Busy....

I know, It's been ages since I posted!  In the past few weeks,  I've been doing a lot of brother/sister watching. Momma has worked hard to meet a house-painting deadline she set for herself. She quickly finished painting a hallway, a bedroom, several doors and one of the bathrooms. Primed doors are so dark compared to the bright whiteness of painted doors! Mommy did a wonderful job, and it all looks great. :)

   
        Momma, Anna and Lydia went to Birmingham for two days. Anna is nearly blind in one eye, so she has started doing eye therapy.  Every month, Anna goes for therapy sessions, and  Dr. Snider checks on her eyes to see how she's progressing.

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There are flowers all over the place! It smells so yummy and sweet when I ride, or walk, around our neighborhood.

  Here are pictures of some spring flowers:

Orange Blossom

An Azalea

More Azaleas

                                                    


                

Blueberries are growing as well

        Until next time!
                 ~ Sarah

P.S. We have a very special surprise coming to our house soon. I'll make sure to post about when the surprise gets here. ;)

Rainy Randomness

Sorry it's taken me so long to post! Not much has really been going on here, so I haven't had anything to say for a while.

I believe It's rained every day this week! It hasn't rained yet today, but I think it's supposed to later. I don't mind, because I like rain, but I everyone else is probably getting tired of it. Anna was telling me the other day that she wished she could go outside and play, and Samuel was asking Momma if they could go out in the rain. :)

Momma went out and picked some blueberries this morning! Maybe we can make some blueberry Delight soon (I'll have to post the recipe for that some time; it's Delicious).

It's hard to believe that June is already here. It feels like this year has just started, but really it's half over! I've been thinking a lot lately about how short life really is. The older I get, the faster time seems to slip by, and I understand a bit better how people can say, "It feels like that was yesterday" when it was fifteen years ago. It really makes me want to use my time well. :)

Sarah

What's been happening

We've been kinda busy lately. last week, Mommy, Anna, and I dry walled (or mudded, whatever you call it) the walls in Daddy and Mommy's room. It took a few days to do it, and then afterward, Momma had to sand it, and I came behind her vacuuming the walls and the floor. That night Momma stayed up till five in the morning painting. The room is now a nice tan color. :)

Daddy's gone on a mission trip to Miami for FIVE days. We really miss him, but right now he's on the way home!!!!!!!!! His birthday was this week, but we could only tell (and sing!) him happy birthday over the phone. :( It's just not the same.

Tonight, while I was putting Jacob's overalls back on after I changed his diaper, I noticed his left leg was swollen. He has Spina Bifida, and doesn't have feeling in his lower legs, so it didn't bother him at all. I sat and held an ice pack on his leg for a while, but the swelling didn't seem to go down any. Momma measured around where it's swollen the most, and tied the ice pack around his leg, which was nice, because it was getting very cold. :) right now he's behind me, going to sleep in Mommy's bed so she can check it during the night.

Hmmm... I think I might go make something for this contest now.

Sarah

Christmas lights

Earlier, we went driving around neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights!
Before we left, I made some Pigs in a Blanket (little sausages wrapped in crescent rolls), then after Mommy got home from grocery shopping, we got ready to go, fixed drinks, grabbed the chip box, and headed out the door.
It was really fun to see all the decorations, and listen to Christmas music on the radio. Some houses had a LOT of stuff in their front yards, and it was interesting to look at, but like the plainer ones better. :)

We haven't put out our Christmas decorations yet, but Daddy will probably put up the wreaths soon.

Jacob said the funniest thing today! instead of saying "piano" he said "campano"!!!
lol! I know it doesn't have anything to do with the title, I thought y'all would think it was funny. :)

~Sarah

Random

We've been really busy lately. Friday night at bed time, Samuel decided to stick a little green plastic bead in his ear (he was stalling). Daddy tried several ways to get it out, but he ended up having to go to the emergency room. After waiting for a long while, They tried getting it out, but Samuel was moving ( he was scared), and they made his ear bleed; It's pushed further in too. He's going to have to an ENT to get it out :(. I don't think he'll ever stick a bead in his ear again!



I've decided to start a blogging schedule! I haven't really thought of much yet, but I know that there will be a memory verse on Sunday, and a recipe some time during the week. Do y'all have any ideas?



This weeks memory verse:





Trust in the LORD and do good;

dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you

the desires of your heart.



Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,

the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Psalm 37: 3-6