My Sunday

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside lies.
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psalm 40:1-5


I love this passage of Scripture so much and thought I would share it with you...

It has been a wonderful day and weekend as I have puttered around my home and blog and have cared for my children. Weekends are always busy for my husband. They are usually busy for me, too, but God slowed me down these past two days.

I discovered spellcheck on my blog and I am sooooo thankful--but am frustrated that I did not know about it much sooner! :(

Some of my children promoted to new Sunday School classes this morning and it was delightful to listen to their excitement. One teacher even came last night to pay a visit. Praise God for giving us such godly influences in the lives of our children.

I especially enjoy living on the church property on days like today. People have trickled in and out all day so I have enjoyed fellowshipping with many of our wonderful church family. We have one of our adult Sunday School classes that meets in our kitchen so I even got to go to Sunday School ;)

I believe I broke my toe this morning. I don't remember ever doing that before. The funny thing is that my older boys have complained of toes hurting. They have been playing a lot of sports lately so minor injuries are the norm. But I showed them my dark purple toe so their complaints are done. Wish I could claim something as glamorous as a sports injury, but I can't! Just rushing around trying to take care of my sick baby.

Jonathan has this new thing he enjoys doing. After he uses the restroom, he has been taught to wash his hands. He spends a looooooong time doing this as the fun of playing in soap and water are a thrill to him. (Soap and water are cheap and his hands get clean-doesn't bother me!) His hands are really cold when he is done and he likes to sneak up on me when I am sitting at my desk and put his wet, cold hands on my cheeks. Makes me jump every time! But today....I was puttering around the house and heard Jonathan calling me. I went to check on him. He was in the bathroom and he could not get out because his hands were too wet! He wouldn't dry them off because he wanted to jump me, but they were too slippery to turn the door handle. I got a chuckle out of that. ;)

Joshua is still running a fever, but the medicine has it livable. We miss seeing him running all over the house and we are praying he feels better real quick. Speaking of little ones, please pray for Samuel. His parents would appreciate it.


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Lots of Pictures

Here are many pictures from our day. I narrowed them down quite a bit, but do not mind putting alot of pictures here because I know that Grandmas love pictures. ;)

And, Marisa, there is a note for you at the end...

First of all, there is a new lawn mower! My men are grateful! We love having a nice yard and my husband takes a lot of pride in keeping our lawn kept up nicely. It has been a bit of a challenge to do that the last few weeks. The lawn mower came last night and he was on it first thing this morning. It has several great new features, but our personal favorite is the cup holder. (So high tech!)

I enjoyed watching my handsome husband on the new machine.



My very thoughtful Mother sent the children a kite a few weeks ago. We had been wanting one, but had not invested in one. Only God knew of our want...and sent it through my Mom. I love how God provides needs AND many wants. The weather and wind were perfect today and the kids had a great time with their new toy. Thanks, Mom, for the fun package! I love you!








Did you want my help??

Are you sure? I am pretty handy with this stuff...

Jonathan spent most of the "kite time" oblivious to the rest of us. He was lost in his own four year old world. He sang and talked, ran and crawled, stared at things that only he saw. He was content and happy. I found such joy as I watched him just soaking in the world around him.





Our turkeys stayed away all morning because of all the action around our yard. I missed them. They made an appearance tonight and fed about four feet from the house. They saw me in the window taking their picture, but did not let that bother them too much. I know I post a lot of these...but I saw that "bad" picture on Michelle's blog and had to try to remedy that! Just kidding! I am married to a hunter. I need to enjoy my turkeys in pictures now and in the oven later. (Sorry, Mom!)

To end my day my kitchen table became a battle zone. With all these boys in the house, this is a common occurrence.


With Daddy and five sons, Rachel and I are very protected. :D


Bramma, your comment came through! I was excited to find it this morning. I am glad you were able to figure it out. I love you!

Marisa, I was thrilled to hear from you! You are on my "all time favorite people list". (Did you know I had one?) I am excited you have a blog and I looked at it today. I would have left you a comment, but it would not let me. I do not know if you have enabled commenting on your blog? Post lots of pics...I will be checking your blog often! ;) I love you!

And to all of you who looked at this very long picture post-
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Random Pictures From Our House

Cute guys in new matching pajamas...



Daddy found a turtle. Ryan loved it! I finally made him let it go...

Releasing the turtle back into freedom....


Ricky getting his first driving lesson. He was nervous. Ryan was inside BEGGING for one. That makes ME nervous!


I love this face!


Our turkeys are back every day-we are thoroughly enjoying them.


And a special hello to my Bramma and Lew! ("Bramma" is not a misprint. That is my special name for my special Grandma!) Thank you for your sweet phone call. You are an encouragement to my heart. I love you both!!

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I Love Sundays!

Life is very busy here right now. We enjoyed a wonderful weekend with Bro. Steve Heidenreich. Listening to his stories from the mission fields around the world remind me once again how very blessed I am. I own many Bibles, yet many people thrill at receiving one page of God's Word. A missionary gave his Bible away one page at a time to people who had never seen one. They were exceedingly thankful to have a few verses of God's inspired Word. I am so rich in material things, yet sometimes think I do not have enough. The need for God's Word is so great around the world and I was deeply challenged. I want to be tender to how God can use me and my family to make an eternal difference.

We "enjoyed" more rain, but I love how it brings the birds out for all the worms.

Here are some pictures from our day. Have so much more I would love to tell, but will just post these for now.





Love on your family today. We are holding a funeral in a few hours for a dear lady who went to Heaven. Her family has loved her and been very close to her. They have no regrets. Though they are grieving they have sweet peace they treated her well and spoiled her. May we live with no regrets. Pass on some love today.

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