Well it is four days after Christmas and the seventh day that I have had sick children in the house!! All three girls got sick around Christmas and have run fevers, coughed and generally not been themselves. This has put me stuck in the house trying to keep records of who took what meds at what time. There are moments when things are hard and then others when everything seems to be fine. One starts to wonder if health will ever return. Most of the crazy moments occur early in the morning when someone wakes up crying uncontrolably with a fever. So this afternoon I decided I wanted to watch the sunset! I needed a moment of reflection and a reason to get out. So at 4:15 I woke two girls from a nap got them all into their robes (they have lived in PJs for days!) and piled everyone into the car. We headed out to Chickies Rock a park outside a near city where we knew there was a look out. The drive was peaceful and I must say that is when the sun actually set, for by the time we got there the sun was gone and we were left with the beautifully colored sky to gaze at. It was perfect! We sat on the top of a hill on top of my jacket spread out on the ground. With the girls in PJs, robes and slippers 
We had one blanket and snuggled together to stay warm. I really enjoyed sitting there watching the sky change colors, talking about what we saw and singing. I think I got my love for sun sets from my Mom. I can not even count the amount of times she and I would take a drive out in the country to watch the sun set and talk. So I enjoyed sharing this moment with my girls! Maybe the fresh air will help the girls return to their normally healthy selves. If not I may just pile them in the car again tomorrow and head out to Chickes so me and my chickies can take a moment to breathe in God’s beautiful creation and rest!
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Well good morning to you all, we had an exciting event happen yesterday Addie scored her first goal in soccer. We were thrilled as was she seeing as she stood and smiled at us for some time afterwards. It has been great fun going to her games and watching her catch a vision for playing team sports.
Today she has the day off from school, and Brian is busy, so all girls are home and who knows what we will be up to. We have to treasure these all girl days now because if you have not heard we are having a ….. BOY!!!!! It was a great surprise to me and took me a little time to get my brain around. We have nicknamed him “Little Man” until he is born and his true name shall be revealed. Everyone in the family is super excited. As I kept saying “I’m in shock, I’m in shock” on the day of the ultra sound Emma kept saying “Mom, it is going to be ok”. He looks good on the ultra sound and is developing as he should. We have already headed to the baby store to buy a few boy things since we have NONE! It was fun, with more to come I am sure.
While pondering this entire boy thing I decided to write out the ages of my kids every two years for now and until he turns 19. I wanted to get a feel for what life will be like. Who can share a room when and what life looks like for this boy with three older sisters. That night I questioned Brian about the ethics of decorating with athletic equipment because what if he does not like sports and turns out to be more of an outdoors man. From there I asked Brian “how do you teach a boy about the Bible anyway?” Brian just laughed at me told me “he is not an alien” and assured me we would figure his entire life out the next day I am having fun pondering Little Man, it almost makes it feel like this is my first baby I am sure there will be great adventures ahead.
Speaking of adventure, I must tell you what Ms. Adeline did this weekend that surprised her Mom and Dad! Brian was away at a College retreat, and since it was not far away the girls and I joined them Sat afternoon. While there Addie observed people riding an 800 foot zip line over the lake. She turned to us and said “I want to go down the zip line”. So we headed over to see if should could, not sure if she would go through with it. Well she and Brian got all harnessed up and headed to the top. Brian went first and once on the other side he and I stood watching her and cheering. She did not hesitate to long and then jumped It was great and she loved it enough to go a second time. Others there took some pictures for us so we may be able to put some up another time.
Friday we arrived home as a family after being gone for nearly a month! Brian came home for a week or so in the middle to be able to work, but that only makes things confussing At the end of July we headed off for a family vacation and stopped in West Virginia and Arkansas on our way to Oklahoma to visit Brian’s family. Then we parted ways and the Moore girls headed to Texas to see more family and Brian went back to PA. We (Brian and all Moore girls) then met in Dallas to be able to travel back acrross the country all together. We put over 5,000 miles on our suburban!! But it was a great trip and the girls really enjoyed every location we stopped in.
For those who have not heard there is a new Moore family member on the way!! We do not yet know if it is a little girl or a boy, it shall be fun to find out in a month or so. The baby is due Feb. 2nd and all family members are excited about this new little one joining us.
Well…I made it! This past Saturday I completed my ordination process culminating in a questioning session in various catagories of theology. Below are the men that sat on my council and “grilled” me with some good questions.
I did enjoy the whole process and liken it to a motor boat going through shallow water (does that mean I’m shallow??) …as I did this, it stirred up so much more that I want to be learning about God’s characteristics and his works. Sometimes we get stuck doing the same thing over and over and aren’t challenging ourselves to yearn for God in deeper ways through various experiences. I hope to pursue God with greater determination and process my understandings of him more often in “council” type settings. Where people can “grill” each other in a communal sort of way for a greater understanding in all of us. God has made us diverse so that we can know some of his vastness even more.
Anyway, after June 18th when I have the recognition service you definitely don’t have to call me “reverened”!!! (everyone asks me that…)
It was a very special time, both confriming/encouraging and chanllenging…but it doesn’t make me any more special (that makes it sound like i think i’m special…i guess we all are ) than I was on Friday.  Same ol’ me!
