Josiah's Prayer

Tonight before bed as we were saying our prayers, Josiah said this prayer all by himself:
Thank you Jesus for Papa and Mama,
Daddy in Africa
Come home soon to mow and saw trees,
Help Micaela's foot to feel better,
Help Alyssa's foot to feel better,
Help my toe to feel better,
Micaela, Alyssa, and me,
Amen

Tree Pictures

Here are some pictures of our yard during the timbering process. They have finished topping the trees around the driveway, but they won't be back until next week to finish cutting down the last 8. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago, but now that the trees have leaves, the woods doesn't look so bad. The front yard, is a muddy mess.

Helper

Josiah was helping me unload the groceries from the car. I went to the basement to put the extra milk in the downstairs refrigerator, and found that he had opened the kitchen refrigerator and "helped Mommy" put away the groceries. After a good laugh, I went to find the camera, cause words just don't say it all.

Voting Day

Tuesday, when it was time to pick Micaela up from school, Josiah was still sleeping, so I had to wake him up. I let him sleep as long as possible, then woke him up and threw him and Alyssa in the van to go get Micaela. When I got to the school, I remembered that it was voting day for the school levy, and I decided to go vote before I went home. When we got to the voting place, I turned around to get them out of their seatbelts, and realized that Josiah did not have any shoes on and Alyssa was dressed in her pink sequined "Cinderella dress" and crocs. We were already there, so in we went to vote. And of course I received several comments from people I knew about the interesting dress. Such is the day in the life of a mother of small children, I guess.

War Zone

Our woods looks a little like a war zone right now and it is going to get worse. We had some trees timbered last week, which means they cut down the trees, take the trunks, and leave the tops and the branches right where they are . As I write this, the truck is in the driveway starting to cut down some more. The whole purpose for all of this is to widen the driveway. We sure have a mess. Hopefully the driveway will be worth it! I will post before and after pictures soon.

Easter Family Picture