Ebeth's 4 and no more

You know when the faucet is turned on just a trickle it drips downward until there is a little puddle. Once the puddle forms it begins to splash a bit around the sides of the sink. Then after awhile that puddle becomes more than a puddle. Over time it certainly will spill out but it does take a very long time. Well, that was my day today. Never was there anything earth shattering to make you go "Oh wow that is awful." No, instead it was one small frustration after another that accumulated into a pretty big puddle spilling over to those around me and even my two daughters too. Man I could kick myself for not remembering that basic notion. Life spills onto everyone around you and you chose every moment of every day whether or not you will be light or dark. *Sigh* First we must start with the fact that my van (the only vehicle that holds my whole family together breaks leaving me stranded with the crew on the side of the hwy in 100 degree weather). This being said also means I ...

Bedtime is the true ONLY time a day when we come together as a family for one cause. No matter what happens in the day there are at least 4 to 6 nights a week we read devotions together and pray together. It is also the near only time that I spend a few minutes completely alone with each child. My youngest sweet firecracker has a laughing game we play. It is random when it happens or she requests it but I love that it is like a medicine to the soul. How do you play it you ask? Well... we laugh. But not just a ha ha ha tight lipped laugh. Oh no, we will call "CHEATING" loudly on whomever does it. You simply must laugh open mouthed and from deep in your abdomen. This is the kind that once you start it infects the whole room, sometimes even house and you can't stop at all. But in the game we make as serious a face as possible, well her serious faces are so darn funny that I break the rules and laugh too soon. Yet we pause mid laughter to take in the silence... to wait for th...

 Bedtime is the true ONLY time of day when we come together as a family for one cause.  Obviously not at bedtime But a cute pic of the 4 and no more. No matter what happens in the day, there are at least 4 to 6 nights a week we read devotions together and pray together. It is also the only time that I spend a few minutes completely alone with each child. My youngest sweet firecracker has a laughing game we play. It is random when it happens, or she requests it, but I love that it is like a medicine to the soul. How do you play it, you ask? Well... we laugh. But not just a ha ha ha tight-lipped laugh. Oh no, we will call "CHEATING" loudly on whoever does it. You simply must laugh, open-mouthed and from deep in your abdomen. This is the kind that once you start, it infects the whole room, sometimes even the house, and you can't stop at all. But in the game, we make as serious a face as possible. Well, her serious faces are so darn funny that I break the rules and laugh too ...

Mr. I am now 12 and refuse to "play" with my family kicked in this year. Yep, plan A and B didn't work out so we ended up at Zachary's park for plan C. We ate, splashed in the water, played follow the leader through the water, and experimented with a bouncy ball and the water spouts. It was a super fun day of just being together. Big man was mad at me for not allowing him to be home at the time of his birth (1:21), nor sit in the car stating it was the closest thing to home. I love the way his mind thinks even if I do not understand it all the time. Beyond that he managed to be blessed by family and friends giving him enough money to buy a Kindle Fire. PLUS an awesome friend got him the wall track he wanted, then a surprise gift by a friend of G left him with a Wii game too. He is pretty thrilled with all that. Timing being everything another present came in the mail. He doesn't yet get the complexity of this gift but I sure do. It happens to be inserts special...