Preschool

Levi's 'first' day of his second year of preschool.... (Sept 9, 2013)

He wasn't exactly picture cooperative.. but we had fun anyway. :) 

Love this little learner. 

power outages

Last night a big storm ripped through our town. We lost power, but some people have it much worse than us. While, I was not thrilled with our loss of power, there were so many little ways the Lord blessed us through it. So instead of lamenting the annoyances, I want to remember these.

1) I had dinner in the crockpot. The power went out at 5. Dinner was done, easy peasy, no fuss.
2) Just before the storm rolled, I started grabbing large containers to fill with water. In a mater of minutes I had about 7 gallons of water on our counter. We have a well so if we lose power we have no water. I was thankful for the Lord's reminder to do this in those few minutes (literally) before we lost power.
3) Mike made it home safely. The storm came rip roaring through at 5, just as he was leaving work and he was heading directly into the weather. I said many prayers for him while he drove home. It was bad, and I was glad I was home with the kids, and was praying he'd get home soon, and safe. It took him almost a 1\2 hour to get home, (normally 10-15) but he made it home safely.
4) The dishwasher was full of clean dishes, which just felt less stressful and chaotic.
5)  I had to go to church for a rehearsal and A) the church had power and B) that allowed me to plug in our cell phones and charge them so we could communicate with the outside world
6) After a quick trip to get some more batteries for flashlights (and yea for the store having power) We had flashlights and some fresh new candles. Both Mike and I enjoyed reading for a while by candlelight.
7) As much as we are used to power\lights\and WATER (that was almost harder), it was a nice break from the constant 'go, go, go' of life...
8) Of course, I was super grateful when I heard the power kick back on, after being told restoration time was unknown. I was thankful to know the food in our fridge and in our freezer (chocked FULL from the summer) was going to be fine.

This morning, I am thankful for the Lord's grace, and for small blessings in a storm.