Happy Belated Valentines!

For our Valentines date we spent it with our church family. We ate by candle light, played some really silly games (like see which couple could dance the longest with a ball between their foreheads!) and it was great fun! I hope that you had a wonderful evening too!

And Jo Ellen came to keep the kids! We played 8 games of Clue, ate pizza, went to the park and libray. She stayed till Monday. We had a blast. Thanks for coming Jo.

A day a the park!

Hey guess what

Well, ladies. I must announce that my sweet hubby has started his own blog. I really never thought that I would see this day! I always got the feeling that he thought that it was, well, almost silly. Yes, as I type this, he is standing over my shoulder to see what I type. Eager to see what is in my own mind. I must say, I am very proud of him being willing to sit down and attempt and succeed in doing this. If you know my husband, then you know what his great past time passion is all about. A grand clue is before you. He is a great hunter of the south. A man that doesn't hunt to just kill and conquer, but to harvest from the land the Lord has given. He takes great pride in being able to supply food for his family in this way. He has great pleasure in knowing that he "took" this deer to benefit his family. It is more of a from the earth kind of provision than for the kill. Do you know what I mean? He will study the land, the wind, the weather and the markings that many deer have made in the, as I just learned, "deer wood." It takes great effort and time to learn these traits of a fine deer hunt. Just like us ladies will spend hours reading up on childcare, how to home school, whatever the notion is that we are passionate about. We will go and ask many home schooling moms' their opinion on a matter before we try something new. We will want to know the tricks of the trade before we get started. We take great care and pride in knowing that we can do this and do it well. He is this way with his hunt. And well, now that the season is over, he will now be sharing his love for the sport, his knowledge, and his passion with the rest of blogging world. I pray that you are blessed by his sharing.

You can reach him at thoughtsfromahuntersmind.blogspot.com

This is my hubby. Isn't he cute! He is a great cook too! He adores our 4 babies and ME! He is a true blessing!

Okay folks! My hubby has been out of work for nearly 3 weeks! I have thoroughly enjoyed his being at home. He has searched religiously for a position somewhere that would meet our needs. We know that God has removed him from the last job. That job was terrible, yet paid the bills. God has blessed us multiple times. First, he received his regular monthly paycheck. Then, on this check, he received a bonus that the company had owed their employees since JUNE! He quit that Friday, then God blessed us with our income tax coming in on the 30th. Then God blessed us through free food by having someone else over order and need to get rid of the food... This also helped MANY other families. Plus, God blessed me through allowing me to participate in going to get the food and passing it out! That was a huge blessing b/c it's not everyday you can get a babysitter for Friday and in the middle of the day! I know that God will care for our needs. There is no way that His promises come back void. He promises that he will care for us like he cares for the sparrow. Please pray that J finds a position that he will love and that will allow him to be at home at night and weekends, AND be ample income plus some. We've got to save for college X 4!

The end of the month...

Another week has flown by. Sam has come down with ANOTHER fever. The BIG boys are ending their hunting careers today...till next year. Sarah, Nate and myself attended yet another funeral. There have been 3 so far this year... and it's only January 31. I'm ready for some births. This was Sarah's first funeral and I'm not sure why she actually went. I always take Nate. He does well at them. I could be mortifying his little 8 yr. old brain. Anyway, Sarah came and asked if she could go too. At the last min. I said OK and off she went to get her dress on. She did fairly well. A little wiggly, but she ALWAYS is. She asked loads of questions. They were very cute of course. Why she in the box? Look her box is PINK! Why she dead? Why there so many FLOWERS? Who's that? Then we went to the cemetery. Oh my. What's that hole for? There going to do what?! WHY? And naturally I answered all her question in a VERY hushed voice. I just wished she had asked them in a hushed voice too!

This is a picture of Mimaw on her birthday. We spent the weekend with her the first part of January. I like the way January started VS. the way it ended!

I hope your little one tickles your funny bone today!

All about Sarah

Sarah has just turned 5, as you know. This is her birthday check up. She was very frightened. J says "Like a scared rabbit!" She became very pale when she realized that she may get shots. Pale! We encouraged / bribed her that we would go out for ice cream (in 30 degree weather!) ! She had the prick, and 2 shots that day. A good cry come out of her, but she was a real trooper! Sam was there too. He's her security. (And he had his check up too. That helped.) We went to the pharmacy right there beside the doctor's. Instant relief. She filled her cup up with Coke and Cherry slushy. What a great day. In the evening she had a great nap. Isn't she beautiful?! She has a sweet, caring spirit that I wished we all had.

YeeHaw!

I just had to share these photos of Sam! This is the only child that I have that gets attached to things! At this point in time, he is attached to Nate's big hat and potato gun and his workman goggles and saw from his tool box that he got at Christmas. He wears these ALL the time! He's even tried to wear them to church! He is a mess! He keeps us all laughin! He is a TRUE last child. Let us pray!

We made it through the holidays

Merry Christmas

Sarah the Nurse
Sarah and Chloe play Little Pets

Sarah opens little petsChloe We did make it through the holidays at good speed. We had a great time visiting family.

In January, Mimaw had her birthday and we spent 24 hrs. with her. It is becoming her birthday present every year. The kids and I arrived around 6pm and ate pizza and cake, played domino's and watched movies. Jerome was able to join us late that night after work.

Sarah turned 5 YEARS OLD on Dec. 23. She is so big now. I noticed tonight that she can turn the kitchen faucet on without using the stool. Her little legs are getting so long. She got Little Pets and a baby that "gets a runny nose." She gets to dress up like the nurse and give the baby shots. (I love this shot of her in the old timer glasses.) Speaking of shots, she got 3! Ouch. I took Sam and Sarah in for "birthday" check ups. She weighs 43 lbs and Sam 41 lbs. Can you believe it! Nearly 2 yrs. different and only 2 lbs. different! We went to the pharmacy next to the dr. office and got slushes for a treat. Now, that she is 5 and can write her first name, I took her to the T'ville Lib. to get her very own card. Oh, she is so proud! I'll get those pics posted later. :0)

I've gotten onto "facebook" with Jerome. His sister got one and said that J might enjoy one to make contact with old friends. Some of his old friends are my new friends and asked for my facebook. It has been really fun to see what everybody is doing. Looking forward to making contact with folks.