For Father's Day

 Happy Father's Day Daddy!

We love you!

Isaac

Josiah

Matthew

Abigail

John

Madison and Amie

Press On

Press On

Written by Dan Burgess

When the valley is deep

When the mountain is steep

When the body is weary

When we stumble and fall

When the choices are hard

When we're battered and scarred

When we've spent our resources

When we've given our all

Chorus:

In Jesus' name, we press on

In Jesus' name, we press on

Dear Lord, with the prize

Clear before our eyes

We find the strength to press on

In Jesus' name, we press on

In Jesus' name, we press on

Dear Lord, with the prize

Clear before our eyes

We find the strength to press on

To press on

 In looking through a friend's blog as well as mine there are pictures of pleasant and happy times.  It is easy to forget that those pictures are only a glimpse of life.  I haven't really shared the hard times and struggles on here.  In part that is because I am tired and don't have the energy to convey those struggles in the way I desire, as from a grateful heart, rather than a complaining spirit.  The other reason is that God has given tremendous blessing during the difficult times and it is important to set up stones as they did in the Old Testament to remember.  In a way this blog is my stone...my testimony of the many blessing from God.  

With that said, I am posting this because life isn't all beach days and fun.  There have been many struggles and this songs says well how we press on. We do press on in Jesus' name and we press on in His strength. With Christ's work on the cross, dying for us, and being raised we have, through repentance and faith, the true hope of eternal life and rest.

Home To You - the Peasall Sisters

It is True...

“We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be”

  ~C.S. Lewis 

Pictures

Today we enjoyed visiting with family and swimming at Uncle Paul and Aunt Colleen's.

My Hard Working Boy and Favorite Lawn Mower

 
 In Virginia we purchased a Troy-Bilt reel mower from Lowes.  My kiddos were quite thrilled to mow the lawn!  I like the reel mower because it doesn't require electricity or gas...just perseverance and working hard.  My kiddos have a little less work required of them in Michigan, so we purchased a reel mower to have here.  Now they are able to be helpers to Grandpa.  Matthew and Grandma put the mower together and he was the first to try it.  He was excited to be mowing again and didn't want to come in for bed!

Saturday Afternoon

Matthew, Abigail and Josiah worked very hard earlier in the day to scrub and vacuum two vehicles.  They were cheerful and diligent helpers!

 

John is working to finish third grade

The Swing

The Swing

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--

Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

Preparing for Baby

 The Cloth Diapering Manifesto from Homemade Mothering concisely explains why it is my hope and plan to cloth diaper Isaac.

The Cloth Diapering Manifesto

At the Zoo

Memorial Day

Friends with Baby Bumps

Kiddos with Grandpa and Grandma Lootens