When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean livin''
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'
When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.
When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.
When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible but, God believes I am worth it.
When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain..
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.
When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!
-Maya Angelou
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Wiebe #5
Okay we really don't number our kids but I have nothing else to call our baby right now.
Other than Sid.
Anyway today was my ultrasound and no, we did not find out the sex of the baby. From what I could see the baby looked nice and healthy. Everything was there. Here are the pictures!
I love that you can see the ear so well in this one.
This is a picture of the bottom of his/her little tiny baby feet.
Other than Sid.
Anyway today was my ultrasound and no, we did not find out the sex of the baby. From what I could see the baby looked nice and healthy. Everything was there. Here are the pictures!
I love that you can see the ear so well in this one.This is a picture of the bottom of his/her little tiny baby feet.So what do you think? Wiebe boy or Wiebe girl? Let me know.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
All that he made...
Today I was practicing Ephrim's Cubbies verses with him. We were doing Genisis 1:31 (I hope I'm not messing up the reference) "All that he made was very good." This verse is paraphrased for the kids.
Me "okay Ephrim Genisis 1:31 "All...."
Ephrim "All" (he knows it but needed some extra prompting)
Me "All he........ made......."
Ephrim -excitedly - "All he made was VERY YUMMY!"
Time for lunch
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A meme.
Okay I've been tagged for this a few times so it's time to get around to it.
I was tagged by multiple people and you should all just be happy that I'm doing it and not complain about linking and rules ;) I really am in a good mood that just came out grumpy.
My six quirky boring things.
1) I can pick things up with my toes. Lots of things. Pencils and pens are the hardest but I have it figured out. People have marvelled at this ability, when I sweep I rarely have to bend over to pick things up from the dirt pile.. I do it with my toes. I've even figured out how to throw things using my foot. I only do this with my right foot, I'm right footed. The left foot is only used if I can't get a pencil and I have to step on the sharpened end with my left foot to elevate the other end to get a better grip on it with my right toes. I've joked that it's because I've been pregnant for the last 8 years and it's hard to bend in the middle when you're pregnant. Really it's because I'm lazy.
2) Most nights before I go to bed I look out my window to see if my neighbors lights are on. I never look in their window for a long period of time, I'm not that kind of nosey. I just wonder if they're up still and try to figure out what shift Carla is working. The only time I've actually spied on my neighbors was when Eric was playing fetch with the dog outside at night with a head lamp on. I never play fetch with my dog, ever, so I marvelled that he loved his dog so much that he would do it at night. I've always been a people watcher. It's not just these neighbors, I've done this my whole life and I promise I'm not a Peeping Tom. I'm too nice to be a Peeping Tom. This will be the ONE time my neighbors read my blog.
3)I fight with people in my head. Apparently I struggle with bitterness. I will pick a past argument that I lost or felt ended without my being justified and I will re-fight with the person. When no one is around I'll do it outloud. Or sometimes when I'm driving. God has been working on this. Honestly I'm still too nice to be a Peeping Tom
Man I'm making myself sound creepy.
4) I used to ask God which way I should turn at the four way stop to get home when I was coming from thornhill.. or which bridge I should take to town.. or which way I should go to get to the new bridge. okay sometimes I still do it. It can be a hard decision. He cares about the small details people!
5) In my head I'm skinny. Sometimes I get really dissapointed when I look in the mirror because I've forgotten that I'm not skinny anymore and I see myself and it's like I gained 50 pounds between bathroom trips. Am I seriously the only person that does this?
It's taking me a long time to figure out a number six.. I think they picked six because they knew that most people only have five boring/quirky things to share.
It's not finding boring things that's hard it's finding boring things that people don't already know and since pretty much the only people that read my blog are close friends that's hard to do!
6) I really want to sell everything I own and buy a piece of land in the middle of nowhere (and two big dogs and a large gun) and live in a little house with no electricity or running water. A part of me is scared to but for the most part I ache for it. To be away from the clutter and business of life and to really work. Not to pay my mortgage but to live. To have only what we need and to truly depend on God for it. I daydream about my husband coming home and telling me he quit his job or was fired so that we would have nothing left but a little shack and the clothes we need and the food we eat coming from our land. I long to be pushed to my limits, to confront my fears, and be broken and humbled by God so that I depend wholly on him. I wish we would throw away our tv and computer and I get shivers of excitement when the lights flicker because maybe the power will go out!
Well I'm not going to tag anyone but I would ask that those of you who know I am not a stalking, peeping, missing link please leave a comment so any newcomers will not be terrified of me!
I was tagged by multiple people and you should all just be happy that I'm doing it and not complain about linking and rules ;) I really am in a good mood that just came out grumpy.
My six quirky boring things.
1) I can pick things up with my toes. Lots of things. Pencils and pens are the hardest but I have it figured out. People have marvelled at this ability, when I sweep I rarely have to bend over to pick things up from the dirt pile.. I do it with my toes. I've even figured out how to throw things using my foot. I only do this with my right foot, I'm right footed. The left foot is only used if I can't get a pencil and I have to step on the sharpened end with my left foot to elevate the other end to get a better grip on it with my right toes. I've joked that it's because I've been pregnant for the last 8 years and it's hard to bend in the middle when you're pregnant. Really it's because I'm lazy.
2) Most nights before I go to bed I look out my window to see if my neighbors lights are on. I never look in their window for a long period of time, I'm not that kind of nosey. I just wonder if they're up still and try to figure out what shift Carla is working. The only time I've actually spied on my neighbors was when Eric was playing fetch with the dog outside at night with a head lamp on. I never play fetch with my dog, ever, so I marvelled that he loved his dog so much that he would do it at night. I've always been a people watcher. It's not just these neighbors, I've done this my whole life and I promise I'm not a Peeping Tom. I'm too nice to be a Peeping Tom. This will be the ONE time my neighbors read my blog.
3)I fight with people in my head. Apparently I struggle with bitterness. I will pick a past argument that I lost or felt ended without my being justified and I will re-fight with the person. When no one is around I'll do it outloud. Or sometimes when I'm driving. God has been working on this. Honestly I'm still too nice to be a Peeping Tom
Man I'm making myself sound creepy.
4) I used to ask God which way I should turn at the four way stop to get home when I was coming from thornhill.. or which bridge I should take to town.. or which way I should go to get to the new bridge. okay sometimes I still do it. It can be a hard decision. He cares about the small details people!
5) In my head I'm skinny. Sometimes I get really dissapointed when I look in the mirror because I've forgotten that I'm not skinny anymore and I see myself and it's like I gained 50 pounds between bathroom trips. Am I seriously the only person that does this?
It's taking me a long time to figure out a number six.. I think they picked six because they knew that most people only have five boring/quirky things to share.
It's not finding boring things that's hard it's finding boring things that people don't already know and since pretty much the only people that read my blog are close friends that's hard to do!
6) I really want to sell everything I own and buy a piece of land in the middle of nowhere (and two big dogs and a large gun) and live in a little house with no electricity or running water. A part of me is scared to but for the most part I ache for it. To be away from the clutter and business of life and to really work. Not to pay my mortgage but to live. To have only what we need and to truly depend on God for it. I daydream about my husband coming home and telling me he quit his job or was fired so that we would have nothing left but a little shack and the clothes we need and the food we eat coming from our land. I long to be pushed to my limits, to confront my fears, and be broken and humbled by God so that I depend wholly on him. I wish we would throw away our tv and computer and I get shivers of excitement when the lights flicker because maybe the power will go out!
Well I'm not going to tag anyone but I would ask that those of you who know I am not a stalking, peeping, missing link please leave a comment so any newcomers will not be terrified of me!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Autum is come.
I love this time of year. Today before we headed into my doctors appointment (I'm 21 weeks!) I decided to take some pictures of the kids. Enjoy!
Joe loved the leaves. Playing with them, looking at them, tasting them. 
My Monkey Boy
She did well at masking the terror she was feeling having to sit in a tree.
He's three. That's how he smiles.
Adon took it upon himself to help Joe with his first silly face.
Joe actually thought it was great! I laugh out loud when ever I look at this picture... Please tell me if you do too!Me or Them?
Joe is teething. He teethes (?) differently from my other children. He sits on the floor and cries until I pick him up. Then at night he peacefully falls asleep. For about two hours. Then he gets a raging fever and insatiable appitite.
It's almost 11 and I just got dressed. My kids have been sitting in front of the television all morning.
Dalen woke up early because Joe was awake and fever free. Exuberant and joyful. Me... not so much.
Dalen "Do I have any lunch for today?"
Sarena "No I forgot to make it."
Dalen "Okay" this does not happen... just okay... he knew what was at risk if he'd asked me to get out of bed before I absolutely had to to make him some sort of meat and potatoes with corn. Smart Man.
I came downstairs as he was leaving. Adon wasn't dressed yet and Mr.Foxey was doing the peepee dance. I told Adon to get dressed in my tired Mommy voice. There were toast remains all over the place... I addressed this calmly.. maybe not.
Sarena "Will sheperd's pie be okay for supper tonight?" He just had this for lunch on Monday.
Dalen "Anything will be good.. so long as you're still here."
Sarena "Me or them?"
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Thimba
This is a picture of our cat Thimba when she was a kitten.Thimba was hit by a car this morning. Dalen and our wonderful neighbor Eric put her out of her misery and Dalen burried her by the maple tree. Adon requested the maple tree because that is also where his hamster Sweetie is burried. The kids are doing well now but I think we'll be taking the day easy school wise. I do have a lot of work to do around the house today as well so I think it'll be a read along with Mom day.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Weighing in
Update - I weighed myself a few days after this post and I was back to me normal weight.. I don't know where the three pounds went?
Well it's finally happened and I'm not so sad about it. I've gained three pounds. I was really hoping that this pregnancy would be like Emma's. I didn't gain any weight until 6 months and then I only gained 10 pounds during the entire pregnancy. I am 19 weeks along (I dont' think there is anyone out there that doesn't know that I'm pregnant but if you are someone that didn't know... I'm pregnant!) almost half way!!! I love keeping it a secret until 16 weeks and I wish that I could have managed longer but it's getting pretty obvious and hard to hide... maybe next time ;) So here is a picture of what my babe would look like inside of me right now. And one of those 4D pictures which I think are about the creepiest things around.
ick...
Well it's finally happened and I'm not so sad about it. I've gained three pounds. I was really hoping that this pregnancy would be like Emma's. I didn't gain any weight until 6 months and then I only gained 10 pounds during the entire pregnancy. I am 19 weeks along (I dont' think there is anyone out there that doesn't know that I'm pregnant but if you are someone that didn't know... I'm pregnant!) almost half way!!! I love keeping it a secret until 16 weeks and I wish that I could have managed longer but it's getting pretty obvious and hard to hide... maybe next time ;) So here is a picture of what my babe would look like inside of me right now. And one of those 4D pictures which I think are about the creepiest things around.
ick...
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