GIFTS 416-440

416.  a slow change of season

417.  bread rising in the oven

418.  successful high altitude baking
419.  doggie daycare

420.  having a tired pup napping at your feet
421.  visits from family
422.  neighborhood parties
423.  timely knitting advice

424.  fabric swatches for girly rooms
425.  5th grade service projects
426.  Operation Christmas Child boxes stacked on our table

427.  a bold new painting project - did I really just paint that blue on a whim?

428.  field trips
429.  trips back in time

430.  a boy's fascination with chamber pots, and "cool chickens"

431.  an appreciation of the ease of modern life
432.  the strength and determination of the pioneers
433.  aquariums

434.  fancy desserts

435.  art projects

436.  Christmas shopping, mostly finished

437.  a new babysitter

438.  3-D glasses

439.  pumpkin carving

440.  grace, grace and more grace, overflowing

Thank you Lord for blessings overflowing,

lists never ending,

promises forever kept,

goodness surrounding,

 magnified by the light of gratitude.