photoless

alas, there is something wrong with iphoto so all the photos which captured today are lost into never never land. all the same, it was a lovely day... this morning, the kids and i headed to a midwife appointment...it seems i am overdoing it...which i know to be true.
sometimes i think a person's strengths are also their weaknessness...in my case, this is certainly the case. i really do blossom in the midst of projects...what creativity God has given me seems to feed off of wood and mud and hammer and nails. and i love people...my josh, my kids, my wonderful friends...my family and adopted family...and want to fit as much of everything possible into each day. the trouble is that sometimes trying to fit it all in means that i actually miss out on any one thing. the rushing makes for less intimate conversations, forgetfulness (on my part) and loss of the fullness of the immediate moment....not to mention missing the quiet times of rest and all that this brings into our lives...soft conversations with God, listening to birds, watching the wind...just BEING and being still.
i think when my mum died, this accentuated the already busy part of my mind...feeling something of an urgency to "seize the day". but i am a fool if i think that redeeming the time means getting a lot of stuff accomplished. if anything, i think Christ urges us to redeem the time for eternal reasons....waiting on Him, listening to Him, serving the downhearted and broken by listening and holding...
hhhmmmm...i have a long way to go in this regard.
anywho...
going to the midwives office is actually much like visiting a friend...i feel so happy there...i met with monica today who didn't mind that jack slid on the cooking mittens usually covering the stirrups and that we made balloons out of the latex gloves. =)
we stopped by ms bell's house to give her a 20 questions game =) it is a computerized hand held thing that our friend's creighton and hunter told us about. you think of something in your head and then it asks you 20 questions to which you can press "yes, no, sometimes or unknown" in response...and it guesses what you are thinking!!!!! i mean, not all the time, (ie...josh went on and on about how he fooled it and i said, well, what did you choose...and he said "sex") he is so crazy.
anywho...thought it might be fun for her to try...i'll keep you posted on that one. and THANK YOU to all who have written her cards! she tells all about them...what the front looks like, how excited she was to receive them...and that she is eager now to see if she has a card in the mail. bless her...
being so close to the park, we then went to see the otters and bears and owls and ducks...all out and about...at memorial park....such a spectacularly spring day for it....
after lunch and naps for the kids, kassie and i worked on finishing the siding for the chicken house....which is catywompus ....sorta glad the camera isnt' working =)
kelley and adam have been working all day on the wiring for the extension...and pete has been nose to the grindstone with siding and building walls....
they are all outside around the fire now....
we cooked up a bunch of steaks my dad and sandra gave us....they are devouring them as we "speak"....
well, the kids are both fast asleep....sleeping the deep, unfettered sleep of a loved children....
i am not far behind...
to God be the glory for all things....
all my failed attempts and all the fulfilled ones too....He is worthy of it all.