Nuggets Along the Trail: 3-26-12 Spring Has Sprung

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

Monday, March 26, 2012

3-26-12 Spring Has Sprung

by Kate

Saturday Dad and the boys went to C.I.T. and did all the mowing. We stayed home and cleaned Ben and Joshua’s room.

Jewel likes running the sweeper.

Josh was a great help!

I proved to Mom that could take out three boxes full of clothes to the garage without any help.

I even opened the door with no help.

When Dad and the boys got home we went across the road and put up a barbed wire fence.

We had to put in three big end posts.

#2 fence post

The kids had a blast in the creek.

Here we are putting in the third fence post.

Sunday four wheeler fun.

Monday - - Spanky needed some attention.

Nice face Josh!

Ben took these pictures of the crab apple tree.

Here is a picture of some violets.

Have a nice day!

1 comment:

AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Kaitelbob -

You're so funny! I can just hear you insisting you can carry those boxes and I can hear you laughing the whole way out!

Nice pictures. The ones with a cloudy blue sky and green grass are beautiful.

ASK
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When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.