Life in Nebraska ....

I am so happy to be sending my favorite big boy to school this year. Everyone wanted to know if I cried when I dropped him off. Well I most definitely didn't. He was so ready for that interaction and someone else to give him incentive. He's soaking it up. I'm loving it. And the whole group.... Two teachers and 19 students.... a whole group of kids who don't even know how nice they have it! :) This look on his face is saying okay mom hurry....there are too many people and noise and I need to see it all.

April was missing....we missed her. The singing that was done just for the FUN! Wise little Gwendolyn was pondering things! So nice of Shilah and Evie to play softball with Zerrick and company Matt enjoyed conversing with Dru....and I think this picture is rather cute. Jube has a pretty good sense of humor! Look how this group changed so much in the last 5 years....Jenny, Lisl, and Geneva would have never had time for us back then! :) Charlotte dissapointed me...she was suppose to have her baby early so I could see him.:) Acutally it was too early but still.... Just some of Zerricks cousins who helped play softball so hardily with him. Tori really put in lots of effort ....she played hard! This area was popular for games and talk. Alot has been posted already about this reunions so I'll try not to be too boring. I just wanted to thank everyone for such a good time. There were so many little spots of things happening and people making it happen and it's hard to get around to ...

My boys on the Old Cassleman Bridge. Some of the fun we had...Keagan is very excited for that rocket to go off. And Zerrick was thrlled to have some one to hit the ball around with. The whole point of the trip was a family auction for the decendants of Floyd Miller and Fannie Bender Miller Zook! There were lots of fun things to look at and lots of stories told and we came home with some well loved treasures. One treasure being a nice old bookshelf. When I get everything in it's place I'll maybe do a post to show off what we brought home. Even if it was a very short fast trip we had a nice time and we have been home for two days and will be off again tomorrow for another reunion. This time with the Skrivseths. See you later.....

We were honored to have these two couples at our house last evening for three kinds of pizza and rook and talk and laughs and chats and lots of baby cries. I had lots of fun with Lisl and Jenny yesterday. They went to town with me and I just loved the chatter with them. Then they came to my messy house an hour later and helped me make pizza and salads. Our Pizza was fantastic if I do say so myself! Matt was chef of the grilled one. Jenny taught me how to do her famous Pizza Rolls. And we made one normal oven pizza. The kids LOVED Jube and of course Gwen. (They think they own Jenny and Gwen). I loved watching all of them playing together. Then today we all went to my little dirty lake I found. It was hot and dirty and refreshing. How ever that can be! But we all got sun kissed and felt so good to have water and sun to play in. And most of all I think it's great fun to have my nieces catching up to my spot in life. They're both doing a excellent job of mo...

James 3 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. {sensual: or, natural} 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. {confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness} 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling} 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. (KJV) hese verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does not live and act well. True wisdom may be known by the meekness of the spirit and temper. Those who live in malice, envy, and contention, live in confusion; and are liable to be provoked and ...

Here's a short paragraph from my Sunday School lesson on Sunday that was written just for me this week: "God's power begins when man's power is finished. The sinner who wants to have the righteousness of God revealed in his life, must realize that he cannot save himself. He must die to himself and let the power of God work in his life. Righteousness cannot be obtained through struggle(works) but through surrender to the Lord Jesus." So in shoe leather for me, this applies to how I run my life...how I train my boys....how I be a wife.... So much of the time I find myself feeling and thinking how I'm not winning. About how will my boys ever turn out? How will I ever catch up on my house and home? But my struggle for perfection and power and getting it ALL done and done good and right is to no avail when I'm struggling or doing works in that frame of mind. "God's Power begins when man's power is finished!" I so needed t...

My oldest boy turned seven today! He's beyond excited. He has some friends coming over to play for a couple hours and then tonight we get to hang out with the Burkey Clan and other cousins. He's ordered a baseball scene for his cake. His birthday gift is hidden away till Dad comes home from work. Life is just full of possibilities for him today. He just doesn't realize. I thank God for my seven year old .