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Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

9-21-10 Tuesday

Still hot. Otherwise a routine (love that word) school day. For the first time I feel like I’m getting caught up on things since we started school. No tomatoes waiting (well, only a few anyway), the few apples left on the tree aren’t quite ready yet, it’s too hot to dry apples in the dehydrator, I have all the school prep done for the year (at least for now anyway), and I even gave 2 piano lessons and took a walk today. Whew. I’m not quite sure how that happened, especially since Joshua had fever on and off again all day too. Overnight wasn’t the best – he was up quite a bit; he slept fitfully which meant I did too. Anyway. Boys milked twice, and Levi took Jesse to Uncle Randy’s in between. Jesse was spraying hog buildings and spread manure some too. Levi was home in between studying. After school was done, Kate and Tori made bread and bars, and I helped with k.p. and then took a walk. Read to littles awhile. Returned emails, and even put some recipes on the computer for the Harvest of Gold cookbook. After supper, Dad and I took a brisk walk – I can hardly keep up with him sometimes but that’s good. Home to find the boys here eating supper, and pjs for all followed by Bibletime and beds. Dad read in Proverbs 16 – there is so much to ponder in Proverbs we can’t possibly talk about it all. Tonight’s focus was on the verse that talks about much revenue without righteousness versus little revenue with righteousness. (Can’t quote it but that’s the gist.) It was a good discussion that reinforced the importance of eternal things versus earthly gain.  Finally put littles to bed so they can get up tomorrow; bigs did evening chores, read awhile, now heading to beds too.

Good night.

2 comments:

  1. Interesting about Joshua...starting last night, Nora has had fever on and off all day, too. Is there something going around?

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  2. I haven't heard of anything - hope Nora is better soon.

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