Another good day!

Tuesday did not go as planned but was still a good day! 1)Roy got called in for work b4 bfast.
2) miscommunication and will not be ordering house till end Oct beg Nov.
3) Micah complained lesson was too short :)

Today Got messed up in the am but is still a good day!! First thing in the am as Im feeding the babe I look at FB. Then once I have babe all burped changed and settled in bouncy seat I blog then pray and read b4 everyone else wakes. This am someone :) started chatting with me on Fb! So blog went to later much later. Thanks Rachel I so enjoyed our chat!!

Roy was home today!! Levi annd I went and ran some errands that would never otherwise get done like fabric store and goodwills. Roy needs new work pants and I am in desperate need of a few tee shirts and casual shirts. got home and went through oour room while Roy went out to let the boys ride bikes in the alley.

Well Roy is off to meeting. Avery has a cough and needs to go to bed soon. M & I are watching McGee and Me, J is playing Thomas the train, A is drinking her b4 bed milk and L is napping.

Food
Coffee
eggs, cheese, sausage, orange apple juice
iced latte
yogurt w/nectarine and granola
chips
pork, corn, rice, cheese burritto

Going to be a good day!!

1) Roy is supposed to be home (he often gets called in but...)

2) Appointment at 12:30 to order our house so he must be home by then!

3) I am well rested! Roy had a meeting last night so I went to bed with the kids at 8:30!

4) Micah is loving school! He especially loves math :) (gets to watch a lesson with mom)

5) I am a joyfull mother of children!!!

6) I've already had my coffee!

7) Last but not least I get to chat with y'all!!

full speed ahead

a weekend of new things and now the week is off and running. I feel as if we have gotten into a good system of time with the Lord, school, nursing, cleaning and playing. The Lord brings His PEACE at all times and in every situation. This I must keep in mind! Yesterday we had our first meeting in a home. Went really well even though Avery did not want to nap. Boys were really well behaved and very still! :) Now we will begin some new gospel outreach methods.

Emily how was the bday party? Hard to believe he is 1 already give the boys hugs from these Ficeks!!

This week we are going to order our house. The road is still in progress so I don't know when they will start building. Rachel I too love the name Jackson!! Although lhaving lived in Jackson made it weird for Roy.

Food:
coffee
yogurt, nectarine, oats
toast w/ pb&j, piece apple and pear, oatmeal
iced latte
handful choco chips
2chix dstix, rice, zucchini, cream sauce

Survivor Thursday

Last week my fav show started up again so I am looking forward to this evening!

Matt 23:23 has been on my heart as of late. Why do we do what we do? to be seen of men? Why do we not do what we the Lord has shown us in scripture? because man will see me? Man looketh on the outward but God looks at the heart. Who cares what others think? Unfortunatly I do and am guilty of all above ?s! "his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not be afraid"

need to go to store today however with a late night last night may wait till tomorrow. See how the morning goes. Going to try to get pics of gpa and gmas visit onto FB if I don't go out. Thats the goal and clean the bathrooms :)


Food:
coffee, monkey bread
cereal

Got the pics up, Glo called and she is going to pick up the few things I need from the store and then meet us at the park. What a great friend!!

new day

So tired!! Levi goes to bed between 8:30 and 9. I stay up till 9:30 or 10. he has been waking at 4 I spend most of an hour getting up and putting his pasi in. We get up between 5 and 5:30 but officially I have been awake since 4ish. I just wish he would sleep till 5 then I would gladly get up. I really enjoy spending a few hrs in the word with my babe! God is good!!

food:
coffee
putting hashbrown cass in oven now :)

new news

So with everything going on in the assembly I totaly forgot to tell our news. Thanks to Rachel fo asking about our house situation. We put 500 down to reserve a lot on the new phase of houses being built in West Pasco. Our new road will be Jackson Lane which we thought kinda funny. Now we are waiting for the call to come in and pick the house and all those details. They are digging the road now. After lots of looking in that area we realized it is much cheeper to build than buy one already built. We have definetly seen the Lord work in this decision over the last year plus. GOD IS SO GOOD!!

must go monitor the childrens breakfast adventure. Sounds bad :)

Truust and obey

Another crazy weekend! On Saturday Roy and Josh drove over 4 hours to a 4 hour meeting with the elders from Marysville and Arlington only to drive the 4+ hrs home. What faithful men!! Result of meeting is that everyone from the "Tri-Cities Gospel Hall" will meet together in a home as just christians. Glad for the resolution and reconnciliation and praying all work together for the furtherance of the gospel not a personal agenda of mans traditions.

Marilyn has sugery on Thursday and is not doing well at all. Please continue to pray for her.

well baby needs to be changed, Avery put down for nap, and school started so I will run for now and try t come back later:) Love you all!!

Food:
coffee
cornflakes, milk
tomato and mayo sand, apple
iced latte
chocolat chips
sausage, polenta W/cheese, fruit salad, scrambled eggs, milk
ice cream

importance of prayer

Life here has been very up and down crazy as of late.

Went over the mts for Labor Day weekend. for 2nd cousins wedding, see a new 2 day old baby, attend a sing, visit family (uncle died a few weeks ago so spent some time with my fav aunt) and nap while Jo held the babe.

last week was a blurr... W stress at prayer meeting... F Gloria took Micah, Ian, Josiah, and Avery from 10am on then had us over for dinner. What a blessed day of relaxing and enjoying Levi! (Got my first smile justfor me. He had smiled at Roy several times over the holiday weekend but not for me.)

This weekend was dramatic... the short of it is yesterday was our last Sunday to meet in the hall building. We (4 couples and 11 kkids) will gather as christians in homes. Bryon&Joni and Marilyn will continue in the building. This was a decision a long time coming. The recognized elders finally made the move away from the building bryon will not submitt to them and Marilyn is "committed to Bryon and Joni". Pray as this is not good. The elders are possibly going to Arlington and Marysville to infoorm elders there of what has been going on here. I have had a constant headach since Sat am when Action started taking place instead of all talk. God is so good and his word trumps any tradition man put in place.

Marlyn either has lymphoma or a bad infection. Waiting for more test results. all other medical issues have been put on hold till tests return. She and I thank you all for the prayers. Yesterday she said that this has brought her and Rob closer together!

I finally posted reunion pics on FB! Now to get the ones from Ficek grandparents visit.

Food:
coffee, chocolate nip
oatmeal w/butter
orange
toast
iced latte
chix, rice, salad, mixed veggies
ice cream

Another day another adventure

What a night last night. Flows into this am :) I had a headache all day yesterday. Therefore I switched dinner plan to something simple... spaghetti. Roy got home at 5 while I was just finishing feeding the babe. Went to make dinner had water boiling and went to put noodles in and realized they were angel hair and not reg (someone brought them to us after Levi was born). So they would be done much quicker than i thought. Oh well! Marilyn calls so Roy talked with her as I Tried to quickly fix meat and sauce all the while Avery and Josiah trying to help. Si left the stool by the stove and Avery burned the tips of three fingers. Poor baby they looked like nicly brown toasted marshmallow's in seconds! Spent time running cool water on them whilst she screamed. Set her on floor in living room with bowl of water and Micah holding bowl. Water everywhere. Roy gets off phone and starts questioning children about all the water on floor. I yell my fault from kitchen. Avery is a mess she hurts and is hungry. I start feeding her as everyone gathers. I realize I have forgotten to make the toast. By the time I get my food on my plate Levi starts to cry almost feeding time again. I hold him as I eat. Roy gets a cup for Averys fingers she keeps putting wrong hand in :) Ian chose to sit by Avery and shee kept stealing his prized "meatballs" ... I left early to feed the babe again... and so it goes in the Ficek home one never knows what a meal will produce. The evening went well I took a very quick bath, got Avery to bed, held Levi till feeding time, fed put to bed then I went to bed too at 9:30 very early for me but also very important. Problem was the dinner table never got cleared. So this morning I face the mess.

Roy went to play basketball this morning! So glad he is. Levi was up just after 5 and I had a wonderful quiet time. Avery was up at 6:30 and soon after Ian. Avery wwas a bear yesterday am and again this am. 8:30 she was obviously too tired so I put her down for a nap. May go bback to that with school in the am I am not able to keepher happy till 11:30. another time of adjusting the routine. Every day is a new day to say "with the help of the Lord..." Praying he helps you all with whatever you face this day (easy and hard as all is good!).

Food:
coffee
toast w/pb&j, nectarine

Please pray

The Lord is in control of all. Marilyn is a 50 yr old lady in our assembly. She is married to Rob who is a professing christian but long ago was offended by a christian and will not go with her to anything. They have no children but Marilyn loves our kids and plays with them. She had a Dr apt yesterday so she sugested we meet at Glorias for a little fellowship. When she arrived she was in tears. She has Assists on her ovaries again. this time they also found some other stuff going on with her falop tubes and she has a lump on her neck. She has a cat scan taday, colonoscape (no idea how to spell that), and several apts w/specialists this week. She is scared and has no one to turn to as both her parents have passed away. She also had no medical coverage. Please pray for peace for her and that through this between her testimony and the christians here reaching out to support them emotionally and financially Rob will see not all christians are the same and fellowship publicly with his wife. There is a lengthy story here of the Lord working I wont go into that all but it is obvious that Gods timing is perfect.

Since Marilyn was so late and I did go a little early I had a really nice visit with Gloria. With the crazy summer we have not gotten together at all so it was a wonderful time. Her girls were at school but the other kids had a great time and Katie did come home at 11:30.

Food:
coffee
cornbread and milk, orange
chips
pb&j pear
1/4 apple, iced latte