Saturday, March 29, 2008

Looking Back

Owen and I had a rare day to ourselves as the kids were at their cousins.
We took a beautiful walk today and were talking about what God has been teaching us the last few years. I honestly didn't feel like I had learned a whole lot. But on reflection we realized how I have really grown in my calling and purpose as a stay at home mom. I really struggled with it at first because I didn't understand the sacrifice demanded nor the ins and outs of raising godly children. I think I felt very overwhelmed with no one to walk me through or prepare me for motherhood.
I praise God that He has opened my eyes to see the GREAT purpose in being a wife and a mother to our children. Sometimes I am very overwhelmed by the grandness of it but thankful that it is a day by day leaning on the Spirit for wisdom and often sanity!!!
Being a mother has changed me and helped me to recoginize the need in those around me, not just my children.
I feel like my numbness as a Christian is wearing off as I become more aware of my own fraility before Christ. I have great confidence in Christ and His TRUTH but He doesn't always require my confidence in Him but rather the ability for me to recognize my daily weakness in who I am. That I can not go through a day without Him as my strength and shield. To be obedient to His nudge to "be Christ" to a child or another parent.
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Monday, March 24, 2008

Sledding with Friends

We went over to Sam and Julia's house today for some sledding fun before all of the snow melted away. We had a great time even though we got pretty soaked.

Joseph had a blast going down with Sam. Ginny loved having everyone go down as a big train.



We even made a snowman. But he quickly turned into a pile of snow when he toppled over. Have to work on the engineering side of snowman making :)






We really enjoyed being outside with the sun and warmer temps.

Happy Easter!

We did something new this year. I had a lot of large paper so I decided to make some crosses and an empty tomb and place them in the window.



Jospeh blessed our hearts when we saw him sitting and reading at the foot of the cross.




Ginny did a great job helping me to cut everything out.

It has also been fun to share with friends. We prayed that those who would be able to see it from the outside would also be blessed.

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We spent Saturday with cousins!



New Easter dresses with matching doll dresses to boot!

Egg coloring and projects galore! Everyone got in on the fun!!

Monday, February 18, 2008

February 2008, 18th

Wow! It has truly been too long since I have posted. Hopefully now that we have most of our computer and internet complictions taken care of I will be more consistent than i have been.


Joseph just celebrated his THIRD birthday on the 15th. He is becoming quite the little man. Most of the time ALL boy but every once in a while there is a sweetness to him as he cares for his little sister and makes sure she is safe (instead of trying to sit on her!). He is speaking more clearly and has quite the repetoire for vehicle sounds. He loves to "read" books to himself and to Ginny as well as to sing songs that make no sense whatsoever!!!
TOday we enjoyed a visit from my brother who lives in Chicago. It was GREAT to have some really good conversations about life, work, families/kids, and church. Plus it had the added bonus of keeping me sane this morning. My mind is a little preoccupied by the fact that we are expecting baby #4 in October.
I am really excited for another baby, as I love babies, but overwhelmed by all of the changes that means for what we thought was a 3-child summer and year. Praise God for the peace that He has given me about this.
Lord, thank you for the joy of children and the wonder they help us to recover as we see the world through their eyes.