Thankful for Coffee

First day of Archery Lessons

That twig in the blue shirt is Ava



Alex

Elijah

This ones a little fuzzy - but that blue shirted gal in the center is Autumn
SMILING!
 

Friday was a very busy day. Friends came to play, Mama and Daddy went to the dentist, we got new pets . ..

 

This beautiful rooster WAS mean.
His boiled carcass is currently residing
in my fridge waiting to become supper.
Rest Deliciously Ol'Yeller

We are currently looking for a new, nicer, free rooster to crow for us.

Saturday was busy too! A different bug dude was filling in for our regular bug dude. That really messes with ya. (Okay, it messes with me). But between Friday night and Saturday morning my kitchen cabinets and my room got really clean. My room even got rearranged - WOO HOO! I'd go make the bed and take a picture if the battery in the camera wasn't "exhausted" (I know how it feels).

Hopefully by this weekend our room will also have new (used, really cheap) desk in the corner for Gene do his studies on. (He starts online classes with Liberty University on the 22nd - this first semester doesn't look to hard but pray anyway - this is just the beginning!)

Sunday, another busy day. Gene was asked to "exercise that muscle" at Lighthouse Worship Center. It was a wonderful service. And this handsome preacher REALLY impressed his wife. (Well, it impressed me that he had to so humble himself in order to let God use him in such a powerful way). And the audience was full of Amen-ers and others who talked-back - it was wonderful.

He also got to play the drums during the singing part.
The kids were most impressed.

Sunday afternoon was LifeChain -

LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing and praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death.

For more info see LifeChain.net

 

 

 

Of course the majority of our group (of 18) were minors - so our chain wasn't entirely peaceful.

It was a good example of how the disciples had a hard time watching and praying for an hour. Our little disciples do too. They just didn't fall asleep - that would have been helpful.

 

Since it was in the lower 50's Monday morning I decided that it might be a good time to finally drag out the kids winter cloths. So that evening Gene and the big kids helped me get the many boxes out of the attic. Thankfully, last season I sorted them out a little better so we only got down the boxes of things that might actually fit someone now instead of ALL of them.

I started sorting it out after the littlers went to bed Monday night. Worked on it all day Tuesday (with a break for lunch and a few lessons). Intended to work on it after we got home from Bible Study yesterday but I had a horrible head cold and felt exhausted and took a nap. We still got Math and language arts done and even went to church last night. So, it's now Thursday morning. The last of the "new" (to that child; i.e. Hand-me-downs) are in the dryer and soon I'll get up and put all those boxes in the foyer so Gene can lug them back into the attic until spring.

 

Here's one more fun picture, as much as I am not liking that its in the laundry room, these littlers were having so much fun on the washer and dryer in their rocket ship.

 

We haven't learned much. We haven't had time. But we are thankful that the biggers are pretty helpful, especially when Mama is hard at work or not feeling well.  Which as been the entirety of the last 7 days.