The blessings of motherhood

a wonder ful poem

11:23, Wednesday, August 23, 2006 .. 2 comments .. Link

i found this poem on another blog and it touched. it is exactly how i feel about my babies...

Seven babies.

Eight years of nursing.

Still, I marvel at this one.

He wastes no time…

too much wiggling to do,

too many toys to use that one tooth on,

too many siblings to charm.

I waste no time,

for all too soon he will not be

my nursling any more.

I cherish.

Rub his blonde fuzz, marvel at the auburn tints.

I’ve never felt skin this soft, have I? Have I?

Roll his round toes through my fingers, like rosary beads…

My prayer is personal, intimate,

drawn deep from longing

to see this child KNOW his Maker.

“Lord, thank you for this son.

Hold him close. Help him thrive.

Be his breath, his very life.

From now

until old age,

BE HIS GOD!”

Pure blue eyes flutter

beneath pale skin.

Eyelashes more fair than

corn silk close in contentment.

My mama heart is at peace

as well, to hold

my nursling

close.

Thank you Father for this gift that you give, this special way of loving, knowing and bonding between mother and child. Would it be okay if I remembered these moments in time…forever?

More than being a Mother

08:17, Monday, July 10, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

I am having quite a day with the kids. They are not cleaning their messes, and this is unacceptable. The Lord says "of whom much is given, much is required" I am trying to teach them how blessed they are to have all that they have. So, I am now in the process of taking ALL of their toys away and only leaving one small basket for them to play with. Of they can keep up with cleaning this one basket of toys when they are asked to clean, then slowly we will re-iintroduce their toys back into their playroom, untill they are all back. In some ways I feel bad b/c I want them to have their toys to play with. They are my babies, and as their mother I want to give them every good thing. But there is more to being a mother than giving them good things. It is our jpbs to raise and train them to be honest, dilligent, and acceptable to the Lord. To transfer their obidience from us to God. If they cannot obey us, their earthly oarents, then how are they to obey their Heabenly father whom they cannot see? I am sure this will be a lot of work, but I know with the Lord's help we will see a harvest of blessings from this.

Blessed to be a stay at home mom...

08:07, Friday, July 7, 2006 .. 2 comments .. Link

I just have to give glory to God this morning. I have just realized how blessed I am to be able to start homeschooling my children. I am so blessed i do not have to work, and that my fmaily and I can afford to be able to give our kids this wonderful advantage in thier lives'. I am so happy I get to clean up after my growing family, and have so much laundry to do. I am so happy to have ahusband to iron for. I am so happy to have my family. God is so good. It seems like the more children I have, the more God shows himself through me. Just the birth of our newest, Ethan, has helped me to better establish my devotional time in the mornings, to bake my own bread, to set up a garden, to learn to can & preserve, and the list just goes on and on and on...
Thank you Lord!!!

Our little homestead in the city

11:48, Thursday, July 6, 2006 .. 0 comments .. Link

We are in the process of making a vegetable garden. We have been blessed with a big backyard. We live in inside the city, but sort of out of it...if that makes sense. We started today. We tilled the land.

This is the land we are turning into our garden. This is before we tilled it. I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but I will. We have no idea what we are doing, but the Lord will guide us, plus a few seasoned gardeners from the Family homestead. We have long growing seasons here in Texas, So we still have time to plant . We will plant:
                          -Pumpkin
                           -Peppers
                          -Zucchini
                           -Lettuce
                           -beans
                           -Corn
                           -Tomato
                           -and some herbs. I will grow the herbs in pots.
I think that is it. I will update it as we progress.
I plan to do a lot of canning and preserving through this
.

PICTURES< PICTURES< PICTURES!!!!!!

09:08, Wednesday, July 5, 2006 .. 2 comments .. Link

I just figured out how to post pictures. Here they are:

1 day before the baby was born!!!

In labor...

It's a boy!!!! Ethan Avery...we did not find out the sex untill delivery!!!

Going home...

The boys...Julian, Angel, & Ethan

Miss Trinity (what a doll)

Grocery Store With Four

08:44, Wednesday, July 5, 2006 .. 5 comments .. Link

God blessed us with our fourth bundle of joy almost 11 weeks ago. He was born on April 13th, 2006 at 12:47 pm. 7 lbs. & 6 oz., 21 inches long. So since my return home from the hospital we have been in adjustment mode. Two days ago I was doing our weekly grocery shopping. It was my first time to take all four little ones to the store by myself. They had been great the whole day. We went to run a bunch of errands before so by the time we went to the grocery store they were pretty tired. I had our twin stroller with Ethan (11 wks), and Trinnity (2 yrs). Then I had the boys on either side of me Julian (6yrs) and Angel (4 yrs) Julian was a feat helper. he helped to push the cart. I had so many people comment "oh, you poor thing" or "looks like you need a hand" and every time I would say "I do have helpm the Lord helps me" or "they are such a blessing" So anyways, /julian kepy not looking where he was going and actually knocked over a sign

. Then while in the meat dept. I was getting the kids and backed into ...A WALL...not a stand...A WALL OF GLASS COKE BOTTLES!!!!!!!!!

Praise God only one broke, nevertheless, I was really embarrassed. Then the baby got fussy, so I was carrying him and pushing the stroller and guiding the cart. We finally made it to the checkout. And after all was rung up...I had left my wallet in the car. So he had to suspend our ticket and I took the kids with me to the car, and it had been in my purse the whole time. While in th echeckout line DD opened a chocolate bar that I ended up paying for. Which was not too bad in the end, b/c I ate it when we got home as a reward for myself (even though I know it is bad to eat emotionally). The moral of my story is...GOD IS GOOD!!!!! I know things will get better!!! It was just a learning experience to use for our next trip.

by the way here is a picture of my little ones.

Blessings in Unexpected Places

08:27, Wednesday, July 5, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

I am still super new at this whole blog thing...I do not know how to make my page as pretty as everyone elses. God never ceases to amaxe me in how he provides. I have felt for a while now pretty alone in my desires and belief system. We live in texas, but everyone I know is not into the "simpler side of life" i.e. making your own instead of buying it. I was on a site thefamilyhomestead.com looking at how to make bread and stumbled into the message forum. Long story short, the Lord has sent me a friend that is so much like me it eve freaks me out at times. God is so good. He wants us, of course to rely on hom as his source. To come to him for EVERYTHING" but he is so good he will also put like-minded people in your paths. Never stop being thankful. Who would have thought a loaf of bread would bring me closer to the Lord?!?! But on another topic, I read the book "Managers Of Their Homes" by The Maxwell Family. They are so awesome. For those of you who have read the book, the schedule you make for the family gives each kid a color. I have been color coding the kids' stuff according to their assigned colors.

finding the time

09:35, Sunday, July 2, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

I have to give glory to God. I hear so many people say "if I could onl;y find the time, I would___." God is so good. He wants us to accomplish so much with our days. Many do not realize how precious our days are. Especially when we have cildren. They are only small for such a short time. I have this great book I bought while I was pregannat with Ethan, called "Managers Of Their Homes" by the Maxwell Family. They are an awesome family who have 8 children. They have and still are homeschooling their children. This book is about scheduling. I have used the schedule since I was 35 weeks preganat and it is so awesome. Many do not realize how much more the could live if they were only good stewards of their time. Of God's time. He is really who gives us our time. Thank you Lord for helping me to live an abundant life. It has always been my desire to make my own bread. I asked the Lord to help me learn and to give me the time, and he did. I am now meaking homemeade bread, pizza, cinnamon rolls, pepperoni bread, I assure you much more to come.

Taking the plunge

11:42, Tuesday, June 27, 2006 .. 3 comments .. Link

Well, today is my first entry. At the moment, my llittle ones are 6, 4, 2, and 9 wks. We have decided to homeschool. I am so excited but still kind of scared. But I know that when the Lord puts you out of your comfort zone, he will do great things. I do not just want to live life day to day. i want each day to matter. We chose what the Lord will do through and for us, by what we allow him to do. he is ready and willing,, but will not force it on us. Well that's it for today. I also want to add that God is so good. He has sent me a friend that is so much like me. You know as being one who desires a large family and likes the simpler things, I do not see eye to eye with people. But I have afriend who I can relate with now. Prasie God.

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