Trying To Look Like Jesus

Today I looked out the back window to see Lily cleaning up dog poop, AND I DIDN'T EVEN ASK!!  Her friend came over to play yesterday and it was like navigating a mine field out there.  Her friends asks, "So when do you guys pick up the poo?"  Lily says, "I don't know, whenever!" Well, clearly seeing that she wasn't happy with that answer Lily took it upon herself to go out and remedy the problem.  I'm so proud of her taking responsibility for the back yard and being sensitive to her friends needs.  My girls' growing up:)

Sometimes holiday breaks can be a pain.  Getting back on schedule can be difficult.  Take yesterday for instance.  It was dark and raining outside.  It was hard to get started on anything!  More so when you have a hubby not feeling well. Monday was great!  We accomplished  so much.  Today is much better too. I struggle on the days when nothing gets done. I feel defeated.  But we must push on.  Love my kids, they really do well inspite of me.

The kids and I are looking forward to a much needed break.  It's been a busy 1st marking period and after doing all the grades and looking at all they've learned,  I can't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.  Noah and Lily have straight A's and Brooke ended with 4 As and 3 Bs....not bad! I'm so proud that they've been getting along better too!  Last year this time I was seriously thinking, "What did I get myself into!?", but a years worth of sowing into helping them grow in their relationship with each other and LOTS of prayer, we get through most school days quietly. This was a busy month.  We learned about the election process, how to become president and Thanksgiving.       We've been working on our thankful trees and I think they came out pretty good!  It was interesting to see what each child is thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

 What a crazy week.  It really stretched us as a family.  Electricity is the most wonderful invention ever!  Although there were challenges last week there were also blessings and answered prayers, but we had to look hard for them.  After waking up Tuesday after the storm we were hungry, cold, and cranky.  The hubs went out to find food but everyone around us was without power.  What to do now!  Wifey to the rescue!!  Yes I got to fulfill my calling as his help meet.  When I went out I found, ta-da!!...Chik Fil A... open!!!! I've never seen people so happy to eat, we love this place so it truly was blessing number 2.  Blessing number one was that a tree didn't fall on my house and no one was hurt. Wednesday we went to my mom's in Jersey. They did not lose power and we were able to eat, get cleaned up and see family we hadn't seen in a while. Blessing number three!!  There were many other little blessings in between (lik...