Illness and Accident

We are ‘counting it all joy’ this week, in our home. After a long bout of illness in late January, this last couple of weeks have found us sick AGAIN. This has been a particularly nasty bug. My littles were all first to become ill. Slowly, it crept through our home. Owen and I have been the last to catch…

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Jacob’s Gift

Tracy / January 14, 2015

Jacob won the prize for most exciting Christmas gift this year. He bought three used go-carts. He’s worked and worked on them over the past couple of months to get them ready for Christmas. (He’s also planning to sell a couple of them. It was an investment for him, too.) It was cold Christmas. (Jacob never gets cold unless he…

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Kittens

Tracy / October 25, 2014

So, Jacob phones home each and every afternoon before he comes home from work. He usually asks if we need anything on his way. I think it’s terribly polite. It’s not something I’ve asked him to do- he just does. Sometimes (like today!), I do take him up on his offer. Most days, we’re just glad to know he’s on…

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Jacob’s Graduation Service

Jacob has graduated this year. These are photos from the day our church recognized our graduates: Courtney baked and decorated a cake to celebrate.I made tiny graduation hats…  My Courtney…. 😀Jacob, has been hard at work on his new job and school. He works full time and school is two nights a week. He’s continuing to work one day a…

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Adjusting to New Baby and New Job

Jacob’s new job seems to be going very well. He likes the men he is working with and he likes the work. I guess that is a good thing. He comes home very tired each day but is always happy to be up and facing the next new morning. It’s a blessing to like the job you do! Please keep…

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Jacob’s New Job

I think I mentioned Jacob has a new job. He is still working a 12 hour shift at the Taco Bell on Saturday, but his new Monday-Friday position is as an electrician apprentice. He started Monday. School starts for him next week. He looks older to me this week….

Updates and Changing Seasons

Another pregnancy has come and gone. I am in awe of God’s grace and mercy to me this last week. Little Owen’s birth was long, but very easy in comparison to some I’ve had. I’m left with a healthy, precious little one that I just can’t kiss enough. I’m in love and I haven’t even had him a week. He…

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This Season

The past several weeks have been shadowed by illness for our family. It seems each time we are all well, we’re exposed to something else and everyone gets sick. This last one has rounded our family- some as many as three times! It’s been a long, cold winter. I’m thrilled to see spring here. Perhaps sunshine and warm weather will…

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When You Don’t Have Eggs…

there is probably a VERY good reason: Jacob was out on the back deck working on some school assignments this week after dark. He heard the hens and went to investigate. There were three sets of eyes staring back at him, (not from the hens). When he realized what they were, it was immediately obvious why we’ve not been finding…

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House Updates

Tracy / January 1, 2014

It’s hard to describe our home right now. There are several rooms in the middle of work- we’re trying to live in the middle of it all- and though there is progress, there is also just a big mess.  Every single place you look. I’ll be so glad when things get settled.  In the meantime, the pile (or bag, or…

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Randomness

Tracy / December 18, 2013

We’ve been trying to wrap up some last minute things we have to do before Courtney has her surgery on Thursday. Jacob’s braces went on yesterday. I really thought he would be hurting today, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. He’s trying hard not to rub his lips across them too much. I think his efforts may spare him the pain…

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Updates

Tracy / November 21, 2013

There are many things on my mind tonight. I don’t have a lot of time for a big update, but there are some things I wanted to share. First, the Lord has answered a HUGE prayer for Paul and I this week. We have had a lingering stressful situation that the Lord resolved in the most unexpected way. I have…

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