Friday, 25 December 2009
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Merry Christmas everyone! It's my first white Christmas since I've moved down here and oh, my am I loving it! It's just gorgeous here. Though it's supposed to rain later, at least the snow lasted until today.
We had a fun evening last night, going to a service with our friends at Camden Bible Fellowship. Then we bundled the kids off to bed so we could finish wrapping gifts.
Then of course the fun began this morning. Hannah opened her first gift, a beverage cup with her name on it, and hardly wanted to put it down to open the rest. Now they are watching Muppets in Space. Oh, my... Later we will be at Dad's for dinner with Ed and Lori Jo.
My heart and mind have been with Conrad and Heidi, rather dampening my spirit a bit. Their first Christmas overseas, in a strange land with people who are new, still adjusting to the climate - HOT! It's hard to be without them, though I'm sure it's worse for them. Please continue to pray for them.
So have a wonderful season, everyone!!
Sunday, 20 December 2009
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Ok, here are the pictures I promised. I don't want to put these up for the purpose of rubbing it in, Heidi and Conrad... really I don't. I guess if you don't want me to, let me know.
Only in our house will someone be playing Space Invaders with swimming goggles on. Or do others experience this weirdness, too?
I decided rather than letting my pretty candles sit around and gather dust, I'm going to use them! I can always buy more.
We've had more snow on the deck this weekend than we've seen for a good long time!
Our poor cedar trees couldn't stand up under the onslaught:
Victoria had an absolute blast. She reveled in being outside:
Daniel does not revel in snow. Much. But today he did have fun in a snowball fight!
Today we completed our tunnel through the snowpile. Sarah did a lot of the work:
Kent disappearing in to pull more snow out:
View from inside out!
Our kitties have been showing up for food one by one. I have no idea where they went to weather the storm, but they didn't come at all yesterday.
Daniel has no school tomorrow. No surprise there, but I guess Kent will reluctantly try to get to work. Daniel has his Christmas party scheduled on Tuesday... I wonder if they will have it!
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Ahhh, this snow! I haven't seen this much snow in this time frame since the winter Daniel was born. I have vivid memories of looking out the windows of the hospital, seeing the snow falling thickly in the yellow lights of the parking lot. Now I got to experience it with the four wiggles and Kent in the safety of my own home.
We had a blast! We all went out twice and built a huge pile and dug a tunnel, etc. It was blowing, the hats got covered, cheeks got rosy... Victoria and Sarah of course were out the most. some day I will be able to just go out and enjoy, but for now it's dressing and working little fingers into gloves and undressing and drying clothes in the dryer and mopping up snow tracks.... but it was fun anyway. I didn't get anything else done. Just a lazy wonderful day. I tried taking my camera out, but it was snowing too hard to get good pictures. I'll try today, though. The sun is out!
We are all still a bit goopy , especially Kent and I. We wake up and cough and ... yeah, yuk. The little girls are doing much better. Tori is sleeping through the night once again. Hannah has been really grumpy, but I'm kinda wondering if her antibiotic is not agreeing with her tummy or something. At any rate, she is almost potty trained, even with being sick. We are still working on #2... she make it about 50% of the time.
It's the week of Christmas already! I'm still not done shopping. I hope I can get that done.
Conrad and Heidi are safely in Mozambique and trying to adjust to the weather and everything else. They are looking for a house and a car, both major, important issues to deal with. They sleep under mosquito netting and slather with sunscreen and have to hire a night guard for their house... oh, my, it's hard to think of them there. I'm thankful we can trust our Father to know what He's doing, and trust that He has called them there and will care for them much more than any worrying I do here!
I'll try to get pictures up sometime, but for now, it's breakfast time!
Thursday, 26 November 2009
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It's one of those mornings when I just wish I had more time to sleep. But the turkey needed to be put in the oven and I thought I could have a bit of quiet before kids awoke. It was a rough night. Tori does NOT handle a stuffy nose well, and it seems I was up every hour until around 3am. So I feel sleep-deprived and rather grumpy. And I don't want to feel that way. So I'm fighting it. Is this when it is truely a sacrifice of praise to my God?
Today on this day of thankgiving, I'm thankful for:
- a cheerful, wide-awake oldest daughter, even if she is awake as soon as I was.
- a hunk-o-meat in the oven, gotten cheaply at $.40/lb. We'll hardly scratch the surface of a 21+lb turkey, but that's what the freezer is for.
- the kitties outside. They have provided a lot of enjoyment and smiles.
- the promise of sun. It WILL shine again. Someday
- good schools and teachers who care
- My husband. He encourages my heart, rubs my feet, loves me for who I am and is my best friend.
- My four wiggles who make me groan and laugh and cry and smile.
- My Mom and Dad, brothers, sisters and sweet little niece and nephew. What a precious family I have. I'm so grateful for everyone of them. My SILS are like the sisters I never had. Yeah, Marta, that's you too. You know I love you!
- My church family. I am so loving the process of dreaming and worshipping and serving with you!
- for those who take special interest in my children when their aunts are not readily available - Mattie, Shirley, Beeba, Abi, MaryAnn. Thank you!
- and my Strong Tower, my Giver of Mercy and Grace, my Saviour. Jesus.
Monday, 16 November 2009
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Mattie came by today to snap some pictures of the kids. I was pleased with the way they turned out!
This was the only one of all four of them that turned out. Taking pics of four wiggles is Hard Work.
We are all recoving from church retreat this past weekend. I tried to be 18 again by staying up waaaayyy too late. yeah, 2am is just waaaayyyy too late for this old mama. But is sure was a hoot. I do so love our church.
Ok, so there was a lot more I was going to say... I'm sure there's something more to write about. But I guess it's going to have to wait til later when I can think of it!!
