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Yesterday was just beautiful. It has been so nice to have picnics on most days for lunch and read books on the blanket together while the chickens poke around wanting scraps. Jonah has found a delightful place to read books and has decided that he wants to read a book out loud to me each day of the summer at the Umbrella table:
You know, just when I think I couldn't possibly love more, it feels like my heart could just burst with feeling more of it's precious goodness. Jonah is 9 now and I absolutely love being with him. Since he started walking, my patience has been so tried by his energy. I have prayed over this boy so much and the Lord is doing a mighty thing in him. He is amazing. Several times in the last couple weeks, he has done things that made me want to cry with joy and pride: He's talked to others about Jesus, he responded like a gentleman when a strange 5 yr old girl at the store walked up to him and hit and pushed him for no reason. He has been stacking wood for his father to bless him. He's feeding animals by himself to bless his older sister. He is so good-so very good to his baby sister. A girl couldn't ask for a better brother. I had 3 of them and they never treated me the way Jonah treats his sisters. Of course, his father is an excellent example. Here's Susanna enjoying the flower garden. The flowers she's smelling don't have flowers yet, but she enjoyed "melling" their leaves. LOL
We think "Slugger" is all recovered now from spasmodic colic. Hannah has been watching him like a hawk for 3 days-moving him from pasture to another so he doesn't eat too much good grass and just hanging out with him. Her constant companion has been a horse veterinary book. I had this book when I was in college and took Horse Anatomy & Physiology. She's decided she wants to know about problems before they happen so she knows what to do for the next one. So far, in the last 5 yrs, we've dealt with a broken jaw, choking (horse) and now spasmodic colic. Everyone's recovered, thankfully. The choking horse got into rabbit pellets, which swelled up in his throat. We used to let the horses wander around in the yard to "mow" the lawn under supervision. But, this particular horse, Retro, is precocious and is lead by his stomach. LOL Hannah (11)would like to join horse 4-H, but the group is girls ranging in ages from 10 to 18. My dh & I are concerned about some of the conversation that may take place when they're not talking horses. We're praying about it. |
Right after this, she ran across the driveway, fell and got some good scrapes on her knees and elbows. Oh, boy-it took awhile for her to stop crying over the stinging. I blew on it and put garlic oil on it, but over the next couple hours she'd start to cry again if she brushed her booboos on something. One of the dogs licked her booboos and that made her scream, poor thing.Comments
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