We were able to sneak away this weekend for a little R&R at the lake but not everyone felt the greatest. We started the weekend with me shutting Jack's fingers in the door...IT WAS AWFUL! I felt so bad! Mason proceeded to get the "fair crud" with a stomach ache all weekend and Noah just wasn't himself. All in all it was a good weekend, just hoping no one else decides to get sick this week! We got a surprise visit from my mom and grandma while we were there. They didn't stay long but it was good to see them and I am so glad they stopped by for a few minutes!
David is in full on work mode. Stretching himself way too thin with clubs, archery, ATV safety and it is taking it's toll! I keep telling him he is one man doing a job of three and he needs to take it easy and schedule some down time. But you know how far that got me...in one ear and out the other!
The kids are busy with school and momma is busy trying to keep up with everyone's homework at night! Whew!!! They are fixing to gear up for flag football which starts in a couple of weeks which we are all excited about! It means fall is around the corner which is the best camping weather with campfires and smores! We love fall when the weather cools down, the leaves are turning and we love spring when it is warming up and it's time to get the camper out of hibernation from the winter!
Something I am working on is trying to be more thankful and complain less. I know you are thinking Rachel complain...never!!! lol Yes, I find myself in a rut of complaints sometimes when I have absolutely EVERYTHING in the world to be thankful for! I am trying to see that everything I do and have as simply a gift from God! I can take that gift and use it to its fullest and be thankful that I have it! Every task that I carry out throughout the day needs to be a blessing because God has given me the ability to be able to do it. I know you are thinking...so you are going to be thankful when you empty the dishwasher? Well, yes I am! I will be thankful that God has given me two hands to carry out the task and a dishwasher to work for me so I don't have to stand over the sink and wash them myself! So, you are going to be thankful that you are cleaning house? Well, that is a hard one but, yes, I am going to see that God has given me the ability to work so that I can have this house we live in. He has given me the energy to see to what needs to get done...some days! I know it is hard to be thankful for everything. God does tell us in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." I am sure I will falter and fail but I want to be better and with God on my side there is no doubt I can succeed if I try!
Thank you God for your promise of salvation! Thank you God for covering me with your blood so that my sins are washed away. Thank you God for loving a sinner such as me. Thank God for allowing me to wake up every morning to a loving husband, who works way too hard and for four wonderful little boys. Thank you God for giving me the strength to carry out each day, lifted up in your hands to carry out the tasks that need to be done! Thank you God for a husband who loves me, through thick and thin, tired and cranky, bed head and no makeup! Thank you God for making me a mom and giving me these precious gifts that I get to call my sons! Thank you God for my church and the family that we have grown with there for the last ten years! Thank you God for loving caring parents who are always there for me! Thank you God for allowing me to work and take each child with me for the last 11 years...let my work be to your glory in whatever I am doing! Thank you God for a roof to cover our heads and to protect us each night. Thank you God for the sunshine to warm our souls and the darkness to give us rest.
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