My sweet girl in the spotlight!

Wanted to shine the spotlight on someone very special...

Sometimes I look at my sweet girl and am shocked at just how big she is getting. It seems yesterday she was born into daddy's hands in our bedroom! Almost 4 1/2 years ago now..

She has such a BIG personality! She is such a joy to her daddy and me! She is our youngest daughter.
Her laugh is contagious and her smile also! Her big blue eyes are so beautiful and full of so much expression!

She nursed until about 2 months ago and still on occasion asks for some milkies! My longest nursling so far.

She is our miracle!
I am so thankful for her each and everyday!

I love you ZaraLayna Christine Grace!!

Hungering For Elohim

Each pregnancy teaches me something new about my L-rd. And about myself..

This pregnancy I have realized, quite recently actually that my focus has been on my struggles and worries instead of on the One who holds all my tomorrows in His hand.
Worries sweep us away and we sink literally into the waters where more worries await us.
Peter walked on the water to meet Christ but when he begin to fear and worry that he would sink; taking his eyes off of Christ he begin to sink. And he begin to fear..just moments before this man was walking on water!!

Hungering for Elohim and His ways...willing to put my eyes back on Him..seeing where my lack of faith has taken me from walking on the water to sinking into the deep.

Belief in what He wants to do in my life. What He is willing to do..
Am I willing to let Him work through me in newness? Trusting Him for all He has planned? Putting all the worries aside and letting the hunger and thirst pull me along to the G-d who can satisfy!

Yes, I can meet Him at the river...

Bosch Bread Making Day..A success!!

My first bread making day with our new Bosch was a success!!! :)




Did I mention that we also purchased our very first new set of pans after 15 yrs of marriage?? I love them!!


I also purchased my homeschool curriculum. Christian Cottage Unit Study Volume 2.

We love this program! It's great for large families with many different levels to teach at once.

We also ordered our Math U See; Primer, Beta, Gamma & Zeta..

Also got the maps for the Beautiful Feet Geography Study for Gabby & Quentin.

Then we found some extra goodies for the children! Magic School Bus, Window to the World, etc..

I also found a cloth map of the world to go with our study next year.

I LOVE homeschool shopping! It's one of my favorite things to do!! :)

Bosch!

This weekend at the homeschool convention we entered the vendor hall with much excitement. Our first stop was to be the Country Baker booth. A family owned business close to us in Syracuse, IN.

Why you may ask?? Why was this your first stop??
Well, look below to see what we purchased..another household servant to make life easier!


Incase you don't know what it is, it's a Bosch Universal Mixer! It can handle 12 lbs of bread dough at a time. Huge amounts of cookie dough and other homemade goods! We have needed something like this for a long while. This will make our bread making so much easier and quicker! Not to mention alot of other goodies! Muffins, sweet breads, quick breads, cookie dough and the list goes on!

pregnancy pics.. 31 weeks

I owe my life to you...

Wonderful Savior
My heart belongs to Thee
I will remember always the blood You shed for me
Wonderful Savior
My heart will know Your worth
So I will embrace You always as I walk this earth

Chorus:
Be blessed, be loved, be lifted high
Be treasured here
Be glorified
I owe my life to You my Lord
Here I am....

Beautiful Jesus
How may I bless Your heart?
Knees to the earth I bow down to everything You are
Beautiful Jesus
You are my only worth
So let me embrace You always as I walk this earth

Chorus

Daily Life..

Sometimes life just knocks the breath right out of you! Somehow you have to get back up and keep going..
I find that so much easier with Yeshua directing my paths and my steps..
His word truly is a light to my path..

On another note..
Saturday evening I finally got around to cutting 5 of my boys hair..they look so handsome!


Thursday evening we leave for Indy to the Indiana Homeschool Convention. We will be staying with some friends of ours that we haven't seen since July 2008. We are very much looking forward to seeing them and catching up.

Blessings!

4 Words...

Grace...so thankful for that word..thankful for what it means to me. Thankful for the picture it paints in my world.

Redemption..so many things to be redeemed from..beauty for ashes..

Forgiveness...even in our human frailities when we can't forgive our L-rd forgives and throws it into the sea of forgetfulness never to be thought on again..there is no billboard advertising our failures and faults..even the one in our own heart can't stand in the presence of the one who embodies this word..

Love..nothing truly like this word in our physical world..when we gaze upon His face I wonder will it be in that moment that we truly understand?