Good morning! And a few more gifts..

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:26

Nikki, Daniel and Courtney at about 5, 2 and 4

Life is full of memories..I don't have current pictures on my computer so I thought I'd pull up an oldie! (Only about 17 years ago!) Amazingly, once again I have children about these ages. 

Ramp season is upon us again. I have some to do right now in the kitchen! We all went out and gathered some this past weekend. (For those of you who've never heard of ramps, they are a wild leek.) I guess Ted is the only one who's crazy about them, though I like them in moderation!! I canned them, pickled them, fried them, froze them, make compound butter with them. Ramps are the first things to come ripe in these parts, so for those who love them it's a pretty great time of the year! Daddy actually took the littles with us for the first time, and went out and bought them all shovels which they LOVE!

Let's not forget to remember our military at war. We are specifically praying for Ted's cousin, Austin, and a friend of his. God, please bring them home safely. When we are inconvenienced because of small things, like someone cutting in line at the store, or having to get gas because a teenager runs you nearly out, or..think of those dear folks serving in the military in very dangerous places, and their loneliness for their families.

Some more gifts:

46) The gift of a friend of a ticket to a homeschool conference

47) Electricity

48) Parents who love us

49) Brothers and sisters

50) Cars that run!

51) Homemade bread

52) Hot tea, especially herbal. (My aunt and uncle sent me GOOD EARTH tea from out west. Oh, is it good!)

53) Uplifting music

54) Unconditional love

55) The promises of God

56) Adult children

57) The gift of another 3 children to teach to read! 

58) The Bible, which gives me so much comfort

59) Peace amidst the storms of life

60) JESUS!!!

Well, I am off to other duties but wanted to check in! Remember that God is faithful, all the time.