6 Big Sisters

This is what happens when you are the little brother of 6 big sisters. They give you crackers and you wear whatever they put on you.

Noah's Ark

Just a couple of nights the kids grandparents  were in town so they got to see the lovely family in action. Lately during our dinners the conversations have been very interesting. The 3 year old was being obnoxious as usual and saying no about not sitting in his chair. Grandpa being the jokster that he is said, "Noah. Well I thought he was a Bible character." This got the children all talking about how he brought the animals in 2 by 2, then they started naming off all the animals that were brought on the ark. The 8 year old says," horses, and bears, and mules."
I stop her and say,"No. There were no mules but we are not going to talk about this again."

I was not going down the road of animals mating this time.

So The almost 10 year old pops up and says in a serious, but cute, matter of fact voice,

"Noah built an ark and God sent the animals in 2 by 2. Not 2 males not 2 females, but a MALE and a FEMALE, to repopulate the earth. The End.

I guess she has it all figured out.

         Wow it has been a really long time since I posted. Life has been changing for our family. Daddy did not get his dream job and we were all very disappointed but we kept our eyes up and waited to see where the Lord was going to lead us next. We sold our house in December and rented it back from the buyer until May1st. In Feb was when we found out that we would not be moving across country, so we knew we needed to start looking for a place to rent closer to Daddy's work. When we first started looking it was pretty depressing because with our budget it was looking like we would be living like sardines. Then one weekend I was really disappointed after looking at one of the houses. I knew we were going to have to get rid of the piano and it would be a really tight fit. After discussing this we decided to up our rental budget by $150. Later that week my husband was offered a different job position at work, he decided to take it because he would be working 8to 5. First time in almost 17 years. Boy were we all excited about this news. Then a couple of days later his boss called him to tell him he was also going to give him a raise. What?? Could this really be happening at a place where Daddy was sure he would never move up. It was and it was all God.

         Now on to the house. We had gone to church on Sunday and Marc had asked for prayer for us to find a house we could afford in our rental budget. We stayed for our usual fellowship l inch and then had an appointment to look at a house that was about 10 minutes from church. We looked at the house wrote a check for the deposit and moved in about 3 weeks later. Now we live 10 minutes from church and about 20 minutes from daddy's work. God is so good how he works all the details out. A year ago I would have never seen us living here and I never thought my hubby could be happy with the company he was working for. We persevered this trial and the Lord blessed us many, many times over.

         One more little note. A cute note to say the least. Last night during dinner our 8 year old was telling Daddy about a mule that she saw at her friends house. He went on to tell her that you could only get a mule if the a donkey and horse are bred together. The conversation goes on with the questions of how come mules can 't have babies? Then well how do they mate? As it keeps going I am thinking to my self I really don't want to have this conversation right now. Our little 5 year old finally chimes in with ," If they can't have babies they could adopt." We all laughed and were thankful for a little change of topic. But then again the 8 year old asks, " Well how do they mate daddy?" "By clicking their heels together." This was her answer and this is how the conversation ended for now...... We will discuss it at a much more appropriate age. For now in our family we have come to the conclusion that mules can adopt if they can't have babies, and that they mate by clicking their heels together. Nice way to end the dinner conversation.

I'm glad to be back and I hope I haven't lost all of my followers.
Have a blessed week.

Birthdays

Here is the little guy with his cake. He wasn't real interested in it. most of our kids devour their first cake he just looked at it and ate a little bit of the frosting.

This was precious little guy 1 year ago. Where has this year gone?

His big sister Brecken also had a birthday the same week as his. Hers was first and her surprise was a visit from her Grandparents and......

Horse lessons. What a great week we had with Gram and Grandpa. Celebrating 2 birthdays, going to the movies, going to the first horse lesson, and just spending time together as a family. Thank you Gram and Grandpa we all had a wonderful time.

Levi's first trip to the Dentist

Levi had his first trip to the dentist a few weeks ago. He has waited for this day for a long time. Every time we go he asks is it my turn mommy. We wanted to wait until he was 3 so that he would sit still.

He did awesome listening to instructions and sitting still. The biggest problem we had was getting him to stop talking long enough so they could clean and examine his teeth. Not sure when my little boy decided to grow up, but I guess that happens. They don't stay babies for ever.

This is the new Levi after being at the dentist, don't you just love his green teeth.

Not much to say

Wow I can't believe how long it has been since I posted. Everything went smoothly on the closing of the house and we made arrangements for us to stay in the house until May 1st. So our life has not really changed that much yet. We are beginning to look at houses closer to Daddy's work for the time being. He is still looking for another job and we are just waiting on the Lord to show us what direction he wants us to go. It has been a little up and down the past few months. We thought for sure Dad would get the job that is his dream job. Made it all the way to the last interview and then found out a week later that he was # 6 and there were 5 positions. Heartbreaking to say the least. We are trying to be still and listen tot he Lord because we were sure this is where he was leading us. We are thankful that Daddy has a job and we will just wait and see what happens next.

So that is about all that has been happening in our neck of the woods.

We had a birthday a couple of days ago. #5 turned 8 and she will be taking horse lessons for her birthday. Grandparents are visiting for her birthday and the soon to be 1 year old birthday. I will try to post some pictures and try to blog more often.

SOLD

The first thing 2012 has brought us is a sold house. Well we officially got the offer in 2011 but everything is going smoothly so we have the sold sign and it is official we are moving.

Now the interesting part is, where to. Please be in prayer for our family as we travel into this adventure not really sure where we will be. We should have some more news in a bout a month and then I will let you all know. Scary but also exciting.