Just a reminder QUOTE

If the grain of wheat falling into the earth does not die it will not bear fruit.

"If we do not die to ourselves, and if our holiest devotions do not lead us to htis necessary and fruitful death, we will bear no worthwhile fruits and our devotions will be worthless." 

----(from True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, Chapter V).

God bless,

M

What good must I do to have eternal life?

“Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”

(Mt 19:16)

The invitation, “go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor”, and the promise “you will have treasure in heaven”, are meant for everyone, because they bring out the full meaning of the commandment of love for neighbor, just as the invitation which follows, “Come, follow me”, is the new, specific form of the commandment of love of God.  (from this LINK).

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

----JOHN 13:34

God bless,
M

Was that a tornado?

Last night, I woke up shaking and yelled to my hubby:
"Honey, WHAT IS THAT?!"

He bolted up, screamed, "Eeveryone downstairs! GO GO GO!!!"

I swear we were in the midst of a tornado! But I cannot find any news or weather clips about it anywhere!

I have never been in a tornado but I swear it was one last night.

It was 12:30ish and I heard the wind begin to blow SO loudly; it was raining but then it was pouring SO loudly. It sounded like tree limbs and baseballs were being thrown at our windows within seconds!

For sure, one of my TOP 3 scariest moments in my life. Easily.


Our 2 yr old was in bed with us anyway(long story for another time...) and I basically threw him to my hubby as I ran down our hallway to get the other children up, yelling the whole time "Downstairs everyone!"

I grabbed the other children, (how did I do this being pregnant?!) and carried them as I was running throughout the house trying desperately to get downstairs to safety.

We all eventually gathered downstairs in the basement in an area where there are no windows, but our lights were on. We had no flashlight or radio so my portective husband quickly got a radio and plugged it in (not knowing for how long we'd have power).

My daughter, who is typically quiet, could not stop talking about how she heard the same things being thrown at her windows as well.

My hubby ran upstairs after a few minutes to get his laptop and we were sure there was something terrible going on outside. We wanted to know what it was and when it would stop.

Then it stopped.
It was quiet.
No rain, no wild wind, no hail or whatever we heard.

We waited and waited in this small area and checked our laptop weather updates continuously till we were not in a warning for 'severe weather'.

WHAT?! Severe weather? Are you kidding me? Was that all it was? Really?

To me, it was the worst I have seen mother nature behave. By far the scariest and I do not want to experience that one more time.

Oh my.

Thank You God for keeping us safe and letting us wake up to a mess of a backyard full of broken limbs and branches, full of leaves everywhere and now the sun is rising.

God bless,
M

Random---ness Quick Takes

1.......My 2 girls and 2 little boys are making tents out of blankets, cushions, couches-whatever....you name it, they are using it.

2......My 2 big boys are playing with matchbox cars and BLUTRACK race car track.

3.....We made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and hot chocolate. Some rainy days just need those 2!!!: )

4......I found a few great links on how to live frugally. For some odd reason I cannot seem to link up anything!!! (very annoying!)

Once it works again, I'll post them for sure...

5.....We made an easy dinner for tonight. So easy my 3 and 5 yr old pretty much did it themselves (well, I did brown the meat first!!!)

1 1/2 lbs ground beef
can or frozen green beans
1 can garbonzo beans
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (do not add milk)
1 bag of french fried onions
2 bags of tator tots on top

brown meat, drain and put in 9 x 13 dish
drain can green beans or just put on frozen green beans
drain and put on 1 can garbonzo bean (chick peas)
smooth on the cream of mushroom soup
put on top the onion and then layer the tator tots on top of that!

EASY PEASY!
Yummy! All my kidos eat tons of this dinner! :)

We always bake up whatever tator tots were not used on top...my kids love love tator tots!

God bless,
M

Old and new *update

This year, we've been studying the Old Testament. It is easy to forget all the beautiful stoires and our Jewish history. We're all enjoying it very much. This week we are on MOses and the 10 Commandments.

I'm all ready to post some pics and show you some links of what we're up to but...

...For some odd reason, my computer is not working correctly. I will post some pics hopefully soon...hope my computer works alright!

*Well, there will be no photos, at least none for today! :( We cannot find ANY gluesticks! How could we be without them?! haaa..maybe later this week...
GOd bless,
M

You're Beautiful

God bless,
M

Boys and their Woods

It seems that I post quite a bit about "BOYS" and their antics and imaginations, esp. in our woods in our backyard. 

I guess you can say that I am in awe of these little opposites.  They constantly surprise me with what they find amusing and how they fill their time up with doing all these "boys things"! 

I don't know if I will ever understand them! 

But I sure will love them through all this.  Since we have 4 boys  (so far-who knows what is next!), I know my life will be filled to the brim with boy stuff.

So, you've been warned. 

Here are some more pics of my boys and their stuff.   They are something else!!!

Walking the fence...

both walking the fence...

Kid #1 made a cage out of metal wires, he is showing me how he plans to catch a rabbit....

Teeepeeee #1 (yes, there are 2!) made by my boys....

Woa, Mom!  Look what I found.....

In our old house's backyard it was always frogs....here it is salamanders, frogs, turtles....

BOYS!!!

God bless,

M