Winds of change

We are spending this next week RE focusing on whats important. FAMILY.  We have been so busy its easy to get slack and lose our joy.  We are working hard on being joyful and working together, doing things right! We will be starting school soon and we have been enjoying starting our character qualities workbook.  Its so sweet to see how you can relate an animal to good character. My kids really love them.  So we are doing this during our family bible time in the evening.  Its so sweet to gather together and learn Gods word.  We have memorized Psalm 100.  Joyfulness , We will chose Joy, not anger!  We wanted to encourage our children to serve one another so we drew names and they got a partner.  That person will serve the other person all week.  Drinks at dinner or help them with there chores , maybe help find there shoes or JOY!  They are so sweet and excited to start tomorrow. We will see how long the fun last.  This weeks praise is my sweet Emma and Hope.  For no reason at all "Besides being wonderful" they have, after every meal cleaned the kitchen and washed the dishes. Because its fun to work together and serve mom.. WOW... im in awe of God and his mercy to this busy mama , who has not done kitchen work in a week! Im so grateful for my girls.  Have a great week and I encourage you to learn scripture with your children.  Hiding Gods word in there heart will help them make the right choices later in life.  

Blessings 

Beth

Such a sweet girl, She has started playing with baby dolls and its so cute

Hope is my little mama, She loves to care for and hold Cody. What a great help

Packing and Birthdays

We are busy packing and storing stuff for our move, Its really tough to decide what to keep out and what to put away, I feel as if I need everything, and some days I want to go tribal and have nothing but dirt floors and a rice pot! Our sweet baby will be 1 tomorrow, our last birthday in Oklahoma. While we are so excited about our adventure , but are missing our family already.  My sweet family is struggling these days , My uncle past away today and it was a total shock to all of us. His sweet wife died last year of Cancer and so this was just a shock.  But I will say he couldn't wait to be with his bride of his youth again and so now he is with her. I have seen very few couples these days stick it out and stay together . THEY DID~  Make a choice in your marriage . Its not only affects you, its a legacy! 

Here is a sweet picture of my 1 year old BABY boy.. Yes the baby.. !!! He is very spoiled!

 

Our dear friends the Lester family will be with us tomorrow and I will be sure to post pictures of

our families together! Were doing Hot dogs and chips for lunch and a BIG pasta dinner !

 

Beth 

Were going to TN!

What a ride the Lord has us on.  We are so super excited that we get to move to Tn, We will miss our family and friends of Oklahoma so very much. We feel this is where the Lord would have us. So we go until God says no!  And he has blasted the doors wide open for us.  All our needs met and the house is sold.  We will be in the Tn the first week of September.  We will be posting pictures of progress on our property and all that goes with it.  What an adventure it will be. I will show you life in the camper with 12 of us and everything from meals to putting on the addition to the home.  I hope you follow us on our adventure!

Beth

The possible property in TN

We are still praying and hoping~

 

 

This is some of the pictures of the homestead we

hope to get. Our home is for sale here in Oklahoma

and with the Lords help we hope for a speedy sale!

 

 

 Yard

 Hardwood floors in the entire house!!!

 

 We would add on to this side (mudroom,pantry,washer and dryer)

 

 Entry way

 and the oh so Sad kitchen, It will be gutted and started over!

 

 The front yard

The living room looking into the dining room.

 

Not the greatest pictures , but you get the idea. Thanks for praying with and for us!

We are on a great adventure and so excited!



A BIG SURPRISE

After much prayer and consideration

 

we are excited to announce that we

 

 

are MOVING to Tennessee!

 

 

We visited the area this last weekend and

had an amazing time looking at property

and meeting the people in the community.

 

Our automotive business will do great there!

 

If you have never visited TN, you should. Its breath

taking, the springs and creeks are amazing!

 

Pray for us as we Sell our home and prepare

to move ourselves just 9hrs away!

 

Its a days drive and we would welcome

any visitors at anytime!!!

 

(if you know of anyone looking to buy a home please let us know!!!)

3bed, 2 bath and a 30x40 shop with 5 Acers on a dead end road)

20 min from tinker and 30min to OKC or just 20 min to Shawnee  

Its Been awhile.

We are so busy here at the Determan Homestead! Work is abounding and the garden is growing and so are the children!!!We have a heart for our children and they are the most important work we have! Everything else is a hobby. Do you value your children this way? Here are some moments of this weekend that were so much fun! We visited some friends and played hard this weekend. I learned so much from a dear friend , It so nice to be uplifted and renewed.  Have a great week and lots more photos ahead. Emma is my budding photographer and she is learning to keep up the blog for me. She has more time then I do , this will be so fun for her! Blessings your way

Beth

 Kids swimming in the creek

 All my sweet babies! (who are growing up way to fast)

 

 Cody and his Texas Hat!

 

 We are a little crazy!

 

 Daddy and Hannah on a walk

 

 A swing on a 400+ year old Sugar Maple tree!

 

Me and my sweet girls!

We have been through so much already. We had our precious step-Dad pass away and our Nanny has been sick. It's only January 4, I hope it gets better.  The kids are growing so much. Cody is huge, and so sweet.  I hope to get back to blogging more.