Carter moment…last night as Carter was getting his pajamas (good ol’ footy p.js.) he said to me, “Kiss boo-boo!”.  I said, “Sure!” I leaned over and kissed the boo-boos he had on his left knee from falling on our sidewalk last Tuesday, and I said, “There you go!”. He then quickly replied, “No, I kiss your boo-boo.” I had forgotten about a scratch on my forehead that he and Ammon both had been “concerned” about for several days, and I said back to him, “Well, of course you can kiss my boo-boo, son! Thank you!”.  I then leaned over and let Carter kiss my boo-boo: Another blessed moment from my son. ;o)

That's my boy!

There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called.-Ephesians 4:4 (NIV)

 Happy Saturday! I am putting the link to this Upper Room Devotional with our blog. I enjoy using this devotional quite often. It was so ironic how the Spirit does move because the devotional from Friday March 25, 2011 was what  I believe the Spirit was encouraging me to do for Haven’s Ideals these past two weeks: stay in touch with friends and loved ones because we have the Spirit connection. I am also including the link to “They will know we are Christians” especially because of the words “We are one in the Spirit”.  I hope and pray everyone is doing well, and I am looking forward to continuing to blog with you all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugQwh-phnZY&feature=related

http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/

It wasn’t right I tell ya! Cold, windy, dark, and 48 degrees! It was 80 degrees earlier this week, and our grass (a combination of fescue, bermuda, and crab grass…and lordy, the wild garlic…peeeewwwww!) grew 2 inches since I cut it last Thursday! Oh, well, it happens at least once every spring…sitting bundled up on the tractor cutting the grass. Along about the 1st week of August, I will be sitting on the tractor begging for 48 degrees!  Enjoy your Friday, everyone!

When it works its heaven. When it doesn't it's hades!Carter and Ammon will be all over this yard in the morning! ;o)

I love this kind of morning. It is also so nostalgic and refreshing to hear the roosters cock-a-doodle-dooing here in the country (just 18 miles from downtown Chattanooga!) before sunrise. I hope and pray Ammon and Carter will continue to grow up here…Lord willing!

I wanted to share this poem with you all today. The rain from last night and all the spring flowers are what brought it to my mind. It is by Robert Loveman who lived in Dalton, Georgia.

The Rain Song

It isn’t raining rain to me,

It’s raining daffodils;

In every dimpled drop I see

Wild flowers on the hill.

 The clouds of grey engulf the day

And overwhelm the town;

It isn’t raining rain to me,

It’s raining roses down.

 It isn’t raining rain to me,

But fields of clover bloom,

Where any a buccaneering bee

May find a bed and room.

 A health unto the happy

A fig for him who frets.

It isn’t raining rain to me,

It’s raining violets.

Educator’s Tip

Happy Monday!

For some of you who do not know, I am a doctor of Education. I have been in education for over 20 years! I would like to share some teaching tips for future parents, already parents , or students who are going to be educators. Most of the time, I will share the ideas during the school year.  Here is one! ;o

Alphabet Circle: combination of verbal/bodily kinesthetic multiple intelligences

Sidewalk chalk is a MUST (Crayola ®, you can give me my gratuity later…LOL)

1. Make a Circular alphabet with chalk. BIG so everyone can see and walk on it.

2. Sing the Alphabet while you…

                A. Hop over the letters

                B. Ride a tricycle (like Carter if you are teaching at home/pre-school)

                C. Bounce a ball

                D. Design your own game

Carter sings the alphabet...Sophie our daschund looks on

Happy Spring

Getting ready for church, and we are late as usual. Everyone slept well (Did you all see the huge moon last night?). We hope everyone out there has a blessed Sunday. We will catch up later. Haven

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Local News: Ammon, Carter, and I have our friend, Lex, in our prayers. He had a friend to die over a week ago. It was a tragedy to Lex, to the friend’s family, and to the community. God bless you, Lex, and may the Holy Spirit comfort you in the way only he can. In Jesus’ name.

National: We are praying for the people on the West Coast who will be inhaling nuclear contamination from the Pacific eastward traveling jet streams.

International: All our prayers to Japan. Nuclear power can be a blessing, but it is such a worry and a threat to the environment and to humans. I am so glad the United States is not leading the “No Fly Zone” over Libya. We need to let regions take care of their own affairs. We absolutely DO NOT have the billions/trillions of dollars it takes to “protect the world”. Have you all seen Hillary Clinton lately? In two years of being the Secretary of State, she has aged ten years.

I finished my taxes and e-filed them!! woo hoo! We also took some spring pictures

cherry blossoms

Ammon, Carter, and I have gone from jackets and sweaters to short sleaves! According to our front porch thermometer, it is 80 degrees!! Woo hoo! We have sun and blue skies. We are also blessed with purple and pink hyacinths, yellow daffodils, and the daffodils my great-grandmother (1886-1945) called “Eggs and Butter!”

The babies and I were playing around our cypress tress that have been labeled “Christmas trees” (please remember that they are only 28 months old), and we started up the hill to our swing set. As I was walking, Carter called to me by my right side and said, “Hand?” I looked down, and he and Ammon were already holding hands ( I had not told them to), and, so, all three of us went up to our swing set hand in hand, and all of us swang. It was a beautiful moment.