Raining Cats & Dogs today... testing & getting back to the blog and thanking...

...testing on this extreme windy day.  We lost the trampoline, when the rains cease and the wind settles, we'll check it out.  Hopefully it's not ripped so we can put it back together ~ this time in the hay mow... planning to close the shoots up too.  The little monkey is good on the ladder but not so much with his brakes (: Will test photo uploading now...

... and we're back, uploading pics again...

so we're back after some technical difficulties uploading pics... now we can resume posting our gifts and pics to go with this one crazy life (:

the week of Jan. 6th, very busy...

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One thing in your bag, your fridge, your heart
church, 40 days in the word
fruit tray for Josh from Daddy
Up to Par with Jeroen & Jessika, visit with v/d Sluys after, wintery day

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3 Graces from people you love...
Dave helping by planning to be there Thurs.
Ted deWinter helping with house plans (& Jennifer)
Ron doing afternoon pick up (Jeroen to the Board, S. Michaud) & brought home faith magazine from school

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Gifts Dusky Light - entering school yard to find Dan R. met his savior today
Suprising Reflection - got to ride anyway, Josh stayed with Grampie
Lovely Shadow - older brother doing hockey prac. with middle brother (& Daddy did apm pick up again)

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A Gift Held - My children's snuggles & tenderness
Passed by - Peter Nelson but he found us @ Ford, optimistic!
Sat with - the deWinter's today as they helped us with house plans

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A Gift Sour - morning working on house plans, herd from Len that Rhonda knows we sold.
Sweet - strawberries on angel cake with whipped cream, remembering Grammie
Just Right - my King Cole tea, with a Mrs. Dunsters pumpkin donut @ Jill's for Bible study

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3 Yellow Gifts of Fresh Mercy
absolutely brilliant sun guiding us to school & casting light on all that it radiates upon
Dan's paintings on display at the visitation, done on his computer
mellow-yellow feeling as we sort out Viking Crest, watch Mickey Rooney's The White Stallion with company  & delighting in the birth of Jenny's Lauren Margaret 7lbs 11 oz.

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Something Above, Below, Beside
above the snow & sliding down the outside lagoon wall, Maggie, Josh, Emmie & Marika
and to below as friendship in the house allows us to share our burdens
beside the children, Science Fair Project learning

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Blessings in to the New Year...

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White Christmas Pie made & large Sunday Lunch Casserole
Cheers & snacks to bring in the New Year... & love
the year to TRUST
 
974-6 f 3 Gifts Herdour families voices all together in our home for a New Year's meal
Mom enjoying her homemade wine... pleased
watching "Brave" intently, settling in for the evening

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cousins playing in the snow, & off the barn roof
Joshua & an afternoon nap after a playful a.m.helping take down decorations
Christmas Pies & Leftovers

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Jill & Mik visit to trade books ~ a lift up
farmer taking kids to town while Josh slept & I catch up office work
Rachel & Maggie evening visit, talk of plans in underlying tones of 'trust'

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lending boots to Alberta prospect
kids with Dad to farmer's hockey & to Beppe for treats (incubator & fertilized eggs, Sjoerd)
white mink (weasel) with black nose in farm yard.

986-8 Something reading, Making, Seeing
A Miracle for Miriam by Kathleen Fuller
a deal with AB couple, almost there
friendships old & new, McGuires for pizza & cinnamon rolls, Jeroen & Jessika today

Blessings in to the New Year...

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Blessings in to the New Year...