My Sister Needs Prayer.....

My dear sister has just lost her new husband of 10 weeks in a tragic boating accident....please pray for her. She has already traveled a hard road of heartaches and much waiting to become his wife....I wish I could be there for her, and hold her, and let her cry on my shoulder as we used to. I never got to meet Steve in person...only over the phone....but I already loved him as my brother. So please lift Kristy up in prayer...that the Lord will comfort her, and draw her closer to Him, and that she will keep trusting in Him, that although we don't understand all of this, He does. I can't begin to imagine the pain....Sister, I LOVE YOU, and I'm praying for you, and I'm aching to be able to help you....

Please also pray for his family, my family, his mates, and also my Mum who is with Kristy right now.

Please stop by here and let her know you are praying....there are also posts here and here by friends....

Steve

October 15, 1976 - March 23, 2008

And some pics of my boys....

My Biggest, and Littlest....

Little Jazz...bubba's...squirt...
And my tomahawk n' knife throwing BOY, Jordan


And here's one of lil' Squirt with one of his favourite people....Mikaela

Just a few pictures for y'all!

Here's Jekkie....my wild-haired woman of the West #2

Here's Lydia, my extra wild-haired woman of the West #1
Here she is again, a little more tame here....
Here's me and Mine....(Ok, so my hair is a little wild too...)

Work, work, work!

I really haven't fallen off the face of the planet....we've just had a busy time, that's all! We had a little stomach "bleck" hit Heath, myself, and Jordan last week, then Jordan came down with conjunctivitis/pink eye on Saturday....then Monday through Wednesday, Heath and I spent at the church building working on trying to get that project finished enough so that it can be completed on Saturday! Yahoo! We grouted, and caulked, repaired a hole in the wall (left by a neat young man who was trying to help, didn't 'get the message' about making sure that the scraper machine didn't run over the cord....which it did, and instead of the bottom spinning, it locked up and the top started spinning instead....sent him flying one way, and the machine the other way into the wall.... Wasn't a huge hole, and fortunately sheetrock work is right up Heath's alley....it just took us a while to get around to repairing it!). Hopefully on Saturday, we just have to seal the grout, and clean, and clean, and clean, and clean. Then we can set it back up for our fellowship meals and start eating back over there each Sunday! Oh, we do still have some electrical work to do, just waiting on the electrician for that...it has taken so much longer than we expected....but it's almost done now.....and I have totally enjoyed the chance to work side by side with Heath! He is the best husband ever... :)

Yesterday I had Alec and Hayden, and washed load after load, after load after load of clothes! Today I still have 4-6 loads to go....but we are getting there! Didn't touch housework while we were at the church, and so I am playing catch-up, but it was so worth it!

So, I really haven't been ignoring y'all....I love you all!

Spring clean?

OK, so my spring cleaning deal didn't quite go as planned....I've still got a looooonnnnnggg way to go. But, I do have a big trash bag, and a couple of boxes of stuff headed to Goodwill....so it's a start...and we did throw out a couple of extra bags of trash! But it's going to take a bit of a gradual approach now....my kids can't take off school forever! :) In fact speaking of school....I have so much of that junk to throw away too....I need like 2 weeks of concentrated cleaning to make a genuine dent....Hey! I forgot...Kristy is coming! She always was good at that! The one fact is that I don't have huge piles under my bed any more, at least not ones that I put under there....she ought to be proud of me.... But really my house is worse than before I started! Sigh! Oh, well, after I throw everything away, it should be easier to keep clean right?

By the Way....

Just thought I'd mention, although you may well already know....my sister and her new husband are coming over in May to see us! We are so excited! It will be so much fun! It'll be good to have some Aussie influence in our lives again....y'all know how much we've slipped with all these Texas accents...