Howdy. I feel kinda wrung out but wanted to update my blog. :-) With Dunk out of work, we have been considering how to make ends meet around here.
After spending alot of time checking out sheet metal work online and with much talk in the last couple of years about changing his career, we wondered about changing his career to being a prison guard in Kansas! Talk about a change.
We felt God's urging to go and visit friends in Kansas and check out the possibilities we had heard. So, we packed up and headed south. The kids were nervous and eager about the possibility of moving and grandparents were calling us crazy. We had a blast of a family time and thoroughly enjoyed our stay and tour in Ellsworth. Deer loved getting to see her friend, K, again and the boys made new friends. Duke and Dessert enjoyed each having a friend to play with who was exactly their age! Daisy enjoyed renewing a friendship, cuddling their 1 yr old sweetie, and learning about the friendly town. It was definitely a trip to remember. We won't have to work too hard to remember it as Daisy had her new camera along and took 290 pictures!!! At 4 sec. per picture it takes almost 20 minutes to view them, but we hurry it along for friends. :-)
We were excited about the possibilities and considered very strongly the possibility of moving.
On Friday we met with a neutral Christian counselor to help us analyze our options. What we heard was more than we bargined for as he challenged Dunk to pursue God's vision for his life's work. Dunk has always had a heart for family cognitive style counseling (which he has pursued in an unoffical capacity with unsuspecting co-workers). We are being challenged to think outside the box and consider on our knees what the Lord has for us. We appreciate your prayers.
This next week we are planning to hold a garage sale to get rid of some valuable "junk" :-) We hope.
Thanks to those who have been holding us up in prayer. We have felt it and appreciate you.

Sunday

Here are a few pictures of the kids enjoying a beautiful Sunday!

The extra person in the picture is Deer's friend, Delight.

Are you having a good flip?

Drum's clavicle is continuing to heal despite his attempting to ride his bike and falling and playing blind man with the other kids and trying to sit where no chair was. I think he is finally willing to just watch the others so his shoulder can heal faster.

The motorcycle in the pictures is ours (believe it or not). It has really motivated the kids to finish their schoolwork quickly. :-)

We had an opportunity to see God work up close when our friends lost their home to a fire last Saturday. They lost basically everything besides a few pictures and the boys instruments. They have 6 children and homeschool. On Sunday they were offered a 5 bedroom home to live in until theirs is rebuilt and their church completely furnished it for them. Wow! It was cool to hear how God has worked through their friends to support and help them during this time.

Today we had family pictures. Daisy is soooooo glad that is over with. They turned out fine. We are looking forward to receiving the pictures. Hopefully I will be able to post one someday.

Now we are snuggling in to finish the day's schoolwork while it rains. (Well, my kids don't exactly agree with snuggling. They would prefer the term: strapped in)