Homemade Noodles (and other awesome things)

I'm not sure why I like doing this so much, but I do. Making noodles that is. :)

We are having soup

And fresh bread for supper. Care to join us? :)



And the other awesome things, totally cute socks from Emily. I love them!

God, You are AMAZING

By Rebecca

This morning when I went to do chores I saw the beautiful clouds that the Lord made. Benjamin said 'Those clouds look like a mountain range' I agreed that yes it did look like a mountain range.

I got a picture at 6:50 this morning. :D God makes such beautiful things. I wish I could get picture of all of them. :D

After the first picture I was blessed with this one. As I said I wish I could get a picture of all of them. :D

Thank you God for Beautiful Things!! :D

Is it just me...

Or have I seen this...

...before?

Today...

It was so nice out that I had John and Rosie go out to soak up some vitamin D. They put their own twist on it by having fun at the same time. Brilliant kids. :)

In which John impresses me by how well he can climb the rope.



Rosie having heaps of fun. :)

Herk enjoying the sun and leaves. I thought he looked rather amusing covered in leaves like that. :)


Rebecca was trying to think of something interesting to do so that I would blog about it...


so she did this. Interesting...and odd. :)


Timo enjoying FatMax our new computer.


Last night if you looked east you saw this.


And if you looked west you saw this. Our God is really amazing!

Random

Poor Life With Rosie has been sitting here all alone for several days while I try to figure out how to blog. Mom said all I had to do was put on pictures and say clever, witty things about them. So here goes...

This is John, he insisted that he wasn't tired and was out 5 minutes later.

This would be Rosie writing the script for her very dramatic play "The Lost Ballerina"



And here is Rebecca, the new queen of taking care of the chickens, taking out the slop.

And enjoying it immensely too, I might add. :)



Timo, our new milk man, and his new best buddy, Brownie.


Finally, here are a few pictures of our beautiful Nebraska fall.






So there it is, my very first blog post. Hopefully they will be numerous and much more witty in the future. :)

It is Leah writing this, for those of you who had not already guessed.

Ending an Adventure

Today I find myself at the end of several adventures at once. I walked out of the doors of my elementary school for the last time as a student teacher, I drove down my driveway for the last time while I live here and I ate the last supper with my family while we all live in the same house.

My 6th graders were not very happy about me leaving. In fact, they and my host teacher thought perhaps she should have told WGU I failed student teaching and needed to stay with them for the rest of the year before I was ready to graduate... :D


Leah went all out and made chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes for my celebration/last supper. Leah, you rock!!!


They decided I needed to be carried to the table. Need I remind anyone that just a few years ago I was carrying this fine young man around??


Anything Benjamin can do, Timothy and John can also do, just as good...


And of course, Leah can also do. Even better....


One thing has a way of leading to another.

But I will always be the big sister!!!

As one adventure comes to an end, another is about to begin. Tomorrow I move to my new apartment in Omaha and in 10 days I start working at Compass Ministries. The way God so effortlessly opened the doors and closed others at the same time is still amazing me. I feel as if I am leaving one mission field for the next and while I am excited to go, I am sad to leave. But that is how it should be. It is love that compels us to reach out and go and love that makes it hard to leave. I feel the love in my heart and life is full to overflowing right about now... All this leads me to an announcement. I have set up a new blog to chronicle the adventures God leads me on from here. I don't have any posts up yet, but hope to get the first one up some time next week. In the mean time, feel free to pop over and check out the very basic format and add the URL to your favorites. :D www.beeautifulthings.blogspot.com Note the extra 'e'. Of course beautifulthings was already taken, but I figured an extra 'e' for Emily would be easy enough to remember...

It has been a wild ride to this point and somehow I have the feeling that is not going to change. I am looking forward to sharing what God does with you all, because I know He is making some beautiful things.

Sunday

Sunday mornings start early at our house. This Sunday was no exception.

I was tickled to get to watch the sun come up since I am usually in school before that happens...


And the car ride is great bonding time.


After both services we went to a little park to enjoy the lovely afternoon. The boys demonstrated 'walking with caution' as pioneered by Daniel Gardener.


The little people played on the merry-go-round and slides while being supervised by the guys. Take a look at the ever shrinking height gap in this picture...


In the mean time, I decided to use the day of rest for what it was made for... resting.


Apparently I rested a little too deeply. Take warning, this is what can happen if you fall asleep on a picnic table and your family gets a hold of your camera.


The boys also demonstrated how to do off-kilter push-ups on a picnic table...


Becca. She was not feeling well for a while, but recovered in time to enjoy some sun with the rest of us.

After a long day of resting and playing, the best thing you can do is take a little nap in the car on the way home while Leah and Emily do a little shopping. While Sundays won't be quite the same after I move, I am looking forward to seeing what new adventures we can cook up together!