Mini Mechanics

Kevin was in dreamland being able to "work" on trucks with his Papa. "When I get bigger I can fix trucks and Semis when I get bigger." Makayla even enjoyed working on them too;)

Kayla in the Kitchen

Loveable Laundry

God is Good

Today was the first day of a two day conference at our church on Suffering. What an encouraging reminder of God's goodness and sovereignty! Oh, that I would live each day with the realization that my moments are in His hands! It is easy to forget that life is not about me when something happens outside of my plans. This last month was a very unexpected experience for me. I ended up in the hospital with intense pain, and to my surprise found out that I needed to have two procedures done for gall stones. Such an event was NOT on my to-do list. I was overwhelmed at the thought of having to recover from surgery with three children that need constant care. Thoughts of, "Lord, I can be flexible, but how can I be that flexible?" resonated in my mind. I don't presume to know why God allowed that circumstance, but I do know that I have learned that as much as I was willing to be flexible, I realized that I was not so willing to be broken. I was fine with God holding the reins as long as I could have my hand on them in case I needed to say, "Whoa!" I am thankful now that I look back that I went through that strange event if only to shake me up a bit and help me to seek my dear Savior ever deeper. How good He was to thwart my plans and show me who is really in control, and to challenge how much I really love my God. My mother shared this verse with me and I found it to be so helpful: "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps." ~Proverbs 16:9 How encouraging and amazing it is to know that my God is in control of the way that I take!

Comfy Camping

The children and I had a wonderful time going "camping" a few weeks ago. They got a tent from Grandpa & Grandma Schofield, and so I pulled it out again and spent all day playing with the kids on our make-believe outdoorsy adventure. We all had a great time. First, we had to "travel" to our campsite and clean all the rocks and sticks away so we could put up our tent on flat ground (clean their room). Then we put up our tent and set up a picnic table (cardboard box). The next thing was to check out the lake. We picked out some fun colors for our fish and made a pond for them. I put magnets on them and made a fishing pole for them so they could really go fishing. After that excitement we were all getting hungry so we made some food for our picnic and Kevin poured our drinks, much to his delight;) Then it was time for a nap in the tent after such a busy morning (which lasted about five minutes before having them go to their own beds). When they woke up it was time for a campfire and marshmallows (three-wick candle)! Having run out of ideas after that, I found that I didn't need to add anything else because they were content to play it all over again as I snuck away to get a few things done. What a joy children are!