One of those Moments~

Today we went out to the farm to enjoy the beautiful weather and just to spend some together. It was great. It was a blessing. I had a few moments to myself and had a minute to reflect on "things." Although this isn't the life I had planned for myself, I wouldn't want it any other way. I always thought I would end up with a business world-type and live in a city, in a brick house in a cul-da-sac. I thought I would teach for as long as I had to and then stay home once I started having kids. I thought life would be easy and that I would be pretty well off.
But God had a different plan for me--a better plan. Instead, I left the only two cities I knew and felt comfortable with (STL and Searcy) to move to Fort Smith where I didn't know a single soul. I was forced to get involved at church if I wanted to meet people and eventually, that's where I met Heath's aunt. She (Debbie) and her daughter, Jeana, introduced me to Heath--a young guy still in college as an "Ag Business" major (I didn't know what that was?!?) and a volunteer firefighter.
Today, I looked at the farm, all the beauty of the outdoors, my sweet boy's little face, and realized that God's plan was much better than mine. Even though I never thought I would EVER end up in rural America with dead animals on my living room walls, I love it.
I love my husband and his attitude of wanting to take care of our little family and provide for us. I love his work ethic and loyalty to any task he takes on. I love how he interacts with our son and loves on him and encourages him to explore.
I love our home, the unimportant 'things' that we have, and the opportunities that life has provided. Here are a few pics to share God's blessings- This is the barn and creek. It has a chicken coop on the outside and the four-wheelers are stored inside. It's also where the boys slaughter their deer.

Here is Heath on the tractor fixing the spillway...flash floods are bad for the farm!

Here are the chickens...fresh organic eggs! There are a lot of ducks too but I couldn't get any pics of them. One duck just hatched some ducklings but I couldn't get a very good pic through the cage.

My wanna-be farm dogs. Dodger and Sammy love the farm and we tease that the "F word" at my house is "farm." If you say it around the dogs and don't load them into the vehicle to go, they won't stop crying for hours.

And here are my sweet boys-I'm sorry that the view is vertical but you'll just have to turn your head. It's these moments that I cherish and thank God for. So simple and yet so sweet.

Life is beautiful! (And so are Luke's thighs! Turn up the volume to hear his squealing.)