Ryan Earns GMA

Last Wednesday night at our Royal Ranger awards ceremony, Ryan was awarded his Gold Medal of Achievement along with 6 other boys in our Outpost. This is the highest award you can earn in the program and a lot of work went into him achieving it. We are so proud of you Ryan for all you have accomplished. May God richly bless you for all your efforts.

Love, Dad & Mom

Happy Mother's Day

Why is it when Mother's Day rolls around, all I want is for everyone to just notice what it is that I really do all the time being a mom. It's not the gifts and the well versed cards that really matter, it's hearing your child say "I wouldn't be where I am today without you mom".

I guess, in their own subtle way, they have already told me so. You see, none of my kids ever felt the need to, or follow through with the thought of, running away from home. They knew I would always be there for them. None of my kids ever had to run with gangs and try to find a purpose for who they were. They knew I always told them that they were somebody special. None of my kids ever had to lose themselves in alcohol and peer pressure because they couldn't handle what was going on at home. They knew they had parents that loved each other and especially loved their kids. I never had kids who ever said they didn't believe in God. Proverbs 22:6 says train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. I know the Lord helped me to do that well. I guess if I sit and really look back over the years, things really take on a new perspective. Was I ever a perfect mother? Not by any means. Were my children always perfect? Not in any sense of the word. Yet through the years I have come to learn from my own mother (who was by far perfect in a lot of ways), of her consistency in being a mother, and her faithfulness at bringing us up to know the Lord. I knew as a very young girl that I wanted to model that for my kids and then go even farther, giving them a reason to want to pass on what they saw in their home to their own children.

Although I get tired from being a mom at times and the enemy is constantly jabbing me to throw in the towel, I know now that I just need to sit back and look at where my children are today and silently hear them say, " I wouldn't be where I am today without you mom".

Thank you Lord.

What a beautiful day

Well, I think it is safe to say now that spring is here. What a gorgeous day today and I think the plants thought so too. So many of mine are trying to find their way out of their skin. I love this time of year. Just replanted my rhubarb in the garden planters we are making. I sure hope

I still get a crop out of them this

year after ripping them out of the

ground

A Step Back In Time

Well my me time has come to an end, the guys came home last night from their great FCF weekend. I got to hear all the stories about everything that happened and also listen to all the complaints. Everything seemed to go pretty well and I guess my pictures will tell the rest of the story. We are getting ready to head back to FCF family camp on Memorial Day weekend. Then I get to have a hand at living in the days of our past. I love it. It's a lot of work, but I doubt as much work as it really was back then now that we have modern ways of getting our equipment to and from places. Well, enjoy this beautiful day.

Kyron is dedicated

Yesterday I went to our grandson's dedication at the Highland Church in Plover. What a blessing is it to see your children walking with the Lord and now bringing up your grandchildren to know Him too.

Free At Last

Well sort of.
I have just spent the last week doing everything imaginable to help get Doug and Ryan ready to go to FCF trace. I put up with my house being a total wreck with leather and feathers and tools and beads and rivets and piles of wood and wax and fabric and well the list goes on. Running from place to place trying to find that all important last minute item or two or three.
Now they are gone, I have cleaned the place up and with the exception of a little bit of sewing for my grandsons dedication outfit, I am FREE! until Sunday night. WooHoo!!! Sometimes it gets a little stressful living in a house with all guys and two out of the three don't really understand where I am ever coming from. So I am going to enjoy my time for the next 3 days and brace myself for the storm that comes home on Sunday night. Don't get me wrong, I love all my guys and love helping them with their Royal Ranger outings. It's nice to have a program where they can all be a part of and do some bonding as father and son.
Well, don't expect me to be on here until my free time is over.
So, ta ta for now.