3-31-13 He Lives

He lives, He lives

He’s risen from the dead

He lives, He lives

He’s risen as He said

He conquered death and sin

The grave could never win

He lives, rejoice, the Savior lives.

Although He healed the lame and the blind

Although He taught that men should be kind

They crucified the giver of breath

But He became the victor over death.

He lives, He lives

He’s risen from the dead

He lives, He lives

He’s risen as He said

He conquered death and sin

The grave could never win

He lives, rejoice, the Savior lives.

They tried to seal the glorious Son

They thought, at last, the night had come

But to the dread of all His foes

Three days later Jesus Christ arose.

He lives, He lives

He’s risen from the dead

He lives, He lives

He’s risen as He said

He conquered death and sin

The grave could never win

He lives, rejoice

He lives, rejoice

He lives, rejoice Jesus lives.

He lives!

 

 

 

*from The Story of Little Tree, an Endearing Easter Fable

3-30-13 A Few Px

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3-29-13 Good Friday

 

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:5

3-28-13 Ted Plays Hockey

by Ben

One day Ted and his friends decided to play hockey. They got hockey sticks and they all got together at the frozen lake. When they got there they realized that they didn’t have a puck. That was a problem! Then Fred said, “I have an idea!”

“Go ahead,” Ted said, “Share it with us.”

“We could use my retainer case,” Fred suggested.

“Good idea,” Ted said. “Let’s make teams; Ed and I will be a team, and Fred and Ned can be a team.

Ted hit the plastic case extremely hard out into the lake. It shattered.

“Oops!” Ted said. “I guess it’s not made to be used as a hockey puck. Look! It’s shattered into one trillion pieces!”

Finally, they walked all the way back home and got a real puck. When they got back, they began to play again. They were having a good time when Ted slammed on the brakes, sending a shower of ice.

“Watcha stop for?” Ed asked.

“There’s a weak spot in the ice right there.”

“So…”

“We’re not going to skate on it!” Ted yelled.

Soon the others were there too.

“I have an idea,” Fred said.

“You don’t have very good ideas,” Ted said. “The last one about using your retainer case for a puck didn’t work at all.”

“This one will.” Fred said. “Here’s the idea. If we tie lots of balloon to our arms, we will be lighter and we will just skim across the top.”

The idea worked and the kids had a great afternoon.

3-27-13 Pruning

Today again dawned sunny and beautiful. Ben took this picture of Rascal enjoying the sunshine.

Just for the record – this is what read-aloud time looks like. Cozy and peaceful. Extremely blessed. Right now I’m reading The Runaway by Patricia St. John. Book report to follow when we’re done with it.

Yesterday and today the kids have been hitting the watersprouts pretty hard. Today especially was a beautiful day to be in the orchard, and they all did so good and got a lot done.

This crew did a great job picking up the sprouts and loading them into the wagon. Of course they took some breaks too.

Jacob runs the operation,

and he does the lion’s share of the work as well, although the others certainly do a good job too.

I took a walk while they pruned, and I so appreciated the brilliant blue sky.

All but three of the bushes are covered now. I should’ve gotten a picture of the tile running into it – the melting snow is slowly raising the lake.

Also this week, Andy has been here working in the girls’ new bathroom. It is looking wonderful; but, on my way to take a few px of it, this caught my eye.

Pretty, huh? I’ll be glad to be DONE with construction dust for a good long time.

This cabinet was ordered for our master bath but could not be fitted into the space for which it was designed. So it got installed in this bathroom even though it’s a little tall for the low basement ceilings. I don’t think the girls will mind.

Vanity top is ordered but won’t be here until mid-April.

The shower needs a curtain rod and a curtain, and it’s ready to go. Doesn’t it look nice? Andy did a great job!

There is a little bit of trimwork to do yet here and there (baseboard, painting by ceiling, around toilet topper, vanity kickboard, windowsill), but that’s about it. Tom came and measured for carpet today; that should be in by the end of next week, so we can potentially schedule that install for the end of next week or beginning of next.

The end is in sight.

Good night.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 1:3

3-26-13 Tuesday

Josh hasn’t napped in a few months, but today he was still catching up.

He made this airplane ALL BY HIMSELF.

Sweet.

3-25-13 Recovery

by Kate and Mom

This picture is left over from Saturday; Mom forgot it was on her camera. We won’t tell what Leah is doing because it’s kind of rude. And we won’t tell who won the contest either.

This is a massive lake. The dark specks way out there were pickup trucks. Lots of them. The people were ice fishing.

The cows were kinda hungry when we got up.

There was a LOT of snow. We got 6 or 7 inches.

Josh took all of these pictures.

(I like the little toes in the pic above)!

I think Mom took all of these px. [Yep. I was blessed to see 1. big sister giving little sister a piano lesson and 2. little sister’s feet tucked under her so cute.]

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[He was waiting for a chunk of snow to melt and fall off the van wheel well. I think he needs more to do.]

Snow fun.

Snow + sand + Josh = MESS!!!!

THE END.