Isn't God Great?!?!

I got up with my Honey this morning. A rare event in itself these days. When I walked him to the door I noticed our neighbor across the street. Bless her heart she is a single mom of a teenager who has just inherited custody of her two young niece and nephew. They were headed to the car in a hurry as "Aunty" has to be at work. "Aunty" says, "Don't run!" The two year old little boy stops running and stands in the sidewalk. The four year old sister who is watching "Aunty" turns forward just in time to knock over little brother. "Aunty" says, "See I told you not to run." Lord, I pray deep breaths and a patient peaceful heart for my wonderful neighbor as she begins motherhood all over again.

I know we all have hurry moments. But I am so blessed that I don't have to get my children up at the crack of dawn every morning and rush them out the door to spend the day with someone else. My heart broke and overflowed all at the same time this morning.

Thank you Jesus for all of your many blessings. Children are a blessing from the Lord, now if in my hurried state I could just find the address for this scripture. Psalm 127:3 "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him."

Catch up...

Many days I think what can I post on my blog and draw a blank. Other times I know there is an event I want to post and don't get it posted right away. Today is no exception. I have wanted to post about the last horse show (last Sat.) and now that I download pics to the computer I have 10 things that should have already been blogged on. So here goes...

Josiah took 3rd in the 8 and under Assisted Barrels! He had a blast! He doesn't care which horse he is riding but today it was Patches!

We thank the Lord for protecting the 3 year old little girl who had just fallen off her pony minutes before he rode.

Josiah had fun all afternoon!



Mia is having fun riding in the cake walk or warm up time. (above and below)


Mia took 2nd place in the 8 and under Unassisted Barrels! She loves riding Popeye.


Mia (Popeye) and Chris (Blondy) are enjoying riding together!

Just because I love him and he looks so handsome in this pic!

Mom you have asked for pics to show you how tall the kids are. I took them probably six weeks ago and forgot to put them up for you.

A few weeks ago we had several days of severe thunder storms and as a result had a mighty rushing river through our backyard. When I looked to see just how mighty and rushing it was God had a surprise for me.

This beautiful crane (I think) was sitting at the edge of our property next to the lake. He just sat there for several hours. How beautiful God's creatures are.

Oh, and in case anyone doesn't know I figure that at almost 18 weeks its high time to say...

we're expecting!!!

Mia took 2nd Place in the Barrells

Last Saturday we all spent the entire day at the horse show. We had to help out for a shift and then wait most of the day for Mia to ride Blondy in the 8 and under Assisted Barrells. I tried taking pics of her riding but that didn't work so well! I'll get some still shots at the next show.

Josiah had a ball playing in the dirt all day! He climbed up and down bleachers! Ran through the rain and had an absolute blast!

My learning curve continues as I have let my computer work for five hours attempting to process a video that is all of a few seconds long.

Can Mia be old enough?!?! Oh yeah!

We were enjoying dinner last night when Mia said "Mom, my tooth feels funny." I leaned over and checked and sure enough she has a loose tooth. A few minutes later I felt that I needed to check further. And there is not just one loose tooth but 2!!!

So here's our quandry.

While we look forward to celebrating this amazing milestone with her we don't want to go the "Tooth Fairy" route. Any suggestions!?!?

Mia

Of course you all know that Mia is my right hand girl.

She is my helper no matter what my project.

Here you see her practicing for her upcoming barrel race!

So excited... now if she could just concentrate.

But in her off time from horseback riding she is helping me make sure our newest angel and I get all of our protein every day.

So as I sat down momentarily this morning to handle a computer task:

she asked if she could put my eggs into the pan for me.

I said sure!

Boy, was I amazed when I walked over to find not scrambled eggs but an actual omelette!!!!

Her finished product!

Thanks for all of your help, Mia!

Mommy loves you very much!!!

I'm It... How did that happen?!?

Mary Grace has tagged me this morning. What a wonderful surprise.

1. Go to the 4th folder where you keep your pictures on your computer.

2. Post the 4th picture in the folder

3. Explain the photo.

4. Tag 4 fellow bloggers to join in the fun.

This is my AngelBaby looking absolutely eccstatic about her very first day of Kindergarten in the public school. She couldn't have been happier. I have the absolute best pictures of her from this day. Oh, I only paid $4.00 for her cute little dress. (for those bargain shoppers among us).

Little did she know that she would only attend this school for 2 weeks as Mom and Dad heard the Lord say "Pull her out and homeschool her!" And so we did. Six months later we are thrilled that we have brought her home.

So now I get to tag 4 lovely bloggers:

1. JoyfulChaos

2. Jodi

3. Denise

4. Angi

Enjoy and have a blessed day! Thanks MaryGrace for making me smile today!

You know your babies are growing up when...

They have to pose everytime you pick up your camara:

When they are sound asleep minus their previously ever present thumb: