Hugs

Truth. I'll never forget the first time John and I hugged at the GSP airport ♡ Happy memories of happy times! 

October days

A beautiful fall day!

John brought home a surprise for me.

Haha.

Raising a glass, October 10th.

Dukie the stasher!

Garden harvest,

Feeding her little brother ice cream.

New shelves in the playroom.

29 cents a loaf for bread.

squash harvest.

First fire, Oct.21st.

Wow, does she look like me here.

A little blurry, but a real life picture of Luke. He comes, pops his thumb in his mouth, and hugs my leg,or whatever body part he can reach all the time through the day ♡

Church in October

 

Hunter's Lord's day afternoon project. Pastor Hartley put this challenge in the bulletin for the kids this week, they have to write a short explanation of why Calvin is pictured with a tulip, Luther with a hammer, and Zwingli with a sword. Reward to follow for kids who get it right:-)

 

Balloons

When the check out lady at Piggly Wiggly gives you balloons :-)

They were so excited to be reunited with their balloons this morning.

Big boy chair

Luke's first time eating in a big boy chair.

Luke ate dinner at the table with the rest of the family for the first time. No more highchair!

Luke said

Luke naps every day in Hunter's room because I'm pretty sure both kids napping in the same room would lead to no sleep, and eventually insanity....Anyways, after I put him in bed he always looks up at the fan,

"What's that, Mama?"

Me, "It's a fan, honey."

Luke, "It eat me?"

"No, fans don't eat people. You're safe."

Sigh of relief, "Oh, feel better."

.....To be repeated at next nap time.

What the Lord has given

This year we've made a decision that I have agonized over what to do, whether it is right, etc, etc. Every time a new "wrinkle" comes up in life I tend to revisit it and stress again. That kind of thinking doesn't tend to lead to a nice peaceful frame of mind, haha.
So recently John and I were talking with our pastor about a related issue, and he made the statement, "This is what the Lord has given you, be thankful, make the best of it."
That simple statement helped me so much! It's true. At this point that is exactly what the Lord has given us. There are no other options. So for now I will remember those words. Be thankful for the good, trust the Lord in the bad that He knows what He is doing, and it will be for His glory, and ignore any criticism from people who think they know the situation better than us, but really don't know all the details. A somewhat cryptic post, haha, but I am writing this down as a reminder for myself when I am tempted to doubt that the Lord is doing what is good.

"Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good;                                            and our land shall yield her increase. Righteousness shall go before him;                          and shall set us in the way of his steps. Psalm 85:12-13
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