Tammy's Wedding Shower

Yesterday I was blessed to spend the day with my mom and sister and 30 other women to celebrate Tammy and Ty, and to shower them with gifts.

In the morning before Miah and I left for the day, Miah wanted to wear her bathing suit to the Shower. She didn't want to get her pretty dress all wet! She asked me how many bath tubs would be at this shower. We had quite the conversation talking about what a Shower really was, so then I started calling it a Wedding Party, which she then thought was the actual wedding. It was quite an educational day for Miah. The whole 3 hour drive there, she asked about getting married and showers, weddings, dresses, gifts and how all this stuff wedding stuff goes. She is a little jealous of Cameron, because she really wants to be the ring bearer. I assured her that she would get to wear a really pretty dress with tights and cute shoes, so for now she is excited!

Pumpkin Farm Review

Last Sunday, Justin and Uncle Seth took the children to this really cool pumpkin patch. It's called Knollbrock Farms, south of Goshen. They loved it!

Days, Weeks, Months....

I am blogging to tell you all that I don't have time to blog. I hope to, I want to, I plan to, but you might not here from me for the next month. Now through Thanksgiving is a pretty full Calendar for me. Now the term "full" is a relative term. I know some of you have lives way fuller than mine, but we all know how much we can handle, so to me, I'm pretty packed out for awhile, so if you are looking for a volunteer for some commitee or wanting me to rake your lawn, forget it! I'm full. I was so tired last night I went to bed at 8:00pm. Yes, that's right. Not that I didn't have something to do, I was just so tired I was about to throw up! (sorry too much information). Well gotta go, time for Jalen's Reading Time. (FYI- my little kindergartener is improving daily and he is so proud of his reading accomplishments!)

7 Questions for a 7 year old

1. Favorite Color?
GREEN
2. Favorite Sport?
BASKETBALL
3. Favorite School Subject?
LIBRARY
4. Favorite Meal?
EGGS & TOAST
5. If he could pick our next family vacation, where would we go?
VIRGINIA
6. If he could take us all out to eat, where would we go?
STEAK AND SHAKE
7. What do you want to be when you grow up?
BUILDER
(The birthday boy wanted to add one more question)
8. What is your favorite thing?
LIGHTNING

We played a little game at Cameron's party. He loved it! The game was all about him, and he was the host. A birthday is a day to celebrate, remember and encourage. I pray that Cameron felt all of that on Wednesday.

My prayer for Cameron is from Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

7 Questions for a 7 year old

Cameron's 7th Birthday Party

All Good...............

Well it is Sunday night, and all is well. So many great memories from this weekend. I often step back and look at my family and think, 'this is the stage that parents miss when their kids grow up'. It seems like the stage we are at is often what older couples have looked back and missed the most. And I can see why. Kids are so full of life, energy, wonder, curiosity, hope. They have such big dreams, and wild imaginations. They say the darndest things.

Today after Cameron told us that hamburgers come from pigs, Jalen asked if pickles came from frogs, because they are green of course.

Miah keeps asking me what I want to be when I grow up?...... (I tell her, I want to be a mom and wife and I want to love God and love people with all my heart) She then says, no mom, what do you want to be when you grow up?

I bought all three kids their own new set of markers, I have never been more appreciated. They flooded me with hugs and enthusiastic THANK YOU'S. That was well worth the $8 I spent.

I gave Justin a haircut today, then it was Jalen's turn, he said, "do mine just like daddy's"! Cameron then said, "I want to grow mine long, it is almost winter right?"

I am excited for the upcoming week. Cameron has a birthday on Wednesday, we have another field trip, 2 birthday parties, 1 trip to the library, 1 maybe 2 trips to the grocery store, hours of reading "Dick and Jane" and "See Spot Run" (do you have a kindergartener? 1st grader? - You know what I mean:) ) ............ so yes another full week but we're ready!

Congratulations!!!!!!

Best Wishes and lots of love to my sister, Tammy, and her fiance Ty. They are planning a wedding for November 22.

Psalm 100

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures
forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

(This was the Justin and I's Wedding Psalm, so I think of it anytime someone is getting married)

Jalen cheerfully doing his chores

Miah trying on her 'new' winter clothes (thanks cousin Josey)

Cameron's Field Trip to Stover Farms

Weekend at GCC

Great message this past weekend at Church. The title of the message was "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?" If you want to watch it on-line, go to gccwired.com and click on 'watch weekend message'. It will be well worth your 45 minutes.

No time for blogging....

I really like to blog, but the past week hasn't left much time for this. Life is full. The phrase "Live Life to the fullest" is very true in my life. I really can't use the word 'busy'. I think of 'busy' as running here and there, appointments, commitments, and saying yes to too many things and never being home. That is not my life. I am home a lot. Life is just 'full'. I am living life to the fullest.:)

October 1st

It is not even 7am, and Jalen and Miah are juicing breakfast. I love it. They love to use the juicer. I scrub all the vegys and cut them up and they work as a team to put them through the juicer. I never asked them to do this, they beg me to let them. If Cameron was here he would like to help too. This morning Justin took Cameron out to breakfast before school. :)

Things are going good at the Maust home. I am glad October is here, I always love starting a new month. We are finally adjusted to the school schedule. Now if I could only get Cameron's birthday party planned....