Rachel’s Window

that is, if there is anyone still out there ever visiting my blog!
I love the idea of blogging my thoughts and I love reading posts by so many intellectual people out there. But, my time is so precious right now, and blogging comes last on my list of priorities. I really don’t want to leave the land of blog though. So, I have decided to use my blog as an accountability place for my digging deeper in Bible study. I have a desire to re-learn much of the Bible. I feel like I learned in bits and pieces and I have trouble in my mind relating truths in their context. I can tell you many truths from the Bible but struggle with the whys and whos involved in the truths. Some of this stems from hubs family backgroud and our desire to be prepared with an answer when God gives us an open door in sharing our faith.

So, being the human that I am, I am not the best at sticking to commitments. I plan to read my Bible and read some books concerning Bible history and then post my thoughts here. My thoughts will be random and the few of you who do come here may be thinking, “duh!”, but that’s ok, we all learn new things each time we read the Word.

Even as I type I am interrupted over and over, I am in a busy season here at home with my 6 and almost 5 year old schooling and my 2 year old and 13 month old all over the place! We have been battling pinkeye his week and recovering from our vacation last week. I do hope to post a few pictures of our time with both sides of the family. We attended our first LDS temple wedding as well. That was interesting. I will post a few wedding pics later too.

I am still reading many blogs and I glean so much from all of you amazing women out there. I thank God for this outlet of sharing and learning!

I have an amazing peace right now about something I should probably be fretting over. This year we are chartering a new MOPS program at my church. I am heading up the hospitality area and had three awesome ladies willing to work with me. Well all three have felt they have too much on their plates at this time and have decided against working with MOPS this year! I am not the least bit worried over this. We have begun registration and I believe God will provide some fresh friendly faces to help me. I am getting more and more excited about the new women I will get to meet next month when we start.

This ice cream is so smooth and creamy and delicious! I believe I have a new favorite. I shared it over the weekend with my MIL and she vowed to get some as soon as possible. You have to try it very soon!

I also bought my favorite brownies over the weekend. These are so so good. I like to take these to events where I need a dessert. I bought two boxes, one for our company over the weekend, and one for my new neighbors next door. Today I baked the second box for the neighbors, but I have yet to take them to them. I have made the decision to save them for them and not eat them tonight! I must admit I did sample them, you know, to make sure it wasn’t a dud batch or anything! Obviously I am not on my no sugar diet here at our house! Remember here when I was eating so well? I have got to get recommitted again to changing my eating habits. Very soon litttle Boo will finish nursing and I will have to adjust my diet accordingly!

My Mom loves to find matching outfits for any of the kids. Here are the two youngest in their new pajamas. Goo is 2 1/2 and Boo will be 1 in just a little over a week!

This week I got some great produce from the organic CSA. The blueberries are just amazing and we had blueberry pancakes last night. It was hard to save them all day for the pancakes, I wanted to eat them by the handful! We also got a watermelon and a muskmelon, a good bit of tomatoes, green beans, squash, torpedo onions and okra. Little Boo had quite a concoction yesterday and he wasn’t so fond of it. I steamed eggplant, zuchinni and yellow squash and then pureed it. He did not like it alone, so I mixed it in spaghetti. He ate every bite!
This is so strange! When we moved into this house three years ago, our goofy black cat ran away the first day we were here. I did not think too much of it and assumed she was gone forever. Well, the past two evenings we have seen a black cat two houses up the street. It really looks like our old cat! I walked up the street to pet her and I really think it is her. She looks like she has been fed and somewhat taken care of. For three years!! That’s crazy! How could she live up the street and we not know it?! Well, there are not alot of kids around here and we don’t go up the hill to play, so I guess she could have been living there and we not have seen her. The only reason I even thought it could be her is because she ran away at our other house when we moved in and stayed gone for two months. One day she came walking out of the woods while we were out playing. She was thin and hungry. She is not a real smart cat. Today we walked up there again to look for her and did not see her. Maybe this evening she will venture out again. Crazy cat.

We have really enjoyed getting fresh organic produce this summer from a local community. We have tried new veggies and for the most part, have enjoyed learnning how to prepare and eat the new things. The things we are not fond of, I have steamed and pureed for Boo. He eats almost anything at this stage. Today he had eggplant and carrots for lunch. He has also enjoyed sweet potatoes with fresh beets. What a beautiful color his food was! Thankfully no one at church had to change his diaper during the beet days. Again, with the color! Several weeks ago we had some delicious sugar snap peas. I loved them! The kids and I really like the Edamame! These boiled soy beans are so yummy and fun to eat! Today I cooked these and the kids almost inhaled them! They were gone in a matter of minutes. We have had big blueberries and cute little cantaloupes. Of course we ate all of the fruit the nest day!
My overall experience with this CSA has been great. I do not know if I will participate again or not. The food is excellent, but pricey.  I have dreams of growing my own organic food someday. Someday……

My precious Loo has begged me for two days now to take her to the dollar store for this jewelry. She has been such a helper today and so obedient, so we went tonight to purchase these beauties. This is my girl who until recently has hated dresses, hair bows and anything girly. She is the first of my kids to scoop up a frog, lizard or granddaddy long legs! But today she was bejeweled like a gypsy princess! Welcome to girlhood my sweetie!

I try, I really do. I just can’t finish an entry for my blog! I just sat down to write, and I have been distracted over and over, and now I just want to go to bed! I will leave my friends with a new picture of Boo. He is now 11 months old. He just wasn’t a baby long. He is so active, running after his sister and brothers. He wants to be with them all over the house! He is such a great kid. I take him everywhere, to Wal-mart, to breakfast with a friend, and he is so calm and relaxed! He really likes his swing too….