A morning of birds

Much to Steven's dismay, we did not wake up to a winter wonderland, but boy, is it cold out there! Again, we're wondering if we moved far enough south! :) As we ate breakfast, we were watching the menagerie of birds in the camilia bush in the backyard. Scott can identify many birds and the ones he can't, he usually checks the bird book to identify. But, lo, the birdbook is in a box upstairs, so he called his mom, who wanted to see the birds to help identify them...so here they are! Enjoy!





Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

We thank God that we are so valuable to Him that He sent His Son to save us! We thank Him that He provides for all OUR needs, He is so awesome!!!! We praise and exalt Him! Praise God for who He is! :)

Snow in January!

Okay, so it's been a couple of weeks since we last posted, and trust me, we've been busy. Not sure we can name all we've done, but I can tell you it includes installing base & corner moulding, painting various things such as window frames, the soffit in the kitchen, fixing the floor in the kitchen and installing base moulding there, repairing hole in kitchen ceiling where the old chimney was, installing toe kick under the cabinets, painting the laundry room, painting the rest of the sheetrock in the downstairs bathroom, installing outlet covers...I'll add more when we think of it.





Additionally, Scott and Steven have started rooting plants inside- they plan on growing GIANT pumpkins, watermelon, sunflowers and regular ol' carving pumpkins. They are enjoying the sunlight that comes in the windows in the afternoon.

AND, early this evening, it started SNOWING! Steven was so excited, it actually accumulated a little bit, too. We were hoping it would keep snowing instead of raining, but it looks/sounds like rain now. :( Good for the plants, though.

Aside from all that, Scott and Steven have been battling colds and Steven has an inner ear infection. Steven got the results from his science fair project- he received a 90 on his "Can You Build A Solar Car" project. :)

It's all good, we continue to thank God for all He's doing in our lives. He is in control!!!

Ninth Day of Christmas

Happy Ninth Day of Christmas! (yes, I'm posting this a day late!)

Let's see, the last couple of nights we've squirted "Great Stuff" into lots of crevices to keep out the cold air, installed window moulding around the windows in the bathroom, installed some switchplates where we could, and caulked. We also started boxing the Christmas stuff up- not the tree yet, that will likely be part of Saturday's tasks.

The weekend is supposed to be GORGEOUS again- highs in the 60's. That works for us! We thank God as we look forward to the warmer weather... today the temps are COLD, with wind chills taking the temp to the low 20's. Yes, we've acclimated and we're cold. In fact, mornings like this spur on our prayers for the future plans God has for us to include a bungalow someplace warmer someday! :)

On the Eighth day of Christmas...

Steven spent the day outside playing on the trampoline! It was a beautiful day. :)

Scott went to work at Lowes and I went to work in our house. I caulked/primed/painted the window moulding, the "set" as Scott calls it (the part of the family room with clapboard on the walls) and the bathroom. Then when Scott got home, we continued sealing up the house by applying "great stuff" in cracks. It was a good day. :)


This is the "set". Scott thinks it looks like a set for a play on a stage. He's right, it's kinda neat. And we praise God for all the neat things about our house!