Service with Smiles

Abby and her friend Britley did a little service for our neighbors.  At Activity Days (for our church) they gave them some ideas on how to show service to their neighbors.  The girls made cupcakes at Britley's house and took some over to her neighbors then came over to our house and made cookies.  I love how they ran all the way there and back excitement bursting from their little bodies. 

I got the free printable for the neighbor from HERE - Joy Ever After

Good Times

Last night my neighbors and I had our 2nd Annual Birthday Night Out. 
Three of the girls have birthdays in July and two of us have them in December.
We stayed for an hour after closing (our poor waiter).
We hooted and hollered.
We ate one of these:

OK we ate three.  We had to have one in every flavor you know.
We told funny stories that made us have to hold her bladders.
We shared recipes and how-to's.
The best part was that we all had so much fun and are so thankful to have the best neighbors!
(even the ones that don't have our same birthdays!)

Wednesday Blessing

I want to do an after post about Mexico. After reading what I wrote after I posted it I felt like it seemed I was a little ungrateful. I promise I'm not ungrateful and I did have a super great time. The friends and food were great, the beach was very relaxing and our condo was very, very nice! So just know that yes, I was hesitant about going but I'm glad I went.

Now since I am on the subject of being grateful I wanted to do a little pre-Sunday post. Since doing this 52 Blessings Project I have found that it's very hard to pick just one thing I'm thankful for. All week I look at what's going on in my little life and I am taking notice of things I didn't notice before, making it difficult to choose.

Yesterday I was making freezer jam and I got all the strawberry's washed and cut and my new blender wouldn't work. (Very frustrating) So I called a couple neighbors to see if I could use their blender for 5 min. I found one (attached to a Bosch BTW so I borrowed the bowl too so I could make some bread) and came home to finish the jam.

Then I took some jam to the blender neighbor, stopped to talk to the guy across the street seeding his lawn, went over to my next door neighbor who was outside watering her flowers and then talked to the little boy who was walking home. He asked me if I was out selling something. I told him No, I was just visiting my great neighbors. I think he thought I was a little weird?

Anyway, since I can only pick one blessing on Sunday I thought I would do a Wednesday Blessing post too.

Today I am thankful to have the best neighbors on the planet!!

Really, this is what I have waited my whole life for. Every one of the families on our street is an A+++ in my book. I couldn't ask for anything more.

(well, I COULD ask but I won't Ü)

Question:

Do you have good or bad neighbors?