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Fave Fives is a blog hop where you post five things from the last week that caught your fancy. This will be a bit of a challenge for me since I already do Thankful Thursdays but I am going to give it a shot.
1. My son has a pair of pigeons that he got for his birthday in May. I LOVE walking by their cage and listening to them talk to each other. I especially love to hear the male. If you have never heard a pigeon coo it is exactly like I thought it would sound and nothing like I thought it would sound LOL. He says "wooo wooo waa waa" It is the waa waa at the end that makes me smile every time I hear it :)
2. Just having my kids home! This is the first week of summer vacation that they have been home. We haven't done anything special but I have loved just having them here.
3. I just love it when I find a new book that really really really speaks to me. This week I found two.
Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working is all about living our lives the way God wants us to not the way everyone else does. It might make us weird but as he says normal isn't working!
Discerning the Voice of God is our women's summer bible study book and it looks like it is going to be a good one!
4. Two words... Ice Cream. Now you might think enough said but what you have to know is that I am not really a fan of ice cream. I could go forever and not eat it and I wouldn't miss it. But we have kinda been on an ice cream kick around here lately. From trips to Shortlane (our local ice cream shop) to milk shakes and root beer floats made at home we have been enjoying some serious ice cream round here.5. We went to a concert this weekend to see Sanctus Real and Toby Mac. It was a lot of fun. We got to hang out with some friends and listen to some GREAT music. I didn't think I was all that crazy about Toby Mac but I enjoyed his music and man he puts on a concert! We paid extra and got third row seats. I am telling you that was the way to go. It was slam packed but we couldn't even tell it. The people behind us had a giant Toby Mac head on a stick. It was kinda creepy. Then towards the middle of his show Toby Mac stopped and said "My head on a stick is kinda creeping me out". The whole thing was a great time.
Everyone have a safe and fun 4th of July weekend. It is a 3 day weekend for us so we plan to enjoy it!
Shell
Stopping by from Friday's Fave Five. Oooh, I love Toby Mac ... he's going to be in concert here in the St. Louis area next Saturday. I wish I could go see him, but I think I'll be watching a couple of the grandkids while the rest of DD's family goes. So I've got no complaints! ha!
ReplyDeleteShell, Welcome to FFF. I love this weekly practice of counting my blessings. I wonder how hard it would be to write 2 similar posts week-to-week. I probably should give it a try as I feel very blessed and like to talk about it.
ReplyDeleteHaving the kiddos home is certainly a huge blessing even if all you do is spend time together at the house. And all that ice cream is a thank producing treat! I am an ice cream fan although right now I am on a frozen yoghurt kick.
I love starting new books and the ones you are reading sound great. I look forward to your impressions of them after you are done.
Welcome to the FFF! Ice cream is a huge hit at our home too and we enjoy biking to our local stand to indulge....and new books are always a blessing in my eyes! yay for long weekends!!
ReplyDeleteJust stopped over from Susan's-- welcome to Fave Five. :o) Glad you are enjoying your summer break with your kiddos! And enjoy your new books.
ReplyDeleteSaw that you like 'It's Almost Naptime' blog... I love that one too!
Welcome to FFF! Always nice to have additions to the group. Thanks for your pictures. The books sound good, I'll have to look them up.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week!
Welcome to FFF! It's an important part of my online week and it helps me focus every day on gratitude. Hmmm, I think I'll look into Weird--sounds interesting and challenging.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this summer break with your kids! Especially the ice cream.
I loved having my kids home for summer when they were school age as well, summer is always a relaxing change to the busy-ness of the rest of the year. And a great excuse for ice cream!
ReplyDeleteI'm very late with my FFF reading this week,I apologize for being the last to welcome you!
ReplyDeleteIsn't summer great? (And Ice Cream.. We LOVE Ice Cream!) I'm glad you have some good books, and had such a good time at the concert!
-Catherine
Hello Shell and welcome to Friday's Fave Five. Sorry I'm late coming around and welcoming you but it was a long weekend for us in Canada too except our holiday was on Friday and we were away.
ReplyDeleteYay for ice cream! I think that will be making my next list. :v)