Change

Courage

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

~ E.E. Cummings

Thankful...

REASON #7,980 why I'm super thankful for 4 brothers.

One of them just stopped by to use our bathroom.
When he was done he comes out and says: "Has your water bill gone up lately?"
I just stared at him.
"Um....yes, but when I asked the village hall lady, she said it
was probably just because it was getting warmer out so we were giving more showers
to the monkies and doing more laundry."
He smiled and said, "I just fixed it for ya! Now come in the bathroom and I'll teach you
how it's done so you know for next time."

Ladies and gentlemen: By the time I'm old and gray I will be a plumber, electrician, landscaper, windshield wiper installer, roofer, construction worker, remodeler, painter, farmer, truck driver, slow-moving vehicle operator, window installer, carpet layer, oil checker, and fire starter.....all thanks to my amazing brothers and my Dad.
I'm the luckiest girl in the world :)

A Day in the Life of the Monkies

Southern Pecan Coffee with Van's amazing gluten/wheat/dairy/egg free waffles-check
Piano lessons-check
Lunchdate with free jumbo hot dogs/brats with PawPaw and Uncle Isaac and 4 little monkies-check
DQ date with same big and little monkies-check
Hours of fun in the sun and water-check
Fun in the sand with wet swim suits and huge mess-check
Laundry Piles folded-check
Supper served-check
2 little monkey baseball games-check
Golf cart rides from PawPaw-check
Reading/Math/Spelling Exercises with the monkies-check
3 super speedy little monkey showers-check
More laundry piles folded-check
Kitchen cleaned up-check
Walk taken-check
Monkies cuddled and prayed with-check
Full body massage given by the world's bestest-check
Back home....watching the NBA finals-check
Ready for a fun weekend-check check check check

It's For Everyone

"That's the gospel. It's good news for everyone. It's not good news just for people who are already good, for those who are self-controlled and disciplined enough to have all their ducks in a row. It's good news for the people who can't even find their ducks. They haven't seen some of their ducks in years. Their lives are a mess. But they can come to Jesus and find instant acceptance. They belong long before they believe and long before they behave." -Judah Smith

 

MONKEYSTORY #706

Driving home from Chicago yesterday:
Gabe: Wow! That was such a fun day! Maybe we could move to the city and live there!
Me: Really Gabe?
Gabe: Yeah!
Me: Hmmm, let's see. Well, you cant ride tractors in the city.
Gabe: What??????
Me: Yup, and no fourwheeling in the city.
Gabe: No way!
Me: No hunting in the city, not very big yards, no quiet nights, can't see the stars very well during campfires, lots and lots and lots of traffic, and you can't ride your bike by yourself on the road in front of your house there.
Gabe: Um.....that doesn't sound like we would like it.
Me: Well it's a good thing we live where we do, right Gabe? We can always go to the city for a "family fun day."
Gabe: "Sure.....but let's go have a family fun day of four wheeling and driving PawPaw's tractor!!!!"
~*~*~*~*~*so blessed to be small town country kids~*~*~*~*~wouldn't trade it for anything~*~*~

Fight for Joy

"If you don't fight fight for joy, it's your children who lose."

~Ann Voskamp