me and kate report and stuff.!

I did not trip with the tray or spill anything on anybody but Kate said she dropped a roll in a persons lap!!! oops! It went well as far as serving but it was a very interesting wedding party and guests for sure. Lets just say I am glad Bethany and Anna were too busy to do this! Where there is no fear of God, desires for pleasures of this world are unleashed through lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the wantonness of drink that leads to a life that is needy of Christ, for forgivness, and redemption. When I look at such and see God's great mercies to such a worm as I and know that I am now more deserving than the lot of folks we served Saturday, all I can say is O, Lord, thank you for your mercies! An eye opener for sure! And I think this was a rare case!

Week 2 for the Ada adventure! As far as logistics it is working well, getting the meals covered, but alot of work, its like cooking two dinners, one for here and then one for the guys there. Last week we were in such a rush that the emotions did not hit until this week, its not easy having your husband and older sons gone, we miss them! The girls, Micah and Andrew just headed down there to clean, spend the night, take dinner for tonight and the rest of the week and to play vb. You see the BSU is about a block and half away, they can walk to the outdoor vb court. Really they have a great set up, the job is 7 minutes, vb is say 2 min walk, and Wal Mart is 10 minutes......all they need, right???? I guess I feel a bit sad knowing that this is the schedule for 3-4 grueling months! Maybe, just maybe it will go faster than thought! There is another hitch and we do not know if it will come to pass, but a bid is being considered for the guys to go to Canada to build a Cabella's store, one of those hunting/fishing outdoor stores. It would start end of Sept and be about a 4-6 week job. We will know soon if this will come to pass, so Terry really needs a few extra prayers as he manages and gets people to work. I feel for him, it is alot to carry as far as details and figuring it all out.

Last night we watched Chronicles of Narnia movie, Prince Caspian, So today the littles are playing it! They actually thought the movie was scarry. Terry has read the Chronicles to the older ones many times and they definitely are able to draw out the spiritual analogies but the younger ones just see all the unusual animals and people not comprehending the meanings. I ahve to confess, I got teary eyed at the end when the song The Call was sung, it had a phrase in it that said," you'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye," I don't have to say good bye to him, its just a moment in time here and then forever together. I liked the part of Aslan telling Lucy at the end that her friends had fought long enough and now he was going to move on the scene and then victory was coming, supernatural things started happening and the enemies were consumed! I can't help but anticiapate the "drama" that is yet to come yet I was so encouraged to think even as we tarry here and think we can not fight or endure any longer, God then moves on the scene, showing himself strong with help from on high. I don't consider that God did not help us with Joel, He did!!! He moves and works in ways that bring Him the most glory, whether its healing that will bring the most glory or a death that brings the most glory.

Yesterday my eye was feeling like it had a sty thing on it. Did not think much of it. Last night I thought I would go take a look under the eyelid and it was rather tender and some tissuey stuff under it, so this morning I went to my eye doctor and as of now he thinks it is an eyelid infection and hopefully with an antibiotic, it will clear up quickly. Makes me look a little weird, its a bit puffy! Mercy woke up with a "sick" she said but now she is going full speed, don't know what happened there but she is good now.

Since just us littles are here, they are having hot dogs, Jeremiah is in charge of fixin it!!! I guess I told Mercy I would make some cookies, so I will have to keep my word.

Thursday, Anna is having an "all girl party" honoring her graduation, its an all nighter! Since the guys won't be here anyway, we are sending all the rest of the little guys over to Dave's! He is going to be in charge of my children......scarry!!! JK!!! Kate is coming here. At some point I know I am going to go to my room and just close the door and hope they don't destroy too much. What can girls do???? Anna is in charge of all the snacks and food and entertainment!

Take care....... the picture of Joel on the header and on the side with the "cow hat." was taken on the 7th, when a picture matches a day, it is tough.....he was soooo excited bout that hat!

me and kate......

A crazy day!!! Group #1 at their land, group #2 went to Missouri, group#3 went to get hay, group #4 went to fire station, group#5, went to town, group #6 at home!!! Unless the 12 year olds and under fire up the tractor, I think we are safe to say there will not be a group #7!!!!

Kate and I are doing an adventure tonight! The place where Bethany and Anna iron, hosts, (the Dominion House) weddings, receptions, anniversaries and other gala events, the girls could not do this so Kat e and I ...... are going to be waitresses for a wedding reception this evening. It is a meal that will be served and we will along with many others serve this wedding party and I think get paid for it!! LOL!! We have to wear all black to look professional I guess!!! I just hope I do not trip or something! Dave is coming over here for backup baby sitters!!!

I got sunburned yesterday! The littles went swimming and I sat and watched them and did not realize I was getting so red! I needed to get a little more sun to carry me through the rest of the summer!

We are enjoying "playing" with the guys! Although some have been gone today, we did all stay at home last night!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, we are busy as always but blessed beyond measure! Billy mowed the cemetery this morning and I was so thankful he did!

more adventures !

Hot dogs, chips, cokes, guacamole dip........for dinner.....I can get by with that!!!!! This will be our meal once a week (since the guys are gone) to give me a break in cookin!! Easy to fix, easy to clean up!

Adventures continue around here! From the home front and from the place at Ada. The adventures from Ada were after the guys worked til 5:30 pm in over 100 degree heat yesterday, Caleb, Daniel and Elijah and another friend went to haul hay starting around 8:30pm and hauled until 3:30 am, yea, like the next morning!! They did not go to bed until this morning around 5:00 or so. They slept in a bit but then had to get back on the construction site! Crazy guys for sure!

Adventures on the home front include dropping Anna off at Frontier City (the place we went as a family with all the rides) to meet a friend, then Bethany, Mercy and myself went on a wedding gift hunt for her friend Danielle who is getting married this month!!!! Perfect gifts for a incredible young lady!

The weekend looks like many adventures too on the home front, some going on a quick trip to Missouri for a wedding shower, working on the land with Dave's new bobcat that he is letting the guys use, hopefully getting "somebody" to finish the wood ceiling, and preparing meals for the guys next weeks stay in Ada

I just came in from a 4 wheeler ride with Anna. I told her I wanted to go find some cow bones to decorate with and we got one head! Gruesome huh? Its western and southwest look! Upon this little ride, as Anna weaves her way through the thick limbs and branches, my head becomes stuck in a branch of wishbone shape! Not good! Country girl does not slow down enough and it was a close call to falling off the back of the 4 wheeler! I thank you Anna for transporting me safely back home with my cow skull!

Seriously, Terry and the guys are doing fine, we are too! He has 9 guys for a crew, one of the guys, Willey helps in OKC not Ada. Tuesday night he was able to secure another guy they met playing vb. From what Terry shared about this fellow, it will be a good opportunity to be a testimony to him by God's grace and encourage him. Sometimes I think when we are around all the "right" people, we loose perspective and vision that God wants us to make disciples and be a light to others. To those that are lost of course and those that need encouragement of being sharpened by others that are continuing in the faith. So, Lord willing our crew can minister to this young man.

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!! That means the guys come home after work!!!!

home sweet home #2

home sweet home #2
rent house Terry and the guys are
staying in for this job!!

LR area, we took our older couch and a recliner over

kitchen area

the guys set up for music work!!!

Ada, the guys new "adopted" town!

job site......the white is the start of walls going up
they did that much just Monday

these are what the blocks look like upon delivery

this is a hallway leading to doors to classrooms

Terry showing the young workers to be
the job!!

job site.....

still alot of concrete to pour by the other crews

these photos were taken with a phone, so not too great,
thats the wall they got going yesterday

first day of "school" and their superintendent in the lead...LOL!

did u get sent out of your classroom.....too rowdy????????

Is it going to rise everyday???? Yesterday it was 103, today it is suppose to be 104!!! All the pics above were taken with a phone, forgot the real camera! We got them all settled in their new or shall I say "old" abode!! It will work for a bunch of guys but sincerely our family is so blessed to have the home and little farm we do. Jeremiah received confirmation that he does not like the city!!!! No backyards or front yards either. It is way better set up than a hotel could be for sure and cheaper over the long haul of the 3-4 months. We got there bout 2 ish, unloaded, the guys had already been there and unloaded the big stuff, so us girls got busy putting everything in place while the littles acted like wild hyenas in a new place. The good thing is there is not much there to break except walls, doors and such, but with our crew that is possible. Seriously the littles enjoyed playing-n-seek in closets that were empty!!!! Bethany had to go to Wal Mart twice and then bout 5 ish I put the enchiladas in the oven and bout 6:15 the guys got "home." Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did they ever smell!!!!!!!!!! I took them around and showed them the set up and hope they can find everything after we left :) Enjoyed our dinner together, ate dessert, and then we went over to the job site real quick and then us girls and the littles headed out only to be detoured from the route we take to get home because of a road block so that took us onto greater adeventures through Stratford Oklahoma! Home of the famous Burnett family....my friend!!! We were going to be driving right by their road soooooooooooooowe had to stop, BUT we had to do it secretly!!!!!!! They are all tucked in their home, golden lights glowing from within, all looks calm and secure for the night UNTIL we pull up past their yard to park outta sight, go to the back door and sneak in their washroom. I crack the door and peek inside and not much movement, I finally see a "body" in the LR so with a blast and screams we swing the door open and trample/run loudly down their hallway and with a few shocked looks we surprised them!!!!!! I guess we were not loud and rowdy enough, they did not even scream! Had a good little visit and round 9;30 I think we loaded up to finally head to our farm BUT not without another adventure!!!!!!!!!! I have a new "past time!!" Driving through lawns!!!!! This neighborhood does not have curbs so as we pulled on to the narrow asphalt and headed straight, well I just kept going straight and it was pitch dark.......I kept going and going and soon I was driving in this nice mowed Bermuda grass and thought to myself, "I guess the grass has grown over the road a bit!" That thought left quickly as Bethany started saying something like "mom, this is somebody's yard!" Of course by now we are all laughing hysterically so I stop after touring the persons yard with our 1 ton van and decide to turn into a small piece of pavement, well that was their carport, so back up again and finally get out to the real road!!!!!!!!!!! We had to head back towards the Burnetts from whence we came and I could see a shadow of Mr. Burnett throwing his arms in the air and likely thing "women drivers!?!?!?" As we drove by him and a couple of his children we were laughing sooooo hard and I think he might have to answer a few inquiries from his neighbors!!!!! BUT we hi-tailed it outta there and left it with him!!!!!!
Soooo did we make it home??????????? Yes!!!! About 11:15 pm!!!! See God was Faithful to get us back home!! That was enough adventures for a day! How bout that one "Mav and Mavette??"

I talked to Terry this morning and the first night went well! He said it was so cold he could barley sleep......and here we are so hot we can barley sleep! Its not that bad here, we are adjusted now LOL!!!!! Glad the guys can enjoy the coolness after they have been so hot all day long and they can relax in it. So far so good on this end too. The hard part will be cooking for a smaller crew.

The girls went to iron, I'm doing this, the littles are playing, and now need to go see whats on the menu tonight.

Thank you for praying if you did and if the Lord brings it to mind, keep praying for us and the work crews!!

ada job is NOW!

The guys headed out early this morning with blueberry muffins in their tummy made by their early rising sister Anna !!!!! With two trucks loaded and a tool trailer in tow ( a really nice brand new Terry got for this job) they are off to the long awaited job site to build the walls of a 50,000 sq ft school with Build Block, Insulated Concrete Forms. If the Lord brings it to mind, pray for safety as they work, for wisdom for Terry as he manages this crew in Ada and also he is managing a small crew on OKC (and he still needs a few more guys so e mail if interested,) pray they will stay cool in this heat, and all the guys will have strength and endurance and then mostly it will be a job well done for His glory!!! There has been a little twist added to this adventure, along with the construction part of this Caleb and Daniel have just been asked to do a music project of writing music for a small animated movie that has to do with character qualities. I don't have a lot of info on that part of it but this is the biggest paying project they have been asked to do thus far. It is likely that there could be more opportunities to do music for other character movies they will make as well. Sooooooo, that meant they had to empty their studio and load all the equipment up and take it with them to work on this in the evenings. Sorry guys, not as much vb as you thought was gonna happen in the evenings:)

Ok, so us girls are bout to be off as well with a van loaded with stuff as well. Pray for us if you think of it, its suppose to be 103 today and we are travelin without air in the van. God has been so faithful, I know from experiencing all he has done for us in the past he will take care of even matters as travel and safety in an ole' van! He is God! Anna made a new recipe out of the Pioneer Womans cookbook, the enchilada's and we'll enjoy eating with all our guys tonight in the little house and then we will travel back to our little house on our farm and begin this new way of life....staying upon our Jehovah as he takes us down this path.

Stay cool and swim for me today!!!

Thank you so much for praying, for caring, for keeping on with us, we are blessed because of YOU!!!