House Work

We had some work done on our house today.

Nothing major.

Just some drillng

and painting

Too bad it was just pretend!

On this first day of March (wow!) as the beautiful snow falls down, I thought it would be appropriate to post some winter pictures from January and February.
Our Snowman friend, Cocoa:


I think Anna may share my love for snow. She, however, loves to eat it!



Who doesn't though, if we were honest? ;)

Wonder

Jodi introduced Chuck and I to this song and I just had to pass it on. The words are so worshipful. May we always be struck with awe and wonder as we reflect on who our Savior is and what He has done.




The Wonder of the Cross
~Vicky Beeching
O precious sight my Savior stands
Dying for me with outstretched Hands
O precious sight I love to gaze
Remembering salvation's day
Remembering salvation's day
Though my eyes linger on this scene
May passing time and years
Not steal the pow'r with which it impacts me
The freshness of its mystery
The freshness of its mystery

Chorus
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost
Undone by mercy and left speechless
Watching wide eyed at the cost
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross

Behold the God-man crucified
The perfect sinless Sacrifice
As Blood ran down those nails and wood
History was split in two
Yes history was split in two
Behold the empty wooden tree
His Body gone alive and free
We sing with everlasting joy
For sin and death have been destroyed
Yes sin and death have been destroyed


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Sweet Moments

Last week we had a beautiful snow and have been enjoying the winter beauty ever since.


As the snow was falling last week, I had the rare privilege in the middle of the day to sit by the window and watch the snow fall with a cup of coffee and my Bible. I enjoyed reading in the quiet with my blanket watching the beauty of God's creation. A few minutes into my surreal experience, Jake woke up. He saw me enjoying God's Word and the beauty outside and wanted to join me. We got him all set up with his own blanket and a mug full of "cold hot chocolate." :)

He watched the snow fall while I finished up my reading. He was so sweet. He kept saying "This is so nice, this is so nice!" As he sat gazing out the window, he sighed and said "Mommy, I'm so happy with God!" I asked "Why Jake?" And he said "Because he brought down all this snow!!" What a sweetheart. May I rejoice too over the little things God gives us.

One of the best things about winter is being able to enjoy the warmth of inside. Chuck has been keeping us supplied with a nice, glowing fire most of the winter. So soothing.

It doesn't come without a lot of work though. You have to cut the wood, start the fire, keep it going, clean out the ashes...



...and haul and stack the wood outside.
Good thing we have so many great helpers!

A Little Help

Language intrigues me. It is fascinating how we communicate. We are able to take certain sounds grouped the same way each time and repeat words. This may sound very obvious and elementary, but in our house beginning to use the English Language correctly has been no small feat. ;) Some of our children more than others have indeed had trouble. We have come to a place, though, where we can finally understand around 90 percent of what is said in our home. Anna, being two, is doing a pretty good job of mastering the language. She mixes up some sounds here and there and has a few invented words, but we can understand her almost completely. The other day, however, she had me stumped. I knew what she was referring to but could not for the life of me understand what word(s) she was saying and why she was calling that particular object the word she kept repeating. She found a set of old mini-dumbbells. They were pink and about her size, therefore very exciting. She lit up every time she saw them as if they were the greatest thing since lolly pops! I thought maybe I could enlist your help in understanding what in the world Anna may be trying to say. If you have a second, please watch the video below and see if you can tell what she's saying. She says the word she calls the little weights a few times and then tells me she got them "in the office."



:) What in the world are paddy-paddies?!? :)

A High Calling

This song was such an encouragement to me today. I hope it is to you as well. We mothers have an extremely high calling. Even when it doesn't seem glamorous, the teaching, guiding, nurturing and instructing we do with our children may be the most important job we are called to do. With the Lord's help we may be changing the world.

07 - One Heartbeat At A Time by 6lambs

One Heartbeat at a Time
by Steven Curtis Chapman

You're up all night with a screaming baby
You run all day at the speed of life
And every day you feel a little bit less
Like the beautiful woman you are

So you fall into bed when you run out of hours
And you wonder if anything worth doing got done
Oh, maybe you just don't know
Or maybe you've forgotten

You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time

With every "I know you can do it"
Every tear that you kiss away
So many little things that seem to go unnoticed
They're just like the drops of rain over time
They become a river

And you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time

You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
Oh, I believe that you
You are changing the world
One little heartbeat
At a time

And you're changing the world