A Little of This and That!

Life seems to be slowing down a bit. Less Drama! PTL!! Less appointments for everyone. The school year is wrapping up nicely. Spring is FINALLY coming! We have lots of odd little projects scattered here and there through out our life. Tidbits that reflect our personalities and lifestyle.

Fayth earned this little fashionette set... She is my princessy girl in the midst of tomboys and boys. Poor child.  

I find little slips of papers all over my house, tidbits of drawings she did with this set. She had fun taking pictures for me! 

She dreams of having long blond hair... 

Gardening... Elizabeth worked incredibly hard on preparing the garden for plants. She hoed and pulled weeds for hours, willingly. She loves digging in the dirt in her barefeet. She is def her momma's daughter! 

We planted broccoli, cauliflower, and romaine lettuce. 

We covered them carefully to protect them from cold nights. Now we pray the chickens don't get out! 

AHHH green sprouts! Spring is coming! Spring is coming! We are excited! 

Another Cash Project

 Last Saturday the kids begged for cash projects... The basement was an absolute mess, walls needed cleaned, counters needed wiped, toys sorted, closet cleaned out, and floors vacuumed! I offered the job up for $5 a person. I had three takers! This project was HUGE and messy!

There was lots of vacuuming and picking up. There was wall scrubbing and tears.

This kiddoe worked hard and did some serious clean up! But as usual, he made work fun! 

The end is near! The end is near! 

Then the vacuum broke and needed fixing!

The toy kitchen needed a good scrubbing... 

David neatly organized all the bears in the corner beside the dollhouse! 

And it is all clean!! It took a lot of encouragement and a good bit of scrubbing and help from mom to finish this project! But it got done and now our basement is ready for playtime! 

 Our basement is the perfect play area. Sadly tho, the kids will not play down there unless I am down with them. So often our toys and fun are drug upstairs!

The basement is also our "mudroom", so it is often quite messy!

Friday Encouragement

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will sayof the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." 3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence

. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. 8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. 9 If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- 
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. 11For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

 13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."



This has been a favorite of mine for the past year! I love how God promises to take care of us and protect us! We have seen this in real life in the past several weeks.

What is your favorite verse?!