Welcome to my journal.
It is about the joy I find in staying home as a wife and Mother. I hope as you read through my days you will be encouraged through this high calling.
I really hate the colors in here.
Today I have been pretty lazy, I am in the process of TSing my youngest. So I pretty much have been on the computer in between doing to school. I have three extra kids today so my house is very L_O_U_D. LOL The age down here are 8, 6 , 3, ,3 , 2, ,2 and 21 months.
May has been a really crazy month. I got to be in a birth on May 10 of a young mom in our church. I got to work with an amazing doula. I was very inspired at this birth, then I got to do another one 11 days later. I was thinking in the past 15 months I have 5 births all boys. It's been great!
I am now 22 weeks along. Time is flyin belly is growing LOL. I went from not feeling pregnant to feeling huge in like 2 weeks.
Well I know that wasn't that great of a "blog" but I really need to go feed this crew some lunch.
I haven't posted in here for so long, I had forgot my password, and life is just busy.
I plan to come back this evenning and write an update.
I hate my back ground LOL I need to change it.
GreatJanuary
Febuary
March
Austin turned 7 ugh no picture on the computer
April
Kids playing in the backyard on a warm day.
May
Presley's 1st Bithday!
June
Natalie is 3!
July
Lots of Camping
August
More Camping
Austin caught the biggest fish.
Natalie having a MUCH needed bath while camping
where we had no running water. lol
September
Rock climbing with the kids
October
Halloween with friends!
trick or treating at the mall where it's warm.
November
Im going to have to think
December
I got to see my sister have twins!
Zachary turns 6!
We named our Baby...
By timing and ovulation I feel sure that, that baby would have been a girl.
We decided to call her Chavvah. Chavvah is hebrew for Eve which means "Giver of life" Because when we do get pregnant again that new baby wouldn't have been able to "be" with out Chavvah going to the Lord. So we called her "Giver of Life"
I really felt naming her brought alot of peace.
I had the best morning! I got to see my sister diliver her twin boys!! # 4 and #5 for her. It was so amazing the last one was breech. I had never been in on a breech birth. It's quite different. This little man didn't want out. LOL She named them Seth and Logan.
The were awesome weights 6lbs -5 and 6lbs 13
Psalm 69:3, "I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God."
Are you waiting for God to answer your prayers? Are you crying out for a loved one who is not yet saved? Are you in despair about one of your children? Are you going through deep waters and wonder how you will get out? Never give up. Even though God seems far away, He is still there. He is hearing your cry. He will bring deliverance in due time.
I think of David the Psalmist who waited and waited. I love the Knox translation of our Scripture in Psalm 69:3, "Hoarse my throat with crying wearily for help; my eyes ache with looking up for mercy to my God."
The most important thing we can do, in the daily problems of life, and when going through distress and trauma, is to LOOK UP! How many times do you hear me saying this? But I must remind you again. Look to the Lord. Don’t look at your problem. When you look at your problems you will sink. When you look up to the Lord, you will never be ashamed.
Be encouraged by these Scriptures:
Psalm 59:9-10, "To Thee I look, the God who strengthens me, the God who watches over me; my God, and all my hope of mercy."
Psalm 62:1, "To God I look for deliverance."
Psalm 71:1-3, "To Thee, O God, I turn for succor…I have no other stronghold, no other refuge, but Thee!"
Psalm 77:2, "To the Lord I look when distress comes upon me."
"Well, that’s great," you say, "but I’ve been looking and looking to the Lord and still I’m no better off. God does not seem to be hearing me. " Can I gently remind you again? Don’t give up!
David experienced the same thing. He was in deep trouble. The waters were closing in on him, shoulders high! Even though he was nearly drowning, He kept his eyes upon the Lord. He looked so long his eyes ached with looking up! Are you at that stage yet? But even though his throat was hoarse with crying for help and his eyes ached with looking up, he didn’t give up. And because he kept looking up, by the end of the Psalm He was praising the Lord. In v. 30 he says, "I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving."
In Psalm 71:14, while enemies are conspiring against him, David confesses, "Still will I hope on…"
Keep hoping on, dear one.
I was just reading and old friends blog entery about who has affected me the most... I can't believe Im going to open up in this...
Well I think it is the person who wrote the entery... I duno if she reads my blog...
Anyway we were friends for a long long time until a huge misunderstanding happened between our family's.
It's along story and alot of unsaid things and unforgivness.
I get that lump in my throat thinking about it.
This person helped me become a great mother and a confidant homeschooler.
I know I may never get the chance to probably chatt with her again and work things out. Kinda like someone passing away I guess.
But she really helped me grow into who I am today. And for that I am truly thankful. Sometimes I do feel loney not having a homeschooling mom to take me under their wing.
It's hard.
I think the hardest thing is letting a friend go. Even if their was a huge bump in the road. And I think probably it would never be the same. But I do pray that God would bring someone like her into my life to teach me again. So far I don't have the titus 2 woman to look up to. I really wish I did.
So to answer the question on her blog, of who has affected me the most it would be her.
Today was a good day. The kids worked on some math. Then they really wanted to work on their notebooks. I was happy they are so into it. The decided today they would journal about the mountain outside our kitchen window. It's high enough up that we woke up with snow on the peaks. Z took his time and drew a great looking mountain with great detail. A on the other hand rushed to be done. I had to explain to him that I really wanted him to take his time and that he didn't need to finish his drawing in one sitting. He still rushed a bit. But took more time on his printing. I really hope this opens them up to more deep thinking about things. Im finding it a bit hard to ask the right questions to stir there thinking. I want them to ask the questions and seek to find the answers. I truly love love homeschooling. I love seeing them learn and discover. We finished painting our house the weekend. I am SO happy! I love it.
Bought some really pretty curtains for my living room and it just warms up the room. Tonight I took my 3 year old DD to a hockey game. It was alot of fun. But walking to the van after brrr.
Their is a cold wind coming in tonight.Poor dh he works outside year roundm, yet never complains. I am such a wimp. At least it's a home day tomorow. I also babysit in the morning so I will be able to do some fun things with the kids. I really don't have too much to write about today.
I'm back.
I can't remember when I took my last journal off. I think it was close to a year now. But it's back. I really enjoy writing about my days with my children. Today my Dh painted our house. It looks so great. He did a fantastic job. Also this evenning my sweet 3.5 year old DD came upstairs bawling, " I cut my hair mommy" I thought oh dear
. I don't know what she thought. She has the most beautiful dirty blond hair down to her bum with ringlets at the bottom. ~sigh~ she gave herself some "layers" around her face. I assured her that hair grows back it will just take time. Sat on the sofa with her cuddling her. I was so shocked how upset she was by her mistake.
While I was comforting her my friend called and I told her what happened and she said "how are you staying so calm" I really down know LOL I guess because it's just hair and it will grow back. Any how I just wanted to write a little something before I head to bed. And say I am back and happy to be.
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