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!