{"id":398,"date":"2008-10-15T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2008-10-15T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T03:13:00","slug":"yes-we-are-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"Yes, We are Still Alive! :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A happy good-morning to all our patient friends out there.  We don\u2019t seem to be too great at keeping our blog updated.  Hopefully you understand a busy phase of life and blogs kept for necessary little outpourings of thoughts occasionally.  But I thought you would all enjoy a little catch-up on familiar happenings from our home today\u2026 perhaps?<\/font><\/p>\n

PD is busy at the store, just having finished their 5th anniversary sale.  He is also adjusting to having both his co-workers desert him recently to pursue other interests (Ahem!), so that has created some new challenges for my amazing man.  Honey, I so respect your ability to manage it all yourself, and THEN come home an manage your wife and children.  :)  Thanks for your patient, kind example of Christ\u2019s love to us.  I pray He will reward you with a wonderful relationship with God every day, and whatever else your heart desires, although I don\u2019t know if He would include that computer you would love to have or not.  :) Sigh\u2026 the only time I wish for lots of money is when it\u2019s time to buy a gift for my man!<\/font><\/p>\n

The girlies and I have finally started school.  Last year was a bit of a negative school experience for Esther, with Mama sick on the couch too many days to count.  This year, along with a deep gratitude for my improving health and stamina, my goal for this school year is that learning will be fun for the girls, and we will have good memories of doing things together, even if the books aren\u2019t perfectly completed!  We\u2019ve got to make up for lost time here.  Yet even as I say that, I know that the truth of the matter is that the time has not been lost.  Those lessons God taught me through my weakness are truly invaluable.  I can never scorn the deep heart-searching of God in me or the bittersweet moments of having absolutely nothing to give my family, and finding His grace and strength to far surpass my own.  I can never disregard the deepening of my faith in a God Who is truly amazing, or the way that He drew my focus deeply towards eternity and the real purposes of God in our lives.  I thank Him for His redemptive heart that is seen even now in our home as He guides my focus to the hearts of my husband and children in a deeper way than ever before.  He is a good God and He is the essence of Love\u2026 true Love. <\/font><\/p>\n

Wish I would have pics of the FUN time we had yesterday, but we are greatly lacking a camera presently\u2026 so I shall try to describe to you the joy we discovered in something very simple.  I had a flashback of ecstatic memories of walking along our old farm lane years ago with my bosom friend, picking all kinds of weeds and berries and grasses to make fall bouquets.  Instantly, I thought of my little girls and their love of nature, and the plan was formed!  We pulled out the stroller for wee Meg so her legs wouldn\u2019t  get so tired, and off we went, trumping along our road in search of many beauties.  All three girls had a basket in their hand, and Mama carried the scissors.  :)  We had a virtual blast, finding bright red berries and white daisies and all kinds of exotic-looking weeds and wheat, even some perfumed stuff and purple-colored grasses\u2026 and of course, added the wonderful allergy-laden mustard flowers for the bright yellow accents.  :)  We chattered and exclaimed over every new type.  Not every day do the weeds in the neighborhood get so much admiration!  Our return was triumphant with unbelievably beautiful bouquets in our baskets, flushed faces, and tired feet.  Once again, I decided that we are meant to live much closer to the earth than we do; the simple things created by God yield entirely more real pleasure than all the plastic toys in the world!  <\/font><\/p>\n

I think I will post some pictures of our wild girly family, and our wise, handsome Dad!  Blessings to all of you and may you find your All in All in Jesus today\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"Esther <\/p>\n

                            My intelligent, thinking, reader girl\u2026<\/p>\n

 \"Jaime \"Megan<\/p>\n

           My butterfly girl!                                     My BUSY sunbeam!  <\/p>\n

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\"Esther                                                   Beauty<\/p>\n

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\"Girls\"<\/p>\n

                                           And we all fall down!!!<\/p>\n

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\"Esther\"Jaime<\/p>\n

                Ecstasy                                          The journey of life goes on\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Family...\"<\/p>\n

                               I wonder HOW I got into this family!!<\/p>\n

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\"Cuddling\" <\/p>\n

                                          Precious cuddle time<\/p>\n

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\"EG\" <\/p>\n

                                                Sitting Pretty<\/p>\n

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\"MJ\" <\/p>\n

                                             I love my Mama!<\/p>\n

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\"Wistful\" <\/p>\n

                                          Jaime means\u2026 \u201cI Love\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Conked <\/p>\n

                                      The Ultimate Quiet Time<\/p>\n

\"Lake \"Here<\/p>\n

            Water-lover Jaime                                 \u2018Here, Mom, its for you, a mud cake!\u2019<\/p>\n

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\"Bookshelf\" <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s  what happens when we visit Dad in his nice furniture store!!!  NOT 4 SALE!  DISPLAY ONLY!<\/p>\n

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\"Dad\"<\/p>\n

Wise old Dad\u2026 Best lover in the world\u2026 my sweetheart.  Thanks, Honey, for all you do and all you are.  We love you!! <\/p>\n

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\"C\" <\/p>\n

And we just can\u2019t forget our beloved Cabob\u2026 \u2018big brother\u2019 to some little girls who always wanted one!  Lil bro (to PD n I), we love you and thank you for letting us be a wee part of your life.  God\u2019s plan for you is amazing and beautiful, and though the journey is watered by tears and change, we are excited for the sweet relationship you are building with Him.  God\u2019s promises for you are true!<\/p>\n

\"Flower\"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

                              And here is some of his awesome photography!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A happy good-morning to all our patient friends out there.  We don\u2019t seem to be too great at keeping our blog updated.  Hopefully you understand a busy phase of life and blogs kept for necessary little outpourings of thoughts occasionally.  But I thought you would all enjoy a little catch-up on familiar happenings from our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pdweaver.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}