Just a Reminder

Starting feeling sorry for myself today.  As the day did not go as I had hoped then I came across this quote:

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." --Peter Marshall (May 27, 1902 - January 26, 1949, was a Scottish-American preacher, and twice served as Chaplain of the United States Senate).

Love it when the Lord reminds me of these truths!!!

Love my kiddos!

When we go out of the home for anything, I am always reminded how much I love my children.  I run a tight ship and I must say I am really thrilled at the results.  I have stressed certain behavior so much that even my kids can't tolerate it when others are not acting the way in which they think.

It is a great sunny day and my children have been outside soaking up the sun rays.  While I am not a fan of Mondays any longer.  One could even say, I hate them! (STRONG Word, I know.) It is a great way for the kids to get outdoors easy and run free.

On a side note - the young ones have had such little exercise that Saturday wore them out.  I mean they were even hurting due to all the running around at The Kimballs they did!!    I think I may have to sign them up for some gym class.  Or better yet I must start taking them over to parks for some hiking.  That sounds better as we will be able to see all the new flora and fauna with spring looming at our doorstep.  

Fun with Friends

We had the opportunity to gather with our friends, The Kimballs.   We have known this family for several years, for over 15 years.   This is the family we go to Disney with.  We love them and we have such a wonderful time when we get together.   Yesterday was no exception to this!   We spent over 9 hours together and still wanted more that we were looking at the calendars to see when we could hang out again.   What a blessing!!!

It was great to see and hear the kids having such a great time.  The fun thing is we seldom see the children. They go about doing their things while we sit and do ours.   I often wonder if my kids even went to the bathroom the entire time, since I really don't see them.  We occasionally get glimpses when they are looking for food.

Great time, great food, great people!!!!

It is finished!

Book club is over!   We finished all the Narnia books.   And let me just say that we are thrilled to be done.  While Abigail really enjoyed it all, the boys are happy it is done.   Abigail wanted it to continue, Josh liked this book the best, and Stephen is happy it is finally finished.

We are considering meeting in May for a book but we are not too sure.   We need to agree on this, and I think that some of the boys don't want it to happen.  Perhaps they will change their opinion if we select a book they are excited about.   Only time will tell.

Thankful

Inspired by another blog about what we are thankful or grateful for.  I am thankful for my family and my friends.

Ratsa fratsa

I am highly frustrated.    I am trying to allow the Lord to lead and work in my/our life but it is hard!!!  Stephen was very excited about playing baseball and now it looks as though he won't be.  I was really hoping this would be another reason for him to want to continue with homeschooling but I get the feeling that God is changing the course of our schooling a little earlier than I expected.

Still feel like we are living in limbo and I want out!!

Relaxing Weekend

Bill's birthday was Saturday and we had nothing planned.   Which was good for a change.   We ate a nice pancake and sausage breakfast.  I enjoyed most of the day with Abigail.  We watched a series on TV that was right up her ally.  It did start getting into too much romance (her words - although I agree).  Bill enjoyed his day with the boys playing on WOW.

The evening I made us some steak, potatoes, and broccoli.   Yummy!!!   If I must say so the steak was quite good considering I had to cook it indoors on the stove top.   We normally like to have our steaks on the grill so that was a bit of a challenge and concern for me but it all worked well.

Of course dessert was cake.  We picked up a plain little sheet cake and had the kids write on it.  They really enjoyed that.