Tuesday, June 23, 2009

All About A Knight...

Well, this has been a big week for our knight. He lost his first tooth last week and just last night he lost the one next to it...his grin is priceless!

My knight loves bugs, bees, worms, spiders...and this snake he found was a real treasure!

Our Favorite Spot in Summer




Oh, the memories this place has given our family...good memories...memories to carry us through the winter blues...
It was very cold and windy in the morning but as you can see the children didn't care about that. The sun did finally arrive after lunch - we all came home with a bit too much sun.
One interesting thing that happened was while I was "sunning" I heard a buzzing sound that got louder and louder. I looked up in the trees and there was a huge swarm of bees rising out of the trees. The swarm crossed over the beach part of the lake and to the set of trees opposite of where we were at...it was very interesting to see them actually move out of one place and move into another.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Something to ponder....

A friend of ours told us this very thought provoking story...

This took place recently...an acquaintance of his went over to China on a business trip. He had smuggled in Bibles and while he was checking into the hotel the suitcase with the Bibles was stolen.

Days later a small Chinese man came up to him asking him to please come with him...He felt that the Lord wanted him to follow this man so he did...through tunnels, back streets, more tunnels and such.

Where they ended up will break your heart...they ended up in a building with stacks of Bible COVERS...did you get that - the covers only...they take any Bible they get, take the cover off, take out the different books and distribute them to different underground groups to share and pass along...as I write this I can think of at least 20 different Bibles in our home...each of us has several Bibles...sometimes we don't even have the "time" to read the Bible on a daily basis...shame shame shame....

So the little Chinese man asked him to come and share at an underground meeting...after he was done sharing the whole group was weeping...when he asked why they were weeping this is what they said "We weep for our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in America...for them to know Jesus the way we know Jesus"...

I was truly convicted of my "lazy" attitude of the word...taking for granted that I can read it any time I want...and go to any chapter I want...and that I have the whole word not just a part.

These people in China only have a few chapters of God's word and they are weeping for US...what have we missed...why have packaged and sanitized the life changing truth and now are in jeopardy of missing all that God has for us...

Are you complacent? Are you reading God's word every day? Don't put it off any longer...go get your Bible and soak in His word...it is good!

My prayer is that the Lord stirs your heart to really know him...get on your face before the Lord...weep and let Him do a work in you...

In Reverent Fear trusting in His way and Worshiping Him...
Keeper

It has finally happened....

It's official...Cowboy is taller than Keeper...he's thrilled! Not by much but he is taller and struts his stuff...so to keep him humble here is a reminder that he is still a shorty....

Jammin' with the children...

I love making jam! It's always a memory making event. This year I made fresh bread to go with the warm jam that didn't "fit" into a jar.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Such a Guy...

Someday a young woman will come along and capture this wonderful young man's heart...she will be blessed as he is very tentative and caring. I will buy her lots of vases as she will be surprised daily with fresh flowers.
I love it that he brings me flowers everyday...he has trained his brothers and sister do follow his example and so it is often that I get four bouquets in one day - am I spoiled or what!

Here is a funny picture I found while sorting through things. This is our "cow" boy at around 5 years old with the robot costume his father and I made from old boxes and some other things...this was his favorite Christmas present this year.


Memories...such a good thing to have.






Beautiful





My daughter came dancing in with much excitement...she had found the biggest and most beautiful moth we've ever seen.

We decided to pin it and save it for her unusual bug collection we started sometime ago...I think this will be number six to add to the collection.

Thanks for stopping by...



Saturday, June 13, 2009

Fun In The Sun...

We had a delightfully fun day yesterday! It was "home school" day at the water park near our house. The price was 1/3 of what it would normally be so we took advantage of that.

We have very fond memories of this place as a few summers ago we did the great "summer pass" and spent the whole summer - rain or shine at the water park...and enjoyed every moment!

The only thing I had an issue with is the fact that the web-site where we got our discounted tickets said, "home school day pass". Well that lead me to believe that it would be a day dedicated to home schoolers...boy was I wrong! Bus after bus arrived...and along with it arrived all the arrogance, scantly dressed, very inconsiderate youth that the public schools have produced...our future workers, our future care takers, our future leaders - if you think our country is headed down destruction now just wait till these youth are handed the responsibility of being parents, leaders, teachers...etc...it was a scary eye opener at our societies youth and it was not pleasant in the least bit....very narcissistic for sure. What are we to do? Pray and speak up about the truth...tell them about Jesus before it is too late...

We did have a wonderful time and my children enjoyed themselves more than I thought possible. We all got too much sun and have red noses, we were all dehydrated, we were all hungry and tired...all the signs of a great day in the sun! We ended our day at Dairy Queen.

One of the best things about yesterday is the family we went with has an autistic 11 year old child and we have been praying for his healing. We were both amazed at the progress this young man is making - it was as if we were around a very different boy! We are so happy for the parents as they know they are getting their son back and it's been since he was 2 years old. It's been a lot of hard determination on their part but it has all been worth it.

P.S. - I did not bring my camera on purpose...and after we saw what got off the buses you are glad I didn't take my camera either.

Thank you for stopping by...have a wonderful day!

Pslams 144:12 -

That our sons may be as plants
and our daughters may be pillars sculptured in palace style.


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