the 1st day of the rest of our lives

I receive Daily Focus emails from Alpha Omega Publications. After our devotions, we post the verse of the day on a chalkboard in our kitchen. It never ceases to amaze me how relevant these verses are to our daily happenings! I am so thankful for these "faith builders".

This morning, like every other, we gathered in our classroom and read the verse:

ACTS 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 

It is a verse we all need to know. As a mother it is my job to make sure my children learn this, love this, live this.

A couple months ago we (My Sunshine, My Angel and I) were supposed to be baptized. The day before it was scheduled, My Sunshine was diagnosed with mono and we ended up spending the next day in the hospital. The baptisms were put off.

I have felt a burden lately to take this next step of obedience even though everyone isn't well yet. So, last week I scheduled it for today.

I love that God is always proving His presence in our lives. He is constantly giving me assurance when I am on the right path, and punishing me when I go against His word. Today, on the day we are being baptized, I received assurance.

The closing prayer for today's devotion was

Father, thank You for sending Jesus to die for my sins. I confess that I have sinned and accept Your free gift of eternal life today. Take my life and use it to glorify You. In the wonderful name of Jesus, Amen.

my view 11.3.09

We can only burn leaves here every other week so every day this week is being spent clearing as much as possible. I sent My Sunshine and My Angel out to clear the back driveway of leaves. 

Thanks guys but uuummmmmmm

I think if I light that pile right there

we're gonna lose that tree

{ and }

the power lines!

from the kitchen entrance today, this was 
|| My View ||
until I raked them over about 20 feet south! 
 

this post and I am lousy with photos

GENESIS 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

I appreciate the gift of the seasons that we have been given. This season always reminds me to slow life down, for the things that truly matter are ever-changing

{ ever growing }

and before I know it this season in my life will have passed.

The kids and I love visiting the pumpkin patch. It means, hot chocolate, lots of pumpkins with warts, dirty animals eating out of our hands and plenty of photo opportunities that are perfect in my mind but never turn out that way in the albums!

I knew it would be wise to get all of the photos taken when we first arrived but they wanna go go go so I take what I can get!

I was certainly pleased that no blood was spilled getting in or out of the wagon.

I was even more pleased that no one walked in front of the camera (or anywhere in the picture actually) for the 3 seconds that all the kids were smiling AND looking at me!!

And off they went.

First they fed the not at all soft, begging for food, otherwise not friendly g-o-a-t-s.

And then it was off into the corn maze which had riddles like this one throughout

My Sunshine and My Angel went into the haunted barn while I took Miss Thang for some pictures.

She loves Wizard of Oz so she was really excited to find this.

I figured I would take the boys back to this before leaving for a complete photo.

I also wanted to get a picture of them in the covered wagon. Simple enough, no?

{ NO }

OK... so I am not going to get a picture in the covered wagon. It was the end of the day and no one had napped. Besides, maybe I was being too picky. Maybe I should just get the one photo I wanted and be done.

So, off to the Wizard of Oz cutouts we went.

{ Not gonna happen this year! }

Not only does the hot chocolate around Miss Thang's mouth make her look like The Joker with his smile painted on...

but she's actually crying hysterically!

This [ gentleman? ] was our closing greeter.

I think he had a longer day than I did!

my angel's choice for dinner - salmon patties

My Angel enjoys cooking. He's not great at it yet and he ends up making a H-U-G-E mess but he wants to learn. He enjoys simple cooking...pancakes, meatloaf, baked fish, chilli and his favorite,  

SALMON PATTIES

INGREDIENTS
2 cups canned salmon, drained

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1 egg, slightly beaten
salt and pepper to taste

1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs

Extra virgin olive oil

PREPARATION
Combine salmon, lemon juice, egg, salt, pepper and breadcrumbs in mixing bowl; mix well. If mixture seems very wet add a little more breadcrumbs. If mixture is too dry to patty, add a little water. Shape into patties.

COOKING

Brown lightly on both sides in hot oil.

look up

Jeremiah 4:13

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

 The sky tonight was

absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

I wondered how many people noticed.

It only lasted a few moments.

I wondered what He was feeling.

I am thankful that He shared this with me.