Distractions,crazy schedules and sickness, oh my

Baseball...we got out for a few hours of fun in the 60 degree weather last week.......

Our pumpkins from the garden. 2009 was our first successful year in the Pumpkin growing arena!! We are so excited and happy about this. We have given some of them away and I began cooking them and freezing them, but this is a picture of some of the lovely orange pumpkins grown right here in North Idaho. (the lady at the hardware store said it couldnt be done lol)






SO far October has been pretty eventful. Health problems, aches, pains , sickness....crazy work schedule for DH. School has been getting done, although not the way I really like it to go...I sometimes think I should set up a school room in my garage, away from the washer and dryer , the kitchen sink full of dishes and the phone that rings whenever we try to start school and other things that distract me, and then distracts the children from getting school work done. I am beginning to drift into a different way of schooling that I never thought I would do before. I am getting the idea that God wants me to be flexible and not always have MY way....that I must adjust to HIS schedule. The children learn alot about God and prayer and life thru all of these distractions. For example, we got a call last week about a dear friend of ours who was in a car accident and has broken ribs and so we immediately we stop school work and pray for him. This is a rich experience and something the children will remember and is far more important than filling in a spelling workbook. ( Did I REALLY TYPE THAT!! ) God is working on me and that is good.
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