Cold winter, Warm winter

Although we have had our share of cold winter days

and frosty pink mornings, like the one above,

we are enjoying some very warm winter days

this week!  The robins have returned already

and the geese are busy flying overhead from one

pond to another.  We are ready for spring,

even though it's still 2 months till garden planting time.

Life is full these days.  I am now homeschooling

three of our kids, two 2nd graders and a 5th grader.

They do well in school so it makes for a nice morning

usually!  Miss E likes to sit in her high chair and color

or write while the boys do their work.  I do enjoy

the homeschooling lifestyle, it takes so much less time

than regular school, so the kids have much more

time to play and be creative and have adventures.

But homeschooling also takes a lot of my time,

so it's a trade off.  It's working well for now,

but we haven't decided yet about next year.

We would appreciate your prayers for Miss E.

She has had chronic nasal congestion her whole

life.  We found out before Christmas that she was

allergic to milk, eggs, and soy, and so we took her

off those foods and she improved quite a bit.

But now it's worse again, and her breathing sounds

awful, especially when she's sleeping.  The doctor

thinks she probably needs her tonsils removed,

and so we have an appointment with an ENT

doctor, but it's not till March.  I called to see

if we could get in sooner but we can't.  So we

would appreciate your prayers, that Miss E would

get better so that she doesn't need the surgery,

and that the doctors will have wisdom to be

able to figure out what is causing her runny nose

in the first place, thanks!

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,

and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

for I am gentle and humble in heart,

and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:28-30