Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the LORD.
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the LORD.
Psalm 31.24
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perspective
We’ve all been home with the flu and various other sickness for going on 4 weeks now. We are trying to look at it as a blessing. It’s given us more time to just stay home and play, watch movies or play games with Daddy.
When Foster saw what I had written on our board he said “Daddy hasn’t even left yet.” I told him I knew that but I don’t want us counting the few days we have left. I want us to focus on when we’ll be together again. Perspective is a powerful thing.
This I declare of the Lord:
He alone is my refuge,
my place of safety; He is my God,
and I am trusting in Him.
Psalm 91:2
cracker barrel and God
It’s getting down to crunch time here. We are spending as much time as we can together. For the most part, since we’ve been battling fevers and snot, we’re staying at home. The kids have been asking literally for months to go to Cracker Barrel. I’m not really sure why they like that place. It’s probably the gift shop, or maybe all the cool stuff hanging on the walls and from the ceiling, most likely it’s the fact that they can order pancakes anytime of the day. Chris and I on the other hand, groaned to each other as we pulled into the parking lot at 6 pm and saw that everyone else had a hankerin’ for pancakes. I told Chris we could just go somewhere else, the kids would get over it (I know I’m cold-hearted like that). Seeing how he’s a wonderful daddy and only has this short time left, he said we needed to stay (no matter how gruesome it was for us).
The wait wasn’t that long to get a table, maybe 10 minutes and they called us right before one of the kids almost broke something. They obviously had the heat cranked up because of the cold outside and it was HOT in there. Chris had come straight from the airbase and was wearing his uniform so he was twice as uncomfortable. As they got us to our table, we were assigning seats and strapping Jonah into a high chair and giving each other our exasperated parent glares that read “who’s grand idea was this after all?” All of a sudden this man is patting Chris on the back and saying “thank you for your service” and reaching out to shake his hand and hands Chris FIFTY dollars and says “here use it for your family.”
Wow. Now we were giving each other the “wow, God is awesome” look. Then we had the “God always knows where we are and what we need” discussion. Don’t you feel like a fool when you’ve been acting like a brat and then {BAM!} God’s goodness smacks you in the face?
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29: 11-13
an early Christmas with Daddy
And last, but not least, a Keurig for Mommy. (He knows me so well.)
30 days of thanks: day 19
I’m thankful for…
a husband who will get up on his day off and make us biscuits and gravy, bacon and eggs,
and who did all the dishes and made brownies for the cookout,
cooking out with friends,
getting a sunburn in November,
seeing Jonah squeal when a dog licked his face and hands,
watching the kids roast marshmallows,
eating gooey, roasted marshmallows,
having enough money to just run in and get what I need at the grocery store,
letting the kids get dirty all day,
the smell of clean little guys after bathtime,
these last weeks of family time.
30 days of thanks: day 13
I’m thankful …
that our whole family was able to worship together,
that two of my children have my husband’s big, brown eyes,
Sunday afternoon naps,
that kids will eat pretty much anything if you call it a snack,
that I don’t have to hear TV commercials in my house,
coloring books,
that I was able to be there when Chris was licensed and to hear him preach,
that I don’t care what noises I hear at night when he’s home,
that he still has a month before he leaves.
we did it! (well Chris did it)
I want to say we did it because I did help. In all honesty though, my super cool hubby did it!
DRUM ROLL PLEASE…..
Presenting the triple bunk, handcrafted by Chris with just a few free plans off this site.
The boys are so excited! Later we will get some matching spreads and possibly paint the beds. For now, I love all the space it has made for them to play on the floor.
I am so proud of my husband. I don’t know many men who would take the time and effort to build beds for his boys on top of working full time, going to school and getting ready for a deployment. I am blessed. He didn’t even yell at me when I broke one of his drill bits and burnt the motor out on the electric sander. (I told you I helped!)
Wordless Wednesday: I’m trying not to think about it…
Good picture for Wordless Wednesday because I’m trying not to think about it.
All the Little Grubbs 
