September 2025

September 2025
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Thursday, April 7, 2011

4-7-11 Creation

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As always, a picture hardly does justice to the real thing. Beautiful, just beautiful. And – made me think of another hymn.

Creation (Hymns of Zion #207)

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord God made them all.

Each little flow’r that opens,

Each little bird that sings,

He made their glowing colors,

He made their tiny wings.

The rich man in the castle,

The poor man at the gate,

God made them high or lowly,

And ordered their estate.

The purple headed mountain,

The river flowing by,

The sunset and the morning

Which brighten up the sky.

He gave us eyes to see them,

And lips that we might tell,

How great is God Almighty,

Who has made all things well.

Levi had a good day at work; he said he was up half the time and doing seatwork half the time. Hope it keeps improving. Nothing special here – just school (what’s left of it) and working around here, of course some play too. Joshua was pretty fussy with a constant runny nose and maybe a touch of fever but not real bad. Hopefully by the weekend he’ll be on the mend and feeling better. He’s pretty happy here…

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…and here…

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…and hopefully tomorrow we’ll see more smiles yet.  Sarah had an earache this evening; hopefully the 24-hour trick will work and she’ll be over it soon. Looking forward to 80 degrees again this weekend!!

Good night!

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