In Dee Forrest****** I am a mommy to four wonderful little boys. I love my role and want to remember every little detail of the days that I get to spend with them as a stay-at-home mommy. I am a homeschooling momma with a husband who is working full time along with full time seminary. This blog is to help me work through the daily, but mainly, it's to help me remember precious little moments that I never want to forget and cherish forever!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
My replacement fruit...
Just sitting here in my back yard of the new house in Ft. Worth praising and thanking God for all of the blessings. One in particular that I am filled with appreciation for is in this picture. One thing I was so sad about leaving our old house was our incredible peach tree that for the first time ever was COVERED in peaches...I could have walked up anytime grabbed a peach and eaten it right off the tree....however, we left the house before they were ripe. :(. Then I get up here and see that I have THREE fig trees that are covered in figs that I can just walk up to at any given time, pick one off and eat it!!!! God is soooooo good to give me a replacement.
JOY!!
One if our little joys in life is the splash pad and the swimming pool!!! Here are some pics of the boys joyously playing with each other at the splash pad... I sit and just RELISH in watching them play with such JOY!!!
Fun day at the mall with Gigi and mommy!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Am I boasting in what is right?
Jeremiah 9:23-24 talks about how it pleases The Lord for us to boast, not about our wisdom or riches, but about knowing HIM!
As a mother, and a wife and a daughter of God, what am I boasting about? Hmmm...something to think about!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Movies!!
Beckhams first movie...Despicable Me 2. I love these pics!! They both did great...watched the whole movie!!
Realization
I had a realization this week while I was up in Ft Worth with the boys waiting for Blake to come. I will probably be doing life a lot with "just me and the boys". With Blake working full time and going to school full time, it will be just me, and "breaks" will be few and far between. I am so grateful to The Lord for bringing me to the point of my calling as a mother. (I explain that calling in this post http://www.indeeforrest.blogspot.com/2013/07/it-is-my-calling-motherhood.html?m=1)
This week I had a new perspective on the "work" of being a mother...when I started feeling myself say "it would be so much easier to get my house in order if I just had someone to watch the boys", I was able to stop and say "no, they are my mission...though it's more work to have boys running around un-doing all the work I have done :), they are my calling and my calling of training, loving and raising these boys is more important right now." YES it's exhausting and YES my "to-do" list is not being checked off the way I wanted it to be...but that's my life right now. I must die to myself in order to serve The Lord in this stage of life. One day I will get to address my life the way I want to address it, but now, I must rest...rest that MY desires and MY "relaxation quota" will not be met the way I want.
On our way!
This is us on our way to NEST finally! Still have a little more time in Atascocita , but at least get to go spend some time in our house!!
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