Our family is like the branches of a tree. We may grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.

Routine gives us continuity and stability. If the routine is constantly having to be altered because of 'extra things' to do or other people's demands, we must think again.
The basic healthful rhythm of life and its "discipline" are being eroded or damaged.


Too often we are like little pathetic trees all shriveled up through straining to keep up a fast pace for long hours. How can such trees bear fruit? How can life flourish? The "trees" that are us also need life-giving "sun, fresh air,and proper food." And the "seedlings" (our children)are even more sensitive to deprivation...


I loved these words from a book I'm reading about family..called The Value of Home In Every ones Life..

I believe one of the best ways to make sure your family has a strong root system is routine.........If we are living this life from one thing to the next with no routine we are sadly missing 'the point'.....Our kids need routine in their life. We need routine in our life.

Ways to do this..
Get up every morning at the same time.
Have breakfast together every morning...Don't let some sleep in and miss this time.
Have reading time everyday at or about the same time.
Regular nap times with very few exceptions.
Movie night
Friday night pizza night.
One day a week where you go to the library or park.
At 5.00 every night we are cleaning up and giving baths.
Everynight at 6.30 we are having supper with dad.

Write your routine down and ask the kids "So today at 12:00 we do what??"...
You may have to let go of some 'good things' in order to start a routine but
the rewards are unmeasurable..

Would you say 'yes'.....Sometimes saying 'yes' is hard work or it's a world of the unknown but saying 'yes' to the Lord is always worth the journey...

A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with>me?
> The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'. They
> went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to
> join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's
> request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked
> his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.'

To which, his father said 'Yes'
> For those who didn't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
> The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86
> kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike>
> ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along
> the coast of the Big Island

> Father and son went on to complete the race together.

> Click Here to View the View of the duo.

When the hearts of fathers and their children are bound together, God works to spread His gospel and His kingdom through the generations.
Luke 1:17

Taylor and I have a very close and intimate relationship. She is my dear sweet friend and my beloved daughter whom I'm Very proud of in the purest sense.

She is my right arm and my thought finisher..
For these past 15 years I have been honored and at times frustrated with our progress as we have learned to balance our relationship.
It took training and time to get where we are today and a servant attitude on her part.
She is not perfect and just like the rest of us she has her moments and possible even her days of working through this road that God has put her own...
Living in a larger family takes alot of work.
Alot of patience and bearing with one another.
I do tons of encouraging and training in her attitude of the work that is put before us.
I use the phrase "its only for a season" alot..
The Lord has been quickening my heart lately about the relationship she has with her dad.
She has very little time with Scott because there are ALOT of little hearts that fight for his time and she seems contended to wait her turn but I want to raise a daughter that "knows" her father..
I want her to know how he conducts himself ..I want her to know his habits and his shortcomings. I want her to honor him for whom he is..
I want her to fall in Love with her father and go before the Lord with thanksgiving for this man he put in her life.
Very few girls or women have this kinda relationship with their dad and frankly It makes me so sad.
Dads don't or won't take the time to spend with their girls..I see dads that need "their" time to play golf or to hunt when their kids need them so bad..
Am I saying that dad's shouldn't do these things?
Yes, I am if they are away from the home all week and only see their kids minutes a day then they don't have time for a hobby.....Hobbies come after our job as parents.
We get so worked up about "our free time" when we should feel the urgency about our work as mothers and fathers....this is not easy..I struggle with this because my nerves get me like everyone else's..but
We should all be about "Our Fathers business"...That takes time.

Where I'm going with all of this....

We have the opportunity because Scott is one of three owners of a business, for Tucker to go to work with his dad every Friday.
He is learning and most importantly he is working along side his dad.
I approached Scott about Taylor having a day where she goes with Scott and he LOVED the idea and so did she.
They will have two hours on the road and a whole work day working along side her father.
Eating lunch together and growing their relationship.
I can't tell you how excited I am for her.
She will learn so much from being with her dad. It was a sacrifice on my part because all of this adds up for more work for me, but this time binding their hearts will be carried on to the next generation.

I want you to consider how you can bind your daughters and hubbies heart..
I know our solution would not work for most but get creative and make it a priority.
I would love to hear from some of you on how your huband spends time with your daughters.

Ok girls if you have daughters go on over to Taylors blog and check out words of wisdom......

Taylor

The hands of a hundred different things

Scott's grandmother my kids great grandmother is 95 years old and is still teaching and being a proverbs woman.
She is a remarkable lady and I miss her knowledge
and the way she rocked all of my babies.
She had to move to a nursing home earlier this year..
She has taught Taylor and I so many different things and I'm
so glad I captured her hands......This is her teaching Taylor how to knit.

Notice she is still wearing her wedding rings after her husband has
been gone for 3o something years.

A broke tent pole.

Our boys had a tent up in the front yard Tuck is going to use for his camp out and
Cooper being kinda wreck less broke one of the poles. Tuck was upset I was upset and
Cooper just kinda looked at us...
A few minutes later Cooper was writing something and he looked up at me and said "mom how do you spell sorry" I looked into his big brown eyes and had to keep from just grabbing him up and thanking him for reminding me how simple life is sometimes.
I wonder if I can use that one on Scott the next time I do something to aggravate him.
Honey how do you spell sorry...

Friends

Who are your children looking up to?

Sorry don't have time to post much because I'm busy about my work of motherhood...

Took His Hand and Followed
Mrs. Roy L. Peifer


My dishes went unwashed today,

I didn't make the bed,

I took his hand and followed

Where his eager footsteps led.

Oh yes, we went adventuring,

My little son and I...

Exploring all the great outdoors

Beneath the summer sky

We waded in a crystal stream,

We wandered through a wood...

My kitchen wasn't swept today

But life was gay and good.

We found a cool, sun-dappled glade

And now my small son knows

How Mother Bunny hides her nest,

Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows.

We watched a robin feed her young,

We climbed a sunlit hill...

Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky,

We plucked a daffodil.

That my house was neglected,

That I didn't brush the stairs,

In twenty years, no one on earth

Will know, or even care.

But that I've helped my little boy

To noble manhood grow,

In twenty years, the whole wide world

May look and see and know.

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Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from Him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
Psalm 127:3-5a

Our quiver is about to be alittle bigger (by God's grace)...
We have just finished up the process of adopting again and now
our family is waiting on a baby..
We are thrilled to grow our family through adoption again and can't
wait to see what the Lord has in store for us.

I love seeing the faces of my kids through the lens of their sister..Thanks Tay