busy little bees

 I love to have things to do to keep me busy. Most of the time I'd like to work. But there are times I feel like God created rest for a reason. I'm just too busy to figure it out. God created work. He also created the need to rest. I think  that I need a day of rest. When God worked for 6 days to create the earth, he rested. Yes, he did enjoy his work because he rejoicing what he had made and what he has done. But, he still took a day to rest. I have been very busy doing school, reading with the girls, watering and what not with animals, trying to declutter my house, take care of the baby, feed the family, grocery shop, laundry! The point is that while I like to work, I think I need to take more time to reflect on the wonderful day and my wonderful children, and my wonderful husband, and lovely place that we live. What good is living in the country if I can't stop and enjoy it? It wasn't very long ago that I had only one child and she was a baby in my arms. Out children grow to quickly, and we forget this because life takes over. There is so much to do, there are so many things that are good to do, important to do, necessary even. But the first job I have been given is the job of taking care of family and worshiping Him. For me to do both of those I think I need to take more time to rest.  I have 12 different plant for the garden started, and 20-30 berries to . Ending, and strawberries and need meeting, and maybe critters I need to remind myself that I also can I have 5 baby critters are growing quickly and leave me. Not only do they need me for clean clothes clean house and food but they need me for emotional growth and spiritual growth. What good is it to raise physically healthy children, is there not ready to leave the world and I and be responsible, caring, and moral.

 Z and M busy eating and making mess for mama.

Z busy chasing the ducks.

C busy taking portraits of the others for my wall.

What I don't have a pix of is A and I giving the goats a haircut...if you've ever tried shaving a small boy's head you have about 1/10 of the wiggles and muscles that a goat puts into fighting hair clippers...it is definitely a 2-3 man job!

Oh. And although I am so busy we are having homemade rabbit Tetrazzini for supper...a good way to use up rabbit and goat milk ;)