We have had a fully functioning bathroom in the basement for a long time.  We have made some updates to it and this months goal is to finish it out.  Let me just tell you how much I wanted to kiss my husband when the last piece of drywall was hung.  I actually asked for joint tape and mud for my birthday...I got a door bell instead...but the next step is joint tape and drywall mud....

I had someone ask me the other day where we were living.  She didn't mean location.  She meant like in what where we living?  A camper?  A house?  A basement?  A cabin?  She was so confused by our situation.  So am I friend.  So am I.  

I started really thinking about this question and what prompted it.  She mentioned that most of the pictures I share are either outside or close up of the kids and sometimes in what looks like a camper.  I had this internal eye roll at myself kind of moment where I was annoyed with how I was presenting my life and why.  It doesn't really matter to you the reader about why I need some serious therapy.  Instead, if I would blog more, you could all be my therapists and life will be great.  

This morning I snapped a photo from where I am currently sitting and drinking in every blessing I see in that image.  I'm going to share them with you. I think that seeing what my world has been like verses what it is today not only brings greater appreciation for what we had then and have now, but what is about to come.  

I had a conversation with my boys today that I really hope they heard.  I sat them both down and said "I'm going to tell you the truth".  Midway through the monologue I asked if they were receiving what I was saying because I needed to know they were hearing me.  No one enjoys a monologue from mom for long.  The reason for such a conversation was a fight between the two that made me jump and run and so, we had the fight or flight conversations.  It's one that we as parents should be having with each other and our kids on the regular.  

I have this theory that if I remove all the plastic out of the woods around our house and replace it with organic and natural materials to play with, the kids will stay there longer and take ownership of their space.  The transactional exchange they have with nature should be a positive one, much like the book The Giving Tree.  Except, let's try to save the tree and save the kids in the process. I made up my mind to build them a teepee style place to play in the woods to replace their little tykes playhouse.  I had the hardest time finding instructions, but I think it turned out pretty amazing and I'll try to walk you through the process.  

My kids have been in so much trouble for the last few months because of the mess they make with mud.  They know how to take playing mud over the top.  It was everywhere all the time.  I decided to embrace it.  I have been thinking about it for awhile.  I've looked up ideas and then today, when the Bigs decided they wanted to help, we got busy.  We had so much fun that  while I'm not giving play by play instructions, I am showing you a bit of the process to inspire you. 

Earlier this week this word, enough, just kept making its way into my vocabulary.

We have enough bottles of water.
I have enough laundry to do.
The fridge has enough food.
The kids have played enough.
I’ve had enough of that smell.
Did we celebrate enough?
There’s not enough concrete.
Is there enough fuel?
Is there enough time!

I could make this list go in for days. It is simply that “enough” has resonated on this piece of land over and over this past week...

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:19​
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