I'm back again - it's been awhile since I posted last. Things have been busy around here. I've started teaching some Spanish to some homeschool kids. I teach one class to young kids and then have 2 high school girls come over to learn some Spanish once/week as well. That combined with some sickness in the house and little computer time with my husband working a lot on our computer for work means very little time to post!
All in all we're doing well. I've made it to past week 20 of my pregnancy so that's great! It continues to move along well! I have another midwife appointment on Monday so that will be good to see how things are going! The kids don't talk about the new baby too much but every now and then we talk. I'm feeling plenty of movement and all so that's nice. Everyone except my oldest boy is hoping for another sister (even my 5yo twin boys and 3yo boy).
One other interesting thing is that we're looking at a property and house on Sat. I don't know if we'd be serious enough to move again soon but the place looks beautiful and we wouldn't need to spend more $ or much more $ to get it. It's in a great location and has pretty much everything that I prayed for a long time back in a property. So I'm learning contentment. I'm learning to rest in enjoying being here and not longing to be elsewhere. I don't want to get too wrapped up in the possibilities that I neglect things I shouldn't neglect here and now. I want to walk and abide with the Lord and know that if he has us here for some reason, that I don't want to move. So we'll see if anything comes of it or not.
Otherwise, we're just plugging along trying to get well. I feel a little under the weather with a cough/cold. I'm trying to down anything to help boost my immune system for sure! Anyways, that's all that's going on here. I've had things I've wanted to post but just not gotten to them so hopefully soon!
I saw this on another blog and thought I'd add this in here before we're too far into the new year!
What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Gotten stuck on a rock (2 times) while canoeing down a river with my dad and 2 little kids riding along. Unfortunately I was supposed to be steering! We did make it out safely without dumping.
Also falling in a river in March (in Northern WI) while wearing my 6-month baby on my front in the Ergo. That was COLD but all were fine except for my digital camera. Did anyone close to you give birth? I had several good friends give birth this fall!
What was the best book you read?
Keeping Your Children's Hearts a Vital Priority by Steve & Terri Maxwell
What was your greatest musical discovery of 2007?
I've been given a violin to borrow (long-term) and it's been fun to pick that up again. I had played many years until junior high school but then hadn't played hardly ever since. I've recently played a few times in church and hope to continue doing that. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I went to a prayer and support group that I've been blessed to be a part of since moving to this area with some dear, new friends. They had found out it was my birthday and had cards and a gift for me! Then my parents were visiting us and made my cake and made me whatever meal I wanted for my birthday so I chose steak since we eat it so rarely! It was so good! We even saw a beautiful double rainbow that evening after suppertime.
Who did you miss?
A few dear friends from the Twin Cities where we used to live. Who was the best new person you met?
A neat family who lives about an hour away from us - we were hoping they'd move this way closer but that didn't work out. Also, my dear friends in my prayer group and many other neat people from our church!
Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
Don't get hung up on "doing what's right for God". Love him and live in his presence and trust him for each day's needs and guidance.
Three years ago it was Thanksgiving day when our little boy Judah (meaning praise) entered the world as 12:30 PM. I was able to enjoy the rest of my Thanksgiving with my little newborn boy and got out of turkey-cooking responsibilities! He was almost a week early so I was surprised to have him then! What a joy Judah has been - so full of character and life! He is full of enthusiasm and energy!
Today during our Bible reading time I read Psalm 127. Here are verses 3-5a :
3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Sorry I've been so absent here though I do have good reason...
We're expecting #7 around the end of June!!! I'm about 8 weeks along and have been pretty tired and hungry/queasy since about 5 1/2 weeks! I have my first appointment scheduled with a midwife for this Friday so I'm excited to meet her. My last birth was my first homebirth which was back in the Twin Cities. I'm hoping all will go well again for another great homebirth!
In addition to expecting again, my husband has been doing medical trasncribing to supplement our ink business (www.encoreink.com) which has going well, but it means he ties up the computer in the evenings which is when I used to have most of my computer time. I'm thankful for God's provisions. I'm sure I'll be back to posting more soon as I can't stay away too long!!!
God bless all and hope Thanksgiving is a wonderful time with family!
My 5 year-old boys had their birthday on Monday. It was very fun enjoying their enthusiasm and excitement over being 5! It's so hard to believe they're getting so grown up now! I loved being pg with twins. I was blessed with a wonderful twin pg with very few problems. Even at the end I wasn't overly anxious to have them born! They were born at 37w 5d and weighed 6lb 10oz and 7lb 6oz!
They enjoyed sleeping in a tent together in our room the night before their birthday. While they slept there I went into their room and added some painting to their wall. I had painted some a long time ago after moving in but hadn't done anymore for a while. It was fun surprising them with the extra decorating. They were surprised that next morning! We had some good friends over for supper to enjoy their birthday with us. We had a pizza supper that I make from scratch. I found an awesome easy pizza crust recipe that I use. It's very soft! Then we had presents, cake and ice cream. Here are some pics from our day!
Yesterday was our baby's first birthday! We enjoyed a small "party" with her siblings and Grandma. What a joy to reflect on her first year of life - so amazing how they grow and change! Here are some pics from when she was born and a couple recent pics!
A good friend of mine was over last week-end and took some great pics of the family with her new camera. She wants to go into photography and was just playing around a bit with the camera. Here are some of her pics!
Our 10 mo. old tired from waking up from her nap. I love her cuddles!
Our ever cheerful 2yo! One of our 4yo twins enjoying spraying everything!
OK - I know that there aren't monsters and kids shouldn't be encouraged to think there are BUT....
We were getting ready to clear the table the other day and the kids were a little slow to get started with their work and were getting distracted. At our house my servant dh rinses and loads the dishwasher and does the dishes. I stay at the table and make sure the kids carry all the dishes over to him and do other clean-up jobs. As I said, they were a little slow in getting started with the clearing so I said, "hurry, you need to start clearing the table, the dishes monster is getting hugry!" To which dh started making sounds like he wanted to eat some dishers. So quickly they all started bringing him their dishes and he in like turn started pretending to gobble them up as they handed them to him. They worked really fast and got the job done quickly in order to keep daddy busy eating dishes! Now I just need to tell them to feed the dishes monster and they start quickly clearing the table so they can see daddy "eat up their plates"!
Today I have a guest blogger to type my blog for me! My 6yo dd is going to tell a story and I'll type it down. I don't know what this will be like but here goes!
Once upon a time, there was a family. They went to a parade and when they got there they found a spot. Then they unfolded their chairs and sat down. There were fire trucks with people in them and they were throwing candy. The boy caught some candy and the girls caught some too. They were going to eat one piece but the mom didn't let them eat one piece. The dog was catching candy too and bringing it to them.Then they were putting their candy in their bag.
There was a band. The dog went out in the street. Then he got stepped on by one of the band players who was playing the cymbals. He stopped playing the cymbals because he felt something under his shoe and it was the dog! The dog had to go to the hospital because he got stepped on by the band player. Then a police car came to pick him up and drive him to the hospital. He got to come back home the next day.
Hope you liked her story! We have our town celebration here this week-end and there will be fireworks tomorrow night and a parade the next day so our kids are all thinking about fireworks and parades. Our town only has 100 people in it though it used to be a much larger town so people see the celebration kind of like a homecoming of sorts or so they say... We've only lived here for a couple of months so it will be interesting to see what happens! No, we dont' have a dog, so this story couldn't happen to us! Anyways, hope you all have a great week-end!
No not mine! One of my Aunts is celebrating her 30th wedding anniversary today. My mom reminded me of it and suggested I send her an e-mail. In talking we realized that I have the dress that I wore as a flower girl in her wedding and it's the right size to fit my daughter. We thought it would be neat to take a pic of my dd in the dress and send it with a note to her on her anniversary.
Her husband is alive but has Parkinsons and is in a nursing home. She herself has health problems - she has MS quite bad and needs assistance to stay at home. She is definitely a great example of loving "in sickness and in health". How inspiring to see true love lived out! I told her how I appreciated this in my e-mail to her.
Anyways, here's a pic of my dd in the dress. I then dug out my photo album to find a pic of myself in the wedding, so I'll include that too. It's fun to see how my dd looks similar/different from me! Then I just wanted to include a pic of myself with my dear cousin Rochelle. We were the only girl cousins on that side of my family and always enjoyed the times when our families got together. Unfortunately we never lived close geographically. More recently we've become close again as my cousin has 7 kids and is pg with her 8th and homeschools. We have much in common although she lives in SC and I live in N WI!
My dd
Happy Anniversary, Aunt Gwen! May God bless you through these difficult years as you trust in God!
Judah with his puzzle birthday cake made by dad!
I can blow it up!
Pool Cake with Jiggler Water
Gardening Cake
She was my first homebirth. 
Our 10 mo. old tired from waking up from her nap. I love her cuddles!
Our ever cheerful 2yo!
One of our 4yo twins enjoying spraying everything!
Our other 4yo twin
Our mischievous 6yo!
Our 8yo and the dog Hooper
My dd
