Nuggets Along the Trail: 8-30-11 Our Tree House

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, August 30, 2011

8-30-11 Our Tree House

By Kaitlyn and Ben

This spring we were all playing in the tree house when Jesse decided to build a 2nd and 3rd layer to our tree fort!!! Then on Friday we all decided to play in it.Then Jesse made a 4th layer!!!! When we are in it we are level with the telephone/electric wires!!! It is pretty scary climbing in it. We have made lots of pulleys going from layer to layer and from the layers to the ground. There are 4 in all!!

Spanky our experimenting cat didn’t enjoy his job! (He didn’t have a choice!!!) He got to be the first one in all of the pulleys!!

View from 3rd layer.

The ladder going from the 2nd to the 4th layer.

Spanky in mid jump to the tree branch. We were going to give him a shove and send him in the bucket to the 3rd layer then we pulled him back up!! He didn’t like it!!

Josh is learning how to hold the cats nice!!! It almost looks like the cat is enjoying it too!!

Well that’s all for now!!

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Mom-isms

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.