Four...4 and under....

And what they can do to a house in less than 3 hours if left "pretty much" to their own devices :)

Baby: check. Bowl from the mixer: check. Bus: check. Fire Engine: check.

Stroller packed by Cam: CHECK :)

why play in the beautiful playroom? All the toys are clearly in the living room and kitchen :) hee hee hee

We had some SERIOUS fun here today :)

Fun Friday: HAMbones!!

Is it because they are both "baby #2"?

Is it just BECAUSE?

Is it because they feed off each other?

Or is it JUST BECAUSE?

A few that were missed....

It's interesting to look at pictures of your home from an angle you don't usually...

I love my home in the woods...

and I LOVE it when my kiddo is playing in her snow with her cousins :)

This is pretty much how Miss B feels about the cold. And snow. And winter in general.

 

Annoyed. :)

She's better inside...

But not crazy about having to "sit" :)

There we go :) Space to move INSIDE, a new belt of her sisters on and a HAPPY girl

did I mention I love living in the woods...

Minnie was about 30 feet away from this deer just the very next night. The only reason she ran off was because Miss B hollered out "YUM YUM!" :) Yep... and there she goes :)

Little "Geeks"

Husband has been home with the ladies for...SEVENTEEN days in a ROW! WE LOVE VACATION and a few extra days for snow and ice thrown in at the end :) He is back to school today and I think we are ALL anxious to see him this afternoon! :)

SUNDAY specTACular!

TWO piggies!

and BELL "choir" :)

AWESOME!

First time for everything....

12 years married, 13 years together and we have NEVER.EVER. done THIS together...

 

 

 

Sweet Lil' got a G.C. to go to one of HER favorite places and she more than GENEROUSLY shared with her peeps :) What fun we all had! What a crew!!!

I sure do LOVE watching my STUD do something... athletic? is bowling a "sport"? Is this cause for controversy?

The little ones looking on...

Minnie's first time...and being COACHED :) LOVE IT!

MY GALS! Couldn't do life without these two!

Having fun with my new camera! :) Fish eye effect!

miniature effect... aka blurry picture?

all fun and games until SOMEONE puts MONEY in it ;) 2 outta 3 of 'em bailed the ride... :)

and sweet Pheebs who was a bit uncertain on the whole bowling thing... with a little help from her friend and her Daddy... took her last turn!

HIP HIP HOORAY!

Special moments...

 



and all possible because of this girl and her generous heart! Thanks W clan for your idea, g.c. and friendship! We all LOVED it!

What's the point? 2013... NOT looking back.

In January I did a quick review...(Click Here) it was fun. When I thought about doing that for this year... NO.THANK.YOU.

Honestly, I wish it had never happened and that we can move onto 2014 and I never have to think about it again. BUT....I think I would have missed the point. The lessons. My baby turning ONE. The growth. The quiet. The thankful spirit.

I've spent this past holiday season in reflection. Of the year, of what we went through as a family of four, as an extended family and in quiet.

 

I'm not great about staying home, therefore neither are my children. But we have practiced. We have found contentment with one another, inside these four walls, and with ourselves.

 

Last January (I thought I blogged about it but I must have just shared with the Bible Study gals) I read Proverbs 31 and prayed over what the Lord would teach me over the next year. What kept sticking out to me was... "First thing in the morning, she dresses for work,

    rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started." I wondered if maybe I was getting lazy... in my homemaking, my parenting, my wife-ing and I do NOT want to be lazy. This past year I think I have learned how to really ROLL UP MY SLEEVES and to be "eager" to get started. Not saying that everyday I was "eager" but that I feel I learned the lesson... we'll see what HE thinks :)

This year I'm praying over it again and feeling the Lord pressing some other verses into my heart....

 

I'm looking forward to the new year, albeit with that apprehension that comes with going through something like your "invincible bubble" getting popped. But I'm anxious to see what the Lord is going to do... with me, with friends and with those that I'm praying FURIOUSLY for.

The Lord has given me a desire for some that are close to me and are unsaved. I want their future secured. I want to see them come to a SAVING knowledge of HIM. I want them to have a love and desire and MISSION to serve Him.
 

I want EVERYONE to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if their tomorrow is compromised... if they don't get more time... that they KNOW they are spending eternity with HIM. That by accepting the gift of HIS son, believing that He died on the cross for THEIR SIN and accepting HIM as their Savior and perfect gift that they too will spend eternity with HIM... to know where YOU will go when you die...

Otherwise... what IS the point?