House-Main Level

So it has been quite a while since I posted anything but here is the last intallment of the house for those who are interested.  This is the main level where I live most of the time since it includes the kitchen:).  Enjoy!

Man of God

It has bothered me for a while that I have a verse for my girls which you may remember in this post and no verse for Cuatro.

But today I ran across this:

1 Timothy 6:11 -- "But you, man of God, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness."

Oh how I pray these spiritual truths for my son...especially the gentleness part:)

You Do NOT have to Fight this Battle

Sometimes the Lord speaks so clearly:

"You do not have to fight this battle. Position yourselves, stand still, and see the
salvation of the LORD. He is with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid
or discouraged. Tomorrow, go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 (HCSB)

New House-Part Four

So here is the view of the outside of the house. It feels like we live in a treehouse which we love. We have been told that we will be able to see the lake from the back deck in a few weeks when all the leaves start falling. The neighborhood feels tucked away and peaceful which makes for many great walks. So here is the outside:













(This is the garage with a storage room above with with access from the wrap around deck--such a great spot for all the holiday decorations)

Cuatro turned Cinco!

Dear Cuatro,

You turned five two weeks ago and I have been meaning to do this post/letter since before your birthday. Five is a milestone and it deserves some celebration and fanfare. When you were two I didn't think with all the daring stunts you performed that you would see the five year mark.
You are every bit as daring still. You are my only boy and such a novelty to me. You are so completely different than all your sisters that I am constantly asking boy moms if you are in fact normal. You are, of course, but some days I need reassurance.
Right now you ask questions all day everyday. You ask EVERYONE questions even strangers. I gasp sometime with how outgoing you are since I tend to stay on the shy side. You put me in alot of uncomfortable situations but your father loves when I recount these stories because he knows that I embarrass very easily and you do not--AT ALL,EVER. You love to play with your sisters but tend to love them "too much" which results in a happy moment going to a chaotic moment in about two seconds. I know this phase is brief but oh how I wish you would get the concept of "personal space".
You think your daddy is the best person in the whole world (I do too) and love to be by his side all the time. You are crying less when he leaves every morning but still jump up and down when he comes home every night. I love this about you and pray you stay best friends even when you are a teenager and we can't get you to talk as much as you do now.
You and I have a love/dislike relationship. I probably should not write this but I want to remember everything about your fivenesss(I know it's not a word). You love me sometimes and other times you know which buttons to press to just send me over the edge. God is working on me through you and I pray the verse daily that "he who began a good work in you (which is me in this instance) will be faithful to complete it". But at night, even on the bad days, you sweetly ask me to cuddle with you and we say your blessing and you are my little boy in my arms for those minutes. I know these years are going to go fast and you are not going to want me to lay down with you at night to cuddle so I am savoring every night that we do.
You are reading and writing but we kept you in preschool this year due to your late birthday. I hope this was a good decision. You love your new preschool and the move from Texas to Maryland has been almost seamless. You make friends so easily that I am not worried.
I love you sweet boy and I pray that you come to know and love the Lord with all your heart, mind, and soul. You are so charismatic and love so fiercely that when you take that energy and use it for Our heavenly Father, many lives will change for His glory.

Love,
Mommy


(Had to include this one since this is what happens alot these days)

New House part 3

This is a tour of the bottom level of the house. It is the part of the house where it is very dated but Joe and I love this floor because the kids can play and mess up down there and we never see it if we do not want to. If we have people over, we visit on the second level and all the kids go downstairs and play or watch TV. Some people would call this a basement but it does not feel like a basement because of the floor to ceiling windows. We have the playroom/TV room, the girls room, girls bathroom, laundry room, and a utility room with extra fridge down here:

Looking from the second level down:


The playroom/TV area:











Girls room:




Girls closet--love this closet since it has room for all of their stuff!:






Laundry room:



Bathroom downstairs:



Utility/Fridge "room":

New house part 2

We had a guest coming to stay for week so the house was clean except for the office which I am working on SLOWLY (and by slowly I mean I pick up a paper and move it to another spot once a week). I decided to use my Canon to record pictures of the CLEAN house for the blog. So here is the tour of the third floor of the house in Maryland:

Master bedroom:


Master Bathroom:




Office off of Master bedroom (we have the whole third floor and we love it):