August 21st, 2008
We’ve always had a laundry room in this house, someone had built it on before we got here and thankfully left their old appliances as we didn’t have any and couldn’t afford them. But it wasn’t an enclosed room until Dad gave us his extra sliding glass door and helped Peter install it, insulate it, and put drywall up on the inside. Since then Peter’s had plans to finish painting, move the appliances back a few inches to the wall, and install a laundry sink and cabinets. Those were his projects for this summer, and with some hired help, a divine gift of a brand new set of washer and dryer, he’s done it! I feel like we have a brand new room, and now for my part, I’m going to learn how to do laundry. 😉
August 19th, 2008
As I was working on the computer the other day Seth came up to me and started patting my tummy, and with a big grin on his face he asked me “Mommy, do you have a baby in your tummy?” I said no, but I explained that he and his brothers had been in my tummy before they were born and he said “Oh!” with a giggle and then exclaimed, “I was be’d on the other dark side!”. 🙂
Standing in front of my open window, “I smell something yummy! I smell a hike!”
Peter was driving us on the freeway the other day when a dually truck with a covered bed zoomed past us and Seth said “That truck is a car now!”.
This morning he was asking me how God made the world and I explained that God spoke all things into existance and he holds all things together by the word of His power, when he interrupted and asked “Did God say we needed a storm to help us pick oranges?”
August 19th, 2008
She’s been my neighbor for five years. We had the chance to move to this property because she put in a word for us when this house became vacant, and we desperately needed to move. Peter’s family had known her family for many years, but I was still pretty new to his circle of friends and didn’t know anyone very well. We were friends immediately, and our kids have become friends as they’ve been born and grown up together. Each other’s yards, houses, and hearts are havens to the other. I wish I could say we’ll be neighbors forever, but they are fortunate to be building a house down the road that should be completed by next year. And I am so very thankful that God has allowed us this wonderful experience of living next door to each other on this property.
For many months now she’s been struggling with her health as she was expecting her fourth baby. I had never seen anyone have such a hard time with a pregnancy, and yet her attitude and outlook were always faith borne and God~ward. Their fourth child was born on August 1 to an overjoyed family who welcomed him with such a celebration! He is a precious and amazing gift, and a miracle. I love you, my friend, and thank God for you!
