Our Family Daybook

Our Family Daybook

Around the Homestead...

Still working on the garden bed.  Adding good organic matter to the soil.  My seeds are sprouting!

Our adoption process...

Honestly, I hit a bit of a breaking point last Friday.  I am an introvert.  I am also a relatively sensitive person.  I am passionate and feels things pretty deeply.  It has been exactly one year since I found Reece's Rainbow and knew God had placed it before us TO DO SOMETHING.  We were not in the place to do it then.  We have moved now and it was a green light to start the process.  But I had gotten so entrenched in other adoption blogs, stories, experiences that it was getting hard for me to function...the need is SO GREAT.  14 yr. olds that weigh 14 pounds and are the size of 3 month olds because caretakers in Eastern Europe thought their Down Syndrome made them not worth feeding or caring for...older kids watching parents adopt a child from their orphanage and begging for families and wanting parents of their own.  Kids waiting for years.   Its been a lot.  I took a break.  Didn't read a single thing, Dan and I stopped talking about it for a bit.  We prayed.  We waited.  I think I might be in a better place to move forward now.  We're talking about it again and looking to God to lead us.

Learning at home...

This was supposed to be a very light week because of the season and the need to garden and prepare for the chicks coming.  The boys did a bit of Math, read lots of library books and helped make compostable planting cups from newspaper as well as help me in the garden a bit.
Elijah was awesome and planted tulips for me :)  We will definitely read some history today. We'll get back to the books more next week.

What we've been reading...

"The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals" and "Backyard Livestock"  Both of these books are from the library.  We really like Guide to raising farm animals one.  We are reading about the proper care of chicks from 1 day to 6 weeks right now the the boys so they will know how to properly care for them. 

I will also be reading a organic gardening book from the library.

What we've been thinking about...

"We have lost the theology of risk. There is an inner confidence that we've lost. We've lost zeal. We've lost guts. Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous." (Mother Angelica)

Thanks to http://bringinghenryhome.blogspot.com/ for the quote!

I'm thankful for...

My husband.  Its St. Joseph's Day today and I am truly thankful for the hard worker that my husband is.  He is a great supporter of his family.  And he never gives up trying to do his best to balance all that life throws at him.  I love you, Hon.

I'm praying for...

The Archer Family and their soon-to-be adopted children, For the children at Pleven, for Michelle to raise the funds to bring Alyssa and Anya home where they belong and for peace and holiness in our home.