growing roots and discovering wings
"No canblamo" {we haven't figured out his exact meaning for this phrase!}
"That's boss" when something is cool
"Beast-mode"
He came back from playing at his friend's Lucas' house and told both of us separately that he asked Lucas "if he believed in Jesus for eternal life and he said yes!"
Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; BUT MUCH INCREASE comes by the strength of an ox.
Proverbs 14:1
The WISE woman BUILDS her house,
But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
Psalm 127:3 - 5
Behold, children are a HERITAGE from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a REWARD. Like ARROWS in the hand of a warrior, SO ARE the children of one's youth. HAPPY is the {wo}man who has his {her} quiver FULL of them; they SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED, but shall speak with their ENEMIES in the gate.
How do bugs get in this great house of yours? {To Tommy}
Best house ever {talking about our 1200 sq ft 2 bedroom / 1 bathroom rent house we moved into}
"For shorts" {what he says instead of 'for short'}
All three boys played Dixie League baseball this spring. Tommy coached Wyatt in t-ball, Luke pitched and played short stop for a 9/10 yr old team, Dade pitched just about every game this season for his 11/12 yr old team {remember, he took a year off from baseball last year!}. Several nights we had all three playing at the same time! Thankfully, all the games were at the same park. Dade and Luke were both nominated for All-Stars - Dade was the only one on his team nominated. Luke played for a few more weeks at 3rd base for his All-Star team.
We put our house on the market, moved back into a camper on my parents' land and are still waiting for timber to be thinned and cleared on our new property so we can move forward with our transition out there. Some of our renters moved out early so we gladly took their place in our 2 bedroom / 1 bath house. We love it! God knew we needed a few months in the camper to appreciate 1200 sq ft! Now we just keep waiting for an offer on Meadowview!
The Spring Parade of Homes went well - we already have a new job to bid from a couple who came to our homes. We got a contract on the spec home in Deer Valley and are set to close August 4! We're at painting stage on the next spec. God sent LOTS of prospects to us last month so Tommy has been diligently cranking out the bids!
My Dad had a heart attack the morning of May 3. They placed two stents during that hospitalization and two more this month. He's doing just fine but ready to get some energy back. My grandmother had to be hospitalized again for atrial fibrillation. They got her stable enough to transfer her to rehab this week.
On July 4th we were invited to the Hurta's for an early dinner and lawn games then we drove to Jefferson for the ultimate small-town experience... the roads were blocked off, a band played patriotic music, chairs were set up all around the square and in the street. They had booths with face painting, tug-o-war and sack races for the kids. They opened the fire hydrant to propel rubber ducks down the road and had fireworks at dark. When that was over we went back to the Hurta's for our own fireworks show. {The Hurtas have six kids so everyone has a friend when we're together! }
This summer: the boys had FAST camp (form, agility, speed training) and baseball camp, then basketball camp. The next week Dade had Lego robotics camp at LeTourneau University. All four had swimming/jr. lifeguard lessons the next week. I was able to arrange for a young lady to come teach Audrey art lessons once a week so that started Tuesday. She LOVED it and said she "never wanted art class to end but she [Miss Madison] said she had to go."
{03.31.15} Birthday lunch at Newks - she loves soup. Her big brothers bought her an Easter Lily for a gift - she loves flowers!
{04.29.15} Nanny McPhee's dangling front tooth FINALLY came out when she was chewing an apple!
"MOM, GUESS WHAT?! I'VE GOT A BOOKMARK!" as he pointed to his birthmark!
After I told him he was wise beyond his years - "I'm wise beyond my ears."
Our new office - it was built in 1909 and was the bank / insurance office. The vault was brought from a bank in Longview.
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| The girls |
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| Swimming at their hotel |
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| Wyatt got too still in the hot tub - I moved him to the chair and he was out! |
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| As soon as he woke up, she asked, "did you have any sweet dreams?" |
I was helping Wyatt with his vowels and singing the song "a,e,i,o,u we're the vowels we're the glue" to help him remember. Audrey made him this word sheet and colored the vowels with glitter glue to help him learn to read!
¤Sometimes, the fish just trick you. I'm just going to kill that fish.
¤She said my name in cursive {Audrey was complaining to us about something he did to irritate her}
Building forts in masonry sand at a spec house during lunch break!
