Catching up

MY THREE KIDS ----

Dana has just fried up some Jalapeno Bacon

and her brothers are giving a "review".

It's bacon ! What could be bad about bacon, I ask you?

I've been "away" for awhile --

It's been 4 months !!!

So much has happened during that time.

Life has been super, super busy.

and...can I just be honest? .....a bit weird too

In those few months a lot has happened at our house ---

* we had a wonderful Christmas on New Year's weekend

* right after Christmas, William became unemployed and

is still applying and interviewing -- no job yet.

* Colin and Ronnie went on a mission trip to

Guatemala

*then they attended a week long class that taught them

how to drill low-cost water wells and their plan is to take

that knowledge to third world countries and teach villages

to drill wells

*Blake ran "The Cowtown" in Ft. Worth this year -- his

first race ever

POPS wrestled by son and Jigs.

I have a fun family!

The guys often "attack" each other.

Just for fun.

NOT Four Christmases style though --

Just craziness.

* Devin has spent hours at Dry Hollow fighting the prickly pear

and mesquite

* Dana is just about a month away from presenting us with

a grandson, William Barret Boles,

named William after both his grandfathers,

and William Barret after a hero of the Alamo,

William Barret Travis.

* my part-time-gone-full-time-job, just went

fuller-time

* my mother has been with us for about a week

and will be living with us for probably another

4 to 6 weeks.

She had an accident last Sunday involving

her house and her car.

Yep. It's pretty ugly.

She, however, was not hurt.

This past weekend, everyone came for Easter.

Sunday night, we girls were all ready for bed---

I looked around the living room and realized that

never, ever !!! had all of us -

my mother,

me,

my daughter,

my daughter-in-law,

my grandaughter

spent the night in the same house.....not ever !

It was quite fun and very sweet.

A 4 generation sleep-over.

* Oh, and I started couponing !!!

What fun!

Where's has that been all my life??? I wanna know.

I'm definitely NOT "extreme".

But I am saving a substantial amount every month.

Truly makes me feel like I'm contributing in a bigger way to the

well-being of our household.

Grand dog Jigs -- having a well-deserved rest. He is the best dog EVER!

So much more has

happened to us over these past few months.

It's pretty overwhelming when we think on it all.

Sooooo - we don't !

But honestly, it just sounds like whining when I say them out loud.

AND -- I am so not whining.......

Along with so much stress and

upheaval in our lives,

has also come

just Pure Joy !!!

I know that many of my prayers,

the very desires of my hearts,

are being aswered.

I truly feel like we are up above all the mess,

just skimming along,

under the protection of the Father.

We have experienced incredible blessings over these months.

Manna on the ground.

Enough for today.

We only have to pick it up,

be grateful for it,

and

trust God for the next day's supply.

POPS and Lily Kate enjoying a cool winter's day

LK trying out her new soccer ball and shin guards.

All in all --

2011 is off to a great start!

Gwynie Pie