Blessings 51-60

We are hope and nothing like a crazy 2 day blizzard to welcome us home from paradise. Our trip to Costa Rica was amazing. The weather was amazing and the hotel was breathtaking. I am missing reading and having room service for breakfast set up for us on the covered balcony. So this weeks blessings cover a week (or 2). Here goes...

51. Monkeys crawling all over, swinging from trees, throwing their babies on their backs as if to say...what are you doing? You aren't big enough to swing from tree to tree. Howling that woke us up at night (monkeys, not the kids).

52. Christians. Believers on fire for God and filled with the holy spirit.  A few were on the trip and God used them to speak peace into my life.  Prayers at just the right time...always prayers.

53. For Dirk and for time to enjoy my husband. For the Romantico Dinner and scratchy wristbands, for finding lost items and laughing. For his boldness and intentionality. That he doesn't take things lightly. For his sensitivity to people with special needs. For his heart and arms and love.

54. For the way Beckham says, "Costa Rica". May it never end.

55. For Beckham's sweet kisses on Evalyn's pigtails. For the ways he brings her toys and sings her songs when she cries. For their first bath together and how he washed her toes for her.

56. For Evalyn's cries. They are pathetic, dramatic and I just love them.

57. Praise God for sunshine and the feeling of it soaking into my winter white skin. For the way it warms my heart and spirit. For the sound of waves crashing and a good book in my hand. For cucumber water and guacamole.

58. For Grandparents who watch and love my kids. They are adored and spoiled when they get to visit. Thank you for loving my babies while I was gone and every week. They love their Nana and Bapas.

59. For the way Beckham started kissing me all over my neck and face. I laugh and say, "too much!!!" which makes him laugh and do it more. I am going to miss these moments when he grows up. As Taylor Swift says, "Oh, darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up, just stay this little." How I go through my days saying this.

60. For dry shampoo. If you have never tried it  you should. It just might change your life.