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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our first day of chicken processing is over and it could not have gone any better! We had so many amazing friends and family who came, eager to learn and help! What a blessing! Friends helped in the processing, provided childcare, brought meals, and encouraged us with their fellowship! It was a really fun day! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had such a great response from our community! Several people came to pick up their chicken and were able to get a tour of the process. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We got back so much positive feedback and it was uplifting to hear how many people have been wanting healthier chicken, raised with integrity!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We did find out there is some room for improvement on our packaging, so we'll need to practice the shrink wrapping some more, but other than that it was a truly successful day!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZFQlrgIURJCgTycVUqbExO2V93wOmo-LBkZJoLVOU9EG0bzAR2hMevfRGhp_4NLcPTNxtVbCj1DH93U2zhYIWMFc2jXXZhz5ucOTf57L7Cgoumi5UE1rJddN6iTZ_uqnig6NfqlUfL7w/s1600/SAM_0019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ZFQlrgIURJCgTycVUqbExO2V93wOmo-LBkZJoLVOU9EG0bzAR2hMevfRGhp_4NLcPTNxtVbCj1DH93U2zhYIWMFc2jXXZhz5ucOTf57L7Cgoumi5UE1rJddN6iTZ_uqnig6NfqlUfL7w/s320/SAM_0019.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">The two best
discoveries of the day were that we have so many amazing friends, with
big servant hearts. The second best discovery was that we really,
really love chicken farming!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Our chickens arrive when they are 1-2 days old. We raise them in a brooder for the first 2 weeks, after which they are moved to a portable outdoor pen. We then move them to fresh grass daily so they get a new "salad bar" along with their daily ration of non-medicated feed. They enjoy the sunshine, exercise and fresh, clean air! We butcher and process here on site so that from chick to bag, we know that the chicken we are providing is top quality. If you are interested in ordering, please e-mail us at TheWheelerParade@gmail.com.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"> It's sweet enough<span style="font-size: large;"> to attract the ants <span style="font-size: large;">but the Borox is the poison that they can't taste.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Everything I read said they will be gone within 24 hours...and they were RIGHT! I did this around lunchtime on day 1 and when I woke up in the morning on day 2 there was not a single sign of an ant!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I tend to be skeptical about things like this, so I waited a few days to see if they'd return. <span style="font-size: large;">Nope...<span style="font-size: large;">I have seen another ant </span></span>(and trust me, I've searched the cabinet for them)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We noticed at 2 weeks she had Splayed Legs. I took on this challenge and was determined to fix her. For the first week I wrapped her legs in gauze and taped her legs in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3/4 Cup Frozen Berries</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 Tablespoons Pure Maple Syrup</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since my husband and I have been married, we've moved quite a bit! We've moved 6 times in the past 10 years (and have only lived in 2 different cities)! I know that's not much compared to others, but it was enough for me! Especially when you consider that <b>I've always had a newborn every time we've moved</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This last move, I had 4 little kids and a 2 week old baby. <i>Showing the house was always a stressful even to say the least!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I managed to come up with some good strategies for getting the house ready in a jiffy! Now, there were times I had a day (or a few days) notice and I could clean and confine the kids to one room for playing to keep the rest of the house nice and tidy. But when a realtor calls and asks if they can show your house in 15 minutes, you've gotta work FAST. Especially when you know 10 of those minutes will be spent getting loaded in the car!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-<b>Laundry baskets are you best friend.</b> Look at thrift stores for laundry baskets of all sizes. Keep these easily accessible and when you get "the call", throw everything that is on the floors into the baskets and load them up in your vehicle. The kids think this is great fun and you can even have <i>practice drills</i> so they learn how to "play the game" quickly! You can always throw stuff in the washer and dryer too if they aren't already full...people don't usually look there! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-<b>Bleach works wonders. </b>At the time of our last move, I had three little boys so cleaning the bathroom had to happen DAILY although I couldn't always make it happen. So when I would get a "can we show your house right this second?" call, I would run for the bleach. If I could do nothing else, I would <i>pour a little bleach in the toilet and in the shower</i>. Because if a bathroom smells sterile, the eye tends to not look so critically. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-<b>Let the sunshine in!</b> Humans love natural light. So be sure to <i>open every curtain and blind</i> you can! Then go the extra step and <i>turn on every light and lamp</i> in the house! Maybe even <i>light a candle</i>. I know some people say not to do this because certain people don't like certain smells, but I'd go for something delicate ("fresh linen" for example). The point is, a bright place always seems like a cheery place! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-<b>Give it to the Lord.</b> Each time before I stepped out of the house I would just say something to the Father like "It's yours, you are here. Speak and move. And have your way." And as I drive off I continue to pray for the right people to fall in love with not only the home, but the Spirit in the home too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What are some of your favorite tips for moving or showing a house when you have a lot of littles? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In order to stay away from high fructose corn syrup, food coloring, unnecessary soy, (etc.) it just seems you have to make most condiments yourself! So I've been doing a lot of experimenting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So far, I've made a yummy chocolate syrup, a berry sauce (to put on yogurt and oatmeal), barbeque sauce, a coffee creamer, and a ranch dip/dressing that is our new family favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- 1/4 cup Garlic </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- 1/4 cup Pepper </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- 2 Tablespoons Dill Weed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">- 2 Tablespoons Salt </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then, I transferred the mix into a large mason jar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Whenever we want ranch dip, I take 1 Tablespoon of the above mixture and combine it with:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> - 1 cup (natural) Sour Cream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> - 1/2 cup (real) Mayonnaise</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, the dry mix lasts FOREVER since you are only using a tablespoon full when you make it! I'm not sure how long the mixture lasts once it's made with the wet ingredients...maybe 2 weeks? Ours gets eaten up long before then, so it's hard to tell!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This mix is great on salad (you can add a little water if you like it to be more runny) or as a dip!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Enjoy! And let me know if you have some homemade recipes for dips or sauces!</span><br />
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<img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" />Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-17246621576114179492013-02-19T17:50:00.003-06:002013-02-19T17:52:57.067-06:00<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our kids joined 4H this year, which means we've been super busy but we've also been having a lot of fun! We had "4H Days" recently and each of the boys signed up to give presentations. I was really surprised when they all said they wanted to do it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4H offers so many awesome opportunities that we wouldn't get otherwise! My boys were able to conquer some common fears that many adults still struggle with! Plus, giving these presentations encourages them to learn more about something they love...which I love! </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-39249507149002944502013-02-10T16:34:00.001-06:002013-02-10T16:34:58.024-06:00Chickens: Ready...Set...<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are now getting ready to dive into the hobby of chicken farming! That's right...the Wheelers are going to be farmers (of some sort)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we got married ten years ago, we never would have
guessed we'd be raising our family in this small rural town with a passion
growing inside us for<b> pasture raised poultry</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were both city kids, tried and true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Once the Lord called us to this little city</span>, we quickly began to long for <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/05/itch.html">a home in the country</a>, so we moved out from
the city limits to a 5 acre <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2011/05/his-faithfulness-our-joy.html">"fix-me-up" farm</a> outside of
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here we are...and we are absolutely loving it! Let me tell you, the simple life is quite addicting! Watching my boys work along side their dad and seeing our whole family involved in projects is such a sweet blessing! </span></div>
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year and a half we read and studied about how to produce our own healthy, organic food. Chickens seemed like the easiest "meat" to start with so we began reading what the expert in raising quality chicken <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0892968206/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=04Q5C0K7QXVQSA585Q69&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846">had to say</a>! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Salatin">Joel Salatin</a>s methods have been a HUGE inspiration and guide on our journey!</span><br />
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We had our sixth baby, Hope</div>
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She's almost 2 months old now and the rock star of our house...<br />
All the kids adore her!</div>
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And Ryan and I just celebrated 10 incredibly blessed years together</div>
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And the adventures have just begun!!! More to come on our next adventure soon!<br />
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I simply cannot imagine being a momma without Easter...without the assurance that <b>I have a Savior</b> who is <i>ALIVE </i>and who is <i>FOR </i>me! And that because of His victory over death, I am able to do all things through HIS strength!<br />
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Come what may--long days, hard days, emotional days, days when nothing goes my way, <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/05/not-mothers-day-i-was-expecting-it-to.html">days when I feel ill-equipped and even down-cast</a>...I have the victory over sin and darkness in Him alone!!!<br />
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So glory in this day that the Lord has given you because <b>He reigns</b> <b>victorious</b>! Because, come what may, dear friend, if your life is set upon the Rock called Christ, YOU have the VICTORY over anything this day holds thanks to the EMPTY TOMB! He is <b>ALIVE</b> and offers us <i>LIFE</i>!<br />
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Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus for Easter! This momma needs my Savior desperately...You are the air I breathe as I<b> </b>struggle to<b> raise up a generation</b> for righteousness, <i>even amongst the clogged toilets and books with all the pages ripped out</i>! Even still...VICTORY IN JESUS! <br />
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I am saved! I am an overcomer! I am a joint heir! And, indeed, <i><b>I AM BLESSED beyond the curse!!!</b></i><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-14290915694753637872012-02-12T21:16:00.003-06:002012-02-12T21:35:20.078-06:00New Family Picture!We recently were blessed with a free in-home photography session!<br />
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Sometimes it's said with a laugh...sometimes it's said as a stern reminder. She is a natural! :)<br />
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Well, we have some exciting news! The Lord has opened the door to make our vision and his will come to fruition!<br />
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We have a contract on a house in the country and if all goes well, it will be ours in July! <br />
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This home needs a lot of work, but we got a fantastic deal on it! Plus, it's on 4 acres with fruit trees, 2 barns and a chicken coop! And the house has 4 bedrooms and a basement!<br />
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It's been truly amazing to see how the Lord has brought all this about! It confirmed to us that it's His will for our family and He's worked it all together! <br />
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So I've been<a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/09/look-what-just-came-in-mail.html"> <b>doing my research</b> </a>and now I'm ready to jump in to the country life!<br />
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This was my longest labor yet--12 hours total! I was progressing fine and with not much pain, but when I got to a 7, my labor just stalled out. We discovered that Ezra was posterior, so I began to work really hard to get him to turn! I wore myself out doing exercises (lunges, taking the stairs in threes, etc) for almost 2 hours to get him to turn and it finally worked! I continued to labor in a lot less pain...<br />
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My midwife broke my water shortly after Ezra turned and I labored in "hard labor" for just over an hour. <br />
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Yet again, labor stalled out one last time... but soon, with a little help, we saw his head!<br />
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However, once his head and shoulders were out, he appeared stuck. It baffled all of us. My midwife told Ryan to go ahead and take Ezra by the shoulders and "deliver" him. So Ryan pulled him out and that's when we realized the reason that he kept going posterior and getting stuck half-way out...<br />
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The umbilical cord was wrapped so tightly around his ankles, he was essentially "bungee jumping" inside of me! His ankles were even blue from the cord being wrapped so tightly! (Thankfully all is okay with his feet, knees and hips!)<br />
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So little did we know, he was trying his hardest to get in the right position and come to us, but the cord was holding him tight inside me! <br />
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My midwives (Deidre and Kathy) were absolutely amazing and I was so thankful for their godly wisdom!<br />
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It was a very unusual birth for me, but the Lord taught me a lot and we are just so glad to have our little man here with us!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Laboring in our bedroom in the birth pool with my sweet boys at my side...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFh9ZJPMZW3KRKYq_7OxKyHptiUvLPoScbTFG0GvfBHsFAz_d24G8qgJq9aWCjmA-SjJePpsYh2wbsODOdPOoGoplm0_h1RryVMONo2F46DDt42nJPFm5poSkeRQrHQBmiBcGuF2gspXs/s1600/DSC01706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtFh9ZJPMZW3KRKYq_7OxKyHptiUvLPoScbTFG0GvfBHsFAz_d24G8qgJq9aWCjmA-SjJePpsYh2wbsODOdPOoGoplm0_h1RryVMONo2F46DDt42nJPFm5poSkeRQrHQBmiBcGuF2gspXs/s400/DSC01706.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">First moments of life...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjz0eovxbldabWTMMSPRZUAXcqNnW714aKmy2U5awV8yC9RcYr_cWQA4Q2hjefTqtU3ItAicgc9xtYzQQJYie6bxgd_4mmdBaPAnxRto3LX3jrhheBX9rHc3U0jrrH_MO88Nefelrb3S9g/s1600/DSC01719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjz0eovxbldabWTMMSPRZUAXcqNnW714aKmy2U5awV8yC9RcYr_cWQA4Q2hjefTqtU3ItAicgc9xtYzQQJYie6bxgd_4mmdBaPAnxRto3LX3jrhheBX9rHc3U0jrrH_MO88Nefelrb3S9g/s400/DSC01719.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">My sweet reward!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwOhX6iH9B_Bw4xDXmYecy6O4b9gJ8dv7GfP-AQfjxYu5XgsY11RGXJ5kI9REHZCCKKCp8UfA10EiA3Ot-B2DKbSt6HXAHZgW-Z_hplK4Mp84XRdEJH59iPD196MRgNSNiXacU1X3_tF-/s1600/DSC01720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwOhX6iH9B_Bw4xDXmYecy6O4b9gJ8dv7GfP-AQfjxYu5XgsY11RGXJ5kI9REHZCCKKCp8UfA10EiA3Ot-B2DKbSt6HXAHZgW-Z_hplK4Mp84XRdEJH59iPD196MRgNSNiXacU1X3_tF-/s400/DSC01720.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Proud daddy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPn4-KzGirE1FXQ_k_N6ZeNvLM7CFn1r_gwCyBuZea8TGQgA6YTZw6FVBMRN5EeLZVIZU5lHZKuWwF5CHnpTooBGDlDpqJiIzVWwQg1ee2l9pFB5LzFfLkVJqFKyRIxkRivh8_RBuEyuP/s1600/DSC01723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPn4-KzGirE1FXQ_k_N6ZeNvLM7CFn1r_gwCyBuZea8TGQgA6YTZw6FVBMRN5EeLZVIZU5lHZKuWwF5CHnpTooBGDlDpqJiIzVWwQg1ee2l9pFB5LzFfLkVJqFKyRIxkRivh8_RBuEyuP/s400/DSC01723.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Daddy checking Ezra's spine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBr2OOtq64WnQ59pgCAZ0BWZ7iFhiz2cu6EpjSy4eRKpIIVcQ_YrisQmvgfgEi3tKb12YB8HUX3N95YPgw5juxayBPlFTnOn5xS3Shccvs8Wy8PWDxONsjTDqWwpwfbXkMkaT6uTZ8gsEN/s1600/DSC01753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBr2OOtq64WnQ59pgCAZ0BWZ7iFhiz2cu6EpjSy4eRKpIIVcQ_YrisQmvgfgEi3tKb12YB8HUX3N95YPgw5juxayBPlFTnOn5xS3Shccvs8Wy8PWDxONsjTDqWwpwfbXkMkaT6uTZ8gsEN/s400/DSC01753.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Precious chubby cheeks...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34Naa9dPE_62UdjMnrOT9KCITOmAuc0ORhMEcEoxj7CwQVpOqj6ayQqAOWPexFx4hlxQvFNvrCf79TmSj0RLoC8yrOAlTwQdHYStvlQTmUEgb-6k9z3nNTNlkj_6bbV7XjeHwM4_Ybefe/s1600/DSC01744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34Naa9dPE_62UdjMnrOT9KCITOmAuc0ORhMEcEoxj7CwQVpOqj6ayQqAOWPexFx4hlxQvFNvrCf79TmSj0RLoC8yrOAlTwQdHYStvlQTmUEgb-6k9z3nNTNlkj_6bbV7XjeHwM4_Ybefe/s400/DSC01744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Liberty and I remain the only girls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FrrfqWhrVjG1V_I5JBAW62kTme15R9xGGDtxI9yIurABxtPCgdCmXGyPQJUfpMSRKRbQqeKL9IldIhYnf4_YQI5KajaRYz0MwOrD8NG8TSIDKNyyFPQOzVoenowXwnPx8ml14n-cEPhu/s1600/DSC01729.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FrrfqWhrVjG1V_I5JBAW62kTme15R9xGGDtxI9yIurABxtPCgdCmXGyPQJUfpMSRKRbQqeKL9IldIhYnf4_YQI5KajaRYz0MwOrD8NG8TSIDKNyyFPQOzVoenowXwnPx8ml14n-cEPhu/s400/DSC01729.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our midwife weighing him...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSx4cANrw-HG1woJEKqk6jIhcNWGxzR7c-Kj6crv8bL0Za7y7vUk2XkDJI-cAyEIoDsZIslCD6tA50qCYTjDQvXrTX1oUdFwnDyDPnI_JLUIsTxfTrOzzHnVVrkCBEx-ytQY0jS6LoCUk/s1600/DSC01757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSx4cANrw-HG1woJEKqk6jIhcNWGxzR7c-Kj6crv8bL0Za7y7vUk2XkDJI-cAyEIoDsZIslCD6tA50qCYTjDQvXrTX1oUdFwnDyDPnI_JLUIsTxfTrOzzHnVVrkCBEx-ytQY0jS6LoCUk/s400/DSC01757.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Footprints!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSY9259NUJUGX0L1Pp9XwP-M_cBu925DM9rnT3qhpCjkhPMDt5Wp4P3pzvWxlnvilZRJfa9JpoGIEV_TA9mJUhICzyKkyj-vvWrbwFZrWWftRMuB0N5CBEZN-MdR8WQqOVl7QLhIfexeT/s1600/DSC01767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSY9259NUJUGX0L1Pp9XwP-M_cBu925DM9rnT3qhpCjkhPMDt5Wp4P3pzvWxlnvilZRJfa9JpoGIEV_TA9mJUhICzyKkyj-vvWrbwFZrWWftRMuB0N5CBEZN-MdR8WQqOVl7QLhIfexeT/s400/DSC01767.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Wide awake!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8JLodAHvrQu7cTDPVvnIJQ15nxtS8Js5NuYtzB-0fdZkZRsDCJ2Ii6x7QE2QxoM2VCsd2t414mg_Kri3mBLm2tIKfhLkYc-cwemvIT10GD0gpSlLW_dl5dFQL8yNoLd-bRNNLXxeuOeD/s1600/DSC01780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8JLodAHvrQu7cTDPVvnIJQ15nxtS8Js5NuYtzB-0fdZkZRsDCJ2Ii6x7QE2QxoM2VCsd2t414mg_Kri3mBLm2tIKfhLkYc-cwemvIT10GD0gpSlLW_dl5dFQL8yNoLd-bRNNLXxeuOeD/s400/DSC01780.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Proud big brothers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKe-1ZBAS633k4F9EQJLGoYwzsvVguwLATqNugX9laY4jWugx1_LNr2mxXo8cseAJQgXfPaN9_WDe8apvFzXdDyTnElv7l167zngbrSH-wvd7wy4PQ7ohCGgyKZN152f8WcBJBldaWpDY/s1600/DSC01781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKe-1ZBAS633k4F9EQJLGoYwzsvVguwLATqNugX9laY4jWugx1_LNr2mxXo8cseAJQgXfPaN9_WDe8apvFzXdDyTnElv7l167zngbrSH-wvd7wy4PQ7ohCGgyKZN152f8WcBJBldaWpDY/s400/DSC01781.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">4 arrows...and counting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenL9FNNLyQtW4Lj1P6WQaZSlk3unG2F7bWHVKOz5x1MVU74CNdyP9aeonR78evLMLDoIJCxJdsIVqb-vv29kncLAUY8PM5IKCWQ70cFgJEPhds_Hokasifh-Q24YfJ1_Dbir3_qgjd_XI/s1600/DSC01782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenL9FNNLyQtW4Lj1P6WQaZSlk3unG2F7bWHVKOz5x1MVU74CNdyP9aeonR78evLMLDoIJCxJdsIVqb-vv29kncLAUY8PM5IKCWQ70cFgJEPhds_Hokasifh-Q24YfJ1_Dbir3_qgjd_XI/s400/DSC01782.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Trusten and Ezra look VERY MUCH alike!!!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5rkew0SDt-KQeYPKJpV1Rhkhb9T1Wp5rxqthcMkIfkHXAnNjurU285Fg2GgKJuZZEMkpUNzz3oCaEN9Gt5Cgr8is1Ori4IREWnt96F8zuY9yW3fAKIsFs6ji1N6YZ237kofqRMGaCFlc/s1600/DSC01783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5rkew0SDt-KQeYPKJpV1Rhkhb9T1Wp5rxqthcMkIfkHXAnNjurU285Fg2GgKJuZZEMkpUNzz3oCaEN9Gt5Cgr8is1Ori4IREWnt96F8zuY9yW3fAKIsFs6ji1N6YZ237kofqRMGaCFlc/s400/DSC01783.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We feel so blessed and thankful for our new little addition!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">**Full Birth Story coming soon!!!** </span><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-46704347646454518002011-04-07T08:17:00.000-05:002011-04-07T08:17:08.161-05:00Dear Ezra,<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sweet baby Ezra! We are so ready to meet you! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are excited to see what you look like, to hold you, to smell you, to hear your voice!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your brothers are so excited to be a part of your birth and to finally see with their own eyes the little kicker that has been being formed in my belly all this time! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your little sister just loves babies and I'm sure will be just as enthralled with you she is with every baby she sees at church, the store and in pictures. I have a feeling she's going to spoil you!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your daddy has been praying for you fervently. He picked out your name before we even knew we were pregnant!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><b>"...For the good hand of the his God was on him. For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statues and rules in Israel." </b></i></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i><b>Ezra 7:9,10</b></i></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As soon as daddy read that verse, about 9 months ago, he knew our next baby boy would be this kind of man...a modern-day "Ezra"!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your mommy is just thrilled to finally hear the words, "here he is!" and have you placed upon my chest. My Ezra. My little reward. My newest arrow. My joy set before me.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our hearts are ready to welcome another Wheeler Man into the world! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the house is ready for your arrival!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our bedroom is rearranged</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqVaqjelHIMoeyXTuDL4maVy48Mi0r0eb1XuLwfcaUG1XNHDuzDFrbWwMVMAcDPaiFlGWJhCCh0EDk1IOSKYyC9dcxwXbagszBxL_3ywtoHxq6GfDRHBnYLZUBDRiPtUNnSd9z2nHtXA/s1600/DSC01699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqVaqjelHIMoeyXTuDL4maVy48Mi0r0eb1XuLwfcaUG1XNHDuzDFrbWwMVMAcDPaiFlGWJhCCh0EDk1IOSKYyC9dcxwXbagszBxL_3ywtoHxq6GfDRHBnYLZUBDRiPtUNnSd9z2nHtXA/s400/DSC01699.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Birth pool is set up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCHMeqGC9LB8MaAP9KFhw-eTXzyMT65O2raTnpKecqG2FjgGwlmsL2lw2DgEb3wbBVjYWbCMmRWHWs1gtOz6pTCS30FmkiJRtv4tjsYozd7MSCJf83vRiP4wXWHzV10XBQnfdd6K46L_s/s1600/DSC01682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCHMeqGC9LB8MaAP9KFhw-eTXzyMT65O2raTnpKecqG2FjgGwlmsL2lw2DgEb3wbBVjYWbCMmRWHWs1gtOz6pTCS30FmkiJRtv4tjsYozd7MSCJf83vRiP4wXWHzV10XBQnfdd6K46L_s/s400/DSC01682.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">The birth supplies are purchased and double-checked</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRLTn3DM2UAe_B6fycUyG8WZkjuH9Ir3gRTbelrUAwnQRqT9d04iMT4jDSf_TVsubS2z-mqKQ3oFBMuDIUEasJy3XszuPq97b_7_kBr5Wy0CLMBu2w9px5BrFUYzZVUpAtTeeR3LUcVP1/s1600/DSC01688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRLTn3DM2UAe_B6fycUyG8WZkjuH9Ir3gRTbelrUAwnQRqT9d04iMT4jDSf_TVsubS2z-mqKQ3oFBMuDIUEasJy3XszuPq97b_7_kBr5Wy0CLMBu2w9px5BrFUYzZVUpAtTeeR3LUcVP1/s400/DSC01688.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">And the quilt mommy made you is finally complete!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFHsjg_CjlnbFSpuWxnAMiOdq_hVP9JU6mT_BL8-taQftimhMvNih74-SSiNqi6r2PGCFQf3MlFr32NCjFoN2F6qCLUtC6VY2cncqbLYlum5pUqpAR6D-RhlOLDT7vAR-6wzKBrgDqs8N/s1600/DSC01689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFHsjg_CjlnbFSpuWxnAMiOdq_hVP9JU6mT_BL8-taQftimhMvNih74-SSiNqi6r2PGCFQf3MlFr32NCjFoN2F6qCLUtC6VY2cncqbLYlum5pUqpAR6D-RhlOLDT7vAR-6wzKBrgDqs8N/s400/DSC01689.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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As much as we love this house, we have a strong desire to get out to some land. To have a place where our kids can run, explore and raise animals.<br />
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But until that time comes, we knew we needed to get our house sold, so that when the Lord does bring the right property along, we can jump on it without the contingency of selling our house.<br />
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So, yes, in 8 days I'm due to have a baby.<br />
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And in 30 days we close on our house and hand the keys over to a new couple who just moved into town.<br />
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Moving day will be a bitter-sweet day. We will be one step closer to our dream of living in the country, but we will also be saying goodbye to a house that we will have brought 3 brand-new Wheelers into.<br />
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But our kids are so young, we know there are even MORE memories ahead of us and we PRAY that's out on land somewhere, someday!<br />
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I'll try to keep you all updated on the journey we're about to embark on, but I also wanted to let everyone know that <b>after April 25th, we won't have internet access</b> in our humble abode anymore. (A choice we're making to pursue simplicity and money savings!)<br />
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No worries though-I'll post pics of our new blessing before then!<br />
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Thanks for all the prayers and encouragements as we take this step of faith to follow the Lord as He directs our steps in raising our family!!!<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're having another precious baby boy!!!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We found out a few weeks ago that the Lord is knitting another Warrior in my womb! We are so very excited and can't wait to see his little face!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">His name will be Ezra Grant and we're planning to have him right here in our home! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We'd love if you'd join us in prayer for a healthy birth and healthy baby!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Around here, we like to keep things pretty interesting so stay tuned for part 2 of our adventure as we prepare to pack up our house and move to...well, we don't know yet, but more on that later :) </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And again, thanks so much to all my faithful blog friends, for your love, support and even the check-up e-mails some of you have sent me! I look forward to meeting you all face-to-face some day...even if it's in heaven!!! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In-between my feelings of <i>joy and eagerness</i>, are spurts of questions that have been swirling around in my head...</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I </b>up for labor?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I</b> ready for another baby?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I</b> prepared for the changes another blessing will bring?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I </b>strong enough to endure the nights of little sleep?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I</b> taking enough vitamins and herbs?<br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I </b>preparing my kids enough for the arrival of our new little one?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I</b> ready for another homebirth?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Am I</b> worrying too much?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And in the midst of all my "me-centered" questions...the Lord answers...</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>"I AM the I AM"</b></span>. </div><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So today I am feeling thankful that even when I feel like asking "Am I...?" I can KNOW that <b>HE IS</b>!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blessings!</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-80424353223811115482011-01-20T11:02:00.000-06:002011-01-20T11:02:52.083-06:00Are You "Just a Mom"?<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you've ever seen the movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Magorium%27s_Wonder_Emporium">Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium</a>, you may recall how the character called "Mahoney" accuses the hired accountant of being a "Just Guy". When the accountant asks what that means, Mahoney explains that a "Just Guy" sees everything as non-spectacular. That a store is "<b>just </b>a store", a toy is "<b>just </b>a toy", a tree is "<b>just </b>a tree".</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, while I certainly don't believe in stores having feelings or toys coming to life, I do believe that we all have someone in our life trying to get us to buy the lie of the "Just Guy".</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have you ever struggled with the thought that you are "<b>Just </b>a mom"? Or that you "<b>just </b>don't have what it takes"? Or that you "<b>Just </b>can't..."</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whether you are a mom to one child or a mom to many...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">whether you stay-at-home or work outside the home...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">whether you homeschool or send your kids to a school...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">we all have an Enemy who wants us to believe the "Just" lie. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For each of us it sounds different...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I just have one child."</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I just stay at home."</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"I just send my kids to school."</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If we are striving to be excellent women (wherever we are and in whatever we do), our worth is "far more than rubies" (Proverbs 31:10).</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a mom, you are involved in Kingdom work. Even though you can't see it, each day you are a part of a great plan that effects eternity. The sacrifices of today are seeds being <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-life-is-pilgrimage-thanksgiving.html">sown into the generations</a> to follow.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So next time you find yourself thinking you are "<b>just </b>a mom" or "<b>just </b>not good enough" ask yourself if a ruby is "<b>just </b>a ruby"? Or is it really <i><b>a desirable, precious jewel that you would be honored to have</b></i> <i><b>and hold in your hands</b></i>?</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then remember...<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>that's what your Jesus thinks about you</b></u>!</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-9464480450116075952011-01-17T11:01:00.000-06:002011-01-17T11:01:44.734-06:00Girl Time!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">This past weekend, my mom, sisters and I went to my parents house in Kansas City to have a "Girls Weekend"!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">We had such a wonderful time! </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">My mom made us a lovely candle-light dinner on Friday night...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuerCVzAKsj7DIxELm97Ae4AIVLCDvnlaDgaJJezkszoCyeeo7bW5kCV-frQwkolBEWkHgfvpe1ACRKgiRCrOugeWRAZt_a900AX9gaWwhKC6wo8E30ykEr8TT4oJcgCLCOBCqAbVIHHOj/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuerCVzAKsj7DIxELm97Ae4AIVLCDvnlaDgaJJezkszoCyeeo7bW5kCV-frQwkolBEWkHgfvpe1ACRKgiRCrOugeWRAZt_a900AX9gaWwhKC6wo8E30ykEr8TT4oJcgCLCOBCqAbVIHHOj/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">My niece Isabelle and my mom praying before dinner...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xRXj1pid3nAc4ybAuyrut9JfI5ak9w4rAEck7e5awcQrYaAlgPDIA5-4FAeDwQvh-Or_nAVXMnSXTjUPyDwA1bXHx6FmHY05h18QJBzt4NR_y7jPbCJN-T6-9yYXEwgBwgUR43nAIS6a/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xRXj1pid3nAc4ybAuyrut9JfI5ak9w4rAEck7e5awcQrYaAlgPDIA5-4FAeDwQvh-Or_nAVXMnSXTjUPyDwA1bXHx6FmHY05h18QJBzt4NR_y7jPbCJN-T6-9yYXEwgBwgUR43nAIS6a/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The sisters! Marjie, Me and Sarah </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">(I am the youngest, but the tallest!)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">We were missing my oldest sister, Ranee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xtb7Rhlj7fFnPzZHJfvnh5l33Qh1_2ldkYRq2gtqh16FrGZmSYai3SzUVNU8BPCas_5klB7XnOQZ-sO9mQGHHLeDOmowRs2QftgpkpiCyyql3p6gJsAvxYsMJqMd0TaHgwhU8Z4vSgTq/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xtb7Rhlj7fFnPzZHJfvnh5l33Qh1_2ldkYRq2gtqh16FrGZmSYai3SzUVNU8BPCas_5klB7XnOQZ-sO9mQGHHLeDOmowRs2QftgpkpiCyyql3p6gJsAvxYsMJqMd0TaHgwhU8Z4vSgTq/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The 2010 babies born 5 days apart...</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">(Owen and Adeline)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT4aSxd-9JROlcNRLkiAYZqPXvqbF5m5riRORuTU_tDjM7HNvKzYA05Gg41D7nheFGI4JcDe6Y3SDjrX_aamETwrRPAYo5U1XWfF_rCfY3ESErAtbk9gJxq7nSPQNx5ED57NAvQMVodN5/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT4aSxd-9JROlcNRLkiAYZqPXvqbF5m5riRORuTU_tDjM7HNvKzYA05Gg41D7nheFGI4JcDe6Y3SDjrX_aamETwrRPAYo5U1XWfF_rCfY3ESErAtbk9gJxq7nSPQNx5ED57NAvQMVodN5/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Lunch on Saturday...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhyphenhyphenEhnG3QMIac3Sair9Hf9JtWRPvu522ouVkGnDvoTwSn0RpMixBSg2Um8x1YHywho7O4BtjxH_VWj7SzamEF06nxHKlpqDf10sDYaFP4jcoqi0pB7atPTOTWESwmWubXLh94PdNN2kyZ/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhyphenhyphenEhnG3QMIac3Sair9Hf9JtWRPvu522ouVkGnDvoTwSn0RpMixBSg2Um8x1YHywho7O4BtjxH_VWj7SzamEF06nxHKlpqDf10sDYaFP4jcoqi0pB7atPTOTWESwmWubXLh94PdNN2kyZ/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Red Lobster was Sarah and I's 1st choice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjF5jIMolT44iuEQMxpoZYhokVt3K74w-e-AVfQFoWGpcBQj-ezK0zWdSZif3oBX9tcJDiZtlz5Jf2f5NvITu23mDhzYpFk0dC-GPfyWMTiys46xcgnvyI8tEHGsjtekGERWxrRWdvlEN9/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjF5jIMolT44iuEQMxpoZYhokVt3K74w-e-AVfQFoWGpcBQj-ezK0zWdSZif3oBX9tcJDiZtlz5Jf2f5NvITu23mDhzYpFk0dC-GPfyWMTiys46xcgnvyI8tEHGsjtekGERWxrRWdvlEN9/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">We took Isabelle to the American Girl store</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">(this was really the whole purpose of the trip)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHo4RmIft2aJ9h-KUqyrJ9gUgC6fxcXL8ZsjBWCHRR7PhyphenhyphenfBLwfCxgNvC2vMoBW3kYJYkJ4bCCaLnElOfFKVVYiVPS8v1CoRemmawprobzRlowk_o08kCTli0GU0eWhPOs0NZ87UjfDui/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHo4RmIft2aJ9h-KUqyrJ9gUgC6fxcXL8ZsjBWCHRR7PhyphenhyphenfBLwfCxgNvC2vMoBW3kYJYkJ4bCCaLnElOfFKVVYiVPS8v1CoRemmawprobzRlowk_o08kCTli0GU0eWhPOs0NZ87UjfDui/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">She is such a sweet little thing and was so excited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3DtdxU22THfNtQkWU-_AFA5FBe94wXXbxLGWbt-cgNQ4XtjF1hoqVKOh9PFSVq2IZLDjEVfoeiuY5rFlUtAkEI00LybyD4-qIV_D_LA-U7-Nd6ZYmpG__TWm_qPNCaYFRvAYa_hoQHOg/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_3DtdxU22THfNtQkWU-_AFA5FBe94wXXbxLGWbt-cgNQ4XtjF1hoqVKOh9PFSVq2IZLDjEVfoeiuY5rFlUtAkEI00LybyD4-qIV_D_LA-U7-Nd6ZYmpG__TWm_qPNCaYFRvAYa_hoQHOg/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Picking out how she wanted her dolls hair done...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0GHYQV0qhdytBrwfOUBZ_J6mBIQCiutaszJHfss9Wv_pAdmJurN2TQ8YqqwEI2TyNX6YryspwZ1DhBb7zMfI_zJk_F8OQB-jwtvQKVtmEm1x1hYVKimQx-OIvOJK6k1yo5Wibbq540z/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW0GHYQV0qhdytBrwfOUBZ_J6mBIQCiutaszJHfss9Wv_pAdmJurN2TQ8YqqwEI2TyNX6YryspwZ1DhBb7zMfI_zJk_F8OQB-jwtvQKVtmEm1x1hYVKimQx-OIvOJK6k1yo5Wibbq540z/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Isabelle and the hair-stylist deciding what to do with Josephina's hair...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPuyp0TGVmYpqbqOa3uu02TpfXw7XUUOK2_1EVjJobeN7qGfOvm8ub0W6Py5bUgUzYibelp1ks8r6Wz2upNBDajCBtWK9fNf7daJc3YHZWH4JRhiSww7KZ1nGGwQpzoFmYvzp7kmMpmCu/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPuyp0TGVmYpqbqOa3uu02TpfXw7XUUOK2_1EVjJobeN7qGfOvm8ub0W6Py5bUgUzYibelp1ks8r6Wz2upNBDajCBtWK9fNf7daJc3YHZWH4JRhiSww7KZ1nGGwQpzoFmYvzp7kmMpmCu/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Aunt Marjie and Isabelle picking out the colors for the ribbon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgYNjr9z7V3XOkBAxwtI1l-YN4M7sCJVqU2KKwm1egpmxi_cQYd4HZQ1e3GVLRDJbLRgJNgRwPShG_pIPiQ3_PTVizPVgseg8PHs8hsiDyyP1lOHDdGkA0buDfXqG0QqQIhEZMhmYnACF/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgYNjr9z7V3XOkBAxwtI1l-YN4M7sCJVqU2KKwm1egpmxi_cQYd4HZQ1e3GVLRDJbLRgJNgRwPShG_pIPiQ3_PTVizPVgseg8PHs8hsiDyyP1lOHDdGkA0buDfXqG0QqQIhEZMhmYnACF/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Almost done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM-IsbuLowwHyslRLDXkflHFZTWmu8HEWiTSEKJ1gBn4bN-71zOwZLHSg2VdXxJYEX8iyJPEl1GByjes6ZpiP2xosQU6yROpoNLJ0GxPy5WyGNDmDIT0tyxgke9NPs9JetEyfpAYGEffA/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM-IsbuLowwHyslRLDXkflHFZTWmu8HEWiTSEKJ1gBn4bN-71zOwZLHSg2VdXxJYEX8iyJPEl1GByjes6ZpiP2xosQU6yROpoNLJ0GxPy5WyGNDmDIT0tyxgke9NPs9JetEyfpAYGEffA/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mother and Daughter...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LVCT7PqzfmsLa44qUNZBV8_sVFw7oYgKRz4VKKlPECNrSDtfOOl12JULynlx31pwFIBkLvUlX-K4uwPL-LSl5L3Qo_3NsuheF2RjwfZMh0lyYKq_N_rTMCCMPMuJ7KQE_TJ17CHtjRyI/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LVCT7PqzfmsLa44qUNZBV8_sVFw7oYgKRz4VKKlPECNrSDtfOOl12JULynlx31pwFIBkLvUlX-K4uwPL-LSl5L3Qo_3NsuheF2RjwfZMh0lyYKq_N_rTMCCMPMuJ7KQE_TJ17CHtjRyI/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">The three generations...or should I say 4? Josephina fits right in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVd_WnYRvM2aVotwmQ6-9u2eoqbde8H3Kyft59yq4DIxEA9ngSC6xZZBlGfXNpXF7pwRg1rFDW2esP7H1QGYX-WgMEAYj6VGeE2dS6lI4Dyt3wbiaJkHAdJrm37JMuy1vR2eMuKOVwy0o/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVd_WnYRvM2aVotwmQ6-9u2eoqbde8H3Kyft59yq4DIxEA9ngSC6xZZBlGfXNpXF7pwRg1rFDW2esP7H1QGYX-WgMEAYj6VGeE2dS6lI4Dyt3wbiaJkHAdJrm37JMuy1vR2eMuKOVwy0o/s320/029.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Isabelle with her aunts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX75rRmTORdHNLEVL40CHfx16h9_8VAsIocJUmrbVqKVQrPnmvfTt9E24wJYzsttu3jlGiDOM3h7jcemyLFw9xUCI91ckVdGXBimMoOND6blSCJXdi91S2NGfHZr9anSlgFASZ8hZ4q8/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX75rRmTORdHNLEVL40CHfx16h9_8VAsIocJUmrbVqKVQrPnmvfTt9E24wJYzsttu3jlGiDOM3h7jcemyLFw9xUCI91ckVdGXBimMoOND6blSCJXdi91S2NGfHZr9anSlgFASZ8hZ4q8/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Finishing off the day of shopping at Panera Bread...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocs2RHb6xo1p1ZVoAD_ffOU4TnUyCWDNmJ51K1lVRl_Fu8jFS_nwUSwTWQCUZVUOEq1VJb7AAqdduAv0QzjdJy54sFvOqegaVdJrhxHqhtiuL1JeeqdOP3GQ-1poZBvW36Z7Xkq98V5f-/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocs2RHb6xo1p1ZVoAD_ffOU4TnUyCWDNmJ51K1lVRl_Fu8jFS_nwUSwTWQCUZVUOEq1VJb7AAqdduAv0QzjdJy54sFvOqegaVdJrhxHqhtiuL1JeeqdOP3GQ-1poZBvW36Z7Xkq98V5f-/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had a fabulous time! Such great fellowship and encouraging conversation! I am so thankful the Lord gave me such godly and fun best friends right in the midst of my own family!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He is good!!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-27869767429016555912010-12-21T21:33:00.001-06:002010-12-21T21:35:40.987-06:00The Moving Manger<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've already shared how, in our family, we emphasize "<a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/12/celebrating-christ-is-more.html"><b>Christ-Is-More</b></a>" at Christmas and I've shared about our "<a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/12/spiritual-christmas-gifts.html"><b>Spiritual Christmas Gifts</b></a>" that we give our kids each year...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I wanted to mention our <b>Moving Manger Scene</b>!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I realize this isn't a new idea for some people, but it's one way we enjoy Christmas and keep our focus on Christ!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we are putting up our Christmas decorations, we start out with an <b>empty manger</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3z-OrXdg-odlKmFtg82Y9aZXOZzyRg75yvB-_w5jbGl5DKstwkmC6DQTPXugvBBow_g0PJlmf12D8XpLCvkR00s8554fYPqmo9A6E6d74qJGbtvdhy2tg32xEumPUjKoueGKUib0O301/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3z-OrXdg-odlKmFtg82Y9aZXOZzyRg75yvB-_w5jbGl5DKstwkmC6DQTPXugvBBow_g0PJlmf12D8XpLCvkR00s8554fYPqmo9A6E6d74qJGbtvdhy2tg32xEumPUjKoueGKUib0O301/s400/030.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then as Christmas day approaches we move Mary and Joseph closer and eventually we start moving the wise men too.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally on Christmas Eve, Mary and Joseph end up in the stable awaiting their <b>sweet little Baby Jesus</b>.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas morning the kids get to <b>search for the baby</b> Jesus figurine and add him to the manger scene!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids love seeing Christmas, <i><b>literally</b></i>, getting closer through the moving manger. And it causes us all to dwell on the reality of the traveling that everyone did and all the sacrifices that were made!<br />
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This post linked to <a href="http://wearethatfamily.com/">Works For Me Wednesday</a>!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt;" /></a></div>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-64419905503465494472010-12-20T13:08:00.000-06:002010-12-20T13:08:14.458-06:00Grace's Healing Salve...but not this Grace<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of my really good friends has this <i>amazing healing salve</i> I just have to tell you about!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A while ago, my friend Grace sent me a sample of her homemade "Healing Salve" and while I was really excited, I had to wait patiently for the perfect opportunity to use it. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I thought, surely in a house with three <strike>crazy</strike> active boys, there would soon be a bloody knee or rug-burned nose I could use this salve on...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But that day never came. The boys have been injury and scrape free. I'm not complaining about that, but at the same time, I was really anxious to try out my new salve!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyways, this past week, my sweet <b>Liberty broke out in a really bad rash</b>. It was actually so bad that she had rawness behind her ears. At first I thought it was just dry skin until I noticed it raising and spreading. I was so sad for her, but was rejuvenated when I remembered my "Healing Salve"!!!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD8Xi9hWI746d0krGb3e_Xut0pinLrMCA8xAR4QBtqXgRjtvdDr8aphZYDQbh1k3lH4rd0px4ulVRVBjJ2JXkZGgRKP7jRe6iajIxvJXmfpZWwnTGOv8XCVRzoSBwr6hxI8V7z_K9piA1/s1600/gracenotes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD8Xi9hWI746d0krGb3e_Xut0pinLrMCA8xAR4QBtqXgRjtvdDr8aphZYDQbh1k3lH4rd0px4ulVRVBjJ2JXkZGgRKP7jRe6iajIxvJXmfpZWwnTGOv8XCVRzoSBwr6hxI8V7z_K9piA1/s200/gracenotes.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
I applied it behind her ears and on her face and neck one night before bed and the next morning it was gone. COMPLETELY GONE. Not even a sign of it! I was amazed!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the rash has spread, I've been applying it as soon as I see it appear in a new place and the rash is now GONE. So over a 2 day period, there is now no sign of this "7 day rash".</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And trust me, it was a nasty bad rash!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Go check out Grace's new business website <a href="http://gracenotes.biz/"><b>here</b></a> and be sure to buy a tin of the "<b><a href="http://gracenotes.biz/category_137/All-Better-Butter.htm">All Better Butter</a></b>" that I used on Liberty this week! The price ranges from $1.75-$3.75...can you believe that?! What a deal! You will be glad to have it on hand next time someone in your house has a burn, bump or bite!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She's also hosting a giveaway on her blog right now that you should enter! Her business is so much more than just <b><a href="http://gracenotes.biz/category_9/Delightful-Body-Care.htm">salves</a></b>...it's <a href="http://gracenotes.biz/category_18/Soothing-Lip-Care.htm"><b>lip care</b></a>,<a href="http://gracenotes.biz/category_2/Home-Crafted-Jewelry.htm"><b> handmade jewelry</b></a> and MORE!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So head on over to <a href="http://graceisblessedbygod.blogspot.com/">graceisblessedbygod.blogspot.com</a> and be...BLESSED!</span><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85783/graceannewheeler/62e9826440105eca07b1ceba22068c6d.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>Grace~The Mommy On the Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02415033363688082792noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660714304160473392.post-26058645321331647652010-12-14T18:58:00.000-06:002010-12-14T18:58:58.672-06:00Spiritual Christmas Gifts<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few years ago my hubby and I started a new Christmas tradition in our house. We give each of our kids a <b>"spiritual gift" on Christmas morning</b>.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Most of their gifts (from family and friends) are under the tree, but <b>their spiritual gifts we keep under our manger scene</b> that sits on our <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-family-mission-statement.html"><b>Family Worship Table</b></a>. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When we started this tradition, we wanted to give our kids something more meaningful than the typical "gift from Santa", so we used to tell them it was their <b>"gift from Jesus"</b>...but since that well-intended idea got confusing fast ("<i>Jesus mailed this to me?</i>" "<i>Was He here?</i>" etc) we decided to just call it their "spiritual gift"! :)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How it works, is that we just buy a gift for each child which emphasizes a way that the Lord has gifted them or a desire he's given them. We pray about what the Lord wants to say to them, and then give them a scripture to go with their gift. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>This scripture then becomes "theirs"</b> for the new upcoming year!</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTqvYRnXCuqTk_dr3nuAF3mVFUDQD2ZMYijpY1ZpqQH75T5I7LMJ_TQj2GzmvBKD9oFhRKaAja7-NPzKHoJWPyFcjHgQt8fqyz6bbsHl3sI8bKlKQdt3zd2dHEofD3AuLDHTMvsaCQ6x1/s1600/108+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTqvYRnXCuqTk_dr3nuAF3mVFUDQD2ZMYijpY1ZpqQH75T5I7LMJ_TQj2GzmvBKD9oFhRKaAja7-NPzKHoJWPyFcjHgQt8fqyz6bbsHl3sI8bKlKQdt3zd2dHEofD3AuLDHTMvsaCQ6x1/s320/108+-+Copy.JPG" width="240" /></a>For example, <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-time-pics.html"><b>last year</b></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">~Trusten (our outdoors-man) got a bow and arrow with a verse to <i>"be strong and courageous"</i>. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">~Brahm (our musical child) got a set of drum sticks with a verse that read,<i> "Burst out in jubilant song! Make music to the Lord!"</i></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">~And Samuel (our brave and might defender of all things) got a Nerf sword to be <i>"a mighty warrior for Jesus"</i>! </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Giving our kids "spiritual gifts" at Christmas is just another way we try to let them know that at Christmas, <a href="http://wheelsoffun.blogspot.com/2010/12/celebrating-christ-is-more.html"><b>Christ is more</b></a>!</div><br />
(This post is linked to <a href="http://wearethatfamily.com/">Works For Me Wednesday</a> and <a href="http://www.the-goodwinfamily.blogspot.com/">Wednesdays Walk Down Memory Lane</a>!)<br />
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