The Hike

Nate, the kids and Uncle Bubba went on an incredibly long hike this afternoon. We followed the creek on our property for a few miles until we came to the lake that it empties out into. Along the way we found a beautiful 10-12 foot waterfall, it felt completely like an exploration instead of just a hike. We did see signs of some pretty big deer, a cute little box turtle, and what looked like the evidence of a satanic ritual. (nice huh!) Well the good news is that even though we got a little off course and ended up hiding in some cudzu on the side of the runway when a plane taxied by, we all felt like we had accompolished something pretty big, especially me, I didn't even get tired. All the walking I've been doing is really paying off. Yea!

Quick update

Life has been somewhat of a soap opera around here, it has been disquieting to see up close and personal the consequences of poor choices and sin. It is a helpless feeling to know that all you can do is release people to God. I know that is supposed to be all we do anyway but I have the tendency to want to make people do the right thing. Yes I am still working on giving up control.

I had all the ladies from church over at my house monday night for our ladies night out. Our church is not that large and all did not come since it was raining but we probably had close to 20 here. While I was scrambling to get things ready Luke had been pestering me and driving me to the cliffs of insanity with his youthful boyishness. I was about ready to strangle him when he came running into the kitchen:
Luke: Mom I want to be a rock star,

Me: uh huh

Luke: Mom I want to be a rock star, but I don't have what it takes.

Luke: I DON"T HAVE WHAT IT TAAAAAAAKKKKKEEESSSS!

Luke: Why don't I have what it takes?

Me: I don't know, you just don't, get out of the kitchen.

It was pretty funny and I had to laugh because I couldn't imagine where that came from until I heard some song they were listening to that said "I want to be a rock star"

No news on the adoption front, and one more pound bites the dust. (5 lbs.to go)

Ahhh Peace

Once more my household has returned to a somewhat normal state despite having live in company. I took yesterday and today to calm my queasy stomach and relax. Homeschool has been very light this week so I will have to kick it up a notch next week. It's been rainy here for the past couple of days and I love it. I have to say that I would love it more if I was alone but alas that is not in the stars for me now, the kids have been really good even though I've been in a distracted state. I've had some really good discussions so thank you all who have participated.