Happy Thanksgiving

Well it's Thanksgiving weekend. I pray your family had a great time as we stopped to be thankful for what the Lord has given us. This household has been BUSY BUSY BUSY. We have enjoyed the time to relax and be with family and friends. My all time favorite college student is home for the long weekend. It has been wonderful to spend time talking and catching up on life since August with her. We have so much to be thankful for. Mrs.Kuipers is waking up slowly, we have had a lot of out of town company in and out for the weekend as the family has arrived to see her in the hospital. We have so much to be thankful for and so many blessings that the Lord has given us. As I stop to reflex it is overwhelming to see His bountiful blessings and His goodness to us. Thank you Lord for who you are and all you have done this year for our family.

We Need Your Prayers

It has been quite a week. On Wednesday night after church I spent the night with my dear friend of 20 years Mrs. Kuipers in the hospital ER. On Thursday Mrs. Kuipers had a very serious surgery and is in ICU on life support. Mrs Kuipers has a husband who she takes care of, with a lot of medical issues himself. Please pray for this family. I want to thank my neighbor Keith for taking Mr. Kuipers in his home and helping him with his daily needs. It is very exciting watching how the Lord is using Keith in this way. Mrs. Kuipers has family coming in from out of state today. I want to thank my dear friend Cindy for all her help in cleaning as we prepare for out of town family. I'm excited to see how the Lord's people have rallied together in this situation and loved on this family. Please pray for Mrs. Kuipers as she faces another surgery on Monday. Her recovery is going to be a long journey. I praise the Lord for all the help and for his soverenty in this situation.

Another Week Has Past

It just seems lately that I wake up from a nap and the week is over. This week we had a wonderful home school meeting on Monday. I just love the home school meetings we learn so much about how to do our jobs as moms and teachers. Thank You to Pastor and Julie for all their had work in helping to make this part of our lives a success. It was another great meeting.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wednesday we had the privilege of having Angelina over for the day. She is a DELIGHTFUL little girl. It just thrills my heart to watch the girls play. We had a tea party with real water. We had a great time painting fingers and toes. We drew pictures and played with play dough. We had so much fun just being girls and doing girl things. I love how the girls enjoy being what God made them, which is sweet little girls.

On Wednesday afternoon my dyer went out. I'm very thankful to my wonderful husband who called someone to fix it right away. That could have been a real problem. Then as we were in the van getting ready to go to church we found the battery was dead. I'm very thankful that our neighbor Keith had a new battery that fit in our van perfectly. Thank you Lord for His provision.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday night was a real blessing to me. We had a babysitter and Sam and I went on a date. It is always good to have time to go out alone with your husband. Today (Saturday) we had a baby shower at church. Showers are always fun especially at GBC. Tonight was family night. For family night after dinner we decided to light the fireplace and have hot coco. This is one of the favorite family night for the children. As we were watching the fire and drinking hot coco the conversation came up about Christmas. We were talking about were to put the Christmas tree this year and many other this that we were going to do for Christmas. Then Quinten told Paige that we were going to put baby Jesus in the front yard and she said the sweetest thing. She said "I will give baby Jesus my blankie cause His is cold" That just brought tears to my eyes to think that Paige would give up her favorite blanket for baby Jesus. She then asked if He was going to be outside very long. I told her we would bring Him back in after Christmas. That made Paige feel a little better. She is so cute. I'm so thankful for my children and all the blessing that they give us everyday.

Being Saturday night I need to get ready for the Lord's day. I pray everyone has a good week.

What a Fun Night

Last night we had a wonderful ladies meeting at the Grace Baptist Church. If you have never attended a ladies at GBC you are missing out. Last nights meeting was about family celebration. We each had to bring our favorite family recipe. Mrs. Billquest makes the best chicken in the crock pot (ask her for the recipe Yummy Yummy ). We had to bring a copy of the recipes for everyone to share. The food was good and the fellowship was great. We also had my favorite speaker Mrs. Julie Fink. I learned of a few ways to make our holidays more fun and memorable for our children. As the lady of the house I really am the one that sets the tone of the family. I learned last night how to do that more effectively. Thank you Julie for all the hard work that you put into the ladies ministry at our church and thank you for sharing your information with all of us. I look forward to0 seeing everyone at the Christmas Coffee in December.

I'm Still Alive

In case anyone wondered I'm still alive. We have had a lot of happening since you last heard from us. I have had a date with my best friend (thank you Cindy for babysitting). We have had our favorite college student friend home for the weekend. She is doing great and I could not be more proud of her and what is happening in her life. We have served in a wedding at our church and that was lots of fun. Not to mention we have had book reports to finish, fourth grade math and cursive writing (kinda hard for a boy). Needless, to say I don't understand what it means to be board. Looking ahead there are ladies meeting at church to prepare (Linda your the best). My husband will be at Camp Joy for the weekend. I have a baby shower to serve and Thanksgiving is fast approaching. I can't believe that it is November already here and Christmas is just around the corner. I think that having so many things to accomplish keeps me focused on the things that matter. It also enhances my walk with the Lord because without having a close daily walk with God I could never make it all happen. God has given us so many important things to do for Him that trying to be in the center of His will is the number one priority. I love being busy for the Lord. I'm thankful that I have the privilege to be home with our children and to take care of my home and to serve in our church, but sometimes that adds up to neglect of the old blog. I'm sorry I'll try to do better. Yesterday as I was doing school my three year old lined up all her babies and proclaimed that Sunday School was in a minute and everyone needed to get dressed right away. She is so cute and it is worth it all. Thank you Lord.