out of the mouths of babes...

The girls had church tonight, and when I went to pick them up Haidyn was still waiting in line to say her verse. While we were waiting I asked her what verse she was going to say this time, and she declared that she was going to say the books for the Bible, just the Old Testament. I was impressed, because we have not worked on those in a while...but she was going to try. And try she did, she was really on a roll...until somewhere in the middle when Job became Joel and there were a few extra Ezekiel's thrown in for good measure. With a little help from the three of us moms standing around, who discovered that it really isn't as easy as it looks, especially when you are being thrown off by the extra Ezekiel's, heck I was even surprised to re-learn that Jonah is a book of the Bible...I was content to think that his "claim to fame" was the whole whale thing?!?

Anyway...I discovered that Haidyn has a grasp on the first and last thirds of the books of the Old Testament...but the middle third gives her a run for her money.

So...we will be working on that every night this week.

And...while going through the books of the Bible I was brought back to my Sunday School days...I don't know what grade it was...maybe 3rd? I had Mrs. Meyer as my teacher and as incentive to learn the books of the Old and New Testament she offered anyone who could memorize them a crisp two dollar bill. On the way home from church tonight I decided to do the same for my girls. Two dollar bills are cool, and if it gets them excited about memorizing, I think my budget can afford two dollars here and there.

Now...on to the cutest part of this whole story. After we got home and practiced the books of the Old Testament for about 15 minutes I carried Haidyn up to bed and as I was tucking her in she says..."the Old Testament was the New Testament before the New Testament...Right?".

Makes sense! Something can't be old unless at some point it was new...Right?

The kid cracks me up.

Now...I think I better go dig into the book of Jonah...it can't be a good thing when one just completely forgets about the existence of a whole book of the Bible...although in my defence...it is a very small book!

just when I said I had nothing to blog...

I came across this over at another blog I frequent 4 little men and girly twins and I thought to myself...hey...it's sure better than nothing!

So, in honor of my 200th post here goes...

31 things:

1. Where is your cell phone? on the kitchen counter charging
2. Where is your significant other? Evansville, IN
3. Your hair color? light brown
4. Your mother? Kathy
5. Your father? Ron
6. Your favorite thing? snuggling new babies
7. Your dream last night? didn't have one that I remember
8. Your dream/goal? to do medical missionary work
9. The room you're in? living room
10. Your hobby? photography...when time allows :)
11. Your fear? not getting to see my children grow up (for whatever reason)
12. Where do you want to be in ten years? living in Montana
13. Where were you last night? at home
14. What you’re not? the greatest budget-er of my time
15. One of your wish list items? remodeling the family room
16. Where you grew up? Forest Grove, Michigan
17. The last thing you did? Talked to Cam on the phone
18. What are you wearing? Scrubs
19. Your TV? is on in the other room and no one is watching it
20. Your pet? Deek (black lab)
21. Your computer? Dell
22. Your mood? lonely
23. Missing someone? my husband
24. Your car? Chevy Uplander
25. Something you’re not wearing? lipstick (but I never do)
26. Favorite store? the one with the best deal
27. Your summer? went to fast
28. Love someone? a whole lot of someones!!
29. Your favorite color? warm yellows
30. When is the last time you laughed? at work (laughter happens every day there!)
31. Last time you cried? on Sunday watching Little House on the Prairie, can't go an episode without tears:)


Anyone that feels like joining in....post a comment here with the link to your post....=)

I've come down with a touch of the..

writers block.

Nothing good (read positive) to write about.

No new pictures to post (had family pics on Sunday...will share when they are available).

No new hilarious "Haidynisms" to share.

Thought you may all enjoy this...

It is good for a smile at least!

**make sure you pause the music to the right before pushing play**

you know your husband works out of town all week when...

dinner consists of

spaghetti with parm, no sauce

and...

mashed potatoes with gravy...

and...

this menu is OK with all persons present!

WWWAT: Capturing the light.

Sunsets are one of my favorite things in the world (aside from snuggling new babies) so I knew exactly what I was going to capture for this WWWAT! And fortunately for me the sun did not disappoint last night. (the top picture is the sunset last night, the following are sunsets I have captured out my own backdoor over this past year).

ENJOY!!

(these photos are in no way photo shopped or changed, they are just exactly how God sent them, and how my camera captured them!)

that's the way of it...

and it is really getting old!!!

Cam headed out of town again bright and early this morning.

It looks like this is going to be our life for awhile yet.

We do our best to look on the bright side...

it is work...and for that we are thankful.

God promised He would always give us everything we needed for today.

and He does...everyday!

He does not promise that we will eat dinner together every night, or sleep under the same roof every night.

I will admit I am growing weary of this "leg" of our journey...to be perfectly honest...it sucks!

I am adding this situation to the list of things that I will look back at one day and say..."Ahhh...yes...now I know what God was trying to teach me".

But...for now I am just going to continue to have a love - hate relationship with this chapter in my life.

I love how God always provides...but sometimes I can't help but hate the way in which He does it!