Salvation

Timothy asked Jesus to be his savior this evening!!!

I cannot tell you how ridiculously thrilling that moment was to me towards the end of a busy and chaotic day. We were in the car. He was listening as Andrew and I were discussing salvation and how unfortunate for those children raised in homes where the gospel is not taught to them. And we talked on how we all are sinful and deserving of eternal separation from God in hell. Timothy was listening in the back seat and jumped into the conversation. And then he prayed. A simple sweet prayer to the Lord. What a blessing to share in that moment. For Andrew too who enjoyed being a part of that experience with his brother. And I also wanted to share it with all of you. Just think the angels are rejoicing tonight!!

Flirt with Dirt

On Saturday I ran in my second 5K--Flirt with Dirt. Too fun. It was my first trail run, however, so it had some interesting elements to it. I shaved 2 minutes off my best time and didn't even throw up at the end. Was that too much info? Its just that sometimes working out really hard can have that effect and I certainly felt that way minutes after crossing the finish line. But I chilled out on the grass for about 20 minutes and the feeling passed. I downed a banana and headed home making it back to the homestead before 9am. How's that for a day's work. Really it was cool to be in the trees with the sun peaking through and the soft dirt beneath my feet, as opposed to hard concrete, very relaxing. That doesn't sound possible but it is totally the opposite of stressful for me and afterward its very euphoric. I think next time I would love to have someone cheering for me at the finish. Last time I had Andrew waiting for me and it just was incredible to see him cheering and smiling at me and I really missed that this time. I think I would have pushed even harder at the end--which was uphill!!

Miscellaneous Details

I am TIRED! Here's what I have done today:

• Up and shower
• Dressed and ready for the day
• Got Sarah up, dressed, fed and on the bus
• Got boys up (they all dressed themselves), fed 2 out of 3 plus me, packed 1 lunch gave money for another
• Watched a neighbor's child till the bus came for her and my 2 older boys
• Loaded and ran the dishwasher
• Hit the ATM up for cash
• Ran to the farmer's market **Note that I believe I am becoming a market junkie. I love it!! Too fun. And the one in downtown Northville is pretty small so you can do it an half hour easy. I bought fresh asparagus for dinner, organic farm grown tomatoes, strawberries, cookies for Timothy and an apple shaped gourd for a teacher gift. Ran into 2 people I knew and chatted briefly SO fun!
• Ran to Farmer Jack for somewhat big shopping
• Stopped at Costco for some additional items
• Ran into Bed Bath and Beyond for 1 item
• Went HOME
• Unloaded the truck
• Cleaned out the fridge/freezer and put away groceries
• Got Sarah off the bus
• Ran out to Busches for Yogurt Pretzels for Timothy (& other items I still needed)
• Another ATM stop--forgot pocket $$ for Sandor's trip this weekend
• Received a child for care at the door (its 12:30pm at this point)
• Made lunch for 3 kiddos
• Put three kiddos to bed--ahh, naptime is a wonderful gift!

And here I sit. I am whipped. But tons and tons still to do. And the onslaught of children will arrive at my door in less than 4 hours and I have to be ready. It is time for my quiet time and I know after that I will have lots of energy. I also need to squeeze in a bite to eat.

So...the question is...Am I entitled to be tired or am I just being a wimp? And I didn't even trouble you with details about potty training and diapering!!

Gotta Blast!

At church this week Timothy and Sarah's Sunday School teacher explained that the lesson was about serving the Lord with gladness. So reinforcing that I have tried to point out times when Timothy is helping without being asked (took out the trash this morning!! Yep--he's just 4) and doing it with a good attitude by telling him I see he is serving the Lord with gladness.

Timothy does not like to have wet clothes unless it is intentional. He is pretty new at getting his own water from the dispenser on the fridge and often more water ends up on him and the floor to his great distress. Today as I was folding clothes upstairs I heard him shrieking that water was EVERYWHERE. So when I came down I said to take of his shirt and we would hang it up to dry. Then I pointed out the towel hanging in the kitchen and to please clean up the water on the floor and then put the towel in the laundry. He found the towel and began wiping up and said, "MOM! I'm serving the Lord with GLADNESS!!!"

Delightful!!