Rest.....

Do your kids rest?

Every day?

I tell you!

I need it!

They need it.

(hysteria with out it-for all three,

although Ana has gotten better as she’s gotten older)

& they get it.

I refer to myself as “The Nap Nazi.”

My babies rest for at least an hour every morning & two hours every afternoon.

Yes, three hours a day.

I know this might not work for everyone…..but it is essential in our house!

Natty's Room,

although the bunk beds are in the girls' room now.

His still rests in his crib, & I think he will for quite a while.

After all, he's my baby! :-)

Spring Snow......& now it's almost all melted!

And that's one of the BEST things about Spring snow in Colorado.
Here today......gone tomorrow!!!
Three days later, it's now 55 degrees outside!

"Unique" & boy, was this a "unique" challenge!!!!

Wow!

This was a hard one!

I FINALLY thought of my hubby’s “unique” taste in food.

When we were in Guatemala,

on Ruth’s Pick-Up trip,

he ordered this soup,

one night when we were out for dinner:

Yes, that is a CRAB hanging over the edges of his bowl.

Its eyes were STARING at us!

(& the boy won’t eat broccoli or cauliflower?!!?!?)

You know I love you, Dear-

in spite of your “unique” taste in food!

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Look at how little the girls were two years ago!

For more "uniqueness," head here!

Thursdays Before the Throne

I was reading in Jeremiah 31 the other day……
& came across a section of the chapter I had underlined when we lost our baby in 2004.

15Thus says the Lord:
A voice is heard in Ramah,

lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.

16Thus says the Lord:
Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears,
for your work shall be rewarded,
says the Lord; ………..

17And there is hope for your future,
says the Lord;
your children shall come back to their own country.

We named the baby we lost in 2004,
Jesse Ramah.
“Gift from a High Place.”

We took the middle name from this passage.

Interesting, though, I had underlined v. 17, too.

Long before we knew we would adopt.
Long before Ruthie was born.
Long before our hearts were drawn to a foreign country.
Long before we knew of our other children.

God KNEW.
He KNEW.

I mean……I had marked the actual words,
“Your children shall come……to their own country.”

I nearly got chills down my spine when I saw that in my Bible.

What an amazing God I have the privilege to know!

Do you know Him as well?

1 John 5:11-13
11 And this is what God has testified:

He has given us eternal life,

and this life is in His Son.
12 Whoever has the Son has life;

whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
13 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God,

so that you may know you have eternal life.

Wordless Wednesday

"Let's relax & watch a bit of TV together!"

Craziness!!!!

Nobody ever told me that raising two babies so close in age could be so crazy!

At the moment,
I am sitting on the couch while Ruth sobs,
“I need ice, mama!”

(yes……I’m going right now!!!!
Excuse me just a moment!
She really isn’t hurt too bad-I promise!
Just 2 year old drama!)

Natty is running around screaming at the TV-
“Ba!” which could mean “Bottle” or “ball”
In this case-“ball,” since our family loves March Madness!

He also keeps screaming,

“NO!!!”
Yes, his new favorite word.
Can mean “Yes,” or “No,” but once again,
you have to have context.

Ruth & he have a dolly stroller & a little “push/ride-on car”
they love to bang into walls & doors in our family room.

So, there is also intermittent banging.

Ana (while she’s not here at the moment-gone with Daddy)
is usually either watching games with the adults
(& actually absorbing a lot of rules of college BBall)
or up trying to dribble a ball & ask us if she’s traveling with the ball!

Oh….Ruth just started flipping off the couch backwards
& landing on her head up-side down on the floor.

Yeah-she loves it!

Remember?

Earlier, I told you she wasn’t hurt too badly!!!

Natty & she just climbed up on the couch to look at books.
Lasted 30 seconds.

Ha!!! Ha!!!

This is how TV times at our house usually go!!!!

Sometimes Life is Pretty Sad, You know???

I am having a rather sad weekend.

Within the last 48 hours, we heard that:

~A friend from grade school was found dead in her bed on Thursday morning.
~Friends from church miscarried.
~A friend from my home church suffered a small stoke.
~My dad is having back & eye problems again.

Just…….life stinks sometimes…..know what I mean!!!!

I mean, I know that is the way life sometimes goes, but now…….I’m just worn out!

You know how bad news can do that to you.

I could use some good news-even if it’s yours!!!

So, please-SHARE!!!!!

One thing I DO know:


“Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us.”

Psalm 62:8