Mama Kay

311. 10 days with Nana & Papaw

312. 2 date nights with my husband

313. apples overflowing buckets

314. bags of apples saved in the freezer for months to come

315. time spent with grandparents cutting apples

316. Hearing my grandpa say that he was afraid when they sold the farm & the apple orchard they wouldn’t have apples but every year they have had plenty of apples….God certainly provides

317. Jars of pickles made with my own hands

318.  Pickled beets just like my mom used to make from my own garden

319. fun at the water park

320. Amazing finds at the Farmer’s Market

321. Running into cousins and friends from long ago wandering the streets at the Farmer’s Market

322. a Mother of many who are nearly grown stopping to help me with little ones during church services

323. A Walking Baby Boy

324. 5potato is 3!

325. Time celebrating life with our loved ones near & far.

326. Princess Dress made with love by Grandma Di

327. Answers even if they weren’t the ones we wanted

328. The changing of leaves—our first fall in Montana—beautiful!

329. New mercies every morning

330. Hope

Wow its been awhile since I updated my list. I’m going to try to be better about posting here…

261. Time with my quickly growing eldest daughter

262. Back to School shopping

263. My Father’s World: Countries & Cultures study

264. New Notebooks

265. New Routines

266. Fun VBS for the kiddos

267.  Storytime with my 2 year old

268. A cruising baby boy

269. Peas fresh picked from the garden

270. No more beetles!

271. My sacrificial husband—he gives so much so that I can be at home to take care of our family!

272. Quiet time in the morning

273. Cool breezes

274. Montana summer especially in comparison to Arizona summers!

275. Good friends who call to share their good news!

276.  Our church family where my husband can use his God given talents

277. Friendly neighbors

278. Sisters who are friends

279. A storage room that is now navigatable

280. Time with my grandparents

236.  A baby boy who is on the mend

237. the school year is nearly over

238.  planting baby trees

239. getting to sleep in this morning

240.  chocolate cake & mint ice cream

241. my new Nutrimill

242. new music

243. new books

242. new kitchen tools

(Can you tell we just celebrated birthdays & Mother’s day?)

243. crazy spring weather

244. It is NOT 100 degrees.

245. Family Worship

221. Birthday weekends

222. Phone calls from loved ones

223. Rain

224. Hail—such a fascinating weather phenomenon (as long as its not the damaging kind)

225. God’s love captured in a necklace sweetly given to me by my husband

226. A new week

227. A new month

228. A growing baby boy

229. The light at the end of the tunnel for our school year

230. Cheesecake with fresh raspberries!

231. Sharing a birthday weekend with my best friend.

232. Being able to give my husband one of his best birthdays ever

233. Living close to my grandparents

234. Dreaming of our future home

235. Facebook friends

191. I’m grateful for a loving husband who provides for our family.

192. for dreams of a new life in a new place

193. an answer to one of our many questions even though it wasn’t the one I wanted

194. my big baby boy

195. 1potato’s help getting dinner on the table

196. 2poato’s willingness to clean up in a hurry

197. 3potato’s help hanging diapers on the line

198. 4potato’s willingness to help her sister get her work done

199. 5potato’s sweet giggle and “Hello, Bob”

200. family worship

I want to be a more grateful person. I started this list of 1000 gifts a couple years ago but only made it to 176 and so I pick it up again…I hope to be much more successful in keeping up with it this time.

177. I’m grateful for a precious little boy to love.
178. Big sisters who are so anxious to hold our new baby.
179. Having a nearly 11 year old who is capable of helping with meals, holding the baby & helping her little sisters.
180. Picking up old friendships via Facebook.
181. Kind friends who are giving me a baby shower for my 6th baby!
182. Beautiful music coming from my daughter playing the piano.
183. My 6 year old who is such a big helper!
184. Being able to use cloth diapers—who knew it could be so fun!
185. My 2 year old’s sweet smiles and giggles at the smallest things.
186. Being able to kiss sweet baby cheeks.
187. Baby boy’s precious smiles.
188. Hope for the future.
189. Inspiration from watching the Duggar family.
190. Clotheslines

We are excited to announce that we now have a baby boy. He was born September 26 at 7:35 pm after 21 hours of labor.

He was 7 lbs 12 1/2 oz and 20 inches long.

We had a water birth for the first time and I would definitely do it again!

His sisters are so excited to have a baby brother!

And a proud Papa.

Thank you, Lord, for such a wonderful blessing!