Love
Full moon
Date with Dale

August Day Thirty....

3 gifts very small...

Trey hugs
Iree hugs
Lemon drops

August Day Twenty-nine...

a gift one...

kid in tow today.

a gift two...

two zumba teachers.

a gift three...

coffee drinks with friends.

August Day Twenty-eight...

3 gifts long awaited...

Rain in the afternoon!
Both kids in school.
Both coming home.

August Day Twenty-seven...

3 gifts new...

Re-newing friendship with Terpstra's.
We swam at a new pool.
We danced to new songs in Zumba!

August Day Twenty-six...

a gift cut....

Streamer for our illustration during sunday school.

a gift sewn....

family of God 

a gift buttoned....

Iree's dress for church

August Day Twenty-five...

3 gifts fragile...

roses
life
friendships

August Day Twenty-four....

3 gifts in moving...

Iree dancing at the Museum of Nature and Science.
Our moving bodies as we played outdoor family games!
Our friends the Ruehmann's who moved here!!

August Day Twenty-three...

3 gifts old....

running shoes
old friend Hillary
Trey's teacher - wise

August Day Twenty-two...

3 gifts in light....


Trey's face lighting up as he told me about his story.
Indoor soccer.

Iree swimming and singing on our walk back home.

August Day Twenty-one...

a gift straight...

When you pull Iree's hair back into a pony....the front pieces get straight and I loved the way they fell over her face today and she kept trying to put them back.

a gift curved....

The curve of the water as the kids played in it after school.

a gift turned...

Turning my mop, while i mopped in peace by myself.

August Day Twenty...

3 gifts in serving...

Served family by getting bagels.

Dale served me by doing the lawn.

When I served the homemade chips and salsa and my family loved it, that brought me joy.

August Day Nineteen....

3 gifts in Church...

Not going this morning (big deal for being the Pastor's family, but we had church last night.)

Church provides food on our table and shelter.

Friends.

August Day Eighteen....

a gift red...

Our first red ripe tomato!!

a gift read....

The menu at the Wildflower Gathering!

a gift written....

 God's exclamation point of a sunset on our Wildflower Gathering!

August Day Seventeen...

3 gifts in the morning....

Trey's hug and kiss before school.
Coffee.
Cool outside/quiet time.

August Day Sixteen...

3 gifts of family....

Quick catch up with mom.

Watching the Shultz family and how loving they are to one another.

Sarah (sister in Christ) helping me clean my kitchen.

August Day Fifteen...

3 gifts ugly beautiful....

Iree's craft at school.

My french bread casserole that took two hours to make instead of 30 minutes and ended up being just great at the baby shower full of love.
My friends twin girls not going to sleep here in this new place - but her persistence and patience and love as a mom.

August Day Fourteen....

a gift in a ring.....

Baby toy of Baby Daniel.

a gift in a curve....

The curvy road to go visit my best friend Lindsay's new baby boy Lenox.

a gift in a sphere....

Iree's nap mat bag on her first day of preschool!

August Day Thirteen....

3 gifts in green....

Dale's shirt as I gave him a massage!
Trey's shirt on his first day of first grade!!
Watering the garden with Iree!

August Day Twelve...

3 gifts half-hidden...

Ice cream half in ice.
Placemats stickers poking through for Claire's Birthday Celebration.

August Day Eleven...

3 gifts of metal...

Starring at metal shelves while Dale and I have a hard but good conversation.
Metal on the clippers cutting the weeds and being outside.
Tiny Metal shopping cart that Iree loves pushing at Ace Hardware.

August Day Ten...

3 hard eucharisteo gifts...

Leaving our camping adventure.
Listening to marriage book.
Being off scheduled and tired.

August Day Nine...

a gift hole....

Finally made fire about working/carving three different holes!

a gift while...

I feel whole and refreshed during this amazing family adventure!!

a gift half....

August Day Eight...

3 gifts in summer....

Family vacations.

warm weather.

Sleeping in (a little).

August Day Seven....

3 gifts in God's Word...

Creation-earth-world-enough-blessing-children

Dale and I talked about the Parable of the Good Samaritan relating to the 3 questions that we were just taught......
-Simple answer
-motivator
-existential  (MLK Jr. said let's ask why was this road built in the first place?)

August Day Six....

3 gifts in water....

The beautiful creek near our campground.

The language of the water rushing.

Fresh water to drink even camping.

August Day Five....

a gift outside....

Campfire made from scratch with a fire kit!

a gift inside....

Talking with Dale in the car ride to our camping adventure.

a gift upside down....

The beautiful stars.

August Day Four....

3 gifts sitting....

Watching the kids at Monkey Business having so much fun!

Sitting at the computer to skype with my mom!

Sitting at a nice dinner out with our family!

August Day Three...

a gift at 10am.....

Driving to the zoo and catching up with Uncle Bobby.

a gift at 1pm....

Cool air conditioner in the car after being out in the heat at the zoo.

a gift at 10pm...

Watching olympics with Dale.

August Day Two...

3 gifts eaten....

Oatmeal to go bars!
Leftovers.
Ice Cream.
Fresh air during my workout.

August Day One...

3 gifts white....

Amazing CO clouds.
Trey's whites of his eyes when he was so excited/nervous to go on the big water slide all by himself.
Sunscreen going on our bodies at Pirate's Cove Water park.