Help Wanted

Job Title : Servant

No experience needed. Previous church title, job, or position not necessary.
On the job training provided.
Only Prerequisite: A humble heart and willingness to listen and obey God in all things.

The most effective people for the job are willing to be anonymous, work hard and expect recognition from no one.
Earthly wage: empty wallet, sore feet, heavy heart and fatigue.

Heavenly wage: Eternity with Jesus

Matthew 20:26-28 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."





Most of my heroes are servants. My family, friends and church are full of my heroes. There are qualities in servants that should make them everyone's heroes.

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Ethan will be 8 on Saturday.
Isn't he the orneriest, cutest kid ever?
Ethan is a tough nut to crack. He is a lot like me, so in some ways I feel horrible for the things I have passed on to him. He is painfully shy. It takes him forever to warm up to someone, but watch out when he does. He is such a clown sometimes I think he is 2 different kids. He loves to joke and tease and just have a good laugh. He has a temper and is so stubborn it drives me crazy. I tell him so many times to use his powers for good and not evil. Randy & I have said since Ethan was just a small baby that his stubbornness will be used for God. Once he gets it in his head he will do something, you had better watch out because nothing will stop him. He is also our little cuddle bug. Not so much now that he is a little older, but he will still give me lots of hugs and kisses throughout the day. He is afraid to try new things , but can excel at most if he would just give it a shot. He loves soccer and refuses to play any other sport. ( we think he is pretty awesome at it,too) As long as no one is watching he will praise God and dance with a passion, but as soon as someone notices him he will stop and almost cry out of embarrassment.
He is such a blessing to our family and we don't know what we would do without our litttle "Sugar Bear' ( I'm not supposed to call him that anymore, but I'm the Mom, I've earned the right!) oh and he has the best fashion sense. For a kid that doesn't want to be noticed he sure knows how to attract attention with his striped shirts, camo shorts and boots!

Hillbilly?

This should, without a doubt, confirm that Randy & I are 100%, all-American, hillbillies!
The picture speaks for itself, but if you are unsure, yes that is a walnut tree growing through the back bumper of our truck.
We laughed so hard when we saw this. Sometimes it is difficult making a go of it out here on our little piece of heaven, but for the most part we have so much fun!

Poor,Poor Zoe

Poor Zoe

Zoe got into a skunk Sunday night. If you were at church I am sure you smelled the pleasing aroma wafting over from our woods. She already had an appt. Monday morning to be groomed, but she still reeked so bad all her hair was removed. Poor baby doesn't know what to do. She won't lay on the floor anymore. She has to be on a rug or her blankie. It is probably too cold. She has this depressed look all the time. Maybe we have a vain dog and she will be depressed until her gorgeous locks grow back in.

Just for Laughs

In the Indy Star today there was an article titled" 'Pretty' couple likelier to have girl."
In a nutshell some brainiac has done a study on the physical attractiveness of a couple and the more attractive they are, the more likely they are to have a girl. It is evolution that the more attractive the woman is she will pass all her "beauty" genes on to a girl so she can snag a good man. Parents with traits more beneficial to the boys like large size, strenght and aggression are more likely to have boys.
Now while I was reading this I was thinking of celebrities (they had a picture of one couple with the article.) When I got done I realized wait a minute I have 2 boys. What are they saying? Are they saying I am ugly? Some people have way too much time on their hands. So are people who have some boys and some girls just kind of ugly?
Have a good laugh about this one ~

The boots are in the closet

My working boots are officially in the closet as of today. They might only be there for a short while. We will have to see how things go. I've got lots of things to tell and wonderful insights to share. Right now I am glad to return to full-time stay-at-home Mom. Construction work is HARD, HARD work ! My bedtime has been 8:30 every night and I know my family would like to see more of me when I am not half asleep at the dinner table. I am proud of my guys, they all pitched in and helped make things work around the house. Not to say I don't have A LOT of cleaning to do today. I'm off to scrub the dirt out of my house!