Changes!

 

Changes in the Season

We have all heard that great saying, "There is a season for everything."

Our seasons in our lives are changing.

A season for changing of the hearts.

A season for moves.

A season for taking a new perspective on life.

A season on children growing.

So many seasons.

 

In March of last year we put our house on the market.  Something that I was not very excited about.  But we felt that we needed to see what God would do.  We put the house on the market with a high price thinking it wouldn't sell.  Jube left overseas for 6 months.  We both were really hoping that the house wouldn't sell until he returned home.  God had another plan.  HEHE!!  We had a lot of lookers, but nothing serious.  

 

The kids and I left for a trip to Arizona to see family and to be apart of a wonderful day of my sister getting married.  When we returned, guess what, we had an offer.  You know how the whole house thing goes.  Make an offer, counter offer, deal done.  For some reason it took them a while to get the loan papers.  But that probably was a good thing.  From June until August I was a packing and yard salein' fool.  Mom came and helped me in July.  Poor thing, it was so hot and humid.  We packed Jube's shop and the house.  What a great time we had.

 

The big move was August 3rd.  God really has blessed us so much with the church family that we have.  On the morning of August 3rd, there were 20 or so people who showed up to help us move.  With Jube being deployed, it was so wonderful to see all the help that came to move us.

 

So God has been so wonderful to us, more that we can ever deserve.  I am so thankful for His wonderful mercies and blessings that He had poured out upon us.  I can't tell you enough of His wonderful goodness that He has bestowed upon me and my family. 

 

We moved into a house that God provided for us for a short period of time, until Jube returned home.  We needed to figure out what the next step was going to be.

 

I just want to say that through this whole process, God has been working in my heart.  He has changed my heart from really wanting to stay put, to being humble and letting Him do whatever He needs to do in our lives.  I wasn't happy at all about selling the house, but God changed my heart to be okay with it, and to have a peace about it.  He knows what is better for me more than I do.  He has changed my heart to wanting to stay here in West Virginia, to being open about moving anywhere He wants us to move.  God has changed my heart about not wanting to ever leave the church family that He has blessed us with, to having a peace to seek a church that we can be servants for Him in.  I praise our Father in Heaven!!

 

Wonderful house that God blessed us with for 4 years!

 

 

Our new home for a season!

 

 

Christmas Time

This year my parents came to visit us for Christmas.
We all had a wonderful time getting to spend time with them.
Of course we took them to see all the sights, all the way from Harper's Ferry to Washington D.C.
I think we wore them out good.

These times that we get to spend with our loved ones are such cherished memories.
I am so very blessed to have the parents that God has given to me!
I am looking forward to our next adventures with Mom and Dad!

Alicia First Piano Perfomance

Alicia started learning to play the piano in July.

She has enjoyed playing so much that she wanted to play for the church offering.

Dad and I weren't sure, since she just started to learn, but her teacher said that would be a wonderful thing for her to do.

So with no further ado,

Here is the one and only :

Alicia Hawthorne

We are so proud of our little girl and her excitement to play the piano.

We are pretty sure that this will not be her last performance.

VACATIONING
Well I am a bit late in sharing our fun adventure to New Mexico, Arizona and to Colorado.
Our first stop was New Mexico to see my Mom and Dad on the ranch that they just moved to early in the year.

Our first morning there we were greeted with the yearlings bawling and the hooping and haulering of the cowboys.
Now all the times we went to work with Dad on the ranch growing up, I was never a part of a shipping. So this was quite a treat!
Even though there is nothing special about it, there is just something about hearing those cattle bauling.
I really enjoyed watching the truck roll in the yearling getting seperated, and Dad climbing fences in a way that is pretty quick.
It is alway a treat to watch Dad do his magic where ever he is working.

Of course pictures have to be taken when they can.
I just love Mom and Dad's little cottage. It is a very cute and it fits Mom and Dad well.
Alicia loved playing with the cat and dog until she found out they shed all over you. Then she didn't care much for them.
Mom has become another Annie Oakley(well kinda). Just had to get her carring her pistol.

Papa David had a opportuntiy to show Alicia how to play marbles. That was quite a treat!
We did alot of exploring on the ranch with with Mom and Dad. Mom found alot of rocks that sure looked like they had a pretty unique job to do for the Indians.
Jube did find some rocks that were grinding wholes, that the Indians had used.
In all of our searching no one found an arrowhead, until the very end when we were walking back to the truck and there it was just right for the picken for Papa David.

We had alot of fun with Mom and Dad. They gave us the great tour of the ranch.

Jube's Project

Jube is a man who loves a great challenge.

One day I entered the shop to find that Jube is taking the engine out of his truck.

"Um, I wonder what is wrong with the engine. It sounded pretty good last time we went for a drive." I said to myself.
The next day or two a lot of things were going on in the shop, not really sure what it was, but I soon find out.
Jube is in the process of putting the engine in the back of his truck!

Now this is something I have never seen before! I wondered what the purpose was for doing this. A lot of questions are going through my head, as I am sure they are going through yours.

I soon learned that Jube really likes a challenge, and also the answer to my question.

There are many reasons for putting the engine in the back of the truck, one of which is, it puts more weight in the back and makes it better for jumping.

Jube started this project around January or February, and has been working on it since.

The majority of the work is done, just the little odds and ends that need to be worked on. He has gone on a few successful drives now.

He sure does have a big smile on his face when he returns to the house!

That is my favorite part of all this, is seeing that grin on his face!

He loves to hear the sound of that motor rumble as he is driving.

One thing that I learned quickly was that now matter how much snow there is on the ground, Jube goes stir crazy and needs a project do. One which he would prefer to be done in his shop!

I loved my husband, and his creativity.

Great Job Jube!

8 Years of Wedded Bliss!
It has been so much fun!!



God has allowed me to be married to a very wonderful man.
I am very thankful for the past eight years together.
We have learned so much from each other. I know that I have learned a lot from Jube.

Things that I love about Jube:

I love his smile!
I love the time that he spend with his family
I love to watch him play with the kids
I love to hear his wisdom
I love hearing his voice
I love spending time with him
I love his ability to work magic on a vehicle
I love that he is a hard worker
I love that he has a desire to provide for his family
I love that he is the spiritual leader in our family
I love so many thing about my husband.
I am so very thankful that God has allowed to me have such a wonderful, caring husband as Jube.

Thank you Jube for your love!
Thank you Father for these past 8 years, I pray that we can spend 70 more years together!

Everett's Creations

One day I walk into the office to find Everett looking on the computer for army boots.

"Can I help you Everett?"
"Well I am looking for some army boots to wear with my army stuff."
"Okay, lets see what they have."

No luck in finding Everett's size in army boots, after looking for 30 minutes or so.

"Well, I am sorry Everett but you will have to wait until you feet get bigger. Sorry Buddy."

30 minutes pass by, Everett comes to me and says, " Mom, I know what I can do."
"What's that Son?"
"I can take my mud boots and if I cut them here and here and then punch holes in them, then I could have my army boots."
"Everett, please do not do that. You are going to need your mud boots for when it is muddy. If you cut them they they will leek and you will have some pretty wet feet. Please do not cut them."

A day later look what I found. Everett had made his own Army boots.

I do have so say he is a very creative resourceful young man.