A Few Thankful Moments
I started this blog a couple of years ago for two reasons: to share with our family we were so far away from the adventures of our little family, but more importantly is was a reminder to me to look for little moments throughout my day that I could be thankful for. With that said, let me share with you some moments over the last month that have caused me . . . well . . . to be thankful.
#1 - We had had a long day unpacking boxes and were starting to get kids ready for bed when I noticed something odd lying on the floor in the hallway outside of Rachel and Sarah's bedroom. Hmmm, hair. I picked it up and figured it had come from a brush or something. I walked into their room to help Sarah get her PJ's on and noticed that one of her pig tails had a chunk that was longer than the rest. I walked over tugged on the "long" piece and it came out in my hand. I kept combing her pigtail with my hand and kept pulling hair out. I was in total disbelief. I took the rubber band out of her hair and sent her to the bathtub to get her hair washed.
Apparently what had happened was, while the kids were "swimming" in the pile of paper in the living room, John had gotten a hold of a pair of scissors and cut Sarah's hair. I am not sure how he managed to snip the chunks that he did. He left poor Sarah's head with patches of 1 inch long pieces sticking up in various places. I am just ever so thankful that he did not snip off a whole entire pigtail.
#2 - One of the things that we knew we needed to get for out new home was a refrigerator. We were very indecisive about what color to get so we decided we would wait until we got out to Kingman so we could take a good look at the kitchen again and then head down to the local Sears to make a purchase. We should have chosen one and ordered it before we moved because they did not have the one we chose in stock and it had to be ordered and would not be delivered for just over two weeks. Yikes! When they first told us this, I thought how do you live without a refrigerator? As I pondered this a little I realized you just pretend you are camping and use an ice chest. So for two weeks I bought only the bear essentials of "cold" stuff and made a trip to the store every two days to buy new ice. On the day I would change the ice we all had a real treat, cold ice water to drink. The water from the tap at our house never gets really cold, like the kind of cold you want to drink when it it hot outside. I have never been so thankful for the modern convenience of a refrigerator. It truly is a convenience.
#3 - When we started talking about looking for a home in Kingman I told Paul that I did not want to have to landscape another backyard. We have spent the last five and a half years doing a lot of yard work and finally had gotten our yard to a point where it was beautiful and fun for the kids to play in. I did not want to do that again. I wanted a house with a fully landscaped yard so I could turn my time, money and energies into the inside of our home. Well, be careful what you wish for because Heavenly Father has a sense of humor and doesn't always give us what we want. The house we purchased has a very unlandscaped backyard, although it does have a nice brick wall around it providing privacy, separation from the neighbors, and safety for the kids. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and I desperately miss grass. I miss having a place for the kids to play and run around to get all their wiggles out. I miss having a place to set up the pool so the kids can cool off on a hot afternoon. There is way we would want to put the pool out in our backyard. It would turn into a mud bath and probably get a hole in it from all of the little poky weeds.
My thankful moment came last week when the kids were out playing on the back patio in the water table. John was throwing rocks in it (we have no shortage of rocks) and then scooping dirt in it turning it into mud. Well it didn't take long before Sarah and Rachel realized that was fun and began to water the ground to make mud. The mud quickly became mud pies and mud castles and then John stood in a puddle of mud reciting lines from his favorite book, "Stuck in the Mud". It was so fun to watch them all have such a wonderful time. And I was so thankful when the dirt washed right off, no scrubbing. In fact the mud on the patio, once it dried could be swept off with a broom. Until you experience the red, clay dirt of Kentucky you may not understand what a truly thankful moment this was.
#1 - We had had a long day unpacking boxes and were starting to get kids ready for bed when I noticed something odd lying on the floor in the hallway outside of Rachel and Sarah's bedroom. Hmmm, hair. I picked it up and figured it had come from a brush or something. I walked into their room to help Sarah get her PJ's on and noticed that one of her pig tails had a chunk that was longer than the rest. I walked over tugged on the "long" piece and it came out in my hand. I kept combing her pigtail with my hand and kept pulling hair out. I was in total disbelief. I took the rubber band out of her hair and sent her to the bathtub to get her hair washed.
Apparently what had happened was, while the kids were "swimming" in the pile of paper in the living room, John had gotten a hold of a pair of scissors and cut Sarah's hair. I am not sure how he managed to snip the chunks that he did. He left poor Sarah's head with patches of 1 inch long pieces sticking up in various places. I am just ever so thankful that he did not snip off a whole entire pigtail.
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| If you look real close to the top of Sarah's head you will see the hairs sticking up. She has at least two other places that do the same thing. |
#2 - One of the things that we knew we needed to get for out new home was a refrigerator. We were very indecisive about what color to get so we decided we would wait until we got out to Kingman so we could take a good look at the kitchen again and then head down to the local Sears to make a purchase. We should have chosen one and ordered it before we moved because they did not have the one we chose in stock and it had to be ordered and would not be delivered for just over two weeks. Yikes! When they first told us this, I thought how do you live without a refrigerator? As I pondered this a little I realized you just pretend you are camping and use an ice chest. So for two weeks I bought only the bear essentials of "cold" stuff and made a trip to the store every two days to buy new ice. On the day I would change the ice we all had a real treat, cold ice water to drink. The water from the tap at our house never gets really cold, like the kind of cold you want to drink when it it hot outside. I have never been so thankful for the modern convenience of a refrigerator. It truly is a convenience.
#3 - When we started talking about looking for a home in Kingman I told Paul that I did not want to have to landscape another backyard. We have spent the last five and a half years doing a lot of yard work and finally had gotten our yard to a point where it was beautiful and fun for the kids to play in. I did not want to do that again. I wanted a house with a fully landscaped yard so I could turn my time, money and energies into the inside of our home. Well, be careful what you wish for because Heavenly Father has a sense of humor and doesn't always give us what we want. The house we purchased has a very unlandscaped backyard, although it does have a nice brick wall around it providing privacy, separation from the neighbors, and safety for the kids. We have a lot of work ahead of us, and I desperately miss grass. I miss having a place for the kids to play and run around to get all their wiggles out. I miss having a place to set up the pool so the kids can cool off on a hot afternoon. There is way we would want to put the pool out in our backyard. It would turn into a mud bath and probably get a hole in it from all of the little poky weeds.
My thankful moment came last week when the kids were out playing on the back patio in the water table. John was throwing rocks in it (we have no shortage of rocks) and then scooping dirt in it turning it into mud. Well it didn't take long before Sarah and Rachel realized that was fun and began to water the ground to make mud. The mud quickly became mud pies and mud castles and then John stood in a puddle of mud reciting lines from his favorite book, "Stuck in the Mud". It was so fun to watch them all have such a wonderful time. And I was so thankful when the dirt washed right off, no scrubbing. In fact the mud on the patio, once it dried could be swept off with a broom. Until you experience the red, clay dirt of Kentucky you may not understand what a truly thankful moment this was.
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