Pure Joy

The last three weeks have been busy. I organized, with the help of several ladies from our church, a conference for 435 women. The theme this year was on Prayer, in the morning we heard a minister speaking on Prayer as an Incense Offering and in the afternoon a women spoke about Prayer as Sisters in the church. Both were inspiring. We were reminded of the importance of prayer. To pray for your husband, your children for each other. The speaker encouraged us to come up with a "list" that is placed in you Bible. For Monday to have a prayer devoted for your children, Tuesday for your husband, Wednesday for your church family, etc. I often pray for my children and I realized that not so often do I have a prayer just for Drew. Something for him to know, that on Thursdays I go down on my knees and remember him. Prayer is powerful.



The Saturday before the conference I attended a financial workshop that Drew organized for the church. And again I left with a full head. A reminder to let the LORD provide and the importance of giving to HIM. That the blessings he has placed on us are also His to take away, and when He does take them away from us what is our reaction. Its been busy but we have been blessed. For among our business Drew and I have been able to continue to communicate. Sometimes late at night with a cup of tea, sometimes right after dinner when we need to kick the kids to the play room so we can have 10 min of us time. To touch base and share our thoughts. The Lord has given us the ability to deal with this business. And as of next week it appears things will slow down a bit. On Sunday our computer shut down, it needed to be repaired and I had no access for 4 days. A blessing perhaps? 4 days to re-energize. To be turned off?


This last week has been good. We've been busy kicking soccer balls in the backyard. Going to the park, we've been walking and gathering leaves. Crafting and colouring and playing games and spending lots of time on discipline. Jacob is rather difficult at the moment. This little boy needs our constant attention, for one moment of ignoring bad behaviour turns into several days of even worse behaviour. Kaylin has been a big help, this morning I said "I don't know what I would do without you sweetie". To which she replied, "I know, you'd cry." I almost choked on my coffee.




Kaylin and Jacob, Jacob and Kaylin. They drive eachother nuts, love each other to pieces and make me want to switch between laughter and tears many times in the course of a day. To scream in frustration one minute and burst out laughing minutes later.

Changing of a Season

Fall. A changing of a season. Gods hand evident as the trees are painted in different colours, their seeds fluttering to the ground. What fun to have children at an age where you can teach them this. To stop and show them the "airplanes" from maple trees, the chestnuts and the acorns. My favorite season. Pumpkin muffins are a favorite of ours which I "reserve" for this season. Zucchini bread and warm coffee. We gave thanks yesterday for so much in our lives. We give thanks for the obvious and so quickly forget the non-obvious. Fall has come and the world changes in appearance I can't help but wonder at what changes are coming for us. Another baby, a little girl who is growing so fast and a little boy who constantly makes me doubt my parenting skills:) The lessons of parenting change as your children grow. Its no longer about being at home for nap time but giving up your spare time to play a game with them, to help with crafts, to teach them responsibility. A changing of a season in our lives. A time to remember God in all that we do. To share him with neighbors and friends and to remind ourselves that as the world changes perhaps its a sign for us to make changes as well. In our personal devotions, the way we reach out to others, the way we offer our gifts to be used.


Excuse the picture, my battery died and Drew used his blackberry and my face is round with child, only 8 weeks to go! :)

This weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving. Yesterday Drew and I found ourselves with a rare and wonderful day of no work, a time for us. A morning spent sipping coffee and admiring the colouring of the Kaylin and the trucks from Jacob. To curl up on a couch and read while the kids napped. And best of all, to go for a hike. Which ended up being just long enough to enjoy the crunching of leaves under our feet and snapping a few pictures. The thunder clouds were rolling in and we managed to get back to the van just before the skies opened. Drew and I made a promoise to eachother to do this more. To take the kids into the "forest" and walk with them, to show them the leaves and the trees. To explain that moss covered rocks are not alligators. Which I'm not sure was believed. To just be us, with no thoughts of work, or obligations or worries that are put upon us. To escape for a little. A season to give THANKS!

ps: this post was written right after Thanksgiving, it just took awhile to get the picture from Drew and take the time to post!