2008 w/ Madison at her 5th grade Graduation! |
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Monday, August 30, 2010
GOOD NEWS!!!!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Perfect Peace
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Reality Check!
I detest it when God shows me things in my life that need to be "checked". Initially it is very painful and then very humbling or even shameful. I am not one that naturally loves critisim or being shown that I am wrong. I haven't actually met anyone who fits that personality type, but I do know those who handle it with much more grace then I do. Maybe I will ask them how that comes about....maybe not. Anyway, today I had my two older girls try on all of the jeans in their closet after we had a terrible morning before school. (my 6th grader assumed that last years jeans would fit and when I told her to lay out her clothes for school the night before, she didn't try them on...bad morning) After finding that only 1/3 of the jeans still fit, I decided that we would go for a walk to work off the pot roast supper and to help the girls get back into a healthy mind set. They are both a very health weight for their age and normally extremely active and athletic, but have gotten a little lazy in the last month with school starting. So, off we went on one of the wooded trails at the park and boy was I bookin it. I wanted to see them pant and beg for mercy. TREE ROOT!!!!! I tripped and went sprawling on the ground and boy did it hurt! CHECK! The girls stood over me looking at me like I had lost my marbles. It took both of them to help me to my feet. I was so pathetic. God showed me painfully that I wasn't listening. He showed me that my girls are just fine and dont need me badgering them about clothes that dont fit and getting enough exercise. For crying out loud, basketball season starts next month! Sometimes I get on a kick and just wont listen to reason....... thank you Lord for the tree roots in my life, painful as they are. Tomorrow morning they will be even more painful!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Crazy Busy Days
My days are so busy the minute the first two kids get off the bus in the afternoon. They both want to tell me about their days and what the evenings homework is, who said what, what happened in gym class, etc... An hour later the second half of the kids will come home and we do the same thing all over again. So many book bags to go through, papers to read and sign, and dates to write on the calandar for upcoming fieldtrips the I "have" to go on.......sigh. I love being a mom, but I do wish that this time of the day were a little more organized. In 15 years when my youngest has graduated, I will wonder at what boring afternoons I have.
Today I went out to my dads house to watch an Amish crew pour the new concrete floor in the shop. I wished that I could have taken Ethan out of school for the morning so he could have watched the four cement trucks and the crew hard at work. I regret now that I didn't, he is such a grandpa's boy and whats a few hours of school compared to the memory of helping build grandpa's new shop.
We have 21 days left until we have to be in court for the adoption of our fifth child. A son brought to us through the foster system. We are licensed foster parents who recieved this child on Jan 27th of this year. We already had 4 children and were content with that. God layed on our hearts the desire to take this child in as one of ours when we were not expecting it. It has been one of the most difficult journeys our family has ever been through, but God prevailed and we are blessed. 21 days....
Heading off to meet the new teachers for this year at the elementary open house. Should be a good time. The kids always love to show off their desks and lockers. I always love to show off my kids! :)
Today I went out to my dads house to watch an Amish crew pour the new concrete floor in the shop. I wished that I could have taken Ethan out of school for the morning so he could have watched the four cement trucks and the crew hard at work. I regret now that I didn't, he is such a grandpa's boy and whats a few hours of school compared to the memory of helping build grandpa's new shop.
We have 21 days left until we have to be in court for the adoption of our fifth child. A son brought to us through the foster system. We are licensed foster parents who recieved this child on Jan 27th of this year. We already had 4 children and were content with that. God layed on our hearts the desire to take this child in as one of ours when we were not expecting it. It has been one of the most difficult journeys our family has ever been through, but God prevailed and we are blessed. 21 days....
Heading off to meet the new teachers for this year at the elementary open house. Should be a good time. The kids always love to show off their desks and lockers. I always love to show off my kids! :)
Monday, August 23, 2010
Greetings to All!
Today Is my first blog on my new site. It is exciting to be able to journal and express myself in a way that can be repied to with encouragement, questions or even criticism. My days are so busy with all of my daily duties with the house, the kids, my husband, and all of the other obligations that consume my time. I am looking forward to this time in the evening when I can reflect on the day and think about how I can be a better mom, wife, friend and above all, child of God. That last one can be a real kicker some days! With that said, I am going to jump in with both feet first and with eyes wide open! Looking forward to it!
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