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Update — wow, it’s been awhile!

January 25, 2011 by mamakay Leave a Comment

I can’t believe I haven’t posted since October! Our life has been a bit of a whirlwind since then, however!

We are the proud owners of a new to us house in Laurel,  Montana. It is a big but unique house on 1.33 acres with no restrictions and water! It was originally built in 1948, added onto in 1980 and since then extended some more although we are not sure when that happened. We have 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and lots of living space. The total square feet of the house over 2600. We even have a garage that can fit both of our vehicles plus a shop for Paul! We also have lots of trees including a mature apple tree and a couple of plum trees. We are so excited to finally be able to do many of things we’ve dreamed about doing for several years now. We plan on getting chickens next month!

There have been many ups and downs as we’ve moved and tried to work on touching up this house. Prioritizing what we have to fix and what we can live with. Having well water with very hard water has been a challenge but we did get a new water softener today that I am hoping will make a big difference. Lots of folks helped us scrub down the house and do a lot of painting before we moved in and there have been lots of projects being done since then.

We are having an open house on Sunday and I hope to have lots of pictures to post showing you our new digs.

God has blessed us so abundantly. We didn’t get everything we wanted but this is a great place for us to learn and grow and still be close to my grandparents (They live about 10 minutes from here.) and the friends we’ve made here in Laurel.

If you ever are up this way — we’ve got plenty of room for you to stay with us and we’d love to have you!

I intend to write much more frequently and to document our turning this place into a homestead.

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Almost 9 month old walks!

June 25, 2008 by mamakay 1 Comment

I still can’t believe that Emma is walking already! She is the earliest walker of any of our girls by at least 6 weeks.

Here is a video clip of her:

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Parenting, pictures Tagged With: Amp, Array, Emma, Girls, Google, Video Clip, Videoplay, Walks

1Potato’s Piano Recital

April 9, 2008 by mamakay Leave a Comment

1Potato has loved playing the piano since she was 4 years old. She has a great ear for music and can play almost any melody she hears. In March 2008, she started having piano lessons to help her with music theory and rhythm. Last Friday, she had her first recital after only 1 month of lessons. She was very nervous but she did great!

Here she is…

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#5 is CRAWLING!

April 7, 2008 by mamakay Leave a Comment

I can’t believe it but the baby is on the move already! She started crawling at 6 months, 1 week. Our earliest crawler to date! She is such a cutie! Here is a video we took of her today.

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He is Risen Indeed!

March 23, 2008 by mamakay 1 Comment

I hope you are having a wonderful day celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Here are the words to a song that I love that expresses the gospel so wonderfully:

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

Verse 2:
In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless Babe
This gift if love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

‘Til on the cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For ev’ry sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ in I live

Verse 3:
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then, bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost it’s grip on me
For I am His and He us mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4:
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
‘Til He returns or calls me home
Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand

—————–

Thank you Lord for your grace!

Here are some pictures of our girls in their Easter dresses

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So glad you stopped by. I am a Christian wife and mother of 8 in the middle years. My kids are aged 4 to 20 and just about every 2 years in between. I write about our life as a big family, what God is personally doing in my life, food and books.

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