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Hi all, i think this is my second time doing this post and hopefully as I settle into a new routine it will become more frequent.

So a little about myself. My name is Mary, i am the owner and author of this blog and yet it is solely dedicated to my walk with Christ. You’ll get a little bit of everything with me!

I am the wife to my red-headed pastor husband! I love him dearly! And we have been married for almost 10 years! Can it really be that long already!

We have four amazing kids whom we love very much as well! Three boys and a daughter and they all keep us hopping. The oldest is almost 8 and the youngest is almost 3. Yep we pretty much have stair steps!

This coming week will mark our four year anniversary at our current church and we love it here!

Over the last six months our lives have changed a bit! Our 5 year old son was diagnosed with Aspergers last month. This really has taken it’s toll. We are beginning to be able to understand things a little more so we are realizing that somethings really need to change. One of those things is our schedules.

As a pastors family we live pretty crazy lives as it is, and things are ALWAYS changing but as we have come to realize our son really struggles with this! So i have come up with a few ways to help!

Here are some of my goals.
1. I already menu plan but I am finding it necessary to make meals ahead! I love to cook but depending on the day and it’s circumstances, i am finding that I am just too exhausted.

2. Blogging is one outlet that I have let slide. I love to do it and have been doing so since like 2007! So in order to do a good job I have set up a blogging schedule, and I have found thus far, I am accomplishing a lot more!

3. And back a few months ago I modified my cleaning schedule. And then our son started having major meltdowns and it just seemed as though hubby and I would deal with those issues for literally hours and then have nothing else to give. So now as i settle into this new rhythm i look forward to implementing this!

It is my hope and prayer that these simplified things will make a positive impact on our family life as well as be glorifying to God in all that we say and do!

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The Weather:::
COLD!

Right now I am:
Watching the sunset as I type!

Thinking:
That life hurts sometimes but there is so much to be grateful for!

On my reading pile:::
Bible
Hope for the weary mom
Prized
Just Like Jesus

On my tv:::
Bonanza
Once upon a time

Favorite Blog post this week (mine or other):::
None

Something fun to share:::
This is my 4 and a 1/2 foot (yes i typed tat right) bear hubby got me for valentines day! The chair he is sitting in hubby and I sit in together!

On the menu for this week::
Monday-leftovers
tuesday- chicken noodle soup
Wednesday- crockpot manicotti
Thursday- burgers and tater tots
Friday- pizza
Saturday- pulled pork
Sunday- out

On my to do list:::
Freezer meals
Mixes made
Finish up a bunch of projects
Restore my house to normal working order (its close)

What I am sewing, crocheting, knitting or creating:::
Doll clothes,
baby blanket
Pot holders

Homemaking
Lists! Make lots of lists

Looking around the house:::
Most of our little people are asleep still. They took a late nap! Hubby is working on a Greek Diagramming project and me…i am recovering from a major sinus headache earlier

From the camera:::

On my prayer list:::
Family
Friends
Church family

Bible verse, Devotional:::
So many times in life we hold all of the mistakes our loved ones make from in the past over their heads. I am so very grateful that God doesn’t do that to us. His grace is greater than All my sins! I should bestow this same grace to all those around me! They aren’t perfect and neither am I. (These are my personal thoughts after reading Chapter one of Max Lucado’s book Just Like Jesus)

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WEEK 6 when the words are slow to come.

I think we’ve all been there. For me it is most certainly the noise level and as a mom of three boys, there most certainly is A LOT of noise…..and i usually end it with a very loud ENOUGH! That could be heard down the road!

That is one thing that drives me nuts but the other….is whining…..i DETEST IT.

And God tests me with it every day! I used to tease, before i was a mom i prayed for patience, then God gave Us Tornado and i stopped praying for patience! Tornado has matured greatly since i made that statement nearly 6 1/2 years ago!

One of the things tornado loved to do was pull every book on ALL the bookshelves off…now note we have a TON of books and tornado and his sister are 14 months apart so i was VERY pregnant when he went through this stage! And then two of them when i had our next 16 months after ladybug( it was by no means my plan). My patience has been tried many times everyday for the last 7 1/2 years.and yes i have said somethings i regret! But yet this weary mom does have hope!

I now have four kids ages 7,6,5 and almost 3…..thats four kids in 5 years! Of course i am weary. On top of all of this i have a specials needs child, which is a relatively new discovery! And that tries me more than anything I have ever done in my life!

The only thing that holds this all together is my relationship with Christ. It isn’t where i want it to be, i’m not sure it ever will( i have pretty high expectations and goals). But just as all the authors have already said this week, God’s word is what we need to accomplish our calling. I need to rely on Him more and call out to Him for His help in times of stress!

The words of one of my professors from college echoes in my head…
“You can’t give them what you don’t have.”

How true…..

For more on Hope for the Weary Mom visit them @ Hope for the Weary Mom.com

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First off I’d like to say…..YAHOOOOOOOO! I played catch up all week and now as of this post I am ALL caught up!

So as i read this chapter, I was reminded of another book that made me crack up….and made me cry! It’s called “Mommy’s Locked In The Bathroom.” True confession…..I’ve done it…i have locked myself in the bathroom. To cry, to laugh (at something that was hilarious and yet so very naughty at the same time), to scream, to kiss my hubby! I never said I was by myself! Anyway we all need those times to escape…..those times as of late seem to be getting closer and closer together!

We have four kids, we believe kids are a blessing and are so thankful to have them! They are (at this moment) 7.6.5 and almost 3. Get the picture. Three of them might as well have been triplets when # 3 came along! Three in diapers! Tornado was a little over 2 when weasel joined the family. Weasel was so easy though, he hardly made a sound. I had to set a timer when it was his feeding time…he rarely cried for food let alone for anything else. Our Dr said he will let you know! Nope! I had to check on him often, he wouldn’t cry when he woke up either he would just lay there! He didn’t talk well until he was nearly three. Little Bean joined us two and a half years later! I think that’s when it truly got overwhelming. Not because there were four but because of health issues with the two younger ones, and church, and school …..it seemed to never slow down. I remember being in the hospital with little bean when he was born and saying….ahhhhh peace and quiet. It was the first time I enjoyed the hospital stay!

Looking back i see all the signs of autism…hind sight is 20/20 you know. At that point he was just a “very easy baby” but as the years have gone by i have found the need for escape more necessary….that is until I read this chapter. This chapter was artfully written. How many times do I cry out to God for help, but never “get the chance” to read the instruction manual?

My goal for the remainder of this study (in hopes of making it a habit) is to every time I cry out to God for help is to read a Psalm.
Will you join me?

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