What's happening...

...at the Normoyles?
Posted by: Patience


Well, a lot!!:) This whole last week was devoted to doing business and garden (with the exception of a few math lessons and other little school items;). I was telling my sisters that next week when we do school will feel more like a break than this "off school" week! We had a lot of fun, so here are some pictures!

I think all of us have realized now that God doesn't intend to send any more snow our way. After a big day of work, our arms look like we tried to put blush on them (we should have used sun screen:).

Happy birthday to Luke. Happy birthday to Luke. Happy birthday sweet brother! Happy birthday to Luke!

Ooooh, yum!! This birthday boy is never tired of cake, especially on his birthday!!;)

The cake is cut...

...and Luke is happy!! We had fun surprising him with the presence of a dear friend. Daddy picked up Andreas at his house. Later at our house, Daddy got the mail at the end of our driveway while Andreas snuck into the trunk and hid underneath a blacket! Sounds sneaky!:) Conveinently, Daddy had picked up some honey products from Andreas' house, so he needed a big helper. That would be none else than Luke, the birhday boy! So Luke picked up a box full of beeswax and after a small pause, he was delighted to hear a big "Surprie!!" and see a small head peek out from underneath a blanket. Luke couldn't hardly stop laughing. He told Andreas, "That was a good one!"

Our friends the Staddons encouraged us to pray for our mulch. Lo and behold, after calling numerous tree companies, the Lord blessed us with a company that dumped two of the above sized loads and is willing to dump more!! God is so faithful. 

This is the main reason for red arms;).  Our garden looks better than it ever has before. Forget the expensiveness of straw for garden mulching, now we have wood chips! Praise the Lord!!! Thank you Staddons for sharing your mulch stories with us:)! 

There is so much to say, yet so little time to tell of it. So I'll  retire for the evening and thank God for such a wonderful week He gave us.

Psalms 113:2-3 & 5-6

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Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised...who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!"