Happy Thanksgiving !!

We at the Determan home have so much to be thankful for. Its hard to even to make a list there are so many! God's provision, His son dying on the cross , my wonderful husband, my amazing children ...ect,. We are having fun getting ready for Thanksgiving by making pies and potatoes and of course getting ready to get all the christmas stuff out and decorate the tree the day after! And i only have about 3 weeks to go before I meet another little blessing from the Lord. Hannah is going to be beautiful..Im sure of it >wink< . Shes our daughter of course! Im also trying to get the house "ready" for mom to be out of commission for at least 1 week.. So if I know the exact date im going to have her i will need to clean and prepare the night before because thats the only way its ever going to stay that way! I have a mad desire to clean and scrub the bathroom... "why" it looks crazy with in hours of doing so. uughh.. nesting is for the birds...ha ha seriously though.. IT IS. so im trying to put things in perspective that if my base boards are not clean when the baby comes... no one will care! And if i have all the laundry caught up tonight... wait until tomorrow and there will be 3 more loads... so im not quite sure what to do with my self. But clean and feel good about it for that day! lol Waitn' for a baby is like waitn for the Lord... You just never know. But you know its gonna happen!!! So resting in that im going to go organize and clean something..lol here is a sweet picture of my precious daughters. They truly are a gift from God and im SO THANKFUL for them.

Hunting with Daddy!

Hunting Buddies!

Dirty faces and all... sheesh.. they had just ate! oops.. wash face before pics next time!

Well here are a few shots of the boys going hunting with there daddy! This is a fun time for our family being able to share our hobbies with our children. The girls and I love to sew and cook and shop at the thrift store and the boys love to shoot guns and hunt with there daddy! Have I ever mentioned " I LOVE MY LIFE" Most people would run for there life and say no way to (9 children) but I say Thank you Lord for it all. The lessons I have learned and how much I have "grown up" is priceless... and Lord willin' im not done Learning! Everyday im convicted of wrong doings and things I "thought I had figured out" that I do not!.... You can not put God in a box! But praise the Lord for his unchanging word in this CRAZY thing we call life... it truly is my rock. When I feel out of control or my surroundings ((shaking))I know I can go to the Word of God and it is the same today , tomorrow and so forth. Im always humbled at the love my children have for me even when mommy is unlovable! I wish I could say im always smiling and have it all together....BUT NO WAY... I am though learning to be more soft spoken..not quick to YELL.. but sometimes you have to in my group just so they hear you..lol knowing that it might take 10 years to learn to read..."joke" but you feel like it.. SLOW down and take time for the most improtant things in life... while were here... Im a missionary to my children.. I get to share Christ daily with them and what an awesome thing... and I get to love and be loved! Life is amazing ! Not easy, Not perfect but the only one we have.. DONT WASTE IT! Do something wonderful for the Lord! Tell someone about Jesus! Hope you have a great week... only a little over 5 weeks and I get to see my precious little girl..
Hannah Grace is welcome to come see us at anytime..but for now at least I know where she
is at all times.. and im REALLY ok with that for now..lol

Beth

To God Be The Glory!

This is my "Wonderful Husband standing in the door of his new shop"

God has blessed us beyond measure!
We had doors installed on Friday! Now the Building
is complete, on to staining the floor and electrical.
We still have to frame a build room for him and find
a heat source.



Our Happy Family! Praising God for his blessings to us.
We are beyond Thankful. This Thanksgiving Season
is so appropriate for the Season of life we are in.
To God Be the Glory , Great Things he has done!

So be in prayer for our family that we can have the funds to complete this project by the end of the year!

Happy Birthday Faith and Elizabeth

Her Birthday bike from her Daddy~

Blowing out her Candle! Im 2

Im a big 6 year old now.. All the excitement of blowing out candles

So happy to be princess for a day~

Birthday Baby dolls!

Growing up so FAST!

FAITH AND ELIZABETH are such special little girls! They are an absolute joy to us and

we couldn't be more proud of the little ladies they are becoming! We had

great birthdays and now are ready for the next Determan girl birthday to arrive!!

Hannah Grace will be next and im super thrilled~

Next update will be the shop. Wait and see what the Lord has done~

Happy Birthday Hope (5) a whole hand full!

We had a great day to say the least on Hope Nicoles birthday! She is a bundle of energy and joy

all in the same package! We are blessed to have her for sure!

We thank the Lord for her every day!

She got her walkie talkies!!!

Chocolate lips!

She liked her birthday donuts

Blow out the candles!

Hope enjoying seeing her cake

My "Irish Triplets"

The 5 group! For about a week in a half They are all 5!



We will post pictures of the shop next! Alot of progress was made last week and

this week we have Lizzy and Faith's birthday. Life is busy and God is good

ALL THE TIME!

Happy Birthday Emma (8)

We Start our Birthdays with our Favorite Breakfast and She picked

Hot Cinnamon Rolls with Whip Cream and Sprinkles!

Then we open our present from Dad and Mom!

Then its off for Hair and Fancy Dress to be the Princess for a Day!

We spent the day Shopping , Having lunch out with all the sisters and

just having fun together~

That Evening we had her favorite dinner of Mexican food and then

we had Strawberry Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing and Ice Cream Sundays!

Every one has a great time at our Birthday Celebrations~

Babies included... whew was that messy!

We cherish our children and Thank God for all of them! Emma truly is a gift from God. :O)

Beth

The NEW Shop! (in progress)

We are in the middle of building our new Shop! This will allow John to work better at home and better serve our customers. We are blessed beyond measure for this oppertuinity. Hope you enjoy the pictures. We hope to have it completed sometime in October. We are currently blessed with an oppertuinity to have John work in OKC for some contract work for as long as he wants... major blessing! The Lord is so faithful in providing for His children! As for the Children and I we are just doing our normal things. We did get to go to Frontier City for the day with the Smith and Latham family. We had a blast! We will be doing school and preparing for the Baby in December... I know its only 13 weeks away... but around here it will FLY by! We have decorated for fall and its so warm and inviting.. I love it. Im feeling great! Nice and round..and starting to waddle..lol but baby is great and im trying to just enjoy my pregnancy... who knows it maybe my last...... or not... one never knows. I do love feeling the baby inside me and wiggling .. But am looking forward to holding are sweet precious.........

Hannah Grace

the official name of the next Determan daughter

Her Daddy calls her

"Gertrude"