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Counting My Gifts {105-145}

This week I get to share two weeks worth of gifts since I didn't get around to posting last Monday!  I'm also excited because my mother-in-law bought me the book for Mother's Day. (Thanks Mom!) I'm so looking forward to reading it.

105. Running into friends while doing errands
106. A pink-streaked sunset
107. Getting to go out for coffee with a neighbor
108. Losing track of time
109. Getting to go on my first ever women's retreat

110. My husband getting off work early so I can leave on time
111. Getting a much needed break
112. Sweet good-bye hugs from my boys (all three of them!)
113. Making dirt volcanoes with my sons before I left
114. Meeting new people on the drive to the retreat
115. Not having to be the driver
116. Having uninterrupted woman conversation
117. The majesty of Mt. Index
118. A "sunrise" walk
119. Seeing four yellow goslings
120. Admiring five wild mule deer

121. Enjoying the sunshine
122. Visiting Leavenworth
123. Making new friends
124. Finding time alone with God

125. Coming back home to my family
126. Simplifying for Spilling Hope
127. First successful potty trip away from home
128. Fun hose time

129. Little boy smiles
130. My sons loving on one another
131. Learning to live without an automatic dryer

132. Participating in my first ever "race"
133. for a great cause

134. Making it to the finish line!

135. Planting pumpkins

136. An early Mother's Day present
137. Parent's Night Out
138. A dinner date with my husband
139. Having a patient and understanding husband
140. Being able to sit at the edge of Green Lake - just the two of us
141. Watching the birds frolic on the top of the lake
142. Longer days
143. Having a mother that I love and admire
144. A Mother's Day chocolate surprise
145. A picnic at Seahurst Park on the water


146. Eating the same picnic food Phil and I had on some of our early dates 


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