Rainy Day

A cup of coffee.....and Krispy Kream chocolate iced cream filled doughnut.....
saved me today:)

Time with Daddy

I usually take boys to the hangar when James has to work overnight.....as you can see, VA State Police hangar becomes their play ground:) ....

Serenity Prayer

Full Original Serenity Prayer

by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

At the mall

Happy Easter...

Jesus is risen!

Mommy Barbershop

Boys got their haircut....by ME.....and oops....I accidentally chopped Caleb's hair too short...
Caleb wasn't very happy about his new hair style but sure it will grow back quickly:)

Field Trip

This calf was only two days old:) so cute!

Play time...

What a nice day we had today..boys had fun playing outside:)

I have been organizing my pictures/videos....I had to..my computer was almost full because I have so many photos, they were taking so much space...anyway, I found this video - James flew the helicopter over the mall for Safety day last year....

It still amazes me how this thing can fly...:) ha....James...you are amazing!

How to do the job you don't really want to do

Certain aspects of the job the Lord has given me to do are very easy to postpone. I make excuses, find other things that take precedence, and, when I finally get down to business to do it, it is not always with much grace. A new perspective has helped me recently:

The job has been given to me to do.
Therefore it is a gift. Therefore it is a privilege.
Therefore it is an offering I may make to God.
Therefore it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him.
Therefore it is the route to sanctity.
Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God's way.

In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness. The discipline of this job is, in fact, the chisel God has chosen to shape me with--into the image of Christ.

Thank you, Lord, for the work You have assigned me. I take it as your gift; I offer it back to you. With your help I will do it gladly, faithfully, and I will trust You to make me holy.

-Elisabeth Elliot