June 17, 2013

Multitude Monday #4056 - #4093....


"God’s command to be thankful is not the threatening demand of a tyrant. Rather, it is the invitation of a lifetime—the opportunity to draw near to Him at any moment of the day."
Nancy Leigh Demoss


Today along with the Gratitude Community I list His endless gifts as I draw near to Him...


...his last day of 4th grade...



...my view from here...

My view from here...#now, #1000gifts


...the flowering dogwood at the end of our driveway...

The dogwood at the end of our driveway... #beauty, #1000gifts

...running without pain...

...cousins...







...brothers...

#brothers


...his little eyes that "see"...Will screaming from the backseat "I see a rainbow!" 

Will screams from the backseat "I see a rainbow!"...so thankful for his little eyes that "see." #1000gifts, #rainbow



...following the "train tracks" on the beach with Will...


...time and help to get the camera out and shoot...

...Will watching the ocean in the distance...

Watching the ocean... #wonder


...time to slow and read...

...battleship on the deck with my buddy...

#Battleship on the deck with my buddy...

...real conversations with my sister in law...

...running down the sand dunes with the boys...




...jumping for joy...



...drums at the beach house...

You can take the boy away from his drum set and he still finds a way to play drums...#1000gifts


...Daddy and his boys...


...Duck Donuts...


...long days on the beach with family...



...watching him teach his younger brother how to boogie board...





...Joshua's smile after he blew his first bubble gum bubble (especially since Adam Jones is his favorite Oriole)


...an extended family bike ride...

#familybikeride


...a boy and his diggers...



...how he takes a seashell and places it on the string of his shorts...



...singing loudly with the windows down and the van full of kids...

...watching them delight in God's creation...touching tuna!...



...date night (thanks Grandma, Pap and Uncle Brian and Aunt Lori for helping with the boys)...


...catching the beginning of a thunderstorm on the beach...





...running in the rain back to the car...

...going to the sound side to catch a glimpse of this sunset...




...watching him play...






...his contagious smile...


...the power and the beauty of the ocean...



...hearing Will say "this is such fun!"...


...sunset from the deck on the last night of vacation...



...down east clambake on the deck with family...

...dance party with the kids and cousins...

...overhearing Will (at bedtime) tell Wes "Happy Father's Day Dad.  I love you!"...


 

June 7, 2013

Week in Review...

a mix of Instagram and DSLR pictures...



...first corn of the summer...


...swinging high...

Beautiful weather and a gentle breeze blowing...#now, #1000gifts


..."Look Mom, I can read this book!"...

Hearing him say "Mom I can read this book!" #1000gifts, #newreader


...Eli's baseball game...





...trip to the library...

#now


...running after months of PT...

Finally... #1000gifts, #iamnicerwhenirun


...Josh's "crazy waterslide skills"...

Joshua...showing off his waterside skills...  #pictapgo_app

May 31, 2013

Will's Impromptu Performance...

Micaiah has been working on a new version of a Lego Baseball field for his school talent show for months...and I can't believe that these are the only pictures I have (taken with my iPhone in a half lit gym with horrible light) but it's the end of the school year and I'm trying to keep my head above water!

This field was different than others he has done in the past (this is one of his from another time)
 ...it was large... complete with bullpens, a scoreboard, fountains near the scoreboard, tunnels for the players to enter/exit the field, and lots and lots of stands for the fans.
One more picture because we destroyed it trying to get it back into the van and house!
He decided to add a tennis court and a basketball court right outside of the stadium this time...you can see this in the picture below...

Micaiah's 2013 Lego baseball field...complete with basketball and tennis courts next to the stadium...#legos
 It took all three of us to get this thing into the van and some crazy front seat concoction to keep it all together on the way there (because the rest of the seats were filled with boys)...I realized when I went to downshift that there were a few things that may not be possible on this trip to school...but that Lego Field would arrive in one piece and that's what was important!

At the school talent show there are kids that perform and a talent table where kids can display their creations.  Micaiah stood by the talent table in the gym most of the night.  It was a long night (approximately 2 hours of performances in a gym with no air conditioning on a 95 degree day)...so I watched Eli and Will right outside the gym doors.  They played on the playground and chased a baby bunny all over the playground and cemetery 

It had been a long day and I was really looking forward to getting home.  I kept checking in with Micaiah to see where we were in the program knowing that we still had to get this lovely Lego creation to the van and home again...we were finally nearing the end.  I asked Eli and Will to come in for the Grand Finale (where all of the performers participated in a dance on the stage).  We stood right inside the doors off of the playground...UNTIL...

Will started walking toward the stage...I followed him through the crowd of people but soon began to hear an internal dialogue that went something like this...

"Jenna, he's headed for the stage...he's headed for the stage fast...you're not going to catch him...and if you do he's probably going to scream...they've already started to perform... Yep, there he goes up the stage steps on the right...what are you going to do now?..."

I was jolted back to reality when I heard someone say..."Sit down and video him, this is great!"  

So below is a video of Will performing in the Grande Finale of the talent show that he didn't see 2 minutes of...he's on the right behind the keyboard at first...





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May 27, 2013

Multitude Monday #4009 - #4055...


"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord."
Psalm 150:6

Today along with the Gratitude Community I list His endless gifts...

...Instagram pictures/daily gifts over the past 2 weeks...
May 27th 1000 gifts...
left to right...
...Memorial Day Bike Ride...great quote from Love Does...field day fun...best buddies..."Look Mom I'm a reindeer!"~~
...yum...his reward...3 year old checkup...patience with early morning temper tantrums...he loves an audience~~
 ...daddy's boy...sunshine on a cloudy day...the boys with their MLB baseballs...an O's game with Mommy...Will in awe of the forest~~
...fun friday...my view from here...now...Will's favorite thing about our new house...YMCA at the O's game~~
batting practice...Eli's afternoon..."All Aboard!"...Seneca School House Field Trip...an after dinner hike...

...reading over a journal we kept for Micaiah that I found while unpacking...

...reading her words to him on the day of his birth...

...laughing with the boys over Nate the Great and the Owl Express ...

...sitting on a friends porch surrounded by birds singing, water trickling and a gentle breeze blowing...

...great conversation with ladies that speak truth...

...his 11-10 win over an undefeated team...

...our flowering dogwood...

...hearing stories about his 4th grade camping trip...

...boat sold...

...mentors encouragement...

...patience in the midst of a difficult circumstance...

...glimpses of his tender heart...

...everyone coming up with ideas for our summer bucket list...

...seeing their handwriting/ideas...

...boys pouring over a world map...

...the way he encourages his teamates....


...Micaiah's quest..a "hat day" at his school to raise money for NURU International ...

...watching Micaiah get knighted...       

...kitchen organization...

...seeing him have success at the plate...


...a family wiffle ball game in the front yard...

...celebrating memorial day with a yard full of housechurch friends...




 

May 26, 2013

The Best Part of My Day...

Why is this so difficult to define?  I think it's because I have all these ideas about what it could be on a certain day...

...a morning quiet time with the Lord 
OR
...when our little one comes sleepily down the hall with his "dranky drew" jingling and climbs into bed to snuggle 
OR
...when the boys are all listening intently to a story I'm reading
OR
...when my husband walks in the door and embraces me with a hug and a kiss
OR
...when I'm uploading pictures from the day to blog about the good gifts I saw from the Lord and it makes me stop and remember that the glass really is "always right full"
OR  
...when I'm traveling in the car with my eldest and we talk about things that really matter
OR 
...when I'm outside, the sun is shining, a gentle breeze is blowing, the boys are playing and they draw my attention to a small miracle of the Lord...a flower, some slimy creature, a blooming tree
OR
...when I walk down the steps after jammies, bedtime books, snuggles and back rubs...

You see it's all of these things but the moment of my day that continues to resonate with me as I've tossed this question over and over in my mind...

...is the moment my hands plunge into a warm, soapy sink of water...

...the boys have gone off outside with their dad...the witching hour is passed, the dinner time battle is over and the house falls quiet.  I watch from the inside as the boys play with their Daddy...baseballs flying, a swing soaring "super higher" into the sky and go carts and flash riders racing...

...all while I wash the remnants of dinner from the dishes and bring order into the beautiful chaos of the past 12+ hours.  My mind that has been racing from task to task all day long can wander or rest...the warm water prompts me to pause and slow...and bringing order to the chaos makes me feel safe again.  Daddy's here to help...bedtime is near and all the stress of the day slowly drains away.        

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