Stream of Consciousness

Today was one of those days that I felt the Lord pouring out blessings on me during my bible study. It was so good, one of those times you just keep going and going and looking and learning and feel really smart because you have so many "ah ha" moments but feel so minute at the same time comparing yourself to the greatness of God but then feeling so important again because you have confidence in your faith that you are one of his chosen and have an inheritance! It makes me feel like I am in an exclusive club to say that I am part of His family, and its so cool that I can tell everyone and invite them to be a part of the club to! ;o) I know I am being silly but those are my thoughts right now.
I was so encouraged by this verse when I read it and I am trying to memorize it
Malachi 3:10 Bring all your tithe to the storehouse, that there will be food in my house. Test me on this and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it!
I wasn't thinking of money when I read this verse but I learned that in the OT the people were rewarded with riches when they were faithful to the Lord. We are promised in Mark to have blessings with christian brothers and sisters, people won over for the Lord and also in persecution... thats right, we are to consider it to be a blessing to be persecuted for the Lord! I have learned that not only does it grow me in my faith but also is a complement because Satan does not bother with surfacy/superficial Christians because they are of no threat.

Just so I don't forget soon I will blog about the blessings of being poor, I know you can't wait :o)

Amelia had her 4 month check up and was 12lb & 23in long. She is in the 20% and just slightly smaller than Annie was at her age at 12'13oz and 24"long! I know I need to stop comparing them, but its just so fun :o) Speaking of comparisons do you see any here other than their purple sweat suits?

I have been sorting little girly clothes for 2 weeks now and finally finished up Mia's room this morning, moving the newborn stuff out and bringing the 3-6 month stuff for her to grow into. Next is to box up Annies 9-12 month stuff from this past summer, we have the blessing of 2 chest of drawers (and matching bunk beds in storage) in Annies room, hand-me-downs from Joes Mom in anticipation of the girls sharing a room some day. They have come in handy with the slow season change and needing all the summer clothes and winter clothes out at one time!

Candy Land

I love a good competitive game in the sunshine. Annie's first try at Candy Land proved that she is still to young however she did match all the colored cards up perfectly and I was completely proud of her!

Romantic

My life is simply not romantic. I have been going through the motions of daily life lately feeling... annoyed for lack of a better word. I have been annoyed with the messiness of my house, annoyed with the constant laundry, annoyed with my desire to do things like decorate my house or bake wonderful Autumnal recipes but lack the heart and energy to do so. Therefore I would get the bare minimum done to make myself feel better and so that the dishes did not manage to create an infantry and seize the house for their very own!
I thought maybe imy mood could be classified as post partum depression but I didnt feel depressed just annoyed! So it may be post partum annoyance ;o)
I realized this past week that my problem didn't lie in my current situations, they were the same as they had always been, the problem laid in how I was looking at my life. Everything lost its romantic sparkle. Playing playdough with Annie wasn't the learning and bonding experiance it had been, it became just something to do to pass the time until Joe came home. Which, by the way, I don't know why I was looking forward to his homecoming because I hadn't made dinner and didn't talk to him other than "how was your day" when he did arrive. I managed to somehow get the fall decor out in the dining room and purchased the obligatory wonderful fall smelling candle tarts without appreciating them, I took the kids to the pumpkin patch and let Annie pick out a pumpkin and purchased a bushel of apples which I did actually really enjoy doing although keeping with the tune of annoyance I was unhappy because it didn't go the way I had planned with Karas kids and Mom accompanying us.
I made 2 batches of Applesauce and it filled the house with heavenly aromas, it was also VERY tasty, however it was just apples in a crock pot and didn't feel like it was anything special which annoyed me because I had been looking forward to making applesauce since the spring.
So maybe I am coming out the other end of my few weeks of hormonal annoyed depression but things are looking up! I thank God every morning for the wonderful Autumn sunshine and cool breeze coming in the bedroom window. I am also thankful that through my tough weeks I have been really enjoying the girls. I am working on my 3rd batch of boring old wonderful tasting applesauce as we speak and I am super excited about it. Its so easy I am thinking about purchasing another half bushel of apples so I can have some more to freeze. And this morning I cleaned the entire main floor of my house including mopping and scrubbing the cabinet doors which needed to happen so very badly. I am now going to sign off so that I can tackle the office which has 12 boxes of baby clothes and things I inherited from my Grandma when she moved! The clothes have actually been spread out for 2 weeks now so it is really high time I got them organized and put away! I will leave you with a selection of photos that captured what we have been up to lately (because honestly I know that's all some of you[aunt reg] stopped by for ;o)