Joy Dare::July

 11,383. Hearing that everyone is having fun at camp
11,384. A date night with Jeremy
11,385. Doing some work with Isaiah
11,386. Isaiah comes home with some *statement* Crocs
11,387. Reading in the hammock
11,388. Crossing off to-do tasks
11,389. A bleach clean shower
11,390. Talking to my mom
11,391. My brother
11,392. Church community
11,393. A 4th of July feast with friends
11,394. Fireworks
11,395. Welcoming home our campers--and hugging them
11,396. Hours of camp stories and pictures
11,397. All of the adults that speak into my teenagers' lives
11,398. A quiet camp recovery day
11,399. Birthday texts
11,400. A book that was good for my soul
11,401. Sunset waves and wild ponies
11,402. "I'm still happy from camp." -Josiah
11,403. Dolphins jumping

11,404. An afternoon with my sisters and mom
11,405. Sisters (Aliza and Anna) that stay up too late talking
11,406. Long supper conversations
11,407. Laughing
11,408. New-to-us clothes
11,409. 2 year old chatter
11,410. Anna.
11,411. The rain held off
11,412. Raylyn's grin while Aliza made her into a sand mermaid
11,413. Isaiah still comes to our bed during storms
11,414. Aliza talks to me
11,415. So many pictures
11,416. The Chosen with Aliza's head on my shoulder
11,417. Quiet
11,418. Working on a project
11,419. Taking a family evening
11,420. Big kids having fun with little ones
11,421. Anna playing guitar in church
11,422. 23 years married
11,423. Showing up
11,424. Celebrating Alena's graduation
11,425. Jeremy's dad recovered quickly
11,426. Early morning grass mowing to beat the heat
11,427. Confession
11,428. Porch time with a friend
11,429. A slow day
11,430. Having the hard conversation to start making a big change
11,431. Anna being silly
11,432. A day at home
11,433. Having Allie with us for the day
11,434. Bright yellow goldfinches
11,435. Taking my work out on the porch
11,436. Traveling at night
11,437. Stories from silent disco night
11,438. The car fix went really smoothly
11,439. Watching Ronan play with bubbles
11,440. Spending time with Grandma and Grandpa
11,441. Safe trip home
11,442. A big project completed
11,443. Crepe myrtles blooming
11,444. Encouraging and meeting homeschool moms
11,445. Taking care of my family
11,446. Busy birdfeeders
11,447. Walking with a friend
11,448. Summer afternoon tea
11,449. Everyone feeling better
11,450. Loving the best I know how
11,451. Handling disappointment in stride
11,452. An evening with cool temperatures
11,453. Chick Fil A for supper and Olympic opening ceremony
11,454. Daughters convincing their Dad to take them to a concert
11,455. Thinking things through
11,456. A day to just be
11,457. Family evening on the beach
11,458. Olympic watching

11,459. Moms ahead of me to talk to
11,460. Prayer
11,461. Josiah feeling energetic again
11,462.Getting a treat for Anna
11,463. A beautiful summer morning
11,464. Celebrating Mom
11,465. Aliza waking up with energy
11,466. Spontaneous lunchtime company
11,467. Picking Anna up from youth group
11,468. Staying up late watching Olympics