Fall is here!

You know you are an optomistic person when you buy your first miniature pumpkin and the weather report looks like this...

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by the river

Izzy & I are having a fun weekend.

August 24th

Today is a special day. I can't write much about it or I will cry for too long. Today was my Papa's birthday. Here is one of my favorite pictures of him & I on Sinclair Island.

Izzy

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Thursdays

It is Thursday and my son is screaming upstairs. Why? NAP TIME! For those of you who are wondering how screaming and nap time mix well... they don't. I am as stubborn as Israel is and Nap time it is. Or "rest time" as it is right now! We went to the 10-12 today and boy was it wonderful. Israel got to pray for Israel. Wonderful!

Iz & cars

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Miss Sara Elizabeth

I miss this face...

Thanks Grandpa & Grandma, Uncle Kevin & Aunt Kelsey

Thanks for my bounce house! I love it.
Izzy

A Henry House

I got Sean Henry this weekend & his crazy fun friend Jason. They flew in and cooked us dinner, left us leftovers, prayed over us, made my neighbor cry, made my husband cry, made me cry & left my son with a huge smile on his face. They came to Israel's party and gave the best presents. Why a three year old needs a six foot long race track I'll never know but hey Izzy loves it! Thanks Danie for loaning us Sean and thanks Jason for coming along too. What a weekend.

more birthday...

here's Izzy...

3 years old!

Israel's birthday is today and boy are we having fun. We started off with pancakes, then presents. Izzy is watching one of his new movies and I just made a cake. We will celebrate with Chrissy today and Sun his real party. Haven't got to the bounce house yet... this afternoon the big stuff. Anyhow thanks to all who made this birthday morning so special. Here are some good shots. I am so grateful for this Izzy Michael!

Eight

"Consider the Lilies in the field, they do not toil nor spin yet even Solomon in all his glory did not cloth himself like one of these...
therefor do not worry about what you should wear, or what you should eat for the pagans chase after these things, your heavenly Father knows what you need. But
SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM & HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED TO YOU. Therefor do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble on its own."
Matthew chapter 6

Been thinking about a lot of things lately. You see August is a great month for me. August 8th to be exact. This date has many significant meanings to me. On August 8th 2003 I underlined passages from Matt 6 in my Bible. It marked the promise for my business (Lilies in the Field) and bigger than that the verse of my posture with all finances. God is provider. August 8th 2004 Israel was born. August 8th 2005 Magnum was born (I know this is not spiritually significant but it is funny that my dog and son share the same birthday). Eight is the number for new beginnings. Eight was my number throughout all my sports career and therefore my favorite number. So as this week has progressed I am looking forward to what God will do this year August 8th 2007. I have poured over this passage this week. Living off support will bring one to these scriptural promises perhaps a bit quicker than one having a paycheck.

At any rate I was struck by one particular verse... "for the pagans run after these things & your heavenly Father knows that you need them". Hmmm... interesting that we need the things that pagans run after. The trick is that we are not to run after them. They are the same things. We all need shelter, food etc. The Father knows each of our needs and yet desires that we run after Him and not the needs. He enjoys being our provider. I like receiving from Him. It is hard to trust Him sometimes. It is not that He does not provide it is that my timing is different. He desires to produce faith above circumstances. I desire faith but not always its course. That is why I must dwell and live in this passage.

One Room, Multiple Personalities

Did you know that one room could have multiple personalities? I didn't either until I moved into this house. It used to be Izzy's old room. Then it was Izzy's room slash dad's office. Back to Izzy's room. Next dad's office. Then mom's office. Makeshift guestroom, and finally renter friendly ready to rent to an Intro lady. Nice huh? The joke at the weaver house is that sometimes when people come in they ask what room am I in now? or "hey where did your couch go?" We have been through four sets of dining room chairs since moving here. #1 curbside (later burned on a very cold Missouri day) #2 gift of well I just won't say but these were pink vinyl parlor chairs folks. (sent them curbside). #3 freecycle (left cheap spray paint on the walls). #4 Wonderful oak dining chairs found for free on bulky item pick up day. (recovered the plaid and walla!) So you can see the theme. We are now in process of renting out our upstairs bedroom so that I can take Intro to IHOP & we can still buy groceries. =-) More updates later. This week has been full of projects before fall hits us full swing. Painted Izzy's room, recovered an old church pew (thanks Wendy for the gift) and spray painted a piece of furniture that Izzy decided to graffiti before I did. It is now black. Overall a very productive week. Hopefully our projects are coming to an end as our hearts and minds get cranking this fall. (I'm guessing not as it is in my nature to start new projects but it is fun to dream that all is done and cozy at home.)