Amazing Grace

 

This morning I was amazed and grateful once again as
I read these verses in Romans 3:21-22.

 

But now a righteousness from God, apart from law,

has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ

to all who believe.

 

I can never follow all the rules perfectly in order to be "good enough"

before God, trying to follow all the rules just makes me realize

how imperfect I am.  BUT GOD!  Because of His grace, he sent

His only Son, Jesus, to die on the cross as payment for my sins.

If I have faith in Jesus, God gives me His righteousness.

Thank you Lord!

 

"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD.

"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

Isaiah 1:18

 

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound-

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind but now I see.

~John Newton~

 

More snow + a little history

 

Well, this has been quite the February!  We broke the 100 year

old record for most snowfall in a month- 21 inches!  Plus the

kids got to have 4 days off school in a row- pretty fun.

 

While we were "snowed-in" I updated our mantle decor, using

a farm theme, since both Andy and I are the descendants of farmers

and ranchers.  I framed some old photos and had to share a couple

with you.  (You know I love history!)

 

 

These are some of Andy's ancestors in front of their log cabin

in Colorado.  He comes from a long line of pioneers.

Makes our life look pretty easy, huh?

 

This photo of my Grandpa and his sister is almost 100 years old-

aren't they so cute?  I love old photos. 

 

Looks like March will be coming in like a lion again this year!

~Stay warm~

Snow in the Country

 

This snow has been so much fun for the kids- 2 days off of school,

a mountain of snow to build tunnels in, extra long icicles,

and lots of snowball fights!  I'm glad they can have these good memories.

 

 

God truly makes beautiful things!

 

How many are your works, LORD!

In wisdom you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 104:24

 

 



Snow Day!

 

Hooray for snow days!  We got a lot of snow here the last

couple days, so everything is closed today.  The boys have

been having lots of fun out there, and come inside to dry

their clothes before they go back out again.  A fun thing

we did this afternoon was make snow ice cream- the

recipe is below if you'd like to try it!

 

Snow Ice Cream

 

2 bowls of fresh clean snow

1/2 c. milk

1/4 c. sugar

few drops vanilla

 

Blend milk, sugar and vanilla in blender.  Send the kids out

to gather snow in their bowl.  Pour cold milk mixture over snow

and stir with spoon.  Enjoy!  (I tripled it for our kids)

Just life lately

Just a little update on life around here-

 

We've been pretty much operating under Murphy's Law

these days- you know, "If anything can go wrong, it will".

I'll spare you the details, but you know how it goes sometimes.

 

 

AJ got his poor little pinky finger smashed in a door at church

on Sunday.  It looked so bad and he was in such pain we were

sure it was broken.  But after looking at an x-ray they said it wasn't!

He did have to have 2 stitches though.

 

 

LA is trying to sell his pony.  She's 2 years old now and is

broke to lead but not broke to ride yet.  She's pretty small

so would be great for a kid if you worked with her a little.

Anyone interested??

 

We are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow today and tomorrow.

That would be the most we've had for 2 years.  This cardinal

is hunkered down here on the feeder.  Pretty good place to take shelter!

Of course, the kids are hoping they cancel school.

 

Hope you stay warm and dry wherever you are!

Thoughts from Heidi

 

I just finished reading my Grandma's 1924 copy of the book,

Heidi, by Johanna Spyri, and it was such a sweet story,

I decided to share a little of it with you today.  Somehow

life always seems to come back to whether or not we

choose to trust in God and His plan, doesn't it?

 

"When we do not know what more to do we must go and tell

everything to God," answered Heidi with decision.

 

"Ah, that is a good thought of yours, Heidi," said the doctor.

"But if it is God Himself who has sent the trouble,

what can we say to Him then?"

 

Heidi sat thinking for a while.

 

"Then we must wait," she said, "and keep on saying to ourselves,

God certainly knows of some happiness for us

which he is going to bring out of the trouble,

only we must have patience and not run away."

 

"And then all at once something happens and we see clearly

ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind

all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand,

and only know how dreadfully miserable we are,

we think it is always going to be so."

 

I am joining Tea Time Tuesday again today.

Valentine's, Past and Present

 

Happy Valentine's Day!  The postcard above was

my Great-Grandpa's.  I love old Valentines.

 

 

Andy surprised me with roses delivered to our door!

They are beautiful, he is a dear husband.  This has

been a great Valentine's Day so far, but the most

memorable Valentine's Day was the one below, 11

years ago. Andy couldn't think of what to get me,

so he finally decided on a baby.  (just kidding!)

 Here is the story, if you haven't heard it before.