2.24.2014
We Won't Forget...
...this winter and all the snow (and 9 snow days, so far) that came along with it. Forts, plowing our long driveway, and sledding. Hot chocolate and wet clothes drying by the wood stove. Testosterone trapped indoors. Wrestling, tickling, Olympic watching. I am thankful for the million memories made together. We shall have stories to tell the next generation! Maybe not "walking to school 20 miles in blinding snow" but zero degrees and single digits many days in a row with school closed because of it. Here are a few memory makers...
2.14.2014
Pig Tails & Pop Guns
It was a momentous day in our home yesterday. Hadassah got pig tails for the first time and the boys got pop guns. You can imagine all the excitement over both land marks. I couldn't believe my baby girl had enough hair to pull back into tiny little ponies. Oh.My.Goodness! I almost died of cuteness overload several times. She is really starting to remind me of myself as a little girl. And the boys were so ecstatic about their guns. They are true hunters...just like their daddy. We have encouraged them to have targets to aim at...preferably not each other. They do pretty well...Gideon may have been "shot" at on more than one occasion.
The 9 snow days over the past two months have made us rather stir crazy, so creativity needs to be functioning at a high level. If that isn't the case, we march across the street (literally) to Camp Grandpa/Grandma for a change of scenery. Such was the case this morning after the two hour delay, which sounded like a dream after so many snow days, was yet again changed to "closed". I nearly lost my victory in motherhood, so I called my dear momma and sang, "Wash me and I will be whiter than snow...we're comin' over, don't ya know!" Desperate times calls for desperate measures, or at least...lots of old hymns and a Dutchy accent ;)
It is a Happy Valentine's Day here and I am so thankful for my parents who love me and their grandchildren enough to let us hang out for several hours doing the following:
-playing in the snow
-making homemade valentines
-farming on the living room carpet
-eating lunch together
-laughing
-reading books
-telling stories of winters past
-napping
The 9 snow days over the past two months have made us rather stir crazy, so creativity needs to be functioning at a high level. If that isn't the case, we march across the street (literally) to Camp Grandpa/Grandma for a change of scenery. Such was the case this morning after the two hour delay, which sounded like a dream after so many snow days, was yet again changed to "closed". I nearly lost my victory in motherhood, so I called my dear momma and sang, "Wash me and I will be whiter than snow...we're comin' over, don't ya know!" Desperate times calls for desperate measures, or at least...lots of old hymns and a Dutchy accent ;)
It is a Happy Valentine's Day here and I am so thankful for my parents who love me and their grandchildren enough to let us hang out for several hours doing the following:
-playing in the snow
-making homemade valentines
-farming on the living room carpet
-eating lunch together
-laughing
-reading books
-telling stories of winters past
-napping
2.12.2014
Silly Sibs
I was reading a friend's post on facebook this morning and was totally encouraged and challenged to apply them to my life. His words...
...Grateful people can take any bad situation and find something good in it...ungrateful people can take any good situation and find something bad in it! I'm grateful for the valleys...for they propel us to start climbing again...
Yes, we've had seven snow days with most likely one or two more on the way. Yes, it's so cold it's almost nuts to go outside for more than 15 minutes at a time. Yes, our woodstove has been eating logs like crazy for the past few months. Am I tired of the inside routine? More than a little, but every time I take pictures, a part of me springs to life again. I watched Isaac and Hadassah using their imaginations together this afternoon and fell in love with them all over again. These kids...
Our family is in the midst of a big transition in our lives. Have you ever gone through one of those? If you're a human being, than most likely you have. It's not easy. Not all nice and neat. Doesn't happen over night. It's messy. Scary. A process. A friend told me recently, it's kind of life sky-diving. You get up there and look out of the plane and think, "Oh.My.Goodness! What am I doing?" You decide that you really are gonna jump, but you want to close your eyes because you are afraid. As you jump, scream and open your eyes, you see the most amazing view beneath you, all around you and then realize that you could've missed it all. Could've given in to fear. But you didn't. You went for it, shut the door in fear's face and experienced freedom and joy, and a breath-taking view. I'm getting over the "what-if's" and saying...it's gonna be worth it all! WHEEEEEEEEEE....
...Grateful people can take any bad situation and find something good in it...ungrateful people can take any good situation and find something bad in it! I'm grateful for the valleys...for they propel us to start climbing again...
Yes, we've had seven snow days with most likely one or two more on the way. Yes, it's so cold it's almost nuts to go outside for more than 15 minutes at a time. Yes, our woodstove has been eating logs like crazy for the past few months. Am I tired of the inside routine? More than a little, but every time I take pictures, a part of me springs to life again. I watched Isaac and Hadassah using their imaginations together this afternoon and fell in love with them all over again. These kids...
Our family is in the midst of a big transition in our lives. Have you ever gone through one of those? If you're a human being, than most likely you have. It's not easy. Not all nice and neat. Doesn't happen over night. It's messy. Scary. A process. A friend told me recently, it's kind of life sky-diving. You get up there and look out of the plane and think, "Oh.My.Goodness! What am I doing?" You decide that you really are gonna jump, but you want to close your eyes because you are afraid. As you jump, scream and open your eyes, you see the most amazing view beneath you, all around you and then realize that you could've missed it all. Could've given in to fear. But you didn't. You went for it, shut the door in fear's face and experienced freedom and joy, and a breath-taking view. I'm getting over the "what-if's" and saying...it's gonna be worth it all! WHEEEEEEEEEE....
2.04.2014
Snowmobile Ride
Today, Isaac exclaimed while we were eating lunch, "Hey whook...there goes a snowmovile (yes, with a V, not a B). Sure enough it was our friend and neighbor, Matt on his sled for the first time this season. He stopped and asked if the boys wanted a ride. Are you kidding me? Do dogs have tails? The hot lunch was ice cold by the time we got back to it but who really cares? They suited up quick and off they went zooming through the fields. 10 inches of white stuff is so fun to play in out in the country. Thankful for neighbors and friends who are generous to let the kids enjoy a snowmobile ride.
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