Things that I love

The sound of my children making music in our home....

 a "B" on the violin

Noah drumming it up

Michael learning the guitar

The glorious "Pearl Maxwell" camelia blooimg profusely in our yard

Toesies

Spring on the way!

We get eggs each week from Grandma D's daughter, Laurie. We visited her chicken farm in Alsea today. Just so happens a few chicks hatched while we were there. How exciting!

This is Matthew holding a baby chick born within the hour. Mama was ruffled but let us hold them.

This little chicky was pecking it's way out. Here are Noah and Matthew hearing the pecking. The eggs are labeled with a marker for tracking.

Visiting Doris

Today we went to Alsea to wish one of Michael's patients a happy 80th birthday. She is not just "anyone", but rather we call her Grandma D. D is for Doris. She has brought Michael cookies every week for over 3 years. Doris has a joy in the LORD that will bring you to tears. She is always oozing with joy, no matter how much she hurts (her heart is weak) or what life brings ( last year her little house burned down, nothing made it).

This is Grandma D with the blanket we gave her for her birthday. Bless you today!

Snow Day!

The alarm went off at 6:30 and I could hear the scurry of little footstep down our creeky stairs to check outside for snow. And then I heard squeels of joy, "No School! Snow Day!" Visions of sledding, sipping hot cocoa, and playdates danced in their heads! And so it was....a wonderful snow day!

Birthday Boy!

Our Michael turned 10 years old today!  Oh how we love this boy!

Michael has never liked birthday cake so we have always opted for something else, like pudding. Mmmm. Homemade pudding.

So we enjoyed his favorite dindin (grilled shrimp, linguini, caesar salad and bread). We prayed over him and then toasted with pudding!

And then there was Noah! Bag boy :)

Mr. Noah

This is our Little Noah. He has road rash from falling on the cement at Daddy's office. Keeping up with "His boyz" as he calls them is hard work. But he is determined to act twice his age.

Preciousness. He takes to pen and paper and scissors every day for hours. Above is a "homemade bible".  Melts my heart. And then some flowers he gathered for me while playing outside. Most beautiful bouquet a mother could ever receive.

And then the finale of the week - "Mommy, come right away I have a surprise for you on the potty." "O Noah, you have been potty trained for nearly 2 years. What in the world are you talking about?" "Mommy, just come!" And then--indeed. Little rainbows. I love rainbows a lot. And he knows. Who would have thought I could gaze a my toilet with such endearment.

The Big Red Ball

Mom and Dad Gray blessed us with the Big Red Ball. It's a massive blow-up hollow ball with an opening to climb inside. Holds up to a 150 pounds. One climbs in and gets rolled around. Crazy fun. Just watch out for dog poop. We learned he hard way. Yikes.