the Big Book of Adventures Year 1, months 1 and 2

Hi!!
Has anybody noticed that there seems to be a four month gap between my last post, Love Never Fails and this entry? Haha. Oh dear. Diligence at THIS particular pass-time has not exactly been my forte. I'm really sorry, guys.{Most of you know the reason for this delay so lets skip the droll explanation..}
   Married life is AMAZING! To be truthful, it's nothing short of an

ADVENTURE...

...a journey.... a life with my Jeb. :) In fact, we are in the process of creating a new and updated version of my blog called "Journeying With Jeb" which is coming soon in the new year. Just you wait!

Now for our Big Book of Adventures. 

{{preface}}

Bryan asked me that we wait 1 year before we start trying to have children, depending on YHVH's will, of course. A completely fair request considering the lengthy wait for us to simply wed! However, my immediate reaction to his desire was a worry that the next 365 days were going to be, well.... a little boring. I began to overlook the pages of our future that are full of thrilling commotion between sweet moments in the hubbub of our foundational first year. And on October 14th of 2013, I want to look back at those pages and marvel at how UNboring it really was! So when the 12 months are up, I will print all these pictures into a book entitled "Our Big Book of Pre-parenthood Adventures" or something along those lines. 

I hope that you all make the book! When we're 90 we will laugh toothless giggles at such fun with our great grandchildren on our knees. 

{{Chapter 1}}

 our morning wake-up show

 Our Home!!!! 

one of our first visitors

 

 

 

{{Chapter 2}}

 Me after braving the plumbing while Bryan was working (I was a little happy that all went well, thats all.)

 Thanksgiving...

 

 

Downtown Denver

A visit with Ang

 

Scarf-making with Hannah

Ok!! There's the long version of chapters 1 and 2! 

(probly cuz I had a great deal of catching up to do! I promise that it wont be that long again...)

"Elohim does favor us and bless us, cause His face to shine upon us...

For Your way to be known on earth, Your deliverance to all nations. 

Let the peoples praise You, Oh Elohim.

Let all the peoples praise You..."

 -Psalm 67

"And how precious are Your thoughts toward me, Oh El! How great has been the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more than the sand..."

-Psalm 139

{And let us not forget Jerusalem...}

Christine Wheeler

love never fails....

Taken from a recent journal entry, 8-20-2012. I made up an excerzize for myself to better grasp the concept of 1 Corinthian's 13:4-8. Love never fails, a Christian-church cliche that I rarely TRULY understand, because our culture has dragged "love" through the mud. To the world, its cooler to just stick with "Hate"; its easier, its popular, it's okay.


Oh, you dont believe me? Let me prove it to you.

Hate is not patient, waits for naught, does not endure.

Hate is unkind, rude, gissiping, and unforgiving.

Hate is envious, is jealous but not thankful.

Hate boasts with selfish pride.

Hate is puffed up and believes only in itself, not in YHVH.

Hate behaves indecently, disrespectfully, lustfully, and indescretely.

Hate seeks its own desires, puts itself above all, and does not make time for others.

Hate is easily provoked, is never reverent.

Hate reckons everything as evil (in other words, it has a victim mentality.)

Hate rejoices in unrighteousness, finds pleasure in lust and provocation, immaturity, abuse & depression.

Hate cowers from, avoids and manipulates the truth.

Have reveals and does not protect, does not have faith but despairs, expects no good thing, and endures no trial. Hate gives up.

hate.always.fails.

 



 

Okay..... pretty depressing, huh? Now lets look at the opposite, and try to spot TORAH through the light of truth.

Love waits patiently, endures trial, and gives second chances.

Love is kind, discreet, polite, caring beyond the first impression and beyond mistakes.

Love does not envy, is not selfish or jealous for things of this world that pass away.

Love is not puffed up. It is quiet, still and small.

Love always behaves with the fear of YHVH, seeking decency.

Love gladly looks for the gain of others before it's own.

Love does not have a victim mentality.

Love is refreshed by, smiles becouse of, and finds stability in the truth.

Love is a covering. Love forgives and covers mistakes.

Love believes all that is truth with no doubt.

Love expects great things! It finds the light in difficult times, praises YHVH for the end result, knows that trials and tribulations pass while the dross is burned away.

Love endures every hardship.

......(recap) Love endures every hardship.

Love never gives up, never quits, never despairs, never stops hoping.

love.never.fails.

 

.....ever!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 



and let us not forget Jerusalem!

 

love

--Christine Danae--

2012 in photog...

Dear Friends,
    Maybe its just cuz we live in Colorado Springs or something, but somehow, this has been a CRAZY year!

([{can we get a recap of that in a looming voice? ...... Cue the looming voice!)]}

CRAZY YEAR!!!!

Looking thru the exsisting pictures on my camera, i was so surprised as to what all we have accomplished, like the new roof on our house; Hannah's caddy job; and getting my CNA. We have also gone thru allot as a city and family, like the Waldo Wildfires, two more grandchildren added to the family, getting goats-a neighbourhood affair-; and Bryan and I becoming engaged.

To be realistic.... we've learned a great deal. :) and life has changed as it moved into the fast lane....

moved into a chaotic fast lane.

moved into a speeding, hectic, chaotic fast lane.

our family unknowingly moved into a speeding, hectic, chaotic fast lane and still dont quite know what to do with ourselves....

Change happens.

I'm so thankful that we captured at least SOME of the changes on camera.....

So gentlemen and ladies, i give thee.....

passover treat.... (unleavened of course! )

technically, this wasn't exactly 2012.... but close enough!!

my highschool graduation party- April 2012, Dad and Hezekiah

painting

Isaac, Kira and Luke (the latter, Will and Rose's latest 2012 addition jkjk :))

so.... the 2012 project of the year. Dwarf Goats. Lasted about 5 months.... :(
But we enjoyed it!

Challah baking. favorite helper. i miss marcy. :(

and how could i forget us?

well, the clock's still ticking. if its only the end of Summer, what new trials and tribulations will meet us in the years end? who knows?

"Oh YHVH, You have searched me and know me, and know well all my ways..." -Psalm 13

and let us not forget Jerusalem!

Shalom!!

-Christine-



He said...

For your information, I am still alive, and I openly admit that my blog has indeed suffered a level of neglect as busy times, fires, fees, packing, moving, GIANT ANTS, wedding dress alterations and The Hunger Games have invaded on the moments that quickly  fill up my clock. So sorry! But for those of you who are wondering, I am diligently counting my many, many blessings! Just moved into my new home, where Miss Latvia (see blog post) has employed me as her full-time care-giver until Sukkot. Soon, I will develop a new blog page entitled "Great Aunt March's Companion", (you wouldn't get it unless you've read Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women") in which you will see stories, lessons, and pictures from my new life as her companion. But today is Shabbat, and time doesn't allow for trifle blogging when there's sleeping to be done during the few winks of repose that she allows, (at 86 you'd think there would be little she would run around doing, but we are mistaken when we assume that once you pass retirement age your activity level completely retires as well.)

Until then, enjoy this song that makes me smile through these different times!

And let us not forget Jerusalem, nor those residents of Colorado Springs who lost their homes, this week. Thanks to Abba that it didn't happen to my family's house.

Rahel

Think on these things...

Hope this brightens your day.... and mine. :) Praise be to YHVH...

"Rejoice in YHVH always, again I say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The   Master  is near. Do not worry at all, but in every matter, by prayer and petition, with T H A N K S G I V I N G  let your requests be made known to ELOHIM... And the PEACE of Elohim, which surpasses all understanding shall guard your   HEARTS & MINDS   through Messiah Yeshuah. 

For the rest, brothers, whatever is...

TRUE: Torah, Joy, smiling, reality, thankfulness, fruit of the spirit, The Secret Place, educational books, the talents YHVH gave to me, the blessing of family, the blessing of friendship, a faithful dog (:P), "love TRUE love," the Elohim of Abraham & Isaac & Jacob, my father's blessings, Shabbat, faithfulness

NOBLE: my brothers, a clean heart, humility, a sense of propriety, a clean tongue, kindness, patience, self-control, selflessness, shining your light, being a leader, helping others, offering a kind word, living in fear of Him, respecting your parents, silence...

RIGHT: to be respectful of others, to dress accordingly, to be frugal, to offer thanks, to NEVER COMPLAIN, to work hard, to share your burdens, to follow the recipe, to limit the hours on facebook, to teach these words DILIGENTLY to your children, to love unconditionally, to never judge, to fallow boundaries

PURE: to renew your mind, to pray without ceasing, white frosting, water, life, YESHUAH, lace in Grandma's parlor, a childs prayer, a dance of praise, a kiss without shame, a barn with no nails, warm milk, fresh lilacs in the spring

LOVELY:  a faithful marriage, a thankful momma, songs that make me wanna dance in worship, Hanukkah candles, a Sabbath table, the city lights on water, nieces and nephews, children, little locks on a girl, a bride, Gramma's kitchen, the smell of fresh bread, a green field, white doves, fields of dandelions, when we hear the shout "THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!", ice cream

ADMIRABLE: a servant's heart, dirty fingernails, the fighting soldier, a well-weeded garden, cellars full of home-made canned goods, a hand-stitched quilt, STANDING FOR ZION,  bilingual people (yea, they totally get my admiration!!), nurses, talented singers

EXCELLENT: SHORTY's PHOTOGRAPHY ,well-made coffee, The song of Moshe, the SHEMA, a well-trained child, TESHUVA, a hearty plane-ride, hikes, Torah-Portions with my family, Psalms, cool interior design stuff, lego's put to good use, drawings, crayons, play-doh

        OR

PRAISEWORTHY: asking for wisdom, a Prov. 31 woman, not succumbing to peer pressure, a job well done, working hard, achieving goals, finishing a book, sharing, modesty, full journals, novel writers, coloring the ENTIRE picture, delighting in YHVH, the WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS...  

think on these...  

and let us not forget

jerusalem

:)

--rahel--  

 

Miss Latvia

I am sitting at Miss Latvia's feet when I ask her to tell me of her youth. (For her privacy, I'll call her Miss Latvia, because Latvia is where she was born, in the 1920's) She replies by telling me stories of her European past, speaking in a Russian-German accent, which she says she has tried for 60 years to get rid of. I imagine black-and-white photographs of her family in the Displaced Persons Camps (D.P.C.), sleeping on thin mattresses inside mere cinder-block walls. These are some of the things she dictates to me, so that her story might be remembered. Though she does not describe it in very much detail, her life is a unique picture all its own. The beginning is like a sad flip-book. However, Miss Latvia speaks of hardship without grumbling. She is even thankful for the life that she led in the German D.P.C. from 1946 to 1949, just after WWII.

"We never complained," she says. "For there was never anything complain about. Sure, the canned split-pea soup was like Green Scandal, and the closest thing to sugar or cake that we ever got was a loaf of bread... But we were lucky."

OK! I'm counting my blessings!!!

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My favorite part of her dictation was how she and her husband (married for 60 years) stayed committed to each other through so much...

"It is better that man and wife start out poor," she says, "with nothing but each other and the bare basics to live on... We started in this new country, with no money, no friends, no big house, and no English. And that is good. For it forced us to rely only on one another. Now days it is so easy to back out of relationships and marriage. Today is a day of having everything that you need or want; there are always other options. But it is better if there are no other options for two young people... "

Wow. I am so privileged to glean from her wisdom!

On that note, I shall leave you to contemplate. { you know.... Selah.} If I keep going on about her story, I fear I'll never stop. But I will say that I am very very thankful that I was able to write down Miss Latvia's dictation of her life. It was so cool!

and let us not forget Jerusalem! 

Rahel

Miss Latvia and me... April 2012

Wedding stuff... No guys alloud!

Just wanted to post some of my inspiration photo's with wedding planning. Enjoy!