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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Beautiful Things

It is that bewitching hour when I surf the net after finishing up homework stuff. Well, I have been surfing for a while, but I have been listening to Gungor's "Beautiful Things" song.

I suppose it is one of those moments where I sit in the silence of my home and relax to the last few moments of my "day of rest" by woshipping to this tune.

Why is it that when we are sitting in the midst of chaos we feel so helplessly overwhelmed? Yesterday, I spent the entire morning cleaning out the garage and cleaning my house. I spent some time online via Skype with Jeremy. It was so great to see his face. Towards the end of our conversation, Bek pops Savannah Kay with a rubber band which causes a small melt-down. I had to address my almost-twelve-year-old for popping her only-six-year-old sister in the back with a rubber band. Being one to support retributive justice, I proceeded to pop Bekah back with the same rubber band. Now I had Bekah bawling, Savannah crying even harder because Mommy hurt Bekah, and now Mason was crying from the swing. Sheesh. All this chaos, and Jeremy was just watching the whole thing. Missing home now mister? These are the moments when a year of single parenting is beginning to take its toll. However, through all my failures and frustrations, He is able to make beautiful things out the dust. No need to feel so overwhelmed...He makes beautiful things...even out of us.

Funny how just a few words can spark such inspiration...

"All this pain

I wonder if I'll ever find my way

I wonder if my life could really change at all...

All this earth

Could all that is lost ever be found

Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things

You make beautiful things out the dust

You make beautiful things

You make beautiful things out of us

All around

Hope is springing up from this old ground

Out of chaos life is being found in You"

If you don't know this song, please tune in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyPBtExE4W0&feature=related

I hope this inspires you the way it does me.

By the way, I was standing at the welcome center before and after services this morning when one of our elders made a special effort to come to me and tell me how many positive things he had heard about the preschool. He wanted me to know that he knew how much time and effort I had put in and that everyone could see God's blessings through my obedience. What a blessing! Just that little effort encouraged me so! Out of chaos, life really is being found! Thank you God for making such beautiful things!

Have a worship filled week friends-

Friday, October 8, 2010

Pumpkin Patch at Browndale Farm

I know this is a lot of pics, but my hubby checks the blog to stay tuned in to our latest adventures...so bear with me! I decided to take the kids to a new pumpkin patch this year. I had researched new pumpkin patch places for the preschool (whew, that was a mouthful) and stumbled upon Browndale Farm in Clay Center, Kansas. It is a pretty decent trek...an hour or so, but it was worth every minute of the drive! We left right after noon and spent the entire afternoon enjoying all there was to do! We stopped for dinner in Clay Center and I had a delicious chicken fried steak with loaded mashed potatoes and salad at a local dive, Danny's. The girls were fishing corn out of their pants all evening! We had a great time just being a little family...minus one very important man!

It was the perfect fall way to start the month of October!

The zip line was Savannah's FAVORITE part!

Bekah had to curl those long legs, but she did it and it was fun!

The corn was a close second...

Pony ride!

The Obstacle Course

Rebekah

Savannah Kay

Rabbits and their baby bunnies

The sweetest racoon we have ever seen!

In the barrell train...Bekah refused to ask for the bigger barrel towards the back

Playing on the hay bales

Feeding the goats

Chickens and Roosters

Trailer full of corn kernels = Perfect Photo Op

Me and my Son

A hayrack ride

My babies

In the Corn Maze

Sweet donkey

Team Work

This girl is a pro!

Happy Fall Ya'll~

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Three Generations of Best Buddies

Many of you have read about or heard me speak about my best friend from childhood...I lovingly refer to her as "Perfect Kaely." She earned that title years ago, but in my mind, she is just that! The two of us are thick as thieves, and we owe it all to our mothers. You see, our mothers met just before I was born, and then 10 short months later, Kaely was born. I really do not remember life without her. Having mothers that were best friends set us up for a life-long friendship. My girls call her "Aunt Kaely." In my book, we are family!

Last February Kaely and Will gave birth to little Lucy Jane. Ironically, just as I was congratulating her on her first pregnancy, I found out I too would be having a baby! I joked that she was carrying Mason's bride or best friend...

We had the opportunity to get together for several days during my Texas trip. Our Momma's would catch up. We would visit. Our babies would roll around in their diapers and we would snap blackmail pictures. It was really special to see three generations of best buddies together!

We spent our time at the Blay Family Lake House on Possum Kingdom Lake. Great friends are such a blessing! We made memories that will last our lifetime. If only we could live next door!

Lucy Jane and Mason meet...

He wanted to be as big as she was! Look out sweet Lucy...in a few more months he will be chasing you down!

Okay, this is something I would have never thought I would experience...

Two mommies nursing those babies!

Lucy Jane...I so love you!

Okay, I LOVE this one! His look with hers is PRICELESS!

We love all those babies...even the big ones!

It wasn't all about those babies...Grandmommy went tubing with Bek!

Talk about some great memories!

I tried my hand at tubing too...

PS I was so sore the next day I could hardly hold the steering wheel to drive!

Can you say OUT OF SHAPE?!?!?!

All kinds of celebrating

I had my birthday while I was on my big Texas adventure with Momma and the kids. I was so blessed to be surrounded by so many people that love me! If my precious husband had to be away, at least I would celebrate, and celebrate, AND CELEBRATE! Thanks everybody for a super birthday celebration! It feels so good to be so loved!

PS, next year I hit the big 30. It's downhill from here!

Here are my photos:

Possum Kingdom with the Blays/Tippens

This celebration was a total surprise!!!

My perfect husband had a cookie bouquet waiting for me at my Aunt's house...

Happy Birthday from the mister!

Mam-maw and Pampa, Aunt Sally and the boys had a cake for me too! Nana and Pappy had cake number 3 waiting for me!
I made a wish...and Savannah Kay did too!

I had a great birthday! Twenty nine feels really fine!

Business and Pleasure

This summer I had the opportunity to meet my continued education requirements by attending the Frog Street Press conference in Grapevine, Texas. For those readers that do not know what Frog Street Press is...this is the preschool literacy curriculum we use at the preschool I direct. I needed to fulfill 5 hours of continued education, so I decided to make the trek to Texas.

However, I would never have been able to do this trip were it not for my hero, my interim partner, my mentor, and my partner in crime...my precious Mother. Mason was just a couple of months old, and I would have had to figure out childcare arrangements for the girls. I begged Mom to come along, stay in the resort on "Grandmommy duty" and I would do the conference during the days and hang out with the fam during the nights.

The conference was held at the Gaylord Texan Resort. The resort had a summer theme...Alice in Wonderland. The kids loved it. The kids had balloons made from one of the card soldiers. We traveled down the 3-D Rabbit Hole. They met the Queen of Hearts at her magic puppet show. They had a choice of two different swimming pools. We had great food and great sights to see.

Mom had no idea the conference would be so much work. It's a good thing she loves us so much! Any other person would probably have quit on day one! Let's just say that all that togetherness had some tense moments. Thank you Mom for loving and SUPPORTING me the way you do. I hope I turn out to be half the Momma she is to me!

We decided to make the business trip a family affair and visit the extended family. We cruised through Lubbock to see the Kennedy's (both sets) and then scooted up to Amarillo where we loved on Nana and Pappy and the Welch's. It was so great to see everybody!

By the way, Mom and I are now certified packers. We can ratchet like a real man and we can fit 15,000 lbs of stuff into a 2x4 trunk and flat-bed. Well, we have made a few cross-country adventures to prepare us for this addition to our travel log. However, we had never made this sort of trip with a newborn. Momma, where shall we venture to next...the moon?