My New Fave Toy

My dad surprised me and my two siblings recently by giving us a very generous gift.  My particular gift?  A new stove!  Here's an ironic little story.  My dad told my mom how he wanted to give each of us kids a monetary gift, and they mentioned between the two of them that they'd like to buy me a new stove with that money.  Literally two days after they talked about it (which was unbeknownst to us at the time), I was on the phone with my mom while cooking when suddenly I stopped our conversation to complain out loud because my two back burners stopped working right in the middle of my meal preparation.  OK, so it's not an ironic story, it's a God story.  Isn't it amazing how He lets such little details fall into place, knowing exactly what we're going to need at the right time, and He gives us the means to do what we need when there doesn't seem any other way?  Thank you, God, and thank you, Dad!  We absolutely love our new appliance!  Now, we just need to accent it with something other than green countertops. :-)  A special shout out to Dave on getting us in touch with my new fave kitchen toy!

Funny thing was, Ellison was just as excited over the new stove.  It was like the circus came to town when the delivery truck arrived.  She was in awe of the whole process, and was totally flirting with the 3 delivery men, who were SO sweet to her!  (Go Ferguson!).  She lit up when she saw the final product in its new place, and we quickly figured out how to put the child lock on the buttons.  She was animatedly talking about the stove that whole day, announcing to people that "we got a new stove!".  Again, thanks Dad!!!