Just a Daisy in the Meadow

. . . is the man whose strength is in You,

Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

As they pass through the Vally of Baca (weeping),

They make it a spring . . .”

Don’t you love it when . . . you’re instructing your children and it feels like your trying to herd kittens!!! . . . Frustrating indeed!

has begun . . . Today I was able to meet the owners (Japheth and before) and we helped them carry the rest of their belongings out.

They want the building gone so they can build a retirement home instead of having an outdated older seasonal cabin that can’t be lived in year round.  And we want some of the lumber . . .

So the work began with tearing out the paneling, taking out the cupboards etc. . . .

The children enjoyed helping . . .

Lynne hated when I put her in the play pen! . . . such is life . . .

We feel blessed . . . it’s fun working together as a family!

After camping in a  tent in the heat of summer last year we were a bit hesitant to try it again . . . so this year we opted to borrow from our neighbors - we used their camper . . . much more comfortable and enjoyable, plus the weather was cooler . . .

Morning and evenings are my favorites . . .  warming up after the cool of the night, holdin’ that mug of hot chocolate so tight . . .

We took off . . .  not that it suited us the best, but rather that we wanted to go camping before the season was over and if we don’t do it now, it won’t get done . . . Just making time for us as a family . . . We won’t regret it . . .

It felt good to start school today . . . It’s nice having a school room though it felt a bit full with five children and a teacher in there . . . Lynne napped quite a bit of the time . . .

Japheth is in second. Jeremiah - first, Loraine is learning how to read and starting math, Wayne is coloring and matching things and Jaden plays legos and wanders about and is in the long process of being potty trained.

Lynne’s school consists of learning to sit still during devotions, and story time, not bat at the book I’m reading, and having “blanket time” (Where she has to stay on the blanket and play with the one toy I give her, the goal being that she will stay put, whenever I put her on it)

And my job is to stay cool, calm and collected in the midst of a whirlwind of activities . . .

I’d appreciate your prayers . . . if you can take the time to remember me in that way . . .

I had to chuckle yesterday when my four year old daughter informed me that my “Lion Flower” had opened up . . . Ah, yes, the Tiger Lily . . .

My cousin-in-law gave me this one and it’s starting to open up also . . . Anybody know it’s name? . . .

And our budding singer . . . Jaden’s been talking alot more these days, adding lots of words to his vocabulary.  We were traveling down a dirt road to pick up some firewood when Jaden commented about the road “It’s kinda bumpy. it’s kinda bumpy, it’s kinda bumpy . . .” Japheth was praising him on his learning how to say things when Jeremiah the five year old chimed in saying “And Lynne’s been learning how to sing!” . . .  Yeah, I guess maybe you’d think that if you’re five . . .  listening to that tired little baby\girl singsong her cooing noises as she rides along in the van . . . Lynne’s learning how to sing

At times I feel helpless to keep “the frustrated, angry tone” out of my voice and I have problems keeping the volume soft . . . I am finding that it’s God . . . it’s THROUGH God, that I CAN DO all things . . .

“Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies . . .”

It’s God . . . God who puts this “crown” of loving words, loving firm\soft words . . .  as I relate to my children in the daily grind of chores and duties, joys and sorrows . . .  He crowns me . . . Oh, it is joy . . .

Oh, so fun to go biking again! . . . Believe me it has been several years since I went . . . Now we plan to make it a family favorite.  I biked alone (only one on my bicycle) . . . my dear hubby had FOUR!    One on his back,

two in the front of the buggy,

and one in back . . .  They all absolutely loved it! This buggy was a five dollar garage sale find.

Saturday I was introduced to this neat discussion board called A Page in the Life of a Mom . . .

“It is said that you praise until you worship and you worship until the glory falls” - Sylvia Gunter (Prayer Portions)