When I sat down to do this post, I tried to think of what to say has happened the last month. Well, not much out of the ordinary. I think the last month has been full of learning lessons for me. Right after my last post, we found out that our land contract was void, cause the sellers weren't communicating with each other and one was selling without his partners knowledge. Their attorney suggested we move on. The buyers said they needed to figure things out? We made it a matter of prayer. Even the kids prayed every night about it. I guess I can say I learned a lesson about patience and laying MY will and desires down. I really wanted it to work out, I had my heart SET on it. After battling over it a couple days, I can say I finally reached the place where I could say ok, God has a reason for this for, and I was ok with giving up my hopes for the land to work, no matter how badly I want to live closer to my friends, my church and to send the kids to our church school. Today our realtor emailed to say that by word of mouth from the sellers, its a go, but to not say for sure till the attorney gets it on paper. My first response was, finally. My kids put me to shame by saying, "God answered our prayers"!! Another lesson learned!
Something else I have been working on. I am reading a book, and in there she was talking about the importance of being joyful and thankful, always, this is God's will for us. Cause EVERY circumstance in life is part of His plan for us and we need to rest in that! It is a challenge for me. Especially today for example. My washer over-flowed, again, half my kitchen and pantry was under water. After dealing with the urge to throw the washer off the back deck, I decided to look at this in a better way. I have been really badly needing to clean under the washer and dryer, this wasn't how I intended to do it, but now it got done!
As for school, well, our last day is, TOMORROW!!! I cannot wait!
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| Easter Sunday, Trey and Rissa's Sunday school class |
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| Amber and Jenny singing with the older school students, Easter Sunday |
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| The girls are really gonna miss the horses when we move! Its the first thing they want to show friends that come over. |
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| Wonder how she would react to catching a real fish! (: |
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| Trey did finally get his birthday bike figured out |
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| These kids really are desperate for a baby! |
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| We have had a beautiful spring and the garden looks really nice. Except for my green beans. The pesty fire ants ate half my seeds and did a number on the surviving plants /: |
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| On Easter Sunday, we found our precious kitty, Nick, dead on the road. The kiddos were heart-broken to say the least! They wanted a grave for him. I got a memorial stone that has a sweet poem, his name and date he died. They were quite pleased! |
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| The finished grave |
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| They quite often can be seen visiting his grave. I thought it looked like Jenny was really letting him have it here, probably for ever being on the road! (: |
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| We took the kiddos to a small town circus. They had a blast. I was surprised how interesting it actually was! |
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| "Are those muffins ever gonna get done??" |
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| David had his birthday April 29. The kiddos are proudly giving him their cards. |
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| I really wanted to do a 'different' cake for Davids birthday. I searched internet for 'guys cakes' and when I seen this one, I knew I needed to do it! |
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| Biggest Whopper he ever ate! (: |
