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! (: |
3 comments:
Aww.. i love the pic of the preschoolers up singing. This was the first time my two worked up the nerve to do this kinda thing.. so it was a big deal and i was sad i didn't have my camera there. So i might try to steal this pic. :).. So happy for you that you are done with school for the year. And sorry that you are going through all this learning stuff in your life right now. Altho i do admire your positive outlook on it all. Praying for all of that. And last but not least. So sorry to Dave that we forgot his birthday. :( Too much going on right now! LOVE the cake. so cool!!!
You did great on the cake! :) We will keep praying about your move, I still believe God has the perfect place for you guys! :)
I find it amusing, that I am not the only one that deals with an overflowing washer. The first time it happened with mine was only days after we replaced our dining room floor with laminate. I put a load in the washer and we left for church. My heart went out my toes when we returned hours later to find the water still running through and the dining room floor oozing water when we stepped on it!:( I nearly cried and asked why not on the ugly carpet a few days ago! The slightly swelled edges on the laminate are there to remind me to never leave the house with the washer running, although it happens right under my nose sometimes too. So..... the next time it happens, just know your not alone!!:) After three years I still haven't experienced the joy of taking it to the dump!! That will be the day!!:)
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