{and since I can't find a picture of him 5 years ago, I found the next best thing: one of him with Isaiah when he was a baby...3 years ago! }
This is when he was in a headband stage. He wore them all the time at home, and cried when he couldn't wear them to church!
Noah and Isaiah like to do almost everything together! Some of the things they do can be quite interesting! Like dumping the upstairs bathroom trash out of the window! Or, wearing shoes 7 sizes to big for them!
And sometimes, he can be a bit camera shy....so Isaiah hams it up for him!
He likes to pretend that things are on fire in the back yard.....and gets everything wet!
But, he is also a good little helper and helped everybody clean the barn a few months ago!
Happy Birthday Noah!!!
We love you!!!
P.S. Two of Noah's favorite YouTube videos...see if you can guess why!
"I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once."
— Daniel Boone
The Bookshelf
"Understanding How Other's Misunderstand You"
(The DISC Personalities)
By Ken Voges and Ron Braund
"One Minute After You Die"
by Erwin W. Lutzer
Videos of the week
Want to laugh? One day we got on YouTube and found all sorts of videos of laughing babies--it just makes you laugh to hear them laugh! Here are two of the best! The last one should make you laugh, too, only it isn't about babies .
Melt butter and chocolate together; stir until smooth. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans if desired.
Spread into a greased 9" X 13" baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Cut into bars. Yield: about 24 brownies
Farmgirl Favorites--Harp Websites
If you like harp...this is a fun website to go to. You can hear clips of the harps being played .
I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago, and especially enjoyed her post, "How my weirdest hobby can help you!" She shares my name, and my love for lists...and giggling .
~ Jessica
Cute Quotes
Noah: "We were running and all my breath is out!"
November 1st, 2009 by Leah
Tonight while reading "This is What Would Happen if Everybody Did" to Isaiah, we came to the "Always cry? This is what would happen if everybody did" and I pointed out to him all the people crying. He said, "n', spank them!" Then we came to "stay up? This is what would happen if everybody did" He saw all the people with their mouths wide open (yawning) and said, "spank, spank, spank!"
Noah got a birthday card in the mail from some friends of ours and said, "Bekah! Look at my card! And they spend me a dollar!"
October 23, 2006 by Jessica
While riding in the van one day, Bekah asked me, "How do you spell a hundred? One, zero, zero?
"Yes"
"How do you spell it in numbers, like A, B, C, D?"
November 8th, 2006 by Leah
This morning Noah and Isaiah were crying, and Charissa said, " I wish we could just we-wind this!" (rewind)
I would rather fast forward : )
Note:
The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things. We try to post a new one every Friday. Hope you enjoy! ~The Farmgirls
Two Sundays ago we celebrated the birthday twins' birthdays .
We had homemade ice cream...
...and fudgy brownies with a minty topping
and presents!
Twenty-one years ago, I got my first little sister. She has put up with a lot from me over the years. I convinced her to eat dog food for me (so she could tell me what it tasted like! ), tried choking her with a ribbon off of my teddy bear(!), and a whole host of other things that I won't list . It's amazing that we're such good friends, now! She is a very sweet sister to have, and is always very thoughtful and helpful to other people. Even though she's my younger sister, I look up to her in many ways : D
This picture proves that I was nice to her...sometimes! See? I was sharing my sucker with her!
My favorite one!
Susannah and I
Then, three years later (exactly!), I got another sweet little sister : ) I loved carrying her around! When I watch home videos of me swinging her around, I am amazed that Daddy and Mommy let me at 5 years old, carry such a new little baby! Now, she could just about carry me around, I think! She was a little clown as a little girl (and can still be a clown sometimes!). Now I have found a fellow organizer that I can count on to...well, organize!
And I just must add, that I can really look up to this sister!
Isn't she adorable?!
Susannah and Cassia : )
Cassia and Susannah, who decided to color their lips with watercolor pencils one day!
Of all the places I could choose to write about this, here seems to be the perfect place. Maybe becauseyou know my heart better than most, maybe because "Encouragement Along the Way " is the title of my book and my blog. Venting is something I do very rarely and these words are not writing in anger, more befuddled and confused than angry.
You see I discovered the other day that my publishing comapany no longer exists. I was not told it was no longer in business. I was not notified that they were no longer distributing my book. Truth is I don't even know if my book is even available anywhere any longer. The original file, the publisher did not return. You see I wrote an email requesting I be mailed a case of books. I was planning on a book signing prior to the Holidays. After all this is the time people are most likely to buy a devotional. Anyway, the email was returned adressee unknown. So we went to the Publishers website.. It was gone! Without any notice it was completely gone.
When my first publisher sold the company, we had great correspondance, decisions were made and new contracts exchanged. The new publisher well, that has never been the case and it breaks my heart. I expect Christians to behave honorably. And that has not been the case, not even respectfully have I been included in this dissolving of my ..."MY" book.
I am told it is mine to do with as I please. Find a new publisher, self publish, or e-book it. I am open to the Lord's direction. Valerie posted this verse on her FB today, and I knew it was God speaking to my heart.
We rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with love. Romans 5:3-5
This is my prayer,my focus, my desire. This hope is the only hope that does not disappoint. So today I am developing character, praying to forgive and waiting for direction. After all, it was never ever my book, the heart of it, the words in it ,they were always the Lord's. It is His to do with as He chooses.
We are announcing another giveaway! Only this time the farmgirls aren't giving it away, the farmgirls' Mommy is . Take a peek here to see how you can win this cozy shawl, along with a pretty gratefulness journal and a pen!
Last week, an older gentleman was asking me many questions about me and my family : D I am quite used to this by now, and it is actually fun to me to answer such questions. After all, when you are differnent than most people you have to be willing to answer lots of questions, or else go hide! Being the sociable homeschooler that I am, I prefer the first option .
The conversation went something like this...
"Where do you go to school?"
"We're homeschooled"
"Oh! That is good. Especially with the way that the world is today. Have you graduated?"
"Yes" : )
"Are you going to college?"
"No" : )
" Are you working?"
"No" : ) Then I remember, oh yes, I do teach music lessons, and that usually satisfies most people who think it is very weird when you aren't going to college, and don't have a job : ) So I told him about that, and he said, " Oh great, great!"
Now, he was being very nice, and wasn't trying to be unkind in any way, but I was talking to Leah about it later and said, "Now how come most people think that staying home and helping your mommy isn't worth anything, but if you tell them you are going to college, or working a job, they are so happy for you?!" If you think about it, how does it really affect them if I decide to go to college or not? Or if I have a good job? I suppose that they probably have an idea in their mind of what "the best" is for you, and they want to see you have that "best" . When they find out that you aren't going to college or working, then--oh my!--whatis there for you to do all day?! Well, here is my answer...
Yesterday while I was shopping at Joann Fabrics (one of my favorite stores!) I came across a bin of scrapbooking stuff for a dollar each. I was looking through all these wonderful things, and came across a package of quotes. As I was reading them I found my new favorite quote, which happens to be by Emily Dickinson.
"To live is so
startling,
it leaves little time
for anything else."
This is very true of my life...I am too busy living to go get a job or go to college! I am not saying that to go get a job or go to college is "bad"...it's just not the best for me. For me, it isn't living! Milking goats, sewing, cooking, gardening, knitting, helping sisters with math, and spending time with friends and family is living. For someone else this might not be living, but for me, it is : )
Pollyanna cried out in dismay. "Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to--to live."
"To live, child! What do you mean? As if you weren't living all the time!"
"Oh, of course I'd be breathing all the time I was doing those things, Aunt Polly, but I wouldn't be living. You breathe all the time you're asleep, but you aren't living. I mean living--doing the things you want to do: playing outdoors, reading (to myself of course), climbing hills, talking to Mr.Tom in the garden, and Nancy, and finding our all about the houses and the people and everything everywhere all through the perfectly lovely streets I came through yesterday. That's what I call living, Aunt Polly. Just breathing isn't living!"
---from the book "Pollyanna", by Eleanor H. Porter
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