Wait For It

"Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained..."
Proverbs 29:18 NAS

"Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay."
Habakkuk 2:2-3 NAS

Being the "profession" Jeff is in I hear the word "vision" a lot.
I'm use to it in the church setting.

These words spoke to me in a book about homeschooling.

My vision is getting clearer,
the Spirit is leading our family in a new direction.

I have to remember,
at home and in ministry,
the "the vision is yet for an appointed time"
and "though it tarries"
I'm going to wait for it
"For it will certainly come."

Tea for Two?

This morning I was reading about how the Revolutionary War began to the kids, and part of what I read was about the Boston Tea Party.

To the kids:

"Why did they have the Boston Tea Party?"

Kaylie jumped up, came to the book to look at the pictures and asked:

"Who's the boss of the tea party!?!"

She's got three older brothers, she's tough and is fearless...
YET she's girl, ALL girl!

Butterflies

Advisory!!! Lots of photos ahead.
You can click on them to enlarge them.

On occasion, we take the kids to Home Depot Day, where they have projects for kids to do for free.

This month's project, was a butterfly house.

You're suppose to put ripe fruit in it, the butterfly comes in and lays it's eggs, and that must mean we'll get caterpillars.?. I really don't know.

The kids decided to color their houses and put them out in our flower garden...
and I use that term very loosely.









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Because there was some interest in butterflies, I thought it would be nice to go and visit the Butterfly Pavilion, for our first time.
We saw "exotic" bugs, spiders, marine life and of course butterflies.



Here's a tour in photos:

Exotic "Bugs"

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches






Leaf and Stick Bugs
(Not the official names.)

The "stick's" -
Preston did point out that they were "mating

The "leaf" -
Horton Hears a Who portrays these "bugs".

"Rosie" the tarantula.
Yes, all tarantula's are poisonous!

Preston pushed Landon to go first...
then Preston was brave enough.

That's my hand.
Trying to show Tanner and Kaylie that it's not that bad.

Later...

Tanner and Kaylie gave "high fives".

Even later...
Tanner finally worked up the courage to hold her.

A baby from "Rosie" that's 1 1/2 years and the biggest spider there, a Salmon Pink Birdeater.
(That's Preston's hand next to the spider.)



Marine Life



Starfish



Horseshoe Crab



Exotic Butterflies

Looking for and at butterflies.



What we saw.



These were my favorite two butterflies.



Got a chance to see the tortoise, while he was getting "exercise",
which he does for 30 minutes a day.



It's about near impossible to get four kids looking at the camera, with a smile, at the same time.

Take 1



The best one



Take 2



Where there's butterflies there are flowers.







We have to leave through a room of mirrors to make sure there are no "hitchhikers".

The butterfly houses were colored April 8
Our trip to the Butterfly Pavilion was April 13