Saturday, April 30, 2011

Permits and Knives and Birthdays, Oh My!

Yesterday was a big day for our family as we took Scribe to get his learner's permit!  He passed his test just fine and went for his first drive with Mountain Man last night.

He has 6 months to practice his driving and complete his driver's education, and then he'll get his provisional license.  (Meanwhile, Mountain Man will be looking for extra work, and we'll be taking in boarders to live in our shed and on our roof so we can afford our new insurance premium.) 

The Men of the Poff House are off to throw hawks and knives today in the annual competition.  It's been a morning of "the passing down of the shirts."  Reaches Up is wearing Little Big Man's and Little Big Man is wearing Scribe's and Scribe is wearing Mountain Man's.


And we also celebrate Little Bit's 4th birthday today!



Boo loved holding her baby sister.

MeMaw with the Spectacular Six.

Birthday pics to come later....

Love,



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Morning Readings

The children and I just finished reading through James Smith's Daily Bible Readings for the Lord's Household.  These are short but very meaty devotions that we read together in the morning at breakfast.  It's a wonderful way to be meditating on the same Scriptures throughout the day.

We're now moving on to The Pastor's Morning Visit.  And, yes, I print out all of the readings.  It's worth the ink!

You can find more to choose from at Grace Gems.

With love,

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Easter 2011

We had a delightful Easter celebration this year.  Our church service (the best Easter service we've ever experienced) was followed by an evening dinner celebration with our dear friends, and our time together was simply perfect.

We enjoyed beef roast, biscuits, fruit salad, baked potatoes, and a new roasted asparagus recipe that was a big hit.  Dessert was the favorite cream cheese pound cake with strawberries and whipped cream.

The girls and I had a great time decorating the tables and making special treats for all of the children (13 total).  And wonder of wonders, this year I have a picture of me and Mountain Man and not a group one of the children. :(  It's a good thing I'm capturing pictures of them every day!









Sweet little Anna loved holding Cap'n.  She's practicing for the arrival of their new baby coming this November!  There was much rejoicing around here because of that great news!

"After the guests drive away down the road, we put the food away and load the dishwasher.  Then we...decide all over again what wonderful friends...we have."
~Gladys Taber


 I didn't even get the Easter baskets done until Monday, but no one minded.  They were very grateful for every surprise.  I never get tired of their excitement over the simplest of treasures.  It's such a joy to watch them!





Of course, Cap'n didn't get a basket, and was instead left to wonder why he just ended up with a newly found pack of Daddy's gum, only to enjoy the cardboard packaging.

With love,

Sunday, April 24, 2011

O Sweet Exchange!

"O sweet exchange!  O unsearchable operation! O benefits surpassing all expectation! that the wickedness of many should be hid in a single Righteous One, and that the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors."
Epistle to Diognetus

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Contrast in Dark and Light


Daddy and his girl
Deep contrast in dark and light
Same but different

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Hold Me Up, O LORD!

"Hold me up--and I shall be safe."
~Psalm 119:117


We need God's constant presence, power, and grace.  Except He upholds us, we shall certainly fall.

We would have fallen before this, if God had not kept us!

We would fall every day, unless we are upheld by an invisible arm!

This day Satan may lay some snare for us!
This day our evil hearts may deceive us!
This day the world may lay some unexpected bait for us!

And unless the Holy Spirit...
opens our eyes,
gives us fresh supplies of grace, or
holds us back by an invisible power---

we shall utterly fall!

"Hold me up--and I shall be safe!"

Let this be our daily prayer!  It will never be unsuitable!

~James Smith, 1840

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Baby and the Green Balloon

....or how to entertain your baby for hours (ok, at least 10 minutes).








Don't worry.  Cap'n was not left alone with the balloons. :)  
Exercise much common sense if you decide to try this at home.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Daddy's Kisses Sweet





Daddy's kisses sweet
Scratchy chin makes you smile big
Precious memory

Thursday, April 14, 2011

You Backslider, You!

Such delightful breakfast conversation to start our day....

This morning's chef to a sibling:

 "First, you praise my pancakes and then you blast them."


"That's called backsliding!"


I love how our children redefine words!
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