Cold Weather and Catastrophy

It's cold outside. Although not as cold as some places. A favorite blog I like to visit of a mom with three boys, has temps in her area around -28 degrees with a real feel of -52. I don't know why they say "real feel" when at temps that cold, you really can't feel anything.
So what's a mom to do when it's that cold out and you have a house full of rambunctious boys?
Anyone?
A. get silly
B. get creative
C. go crazy??
D. get crazy glue???
E. Pray!

After considering the above options, I have decided I am way too cranky and hormonal at this time to successfully accomplish option "A", and probably also "B". Option "C" looks pretty good from here. I'm all out of option "D". That leaves option "E". This would be the best one. God's Word tells us to "pray without ceasing". This is actually very easy, and takes very little effort. You can also do many other tasks while praying at the same time! This is great for those of us who LOVE to multi-task! That's me!

On a lighter note.....what do you do when you are about to be hit by a piece of steel the size of a small bus, filled with radioactive jet fuel, approaching at alarming speeds? Hmm. Let us ponder this.......
The newspaper on Monday stated that there is such a piece of metal (a spy satellite), that has "fallen" out of orbit and is hurdling towards the Earth. It is said that it could hit the Earth sometime in February or March. Where? Noone is certain. Great. The good news is that other satellites have fallen to Earth and done relatively little damage. That's good. The bad news is if the radioactive "stuff" inside should come in contact with people, it can be of great consequence. Not good.

Well, God's Word also tells us not to worry. Again I am back to option "E" and I am sure today and the next and the next will be just fine. I'm thankful for every day the Lord gives me and my family. Even if it is cold.

Party people in the house!!

Saturday we had a little "friends" party for Kevin. His birthday was on the 17th, but we had to arrange for a good weekend date for the party. All together we had about 8 kids ( including ours) and 8 adults. It was nice to get together with some of our friends! Here's some pictures from the Big Bash!

That's right, you guessed it folks......MORE CARS! I think we may be having cars birthday parties for a long time! That's ok with me. ROCK ON RADIATOR SPRINGS!!

Ramblin,Ramblin,Ramblin.......

If everything in life made complete sense, how much fun would that be? Here are a few "ramblin's" from the little men this week....

"Mommy, there are consequences in cows!"-----really?
"I don't want to brush my teeth with a stinker!"----is that right?
"neenah-nana"----translation: Mr. Noodle has a banana.

Joke of the day, and my personal favorite: If they are called "seagulls" because they fly over the sea, then what are they called when they fly over the bay?

Bagels! Wooooh! Gets me every time!

Much love from all of us! Have a great day!

MARCH FOR LIFE

Yesterday was the 35th anniversary March For Life in Washington DC. Thousands of people gather every year to try to send a message to our lawmakers to overturn Roe-v-Wade, which currently makes abortion legal, and to uphold the sanctity of human life. I went for the first yr with a group from our church. It was a long bus ride there and back. The Lord smiled down on us providing clear weather. It was very cold but the walking kept us warm. The crowd marched from the Mall up to the top of the hill between the Capitol and the Supreme Court, where we stopped to pray. It was a wonderful and moving experience.
As we were ready to leave, it started to sprinkle a bit but the sun was still shining, we turned and saw a brilliant double rainbow! What a fantastic finale! Thank You Lord.

The wheels on the bus go round and round....

Round and round she goes, where she stops nobody knows!
Well, Kevin is getting over his bout with pink eye, but Sean has it again! Ryan seems to be fighting it off pretty well, along with Jeff and myself. We called the dr and asked for more drops just in case we start showing signs in the coming days.
I am trying to keep up with the laundry, continually washing sheets, and towels, and blankets, etc. Trying to wash away our eye troubles! We are feeling a bit cooped up. It is too cold to play outside, a balmy 20 degrees. There is not nearly enough playdoh in the house. Oh well, could be worse!

Here's a cute video for your enjoyment! It cheered me up! Don't worry, be happy! :)

Huggies!

Hard Day?

Manly stuff...

So when we started this blog, I figured I (Jeff) would be the one doing most of the posting. Ha!How mistaken I was. As you all know, my beautiful young bride has shown herself to be quite the accomplished blogger! Now it's my turn! In manly news...

Last weekend, I cleaned off my work bench. I added a pegboard for tool storage, and what was once a cluttered pile of tool mess has turned into this...

Voila!

Also, for Christmas, my parents gave me a gun cabinet. Here it is...(Thanks Mom & Dad!!)

Such a manly basement!!!

I also set up an area in the garage to hang my tree stand (bow season is now over :( no deer this year), my bow and arrows, and a deer. Hopefully I'll use the deer hanger next year. I would post a picture of that, but it's too cold to go outside right now. Maybe later...

GO GIANTS!!! BEAT THE PACKERS!!