Friday, March 8, 2019

Happy Birthday, Madeline!

We celebrated Madeline's birthday on March 3rd!

McKenzie is always such a big help with our parties! She picked up flowers and balloons for me because... I forgot! :)


We had three pans of chicken (one gluten free), three pans of macaroni and cheese (one gluten free), biscuits, and a huge salad!  McKenzie made a beautiful gluten free cake, and of course, the best pictures are on my camera!


Myles likes to be helpful. :)
 

Her birthday was pretty memorable!  Storms came through and there were tornadoes all around us!  Thankfully, none of them came close to us, but we did have the kids go into the closet for a little while.

And, since this post is about Madeline.....  Her life has changed a bit since the beginning of the year!  She took a year off from college after she got her Associates because she couldn't find a school that offered an online option for what she wanted to study.  The music school where she has taught piano for the last couple of years was closing after the first of the year, and she was struggling with what she was going to do.  However, like always... God had it!  She found a school that offered the degree she wanted to get and she started back in January! I told her not to worry about getting a job, that I would be happy to pay her to help me with home schooling the boys!  God had other plans though and she literally was contacted by the local newspaper the day after her piano job ended!  She was hired immediately as a journalist!  Pretty cool for a "not quite 20 year old"!  She is super busy these days, but I'm excited to see what all the Lord has in store for her!


I'm very thankful that the Lord put this girl in our family!  She is a sweet presence and a blessing to us all!

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