Friday's Fave Five #895

Welcome to Fridays's Fave Five.  We're looking for blessings in our lives in a purposeful way.  By taking some moments to take note of those things that bring joy or lift us up we are cultivating a grateful attitude and training our hearts to look for the hand of God in our everyday routines.  Feel free to join us if you are new.  The more the merrier.  Guidelines are linked in the sidebar. 

~ visit from our daughter ~ our oldest daughter popped by for a couple days visit on her way home from spending a few days camping with her siblings in the mountains.  We were very happy to see her as we had to cancel our roadtrip to go and see her at the beginning of August because my knee wasn't up for the 7 hour car ride one way.  We spent a couple of relaxing evenings with her just catching up as we havent seen her since Christmas. So thankful tat she went out of her way to come see us.

~ the Chosen in the Wild ~  a fun limited series on Pr'me that Hubby and I enjoyed watching together.  Bear Grylls takes some of the actors from The Chosen and takes them out in the wild.  And while they're challenged with physical outdoorsy stuff in ways that only spending time with Bear will lead to, Bear casually interviews them.  It was interesting getting to know their real life stories a bit and hearing how being a part of the cast of Chosen, and specifically playing their characters, has changed them.  Have to admit I teared up a few times and we had some good laughs in parts too.

~ Bday celebration ~ Friday night we celebrated our brother in law's birthday by taking him and Hubby's sis out for dinner to a restaurant of his choosing.  It's our tradition with each of our birthdays,  It guarentees we see each other at least 4 times a year.  As our families have grown and expanded we find this a nice way of staying in touch through the busyness of life.

~hydrangeas ~  this is the third summer with the hydrangea bushes I planted in the front flower bed and they are coming along nicely,  They are pink Incrediballs,  While not quite at that maturity yet they will get huge ball sized blooms,  Now Im glad they are surviving our winters and seem to be thriving.

~ a helping hand ~After a full 9 1/2 hour days work I made a grocery run because I hadn't got around to it on the weekend.  Because I not only shop for our groceries but also the dayhome's it's a big job and usually takes up to a couple of hours .  Between my knee and my hand/arm issues, the task is made more difficult  and by the time I was pushing the cart to the car, I was exhausted.  As I opened the trunk of my car a lovely young lady came out of nowhere and asked if she could load the bags for me,  I could have cried I was so grateful.  An angel sent from heaven to help me out.  

What were your fave blessings this week?