A Night to Remember

Last night will be forever etched in my memory! There is very little that can compare to watching your children choose to make a public declaration to follow Christ by getting baptised (by their dad none the less). Tears flowed freely as five out of seven of our kids made that awesome and heart felt decision last night.

Jamie and I have purposely not made a thing or pressurised our kids into making that decision...we purposely left it so that they would come to that decision on their own. Once they began to express an interest in water baptism we have talked with them to make sure they knew what they were doing and why they were doing it.

It was such a privilege to have family members, friends that are like family and church family there with us for the occasion but also knowing that many many more that were unable to be there were in prayer and supporting my kids from a far.

We are truly blessed. xxx

A Bunch of Budds

Helping Hands

Busy in her work helping me make pumpkin soup this morning. Seeing as I am away this weekend, I thought I better leave them at least a backup meal. Yes, it's always quicker to do these things by myself.... but that's how they learn best...it's called life learning.

Plus, I get to hang out with her in all her cuteness.

Frankie's such a good helper

Time for some self-care

It's been an afternoon of self-care for me.... which for me meant coffee, my electric blanket and good wholesome bingeing on Netflix. There actually isn't very many TV shows I can stomach watching but I found this recently and it's just what I need to relax and not have my brain think of anything else. I have been battling tonsillitis AGAIN...the third time this year!

We all talk about self-care and we all encourage each other to take some time out to look after ourselves, but do we actually do it. I have some actually tell me they believe it's being self-centred..NOOOOOOO! Its imperative to our health.... mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. I was actually meant to be elsewhere this afternoon celebrating a first birthday, but an unwell kiddie made me stay home while the rest of my family went. He is resting and so I thought I would do the same.

After three episodes of When Calls the Heart I felt it was time to put on good worship music and start dinner. It feels good to have had that time to just sit...and not be running around constantly doing something.

What have you done for you?