“It is natural and good that we delight in the little things with our children. God didn’t command mothers to rejoice over elbow dimples and the smell of a new baby’s head. He didn’t tell us to smile over them while they sleep, or to love the way they look in footie pajamas. He didn’t tell us these things, because He didn’t have to. That is the natural love of a mother for her children. But the love that we need, the reminders we need, is to love them, not for our own sake, but for what God is doing through them. We need a supernatural love. We need to believe in the victory, to mother in faithful confidence. …These mouths we are feeding — these are the mouths that God has ordained to use to silence the enemy.” -R. Jankovic

Happy Birthday to our Mama dear! Thank you for mothering in faithful confidence. Thank you for teaching us to love Jesus with our whole hearts, to work hard, be joyful, and follow him- even when a leap of faith seems to be your only transportation.

We love you dearly! XO, Kayla

Some kiddos worked in the bedrooms!

Kayla, Lane and I started off in the kitchen!

Eliza helped by being a very good little girl!!

The boys put a new bed together…..and then Eliza had her afternoon nap!!

Soon the bathroom was scrubbed!

Lane worked on the back porch! The porches are such a neat part of their new home! One on front too!

Then the four middles scrubbed all the floors while Kayla and I hung some curtains!

We had SO much fun!! And we had it shining when we were finished! Many hands make light work!!!

To Illinois for my nephew’s wedding! See that nice car that is following us? That is David, Kayla, and their darling chaperone Addie Mae!

Eliza was a super star traveler, of course!! She only had one unhappy time in the whole 11 hours we were in the van!!

The wedding was beautiful! My sister took a group shot for us!

The trip was quick! We were only there 24 hours!

It was such a beautiful drive! Spending time with the loves of my life!!!

A fun road trip!! But always glad to be back home!

Hope your weekend was fun too!

Camp laundry trumps farm laundry, just by its quantity alone.

And maybe even by its stink.

But definitely by its quantity.

We have been doing some more camping…..

Indoors, that is!

And needing to warm up the house some mornings. Fall is HERE!!

This week was filled with doctor’s appointments for Eliza.

She didn’t love any of them, and there were many parts she didn’t even like, poor girl!

It doesn’t take long for her to return to her sweet, happy self!

David and Kayla got the keys to what will be their new home! We all went and checked it out!

Have I told you how happy they are??!! We are happy for them too!!

We also did more canning, school work, farm work, and wedding planning! Looks like a pretty normal week for us these days!

Hope you all had a great week too!!!