He HEARS!!

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

(Mark 11:24)

Just had to post that it's been pretty neat on our trip to NJ for Luke and Katie's wedding.
We were kinda concerned about how little Selah would do on the 12 hour trip.

As you can see...

She did fine. :)

And was as contented awake as she was asleep! A very excellent seat mate! We had dozens of people lifting us up on this trip: for safety, for Selah, for Mom's and Abbie's headaches, for health (since the majority of us were sick or became sick on the trip!), and mostly for a lovely wedding for Luke and Katie.

All were abundantly answered!!

It was a blessed week. :)

It's just so neat to me how our dear Father should care about "little" things like keeping a tired 8-month-old contented in the car.  And if in such "little" things...how much more in big things! He's just so GOOD!

To those of you who prayed so faithfully...we're praying God's blessings back on you! :) You have no idea how much your prayers blessed us during this past week! 

Know Him

"You may know a good deal about Christ, by a kind of head knowledge. You may know who He was, and where He was born, and what He did. You may know His miracles, His sayings, His prophecies, and His ordinances. You may know how He lived, and how He suffered, and how He died. But unless you know the power of Christ's cross by experience—unless you know and feel within that the blood shed on that cross has washed away your own particular sins—unless you are willing to confess that your salvation depends entirely on the work that Christ did upon the cross—unless this be the case, Christ will profit you nothing. The mere knowing Christ's name will never save you. You must know His cross, and His blood, or else you will die in your sins."

~ J.C. Ryle

Curtains and Playhouses

A little over a year ago, Daddy and the boys build a cute playhouse in the woods for the girls. Mainly since the girls had SO enjoyed this little house in Montana during our Yellowstone stay:

With Sam's help, rigging up some homemade curtain rods, I furbished it with some curtains this past week!

It was just adding to the cuteness already there, what with the blue-speckled tin dishes and all. :)

But it made some home-makers-in-training VERY happy! Privacy at LAST from all those curious birds and insects who want to partake of dandelion soup!

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer!

That calls me from a world of care,

And bids me at my Father's throne,

Make all my wants and wishes known.

In seasons of distress and grief

My soul has often found relief

And oft escaped the tempter's snare,

By thy return, sweet hour of prayer.

Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

The joys I feel, the bliss I share,

Of those whose anxious spirits burn

With strong desires for thy return!

With such I hasten to the place

Where God my Savior shows His face,

And gladly take my station there,

And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

Thy wings shall my petition bear

To Him whose truth and faithfulness

Engage the waiting soul to bless.

And since He bids me seek His face,

Believe His Word and trust His grace,

I’ll cast on Him my every care,

And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

--William W. Walford

What's for lunch?

A rock sandwich!

You should have seen some of the expressions I got when I told the kiddos what we were having for lunch last Sunday!!  The evening before, I had the girl go outside, find a good-sized rock, wash it, and bring it in to me, so that I could make lunch. 

Ahhh...the fun of mystery!

Step 1:

Bake a round, 2lb loaf of pumpernickle bread! Mmmm.

Step 2:

Slice cooled bread into 6 layers.

Step 3:

Mix 2 packages of cream cheese (soft) with 2 T. of dry ranch dressing mix. Slather onto the bottom layer of bread, and slap on layers of deli turkey, bacon, mozzerella, and cheddar cheese.

Or...whatever your heart desires.

Step 4:

Continue layering up to the top, spreading the last of the cream cheese mixture onto the bottom side of the top piece of bread, and pressing it firmly down.

Step 5:

Pour 1/4 c. of olive oil over the top of the loaf, spreading evenly, and letting it drip down the sides. Wrap sandwich in foil.

Step 6:

Place an inverted dinner plate on top of the sandwich. Cover with waxed paper and/or paper towel. Set rock carefully on top, and let sit in refrigerator overnight.

Step 7:

At lunch time the next day, uncover your sandwich, and throw your rock back outside. Slice your beautiful and compact rock sandwich into wedges.

Step 8:

Serve with fruit and chips.

(And cookies won't be objected to, by any means).

Enjoy!!

This sandwich by any other name, might never have been tried!

But it was yummy, and I'm glad I gave it a go!