“Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:7

514. Loving husband who thoughtfully stayed home late one morning to take my oldest off to school.

515. We’ve narrowed it down to France in early October!

516. Ian running up to me telling me he wanted to read to me his Bob books.

517. Convincing my grandfather to let me add his name to the WWII memorial and talking with him about his time in the navy.

518. Watching Ian flirt with the lady cutting his hair. She kept saying “He’s so cute!” For my three year old, getting his hair cut is like me getting a massage:)

519. Ian asking questions about the New Heavens and the New Earth: “You mean I won’t have any boo boo’s or bug bites on me anymore? We won’t need bandaids?” And then later, “Will there be baseball?” “Will our bodies have blood in them?”

520. Encouragement from friends just when I needed it.

521. Watching Ian’s Easter performance at his preschool. I could see he and a little friend joking during the performance. He spent half his time pointing at me:)

522. Date night, coffee at B&N, pouring over travel books on Paris, dreaming…

523. Long weekend, sleeping in, doing nothing, boys swimming, playing pretend, legos everywhere…

524. Father/son project: turning a box into a car for a “road ralley” at school

525. Resurrection Sunday celebrated with close friends