Category Archives: The Adventure

Tales from our travels

These Boys!

What a very special time I had last week! It was the first time I got to observe (and interact!) with these four boys in their ‘natural habitat’ for a whole week, and what a joy it was. With Mom and Dad away (being spoiled on a cruise), Meemaw (the Grandma in residence) and I (the back-up Granny) were large and in charge!
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We did a little schoolwork –
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Tackled a little yardwork –
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and played a lot of games (because that is what I am really good at!)!
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We kept the ‘screen time’ to a minimum (virtually none during the week), but when it did happen it did keep everyone quiet for a spell!
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Because, let’s face it – even Grams enjoys a little screen time now and again!
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The week seemed to fly by! The two older boys did a great job of caring for the animals (puppies, dogs, pigs, chickens and a cat!) along with their other chores and schoolwork.
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And the ‘littles’ helped around the house with simple chores (and keeping me in line!). Meemaw was the main taxi driver and chief cook (along with her teaching schedule and appointments!), and I filled in all the gaps that I could!
But regardless of how much fun the week was, for the boys, the best part was Saturday morning when Mom and Dad came home!
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It was a busy week – and I was so glad I could share in the care of these sweet boys.  It was truly an honor to be able to tuck them in at night. (Ok, there wasn’t much ‘tucking in’ with the older two – but at least I got to hug and kiss them each night!).

I was also pretty glad to be reunited with my dear husband and back in my own bed after a week away.

Oh, and naps. =)

Steph

Sabbath Rest – But for the Cross

Maybe you’ve heard this hymn before – but it’s new to me! What a great promise –
Oh my soul would be lost
With no hope to find
But for the cross of Christ

LYRICS:
Vs 1
What is the truth
That ever anchors me
Amidst the waves of all my guilt
That Christ has shed
His blood and pardoned me
At the cross, at the cross

Vs 2
He bore my sin
I bear His righteousness
Oh what a glorious exchange
The wrath of God
Laid on the spotless Lamb
Oh what grace, oh what grace

Chorus
Behold the cross
There is no greater love
Heaven’s Son
Laid down His life for us
Oh my soul would be lost
With no hope to find
But for the cross of Christ

Vs 3
How do I walk
With humble confidence
I look to Christ Who is my peace
He sealed my hope
And my inheritance
At the cross, at the cross

Vs 4
When I am weak
And stumble into sin
There is an ever-flowing stream
His cleansing blood revives my soul again
Oh what grace, oh what grace

Vs 5
One day I’ll stand
Before the King of Kings
One day I’ll see him face to face
For Jesus rose
Death lost its bitter sting
Christ has won! Christ has won!

But for the Cross of Christ
Words and Music by Bryan Fowler, Kristyn Getty, and Jessica Waterman

© 2024 Getty Music Publishing (BMI), Watermamma Music (BMI) (adm at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) / Be Essential Songs, bryanfowlersongs (adm at EssentialMusicPublishing.com)

February Birthdays!

We had a couple of family birthdays this week, so it seems appropriate to wish them both a big Texas Happy Birthday!

Grandson Taran turned 10 on Sunday! Yep, another one hits the double digits!
His heart is a big as his smile – and I’m excited that we’re going to see him (and the rest of the family) this weekend!
These kids are growing up so very fast!

But today is Tammy’s birthday – and she doesn’t seem to age at all!! As I was looking for a recent picture of Tammy, I realized I couldn’t find any of ‘just’ her. Her heart is always for her family, her friends and her Jesus. We are so thankful we get to claim her as one of our beautiful Daughters-in-love.

Our other February birthday, Ellie, was back on February third – but we already talked about that!

How blessed we are!
Steph

A Trip to town

Our little town of Lindale has just about anything you would need in the way of stores – a couple of grocery stores, several good restaurants, a Walmart, and (most importantly) Lowes.  But even with all of those good options, we still usually take a weekly trip into the Big City – Tyler! Tyler has a multitude of shopping options – and today we took advantage of many of them.

  1. Haircut! First stop and well overdue!
  2. Tyler recycling where we got rid of bins and bins of glass and plastic our community has been collecting.
  3. Habitat for Humanity Restore – first time here and I walked out with an ironing board ($5)!
  4. UPS store to facilitate a return
  5. Joann Fabric Store – Batting for a quilt I’m working on.
  6. Picked up sandwiches at Jimmy Johns (ate half and finished them up for dinner. Score!)
  7. Stopped at Torchy’s Tacos for some take-out Queso (we had a coupon to get it free! Couldn’t pass that up!) Lunch tomorrow?
  8. Sam’s Club – where we spent too much but also got gas for $2.36/gal
  9. Aldi – short stop, but we never pass up an Aldi. (Eggs were available @5.47/doz. Thankfully we did not need any).
  10. Walmart – needed a cover for the ironing board and a couple of other odds and end.
  11. Back home by 2, just in time to put the cold stuff away and settle in for a nap!

The deep freeze  is on its way (not expected to get out of the 20’s tomorrow!) – so it’s good we got all of our errands done today. Pretty sure tomorrow will be a good day to stay home! Those Tyler trips can get pretty expensive, but we’re glad we were able to check so many things off our list (and maybe a couple things that weren’t!)

Thanks for stopping by!
Steph