Living the dream

Bright happy girl

Happy boy

Bad boy!!!

Cookin hot dogs!

Campfires and stories

Camper life so far

Campfire tonight was fun!

Mom and Daddy just watching thE kids skip rocks

My little buddy

A dragon fly landed on his beard!

Beans squash and potatoes , onions and steak

Girls doing bible study :)

My kitchen helpers, we love working together!

50€ corn dogs !!

Laundry day!

Well it's been grate just hanging out with each other and relaxing.  

We officially close on the house tomorrow !! Then leave out Monday for TN . 

We're gone

We left around 3:30 and said good bye to our sweet home , to make an adventure come true! Just us Okies and the hills of TN! Lord willin' and the creek don't rise we will be there the 2nd of Sept.  Our scary event today, the camper really swerved when a semi truck came close, John almost lost control and my amazing husband got it under control , but seeing my family go side to side on the highway and almost roll over was just too much for this mama's heart! We are adjusting some weight issues and adding sway bars.  We all had to check our shorts after that one! The rest of the trip to Eufala went great, I gave thanks to The Lord for my family and resolved life is so short! Camper life is going great, everyone is bedded down for the night and I'm writing to you all, pray for safe travel on the first! We come back to the city for closing on Friday then back to the lake and head out on to Tn.  Hope is doing better and we are thankful for that!

This is the trailer I'm pulling , it's easy! PTL

Kids on stair case , one last time.

My sweet family ! We are learning everyday to love more, fuss less and work together! 

Just keep packing, stuffing , laughing and playing!

We have been blessed by visitors and with helpers ! We are loading the camper and have all the sheds, shop and garage empty! Whew it's been crazy! Crazy fun really.  

PACKING THE TRAILER!!!!

As life goes it has its ups and downs, this week has been no different. I spent Monday at the Hospital with Hope, She has Mono. Poor thing , her right side of her neck is all swollen and she has been running fever.

She is getting lots of rest and we are just plugging away.  No one else in our home is

sick so we keep working. The entire house is loaded on the trailer , shed and garage.  

We have the the shop 90% loaded.  Just John and I. We are a great team!

He laughs that I want pics of us! We are having fun , really our adventure has

  begun and wow are we tired already! lol the Drive to TN will be a break.

Now that the trailer is loaded we have to put the rest of our things in the camper 

and load our truck and trailer that I am pulling. Im going to be a trucker! Add that to 

the list of things that I have done in my life. :)

Enjoy your weekend and here are some pics.

 Nikki singing for us! 

 smoochy lips from Cody!

Ty and Faith peeking in the window watching Dad.

 Dad sharing a smoothie with his baby girls

Girls cooking pancakes for 12

This is why we do what we do! For Jesus and our kids. May our life reflect love for God and our children!

The blessings of Friends and Family

This weekend we spent going to parties with some beloved friends and family to say our goodbyes. It was bitter sweet and the kids had so much fun! We will look forward to seeing our friends and family next spring coming to visit the "Holler"  .  We will be having a get together with Johns family before we go next weekend and I will post pics of this as well.  We are so blessed to have such great family and friends.

 My sweet friends that are such an encouragement to me!

My Mom with the children

This is my brother and sisters. It was nice to be together for 

a family picture!

 This week is CRUNCH TIME , we have to get the trailer loaded this week and we will be moving out on the 25th. Camper life is just around the corner and major changes for me as a mom!! I have some goals that I hope to accomplish! With God all things are possible!

~More Prayer Time with the Lord and memorizing scripture!

 ~Joyfulness in all things ((I will get lots of practice on this one)) Not letting my surroundings dictate my emotions . ((not yelling)) for some reason i think it helps them to obey and listen and no .. im just yelling. Bad habit!

  ~Self Control with my health.  Eat to nourish not to excess!! Just because it taste good is not an excuse to over indulge!  My health and vitality is so important to my family.

~ Keep a schedule and be diligent with school!

~ JOYFUL, JOYFUL,JOYFUL

God grows me more and more every year. Some struggles I seem to have always and some I learn and hear from God and overcome.  I cant wait to see how God finishes out this year for us.  We will do some learning im sure. The ultimate goal for our family is always LOVING AND SERVING GOD WITH ALL WE HAVE!

My beloved and I

Beth

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