Those who plant in tears will harvest SHOUTS OF JOY. They weep as they plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the HARVEST.



Psalm 126:5-6

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Sweet Smell Of Summer


The days here are getting longer and warmer which is a blessing to all of us. The children are spending more hours of the day outside rather than inside. Laughter and tears seem to be heard in the distance around this place. Laughter of many fond memories that the children are making and tears of many scraped knees. All of these are sounds that I try to record into my memory because I know that someday it will be quiet. We as mother's are so busy and sometimes forget to stop and lavish in the Joy of our children. I am guilty of this many times over. But each night when I lay in bed and reflect over the day's events I smile and can seem to only remember the joyful times of the day. I thank the Lord for blessing me with those moments and taking the bad moments away. What a great God we serve. I will end this post with a quote from my ten year old, "I don't know what it would be like without Jesus."

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Papa Gary's post









Here are some pictures to kind of bring you up on what had happened so far this spring in R.O. Iowa.

The kids wanted some chickens...... so grandpa was asked to help build a chicken coop. these are some pictures to show how things went....... bear in mind that there were other projects that just had to be started while building the coop.









I had lots of help with building........
















Trying to get it right........















Accuracy counts........















More measuring ..... we will get it right...




















We keep going, and measuring......













I had to keep talking to my 5 year old to convince her not to run......









Working to get it right..........














Go in dog gone nail...........







Well I got the other one in, I won't give up on this one.............









There is suppose to be 6........ looks like they are all here......

















HEY..... I was suppose to pet you...... you pecked me...........








See we have 6 baby chicks..............








They are all eating...........















Nice new home...... but the kids make me nervous............