Jan/ Feb update...Where do I start????

My blog postings have been very slow lately and it seems to pile up like my laundry and some others things. I'll do my best to update everyone on what has been going on....We took Daddy to the airport at the end of January and then I surprised the kids with a trip to the Zoo on our way home.    It was a very cloudy day with a  60% chance of rain so we had umbrellas and extra clothes in-case we got wet.  For school we have been doing a lesson on animals so we read a couple chapters before we headed into the Zoo.  The kids seemed to love the idea that we had the zoo to ourselves, I guess no one else was brave enough to go.  The girls had fun using the maps to show us where to go and identifying where the animals were.  After we where done with everything it started to rain so we headed for cover into the reptile exhibit. On our way out the rain came to a stop and we enjoyed our lunch at the zoo's play area then we headed home.  Right after I put the kids in the car it started to rain again but harder..  I was so thankful that God had the rain wait.  I do love the rain but I'm not one for wanting to take a shower in it.
Pslam 123:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Holly cut and colored a  green dragon for Liam to play with.   It's so fun to see Liam enjoying a simple thing like something made from paper or making a coloring book with a dino talk to my chap stick penguin as we waited for Ayla and Holly s basketball game to be over. It's times like these that remind me to be content and to learn it from them.   Many times I want to plan ahead and have something for them in every season.  The Lord is teaching me that it's good to just let things happen.  It's in those times that I learn to be content and not fearful.  I am guilty of preparing out of fear instead of out of wisdom.

 All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there a thing of which it is said,
“See, this is new”?
It has been already
in the ages before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things,
nor will there be any remembrance
of later things yet to be
among those who come after.12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart  to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. Ecc. 1:8-14

  

A couple days ago I was having a hard day and God blessed my heart with the girls journal writings that day.

Ayla wrote: " I love my mom and Dad and brothers and sister too. I love my family because they love me too. I am glad that we can love."  Holly wrote we a thank you note for taking them to the zoo. She had come to me in tears saying that she didn't do her work right because she wrote a thank you note in her journal.  I thanked her for what she had wrote and told her that it was a blessing to me about what she did.  

Matthew 11: 25-30

25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. [7] 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

The girls have enjoyed the privilege of playing basketball together.  It's been fun to see them learn something new and see them talk to each other about it.

As I look at these pictures I am so thankful for the work of Christ and how much he has blessed me as a mom.  When Daddy isn't home God is faithful to step right into that spot. He has blessed us with three sets of grandparents that live close and they help out. My heart is filled with joy as I think about these things and treasure his faithfulness.
Now that Daddy has been home for the past couple days and it has been a pure joy. 

I just thought of two funny stories:
One night before be the girls where taking a shower together.  And everyone knows that when you take a shower your voice travels.  Well Ayla said Holly I'm going to go pee in the shower because mommy said that it is okay...it's running down my leg and they giggled...Holly said I have to go poop!!! and Ayla said, "DONT GO POOP IN THE SHOWER IT WONT GO DOWN THE DRAIN!! then they giggled.....To be honest with you, if Ayla wasn't in their Holly would have tried it herself.  In this last week Holly put gum on the bottom of the cats foot.  When I asked her why she said I don't know.  She does some of the silliest things.

Earlier this week before Daddy got home the dryer wouldn't start so I called my parents since they own the house. They tried to call an electrician that they knew but  they didn't answer. So they left it in my hands to find one.  I found one and set up an appointment...while I was on the phone call waiting was beeping...after I hung up I listened to it....it was my Dad saying he found someone...at this point I was pretty frustrated because It was already taken care of.  At the time my parent where at the gym and that's where he got the number from.  I then called my parents house to let them know that I already found someone...before I finished my message my Dad called on the other line and said...guess what!! We called the same person.  Then my Dad went on to say that he had prayed that God would just take care of it quickly because they were leaving for a trip.  With in a second I was filled with so much joy at how big God is and how he uses us.