WELL! I know it has been FAR too long since I posted here....but, can I just make my excuses and say that there have been SO many things changing in our home that I haven't had the time...NO TIME!!! I won't go into all of the boring details....I will simply say that I am THANKFUL that the Lord loves me enough to remind me of the things that are MOST important while we are passing through this life. I am thankful for family time....I know that is ALL we do....Family Time....but It is such a precious comodity these busy days. I am so thankful for the husband that the Lord has blessed me with...He is such a strong leader and so stable and firm, honest and true! I am thankful for my boys who are becoming men. I am thankful for the Lord's guiding hand, and how He ALWAYS seems to show us the way that we must go....even if it is a bit painful at times. I am thankful for ALL of my daughters...who are becoming young ladies right before my very eyes. I am thankful for the little toddler, next to the baby who has become a little girl so quickly that I can barely rememeber when she was a baby. I am thankful for the baby (who really isn't much of a baby anymore) that seems to have a 1000 word vocabulary and does a GREAT job of keeping up with the rest of the girls. She MUST be treated like them...not like a baby! It does a number on this heart of mine....I will be honest. Having to spend time away from the gang every day has opened my eyes to see the spots that seem to get overlooked some times...it has made me more aware of where I am failing as a wife, a mother, a grandmother....i DO NOT LIKE to find myself falling short....and the Lord knows this well. I am trying to be more flexible....more open to change...more loving...more serving. Things are EVER changing around here, THAT is for certain!
She was SO excited about that Teddy bear cake :o)
I see more man than boy these days
Time surly does fly
there IS a young lady in there.....somewhere ;o)
She is such a colorful child!
ALWAYS a mess!!!
One PROUD daddy....one SWEET lil' boy
Anaiah takes life and dresses it up...it is her gift :o)
Andrew and his maskerpiece....for his final formal...
he created this tree mask....it was FANTASTIC!
Life is about growth...about change....and how we handle that growth and change
is of the UTMOST importance!!!! I amtrying to handle it with GRACE and not grief :o)
