Inexpressable and Glorious Joy

Talk, talk, talk...

2006-06-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

I love when my little brother comes over to play w/ us! He cracks me up w/ all his talk and Ethan's responses.

Just a slice of conversation from breakfast:

Jake:"Wait a minite, Cars is on June 9th!"
Ethan:"Your silly Jake."
J:"What are you going to call me today, Ethan? Jake Sherlock?"
E:"I don't know what your talking about."
J:"Jake Sherlock and Ethan Sherlock will help find Blue's Clues"

J:"It's melting!"
E;"What's melting?"
J:"The snow."
E:"Snow mountains melt Jake."
J:"I have an idea to find Blue. Will find him right Cin? I know how to do it. This is my first idea to find him. We'll work together."

J:"I have a day off"
E:"And then you go back to school?"
J:"because my trains need a fishing dock. My Mom and Dad said I have a day off"
Cindy:"A what?"
J:"A FISHING DOCK. My trains need a fishing dock."

J:July 2006! We all are going to see the cars right?
E:"your silly Jake."
J:"Right team? Right team???!"
Cindy:"Are we the team?"
J:"yup"
C:"Right"
E:"I'm not saying right."

J:"Are you going to Mt. Hermon? Ok guys listen. If we pick you up and if you pick me up then Mama and Daddy and Jewel will take me. But we need another idea. I need to get to this place.
J;"OK guys we are going to have a big beat race when we get to Mt. Hermon.
C;" A what?"
J:"A beat race."

And breakfast is over.

All before 7:30 am

2006-06-01T08:04:00.000-07:00

7:01am
E:"Hey Mama"
Me:"ugg mumble, huh?"
E:"When Lucas and I get bigger will you have three daddies?"
Me:"huh? Oh, that's funny E."

explanation: E has been asking about mamma's and daddies and when can he be one and why can't he be a Mamma? Can only Mamma's have babies?...All those questions. So some where in my explaining that when he grows up he can marry a woman he loves, and have a baby and be a daddy he figures he will be a daddy right when he grows up. Funny! I'll have three daddies!

7:20am
E:"When I get bigger I'm going to spank Lucas."
Me:"NO, no matter how big you get that is not your job. You are his big brother not his Mamma or Daddy."
E:"Well, when will I be able to spank some one?!?!"

"I hear God!"

2006-05-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

Ethan is sitting at the dining room table eating breakfast. He suddenly declares; "I hear God!"

Me:"What did He say?"
E:"He said, 'Ethan! I'm so glad. I'm really, really, want you to be in Heaven w/ Grandpa Joe so you wont miss him. I'll never ever stop loving you."

Wow! E and I have been pray that he would hear God's voice.

God's voice also told E after all that, "I wish you could go to camping with you." :)

I know, I know, it sounds like a little boys imagination, but it really is more than that. We have been praying this week together that he would hear God's voice. He also declared such Truth in "I'll never ever stop loving you". I really felt God's Spirit at work.

My backyard

2006-05-21T09:25:00.000-07:00

I love seeing my garden come to life in the spring. This spring I have the most sun I've had in my yard ever. I had two of my huge trees trimmed and cut and now I have sunny spots in my very shady yard. It is wonderful! It is taking me a while to realize that I can now plant sunny plants, like roses, or anything now! It is wonderful.

Yesterday I did something that I'm afraid I'm going to regret. I scattered a lot of wildflower seeds in my main flower area. I'm so hoping that more than just weeds come up and that it will be a lot of different flowers not just one kind. I originally was going to put them out in my "sunny" spot, but I now have new plans for that spot. Anyway, I feel like I'm rediscovering my backyard and it is looking great!

My garden is also growing wonderfully. I have spinach and lettuce all ready to eat and even many little strawberries.

Luc is heading up stairs to wake up Joe. I should go.
Cindy

Stomach flu and rain

2006-05-19T18:10:00.000-07:00

I have been taking care of a sick, throw-up, violent diarrhea, 19 month old little boy all week. My poor Lucie-Lou has been sick since Sunday. He is only a 25 lb. little guy, and he has lost over 2 lbs. He hasn't eaten in a few days. Tonight he had a few bites of a potato soup and that perked him up a bit.

I am thankful that I have been able to keep my joy this week and that has only been by the grace of God! When Luc threw up the first time it was on the changing table (he threw-up on his face-ugh!) and the next time was on the hardwood floor. In the midst of cleaning up Luc and trying to get his runny poop from getting more on him and throw-up not all over his head as I took his shirt off, I found myself thanking God that it didn't happen all over E and me on the sofa. I had been calling Luc over to joins E and me on the sofa to watch a video. I was just getting up to get him and wam! Throw up and diarrhea at once. Poor guy!

We all were supposed to go to Nana Jean's this weekend to see Amanda graduate from Sac State tomorrow. We were planning on leaving late tonight, but the Dr. says Luc is really contagious and he is so not well. He just lays on the couch or floor limp. E is disappointed. Joe and him might go up tomorrow for the day and night.

It's rainning this afternoon. I love that smell that the first rain makes. E and I went on a walk arround the block this afternoon while it was rainning. It wasn't hard rain,but it was enouph to enjoy. E and I skipped, sang about walking in the rain, and just had a great time together. That was good, because I feel like I have been hard on E these last few days. He woke Joe and I up two times last night to have a band-aid put on his arm! I said "You never wake up your Mom and Dad to have a band-aid put on at 2 or 4 am in the middle of the night!" Then he woke up really early (for me) around 6:45am and I told him he had to go back to bed until he saw the 6 turn to a 7. He was back in my bed at 7:01am. Anyway...my focus has been on Luc and sleep and it was really nice to go on a walk w/ him and sing in the rain.

Trying it out

2006-05-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

I write in a journal. I have been ever since my parents gave me my first diary in my seventh year at Christmas. I started that moment. My first entry was a confession about how my Gram had been upset at me for disrupting our small church service the week before. Then it was filled w/ things like; "God is Great, good, wonderfully..." and "The time is 10:38 am. The time is now 10:40 am." Brilliant things like that.

So I have been drawn to bloggin' since I first noticed it a few years ago when my best friend started her own. My husband started one about a year ago and I love reading his, but he doesn't add new posts very often. I started to want to put posts on his, so I began to think maybe I could write my own.

Here is the big question for me: If I blog will I still take the time to journal? I like filling my journal w/ my own handwriting. So we will see. I'm going to just keep this blog quiet for now.

Disclaimer: If you are going to read this blog, please do not comment on my terrible spelling. I can't seem to get the spell checker working on my computer.