“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.”
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
“They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
“The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
Lamentations 3:21-25
Hello there little tiny space on the world wide web!
Team Moschel has been on a little break from screens as of late.
IT WAS SO GOOD.
I would encourage you all to try that!
Anyhoo…
We have been enjoying purposeful down time as well.
Which looked like this!
I hope out of all those photos you noticed that SUNSHINE!
That big ball of fire has been hanging in the sky over Twin Oaks a lot lately, and it makes us SO happy!
Sadie loves it too!
Speaking of our four legged favorites – Ruby was spay last week and was pretty miserable the first few days.
Poor puppy!
If only she didn’t have to wear that cone!
We still have had some days of pouring rain, and also a surprise one evening of our first snow!
Our calendar has slowed down, just a little bit, as we hardly have had any appointments this last week and a half!
Our sweet girl did have more work done on her mouth though.
She was BRAVE.
It hurt to eat for a whole week after that appointment – but don’t worry – her Mama gave her an unlimited supply of ice cream!
Really, I did!!
I spent a quiet afternoon looking at our family photo albums!!
Now, that was sweet in a heart-wrenching sort of way!
I kept taking photos and sending them to Kayla over text!!
The big news we have is that we are packing up my Mom’s house getting her ready to move.
It’s been a huge job – but has been going good!
Let me just say, when you get up at 2:30 a.m. to head to Illinois, you are on your third breakfast by 6 a.m.!
And the Starbucks in her town seems to know our orders by heart already!
Eliza lives with a notebook, paper, a pencil or pen in her hands all of the time.
The other day I asked what she was doing, and she told me she writes down her prayers.
Cue all the tears.
I love her SO much!!!
I love her other half too.
They are my sidekicks!!
Especially in the kitchen.
Train them in the way they should go!!!!
I know, I know.
Why in the world would the Lord allow SO many blessings!!??
We feel overwhelmed by His goodness every single day.
My Mom would say, “There is good in everything if you just look!”
I agree!!
Look for the good, friends!
Give God the glory!!
This past Thursday we were blessed to be invited to participate in a field trip to the Stoddard Fire Station.
Since it was fire prevention week last week, it was the perfect time for this field trip and all of the good conversation it allowed with the kiddos!
We learned a lot!
I am grateful for all that we learned – it will be remembered and used!
Our favorite people were there too!
They make some super cute firefighters!!
Let me encourage you to check your smoke detector batteries, your fire extinguishers, and review your plan to escape your house in case of a fire and your meeting spot once you do.
Such important conversations to have!!
This opportunity we had has me on the look out for more field trip opportunities.
It was SO fun!!
For several months now our mantra has been “after the play.”
I have had a rather large “after the play” list to tackle!
One Wednesday before the play though, we made cookies to serve after each of the performances!
It filled most of a day, but was super fun, and I think those cookies were enjoyed!
In the midst of all that practice for the play, we continued on with most of our day to day things as best we could!
We managed some school, visiting the library, keeping everyone fed, and Blake and I even snuck one date night in on a Monday night because there was some clothes shopping that needed done!
We have had some illness roll through Twin Oaks too.
I was in bed two full days, and Addie and Chad had it too.
We are SO thankful for how slight this illness has been and how few of us were sick!
Eliza has been writing me notes as of late.
OH. MY. HEART!!
She also has been getting dressed all by herself!!
For those of you who understand severe sensory processing disorder, you understand what a BIG deal this is!!
This day she asked me “do I look good, Mom?”
Always, sweet girl.
Yes, always!
I took Eliza to get her hair trimmed one afternoon.
She is still determined to grow it!
She told me “I want to grow my hair to my spina bifida. Once it reaches my spina bifida, you can cut it some, Mommy!”
So cute!
What she really means is her spinal surgery scar that is on her back!
My grand babies brought me this treat one afternoon!
Their Mama was their driver!
Speaking of those grand babies – Shiloh Valley Farm is my very favorite home away from home!
Addie Mae blessed the boys with a fun day while we were in Madison!
Our neighbors let us pick all the apples off their apples trees.
What a gift!!
My guys picked all of these one of those days I was in bed!
Addie Mae spent the better part of a day putting up all those apples!
Lots of applesauce for the freezer, and several pints of apple butter too.
The boys and I were on the clean-up crew!
Have I ever told you how cute, soft, cuddly and sweet our Ruby Jane is?
I love her!
I love Sadie too!
It’s things like this that I want to remember forever.
How Tate uses a step stool, and then jumps up to rinse his mouth after brushing his teeth.
He is getting bigger!
We just bought him a new car seat because he is FINALLY 40 pounds!!!
The colors around these parts are at peak right now.
GORGEOUS.
Speaking of gorgeous, let’s talk about this afternoon.
Do you sometimes just go through each day not realizing how something is affecting you until it changes?
That’s how we JUST felt – about the weather!
We didn’t realize how much it was affecting our moods until THIS happened this afternoon.
SUN.
SUNSHINE!!
It’s been SO LONG.
Thank you, Jesus for this sunshine!
Well…we are heading into another crazy weekend – but I feel organized, rested (sorta!), and ready!!
And I have “Jesus Messiah” by the Gaither Vocal Band on repeat right now to prepare my heart!!
Here’s hoping this sun will stick around and make our weekend even brighter!!
Hope you all have a great weekend yourselves!
And the sun is shining where ever you are!!
