Moment Captured #9

I enjoy making breakfast for my family. I usually make something the night before. Here is what I made tonight for tomorrow morning.
Cinnamon Rolls in a snap
2¼ c. biscuit/ baking mix
½ c. plus 2 T. milk

Filling:
2 T. butter or margarine, melted
¼ c. sugar
1 t. ground cinnamon

Icing:
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
2 T. milk
1 T. butter or margarine, melted
1 t. vanilla extract

In a bowl, combine biscuit mix and milk. Turn onto a floured surface; kneed 8to 10 times. Roll into a 12 in. x 10 in. rectangle. Spread with butter. Combine sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over dough. Roll up from a long side; pinch seam to seal. Cut 8 slices, place with cut side down on a greased 8 in round pad. Bake at 450 for 10 -12 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, combine the icing ingredients, spread over rolls. Serve warm. Yield: 8

Moment captured #8

I snapped this picture this morning as Bill was heading out the door. He looks a little goofy in the pic because he was laughing at me. He had to shave the beard last night in order to start the interview process. He looks so young now. I am praying for him right now as he heads to his interview! Love you babe! You look smokin. :)

Encouraging thoughts

I needed this encouragement today!

"When we appeal to our children’s hearts for excellence and choices of good behavior, then we are giving them the will and desire to be excellent all for themselves. Their desire comes from within and their motivation is from their heart. But if we train them behaviorally by always forcing them to do what we want them to do because they might get a spanking, or another kind of threatened discipline, then their motivation is to avoid spanking or harshness but not to please God or to please their parents, by having a good heart and responding in obedience."

"No matter what philosophy we as parents have for disciplining children, we need to remember that our goal isn’t primarily to make them obey, but to motivate them to obedience from a sincere and loving heart."

These are quotes from Sally Clarkson's blog "I take Joy", in her article titled "The Value of Self-Government and Will Training". You can read the rest of it here. I really enjoy the wisdom that she gives to other moms.

This article was so timely for me and what I'm struggling with right now. Wisdom is indeed needed for this mommy! Oh how I pray to be the mother that God wants me to be!

Moment captured #7

Tonight for supper I made our favorite stew. You can find the recipe here. The air was still a little crisp tonight so it was still ok to make a winter recipe. Hopefully soon it will warm up a little more outside though! :)

And then of course I had to make homemade Fragrant cloverleaf rolls to go with it...which is another family favorite. They really taste a lot better then they look in this picture.

Fragrant Cloverleaf Rolls

Dough
3 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons Fleischmann's Bread Machine Yeast
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup water (70 to 80 F)
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut up
1 large egg

Herb Butter
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon Italian herb seasoning or fines herbs
1/4 teaspoon onion powder

To make dough:
Measure all dough ingredients into bread machine pan in the order suggested by manufacturer. Process on dough/manual cycle.
When cycle is complete, grease top of dough; cover tightly and refrigerate 2 to 24 hours.
Remove dough from refrigerator; punch down. Turn dough out onto floured surface. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces; divide each again into 3 pieces. Roll into smooth balls. Place three balls in each section of 12 greased muffin pan cups. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 30 to 45 minutes.

To bake:
In small bowl, combine herb butter ingredients; brush on rolls. Bake at 375 F for 15 to 20 minutes or until done. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.

Moment captured #6

I love rummage sales. I found this BabyBjorn last weekend for ten dollars!!! It is like new. I couldn't believe it. Claire loves it and so do I. I have put her in it just about every day. I have to say it is so much nicer then the Snugly I had with the other 3 kids.

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Sound asleep in the carrier. She just wants to be close to me! I don't mind. :)

The Peace that follows

After I posted about my fears a month ago, I was totally blown away by everyone who reached out to me through comments, e-mails and phone calls. The prayers that have been prayed for us have meant so much to me. Thank you friends for loving us and taking time to care.

God is so good. Although I still don't have any idea what is going to happen with our family, and we don't know where and when God will provide a job, I have total peace at the moment. I know that this is only from God. I walked through 2 weeks of complete fear. I let it consume me. I lost hours of sleep. It overtook me and literally made me sick. I realized that it was a sin on my part to get so caught up in worrying about something that might or might not happen. I had to surrender to God and lay my burdens at his feet.

The job in AZ didn't work out. Can I say I am happy about that? :) That however doesn't mean that Bill still won't have to take a temp job away from here. We just don't know. However he does have a job interview here on Thursday. So I am praying for God's will. In my mind this job would be so great. It's a permanent placement, and it's close to home. I am trying NOT to get my hopes up...I know that this could be a long road. He may not get the first job he interviews for. I am resting in the moment and trusting that God does have a plan...and His plans are always perfect. I don't need to fear anything!

If you think of it, please pray for Bill Thursday. His interview is at 9 a.m. This is the biggest interview he has ever had. It's 5 hours long!!

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:7

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3

Sweetness

Since I've been using my camera a lot these days to try and capture moments from our everyday life...I have gotten many photos that I love. I just had to post this one from the other day.

Moment captured #5

I Found these flowers growing in front of the house today. I just love spring!

Moment captured #4

Awana awards night. Anna and Ryan both finished their books for the year, so they received ribbons tonight. As you can see they were both very excited about it. I am so amazed and proud of all their hard work this year!

Moment captured #3

We took the bandage off of Anna's hurt finger this morning and found that it still looked really bad. We called the Dr.'s office, the nurse said to bring her in. Everything is ok...no stitches needed, although Dr. H said that the small chunk of finger may fall off and leave a scar, but everything will heal. Ouch! My poor girl! :(I took Anna to the Library afterwards to pick out books. Here she is enjoying the treasures she found there!

Moment captured #2

The drama from this afternoon...Anna slamming her finger in the bathroom door. Poor girl. She was so distraught over what happened that she put on her Jammie's, and has been laying on the couch feeling sad ever since.

moment captured #1

I love what Wendy is doing on her blog, so I decided to do the same! I am going to take pictures over the next month and post something each day that captures a moment from our lives!

Here is today's moment. I spend a lot of my day staring into these baby blues! Sleeping soundly after a full tummy!