CAMEL's

This is the camel that we met at "The amazing farm". Something about this picture, something about this day is just staying right in my heart, right in the middle with all my good memories.  I can imagine that he is looking at me... huge dark eyes and long eyelashes
and that his smile is just for us that day...
he knows that we will be thinking about him for years to come...
remembering the little hands reaching for him...
knowing that our prayer for the little ones is for their hands to reach for Him.

Cough Syrup

I found this recipie in a newspaper.  I want to have it down in a place I won't loose it.  It seems with little ones and winter it would be a nice thing to try.  Daddy calls me and says little Jordyn isn't feeling well.  Her ears are hurting and she has a fever.  I try to think of what to do. What did I do? I remember at one time putting warm oil in Emily's ears.  I lift up a prayer for my little one and hope as Jesus holds her through the night that things will look better for this sweat child in the morning light.

                                                 
One lemon, sliced thin
One cup flax seeds
One quart water
1/4 cup of honey

    Simmer the lemon, flax seeds and water for 4 hours.  Do not boil.  Strain and add honey.  If there is less than one pint, add water to make a pint. 

Dose: One T. four times a day or after each fit of coughing.

HOPE ll

When I am looking for my bits of hope... wondering what in the world I am doing...
I find this letter written to me by a lady in our church who turned 100 years old.  We had a little party for her during the childrens sermon...
we made her queen for the day...
princess of the most high King.
Now she lives with the King.
Again I am filled with HOPE.

The Getaway...

They say a picture paints a thousand words.  I can feel the story behind this picture.  She first goes to find the box.  Then you need some cushioning to make it comfortable.  You search around and you find the couch pillows... okay, that should work.  Get yourself a book to read, hop in the box and arrange the pillows for comfort.  Yes, I believe now she has built herself a perfect little get away spot.  A place where mom and dad will let her alone for awhile... a place to call her own.

 

"Country Songs"

This little girl is a singer.  I found this out about two months ago and I wait for each note that she will sing.  Her daddy can usually get her started by starting to sing "Jesus Loves Me This I Know" - usally by the time he gets to the next part she is singing "Bible tells me so"...
it is in perfect pitch in her sweet little girl voice.
And I think to myself, if someday she is a world known singer...
singing her heart out for Jesus,
I hope they will use this picture on her title album...
and call it " Country Songs "
by: Jordyn Noel Harren.

Good Night

It is time for bed and he asks me if he can tell me a story...
of course you can sweet child...
There once was a shark named Conner Dallas Harren.
Along came two fishermens in a boat.
They put a big piece of ham on a hook and dropped it over the side of the boat.
The shark bit on the piece of ham.
He pulled the two fishermens into the water with him and they swam off all together.
Happily ever after.
The end.

Then I told him a story about a little boy who's parents let him visit his grandma and papa.
He asks if he can tell me another story...
of course you can sweet child.

There once was a grandma.
She came home one day and she said to papa "WHERE IS CONNER DALLAS HARREN?"
Papa said  "I DON'T KNOW, LET'S GO SEE IF WE CAN FIND HIM."
So, they looked in the bedroom and there was their little boy.
And he said "HERE I AM GRANDMA, I AM TRYING NOT TO BE AFRAID OF MY DREAMS, WILL YOU LAY DOWN BY ME SO THE DREAMS DON'T BOTHER ME?"
And gramma said '"YES, I WILL"
So Conner Dallas Harren and Grandma went to sleep.

And in the real story - his gramma prays with him and kisses him goodnight,

he turns to his side and immediately falls asleep.
The End.

AS IT SHOULD BE

As it was...
Last year our whole family met up at Emma Krumbee's for their fall festival in October of 2011.  It was a beautiful cold fall day... and it worked! Everyone had a wonderful time together.  We talked then and decided it would be a good idea to get together each fall just for a day.  We would try to pick  one of the different areas around Minnesota.  There are many places that have activities going on for this beautiful time of year.   It seems fall is our whole family's favorite season.
As it is...
 It is hard when your children get older, they have homes, have jobs, husbands, husbands families, and now all have children of their own also.  Some work week-ends, some are on the fire department and work always, some have parents far away, some live far away but we decided we would try to make this work and we picked out a date to meet again this year.
So it was...
October 21st or 22nd depending on the weather.  The week-end before was magnificent - couldn't have asked for a more beautiful fall.  The 21st was cold and windy, the 22nd was to be a little better with not so much wind.

...

October 22nd we meet in Eden Valley, Mn at the Amazin' Farm.
Emily and her family came for Foley, Mn. they were the first to arrive and had things figured out for the rest of us.
Lindsey and Josh from Blaine, swung through Mpls, Mn and picked up
Lacey and her family.
Curt, mom, Jeff and myself traveled up from Arlington, Mn (my home from almost birth - I started in Gaylord, then to GI, then to Arlington - several short stints to Willmar, Mankato, and Winthrop and then yes, back to Arlington).
So we went...
It ended up to be a kinda cold, a little windy, beautiful, very wonderful day!
I will let the pictures speak for themselves (taken by K photography)

all is well with my soul
as it should be.............