Friday's Fave Five #537

Hi everyone.  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five.  Please join us as we endeavour to intentionally notice the blessings that come into our lives, big or small, and be grateful for them.  Taking note of our blessings no matter where we are in life, helps to keep our attitudes hopeful and positive.  It helps to lighten the load when we are going to through hard things.   When we practice it when things are going well, it develops a habit and then it is a bit easier to do it when life tries to shake us.  The blessings don't have to be earth shattering or life changing.  They can be as simple as the laughter of a child or a joke that made you belly laugh or the taste of that coffee first thing in the morning.

1.  Mojito mint iced tea.  Tetley teas were on sale last week at the grocery store and I saw this flavor and thought it would make great iced tea.  I like the freshness of it and the fact that I don't have to add a bunch of sugar to make it taste decent.

2.  Water fun with the kids.  Yesterday was a hot one for southern Alberta.  So we took the hose out and had some fun spraying and chasing the kids with water.  It was a great way to cool off and they do love to run around and shriek.  LOL.

3.  Cooling rain.  After the hot day yesterday, the rain rolled in to cool things off.  That was very welcome and I always love how it smells after a nice rain.  I did pull in the plants under the eaves though just in case some hail made it's way over to us.  There was an incredible lightning show happening outside as I typed this post.  The kind that lights up the room and makes everything rattle on the walls.  Are we supposed to turn off tvs and computers when a storm is that close?  Seems to me I've heard that before.  Yikes.

4.  Beautiful wedding.  Our niece's daughter (I guess that makes her our great niece?) got married on the weekend.  I've always had a special place in my heart for this girl.  She grew up in my dayhome until she went to grade 1.  She's an outdoorsy gal and hiker and her new hubby is a mountain climber so it was natural for them to have their wedding at mountain lodge.  Though only a handful of immediate family was invited to the ceremony, we were invited to the reception, dinner and dance.  It was lots of fun and so nice to celebrate the marriage of a wonderful young couple.  BTW, this was my dress that I figured matched the "mountain casual" dress code mentioned last week.

5.  observing.  Speaking of mountain casual, it was great fun for me to observe how everyone interpreted that.   There was everything from jeans with the kimono jackets so popular today and hiking type boots to lace dresses with ankle booties to maxi dress with bludstone boots and everything in between.  Such a simple thing to do but great fun for me.

What were your favorite blessings this week?