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 Here is one of William kissing the new baby (Cricket). |
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I have been MIA (missing in action) lately for numerous reasons. One being that my ds(6) broke his arm on Valentines day and then this Tuesday was in the wrong place at the wrong time and a shovel came down on his head. Cut it really bad. Ended up with 5 staples in his head! Blood everywhere. Filled 3 wash clothes. Poor little guy. Not been his month for sure. Anyway. Been busy also with some friends that keep their horses out at our place. They have 16 horses and 5 are getting ready to foal. 2 are over due now. They live about 40 min away so they have been spending the week on our couches, etc. Have been letting them help me with the kids homeschooling during the day....because livestock almost never give birth during the day.....at least these havent shown to do that. And they appreciate good meals. My family doesnt always appreciate it so its nice to hear it once in awhile! |
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I read this article on another homesteading blog here. Carrie's Country Cottage. It really touched me and I felt like it needed to be repeated!! Thank you Carrie!!!!!! It touched my heart and I hope it touches others. Carrie said, "I am reading through "A Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George again. I seem to go through it about every 3-5 years. Each time I find something to challenge my walk with the Lord. This time I am feeling a need to renew my committment to my husband. I would like to use this time to share with you what I have received from just a couple of chapters out of the book. (I would like to highly recommend that you read the entire book for yourself.) We should make our husband our #1 human relationship and let him know it! We should choose our husband over other people, places, and events. We should ask ourselves: "Am I spoiling my husband rotten?" (for we should spoil!) The way in which we do that is: 1.) PRAY for your husband daily. James 5:16 states: "the effective, fervent prayers of a righteous (wo)man avail much."; it is impossible to hate anyone whom you are praying for. 2.) PLAN for your husband daily: special deeds of kindness, special dinners (at home), special times alone (dates), early bedtimes for children, same bedtimes for you and hubby. 3.) PREPARE for you husband daily: tidy the house before he comes home, tidy your apperance (and the children's), clear out visitors 1/2 hour before he is scheduled to arrive, stay off the phone, greet him with kind and loving words, set the table (even if dinner is not ready it is easy to see that it soon will be!), treat him like a King arriving back to his castle! 4.) PLEASE your husband. Pay careful attention to his wants, likes and dislikes. 5.) PROTECT time with your husband. If my husband is at home, I should be at home. 6.) PHYSICALLY love your husband. Proverbs 5:19 says that our husband should be drunk with our sexual love. (Quite a word picture!) 7.) POSITIVELY respond to your husband. An immediate, gracious answer creates a non-threatening atmosphere for asking questions. (ie.: "Sure Honey!" . . . . . "How do you think we should approach that / pay for that / find time for that / etc. . . . . . (and then another positive responce to show you are willing to follow his lead.) "Sounds good!" 8.) PRAISE your husband frequently. Avoid speaking critically/negatively about him to anyone. Avoid passing up an opportunity to bless him in public (and certainly to his face as well). 9.) PRAY for your husband daily. Take every opportunity throughout the day to ask God to enable me to be the wife He wants me to be. " |
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Poor daddy has it now! He felt like it when he went to work last night. I felt so bad watching him walk out the door, knowing he was miserable. With him starting his job at the end of Oct. we dont have a lot of sick leave yet. Roger almost never gets sick. ( Superman doesnt, ya know?) He came home this am, sicker than a dog! He had throw up outside of the plant. I feel so bad for him. He told the plant manager he probably would be calling in for tonight. I hope it will be enough time for him. That will give him until 5pm friday. I plan on having him sleep through both days. Wake up long enough to drink, take some medicine and go back to sleep. Prayers needed...keep them coming. WE have all been sick longer than he seems to think this will last, so he really needs the prayers. |
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WE have all been sick here at our house. It all started on Sat. I was cleaning our kitchen. I took out everything from the cupboards and decided I was going to clean them with bleach water. Well.....I think there might have been something ammonia based in it previously. I burnt my lungs, throat and nose. Then we all started to come down with a cold. So I have been double whammied!! I have been out of commission. William and Kalee have had fevers and poor Roger has had the last few days off and has been taking care of us and is now showing signs of getting sick. I feel so bad for him. He says he will be ok, but if he feels anything like we have....we are so blessed to have such a wonderful father and husband. Please pray for him. Anyway. That is why I have been MIA for awhile. |
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 Last week we had to put our beloved Chip down. Long story, but he is waiting in Heaven for us. William is especially sad about this. The kids are focusing on our cats now and we have definately learned more about life! sniff....sniff... |
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My Sister in law forwarded this to me and I really liked it. Thought I would share it with you all. It started to happen gradually. > > One day I was walking my son Jake to school. I was holding his hand and we > were about to cross the street when the crossing guard said to him, 'Who is > that with you, young fella?' > 'Nobody,' he shrugged. > > Nobody? The crossing guard and I laughed. My son is only 5, but as we > crossed the street I thought, 'Oh my goodness, nobody?' > > I would walk into a room and no one would notice. I would say something to > my family - like 'Turn the TV down, please' - and nothing would happen. > Nobody would get up, or even make a move for the remote. I would stand there > for a minute, and then I would say again, a little louder, 'Would someone > turn the TV down?' Nothing. > > Just the other night my husband and I were out at a party. We'd been there > for about three hours and I was ready to leave. I noticed he was talking to > a friend from work. So I walked over, and when there was a break in the > conversation, I whispered, 'I'm ready to go when you are.' He just kept > right on talking. > > That's when I started to put all the pieces together. I don't think he can > see me. I don't think anyone can see me. > > I'm invisible. > > It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the > way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask > to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm > on the phone?' Obviously not. No one can see if I'm on the phone, or > cooking, or > sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no > one can see me at all. > > I'm invisible. > > Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can > you tie this? Can you open this? > > Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a > clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What > number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, > please.' > I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes > that > studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude - but now they > had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. > > She's going... she's going... she's gone! > > One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a > friend from England Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and > she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting > there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard > not to compare and feel sorry for myself as I looked down at my > out-of-style dress; it was the only thing I could find that was clean. My > unwashed hair was pulled up in a banana clip and I was afraid I could > actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when > Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I > brought you this.' > > It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe I wasn't exactly sure why > she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: 'To Charlotte , with > admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.' > > In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would > discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which > I could pattern my work: > > No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of > their names. > > These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never > see finished. > > They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. > > The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the > eyes of God saw everything. > > A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the > cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny > bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you > spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the > roof? No one will ever see it.' And the workman replied, 'Because God sees.' > > I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was > almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte. I see > the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act > of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've > baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a > great > cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become.' > > At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a > disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own > self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. > I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one > of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to > work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book > went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our > lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that > degree. > > When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's > bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My mom gets up at 4 in the > morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three > hours and presses all the linens for the table.' > > That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him > to want to come home. > > And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, > 'You're gonna love it there.' > > As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're > doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will > marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been > added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women. > > > "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's > Spirit lives in you?" I Cor.3:16 > |
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 Silly Cody got in trouble and I put him in the naughty corner and he fell asleep.......silly boy.... |
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   Our next door neighbor has his own plane and he asked me yesterday if the kids would like to have a ride this morning. So we went over about 8am this morning and the kids got to ride! William was so excited. Mr. Hager also let William fly the plane a bit while they were in the air. |
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WE went to the Palmer Family reunion this weekend. This is a yearly deal on my mothers side. WE do lots of fun things. WE had the reunion in Washington this year and our family will be hosting it next year. My grandmother will be turning 90 next August so that will be a big one! They served a YUM Devil's Food Cheesecake at the reunion! I will post the recipe! IT IS DEVINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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 TODAY my dh was in town and he put a wall air conditioner in! WE are so excited! Canning will be so much easier now!! YIPEEEEEEEEE! |
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