The Love Dare.....Love is patient...

This book is from the writers of Fireproof book/movie. I am on day one..... Normally I think of myself as a VERY patient person. I have been tested like crazy today and I am about to lose it. Nothing intentional.....mostly to do with the struggles of starting your own business. He is having to make it his priority right now...and I'm at the bottom of the list. (which is never the case normally he is an awesome husband) I think I may have to repeat day one as my patience is gone for the day.....hahaha.

We found someone for our rental!!!

This has been a LONG process......more than two years actually. It is a young man with high functioning autism and he moved in yesterday to our little cottage house. DH has some jobs set up for him with a handy man friend of ours. He also is very proficient in landscaping. Yesterday he asked if he could pull some weeds from around our deck and MAN he did! He got those nasty chokeberry plants (that A-man taste tested last fall!) roots and all......the roots were about 3 feet long and thicker than my arm. He spent an hour working around the deck and it looks so much better. He knew all the names of the weeds/plants and everything about them. I guess he used to have a worker that was a horticulturist. I saw him working and would LOVE for A-man to be able to work doing a job like that.

So far so good!!!!

Grace in small things April 12th 2009

1. Z-girls excitement at seeing egg shells all over the counter and floor from the egg she left out for the Easter bunny.

2. Seeing their excitement looking through their basket.

3. Finding one of the last seats left at church....in the back....in the balcony...heehee.

4. Going for a hike at one of our favorite places looking for ants for the Ant house the bunny brought.

5. Watching the kids look for easter eggs in the yard....looking up, looking down.

and Not a small thing....but a big thing....Knowing my Redeemer Lives!! that He loved me enough to die for me.

Our yard is kindof icky right now (pictures)....we still have a lot of patches from replacing the septic system. How do I turn pictures aroundon here?

Very down this week

I guess I should be grateful. I have not had a really down and depressed time the last month+ since Chris' accident. Instead though it has been compacted into this week. Hormones really can wreck havoc on a woman. I got my monthly friend and this week I have been completely grumpy and depressed...so not like my normal "ME". I would have loved to stay in bed all week long...but of course I wouldn't/couldn't do that. So I tried being as normal as possible. I wasn't that successful I must add.

Oh I did have a funny today. I HAVE to see it as a funny. Life is unpredictable that is what keeps things from ever getting boring. I have been telling A-man for days that I would cut his hair when it was sunny and I could do it outside. Well he took matters into his own hands and cut big chunks out of his hair today when I wasn't looking. Chris found it and took him into the bathroom and I thought he was just going to trim it with a long guard on the clipper. Then I heard the shower turn on and KNEW he had just pretty much shaved it on the lowest setting. I wasn't in a good mood at the time and this didn't help. A-man has an off shaped head and has GORGEOUS thick hair....he looks best with hair. He now has a haircut like daddy. Here's a funny picture...I am laughing now...well a bit....with a bowl on his head. The STINKER. :D

Grace in small things

1. Rain that will result in a lot of green in the next couple months.
2. Earl Grey tea on a cold damp day.
3. Watching the kids enjoy 4H.
4. A warm cozy house
5. A foot massage! I am so spoiled.

I love spring!

It was such a fun week. We went to a local national park place to see if there were any baby goats yet....it will be a couple more weeks but I got some awesome pics of Z.....A-man wasn't in the mood to have his pictures taken. Chris and I have been going there since we were first married. It is an AWESOME place to hike with easy trails and more strenuous ones. The previous picture of them in the doorway of the barn I have of them at 3 and 5 yrs old too.

We also started making a garden which is a first. We are gathering rocks from an abandoned lot to make a raised bed. It will be our salsa garden. Last year Chris made some awesome salsa with local produce and this year we are hoping to grow it ourselves. We have enough land that we are hoping to build a small area for both kids to have their own garden as a 4H/homeschool project.

The baby girl situation didn't work out. I'm dealing with it. We are going to work on our house so we can have a homestudy soon.

Grace in small things

1. SPRING is finally here!

2. Chris is getting stronger every day

3. Chris has a sales job he can do from home!

4. We also have two potential residents to live in our rental house we will find out more in a week.

5. Aubrey is READING I mean really READING. This is a child that wasn't supposed to walk, talk, or live. God proved THOSE people wrong.

He is so proud of himself!