Today is the greatest...until tomorrow!

So sweet the sound of the outdoors. My husband , son and friend are off the a nearby provincial park to go for a hike. The two younger girls are running out in the yard with the puppies and momma dog. To believe that God sends us such blessings. I'm praying that my heart will recive the blessing and not let it go by.
My son will be off on the train to visit with his cousin in two days. What an experience for him!
My oldest is off at work, saving up for her independence.
My baby is off to sleep.
And here I am typing out my thoughts...just to get motivated to serve my family( and feed my need for order) and clean my house!

The thought of a life without my Lord is painful.
My life is in your hands..........

Gods grace

Gods grace......
I recieve.
Gods grace.
Lord help me.........
to receive your grace.

Family night

Prep.
Aoife, enjoying her plain apple
Father and son
The girls


We at the McQuade house had a wonderful Family night. We had a cook off..Theme.. Pioneer food. Zebadiah and Mabelle made Saskatoon pudding, Sarah and I made chicken pie and Zeb also made biscuits, Desirae made candy apples and Dad was the judge, so was Aoife she seemed to eat it all up.. Aoife had a plain apple(in case you were wondering). We all passed our test for deliciousness, visual appeal and well we don't really know when candy apples started up but we all thought they were a great treat.
It was fun a night, God is so good to give us family.
Kevin and I went out on a date today, we had brunch together (no children) at the League for life Respect life week fund raiser. It was so encouraging. Micheal Coran was a great speeker and wise man of faith. If not for families none of us would be here. We even became members, and bought our children souvenir valentines gifts. They all are recieveing pins that have 10 week (in utero) old feet or hands. Takes you breath away.....

Its now February usually the longest (yet shortest) month for us up here in the north. I've been longing to make changes in my life and I know it starts with me and I know all comes in Gods timing, I'm just longing.....

Well the mid winter cabin fever doesn't look like it has a chance this year.
We've actually been getting to know some of our neighbors, turns out that they like to do 'coffee'.
This Christmas was better than it has been, not as many quarrels.
We are back to schooling only one or two minor setbacks. We had puppies. Eight in total one passed so now we are learning about puppy parenting x 7.
I've been realizing that My fathers death has had a bigger affect on me than I thought. I had to admit it to myself and now I guess is when God can start the healing process with me, Now that I'm able to go there( a bit). Many things have been unraveling in my faith walk thanks to many wonderful sisters and mother in Christ. Time to get a move on and stop stalling growth.
I dream of the day that I can groove with God instead of being so fearful and stubborn. He is so faithful. xo

Here we are its the end of October, I feel that there has been a dark cloud over my head over the past couple of months. This summer was quite dark and not very warm. I'm sure that had something to do with my attitude. My daughter, my mother and I just saw Julie and Julia and now I feel like a celebrity. School has gotten underway and I hope to have an enjoyable year with my beautiful children. My baby is almost a year and yet my oldest is almost 16, that's a bag of mixed emotions. I feel that God has been preparing me for something, I'm working on being more patient, but as we all know its hard. Growing is always going to be challenging and I know God's love endures forever but sometimes I forget. He has proven to be perfect in all of His ways each and every time I cry out to Him. Who could stand to live a life alone without Jesus a Savior for all. Where would I be without Him?

Fall is always so beautiful yet the season that follows is not often welcome.

We are all running around, with preparations to be indoors (most of the time) sort of hibernating. I hope we have a mild winter so we can enjoy being outside as a family. The children love the outdoors and it is hard on them to be inside.

On Monday of this week I was able to experience a calf being born God is so amazing.