Ahh...life

Oh the little joys of life! The seemingly mundane, positively monotonous activities that repeat, repeat, repeat.... Ya, well you get what I'm saying. :) But somehow there is a strange comfort in the mundane. Like...knowing just what is going to happen at 10:35 am tomorrow morning. Haha..no, it's not that monotonous around here....not quite. :)

Ok, that was a strange way to start my newest post, wasn't it? -- So, Things around here definatly do have some sort of schedule most of the time. There is a thing out of the ordinary here and there. Most of my days consist of me and my 'little man' (thats what we call Simeon most of the time) hanging out together and once in a while visiting relatives. Chad has been busy with work alot lately, and I don't have a whole lot of hope that it will slow down any time soon. As he says, this is the norm. Hmm...well, whatever. That's ok I guess.

I think of Simeon as my little buddy/companion these days. He is such a joy! He is so happy and absolutely ADORABLE---but don't tell him...we don't want him getting an ego or something. ;) He is getting huge! Some of the names my family (lovingly) call him are 'Farm Boy, Butterball, Chunk, Fat (in a good way :) ) Beast...etc I think you get the drift that he is growing. :) He is over 17 lbs now and he is only 3 1/2 mos old. --Like I like to remind folks, "he's all muscle!" :D

We will be leaving on our annual family vacation soon. I hope it will be super duper fun! Just pray all the traveling doesn't take too much of a toll on Little Man. He's pretty use to traveling I think. I joke that he spends half his life in the car. He does spend a lot of time in his carseat for sure. You know me... :)

We had a wonderful time with Joe and Becky and their adorable and very entertaining little crew of daughters over the 4th of July week! They got to be in our area for about 4 days or so. The whole fam was together each day and had a wonderful time! We all had to go into detox afterward though. Too much crazy activity I think! So many kids!! It was great though! :)

I just sold my beloved horse of 10 years. Sad, but also a good thing. He went to a great home and I get to see him whenever I want (pretty much). The Lord really answered prayers for that whole thing. I love how He delights to show Himself faithful in the, oh so small, things! First off, the lady that bought him was great! So nice and understanding. Secondly, the day they were coming to get him was a beautiful, warm day but when they were about halfway here, it started thundering and lightning and POURING rain! -they were coming from WI.-  Also, on top of all this, the last time someone tried to put Star in a trailer it didn't go so well. (I wasn't there so maybe he just needed me) :) . Anyway, I suggested to Jess and Kora that maybe we should all be praying that the weather clears and Star (my horse) loads well. So throughout the time we were waiting for the people to arrive with the trailer we were all praying. Kora was confident that everything would work out cause "God says that He will answer our prayers". So true. He does delight in the little things. They arrived shortly after the weather miraculously -and in spite of the forcast of thunderstorms all day- cleared up and sun shone bright. Star walked right in after me in the big, loud trailer and they were off again with no problems! WOW! Thanks be to God! haha--just funny how things like this happen. It helps build and encourage not only my faith, but the faith of Jess' children as well. I'm sure they will remember that answer to prayer for a while. I'm reminded of when I was their age and would pray with 'the faith of a child'. So precious in God's sight!

Well, that's all for now. I hope you all are well! Carry on. :)