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Monday, April 5, 2010

Real Moments- Resurrection Celebration

Hello Friends!

Our Resurrection Celebration was blessed. I hope you all had a wonderful, JOY filled weekend as you celebrated our Risen Lord! We had a beautiful service here at home with family. We took communion together, shared our hearts, our blessings, and heard the Word read! Afterwards, we enjoyed a delicious meal of Lamb (one of our pasture raised lambs), rice pilaf, cherry jello salad (it was so easy and fresh tasting!) and green beans. I was going to make some Challah bread but completely forgot until I was ready to dish up the plates. The children colored and hunted eggs even though we don't do any "Easter bunny". The children enjoy the eggs really as a fun game and creative expression. Even the "big kids" enjoy the egg coloring; their creativity is unlimited. Elisha colored an egg that was simply beautiful with a cross on it, Bekah made one that she called "eggberta" and gave careful instructions to all the little ones to be gentle when playing with her. This was our first year to use glow in the dark paint on the eggs. The children had so much fun painting all types of funny expressions on their eggs and then turning all the lights off to see them light up. They hope to gather with friends soon and hunt eggs in the dark.

One of the other highlights of our day was Elisha's homemade ice cream. He made a batch with his electric mixer and then one with his hand crank ice cream maker. I think it is always much more fun to make ice cream by hand than with the electric turner.. it just seems simple and reminds me of days when the little things were seen as some of the most cherished. This year, he made us a batch of Chocolate banana (grandma Connie's recipe), Strawberry and Vanilla. It was delicious!

Well, Beth-Joy just brought me a sandwich, Lamb with pineapple on a sprouted wheat bagel. I also have a cup of that home made strawberry ice cream I was just chatting with you about. Oh... so yummy!

Until our next chat...
Mrs. Joseph Wood

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A Moment in M.O.M.'s Kitchen- A tip from Vickilynn Haycraft

Hello friends!
Recently I asked a dear friend and Sister in Christ, Vickilynn Haycraft, for a kitchen tip she could share with us. I am delighted to share her note with you today! I have had the privilege of knowing Vickilynn for the last several years. My daughters and I have been blessed by her generous time and effort to teach us healthy cooking tips in the kitchen. I especially enjoyed her lentil burgers and made them for my family in an abundance once I learned how easy and tasty they were. I encourage you to visit Vickilynn's website, I am confident that you too will be blessed!

May the Lord bless the works of your hands as you minister faithfully to your family!
Mrs. Joseph Wood

Shalom Sister,

Here's one I've been doing for more than 20 years and I started doing it to save time and money. It works well with my Batch Cooking mindset for all foods.

When cooking dried beans, double the amount needed and cook them overnight in a large crockpot. Freeze the extra for the next time you need cooked beans.

First sort (for little stones) and rinse well (to remove dirt and dust) then place in the crockpot. Completely cover with water. Add a pinch of baking soda (to soften the beans) and a 1/2 teaspoon of dried ginger (to help remove the gas-forming properties) and cook on LOW overnight. In the morning, drain the water from the cooked beans. Use half in your recipe and freeze the other half.

~~In Messiah Yeshua,
Vickilynn Haycraft
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Real Moments in my Home!

I purchased a butterfly net for my children since we are having a delightful time watching them this fall. As Matthew ran out the front door he exclaimed with great pride, "I'm the BUTTERFLY hunter!"

As I cleaned out my purse, Sammy and Matthew sat on the bed watching as I went through each item. I found skittles at the bottom of my purse, a cheez it, nickles, dimes and pennies, lip gloss, receipts and more. Sammy said, "Mom it's like another world in your purse!" That child makes me smile!!

Ezekiel just informed me that making my coffee everyday should count as school work... he thinks it falls in the chemistry section since he is mixing coco with my coffee! lol!

After reading our proverbs for the day the children will tell me what verse they liked and what it meant to them. Today, Sammy was extreamly excited to share and raised his hand saying, "Pick me! Pick me! I know what my favorite verse was." "Okay Sammy, what was your favorite verse?" I asked. He replied, "My favorite verse is the one that says: Let no man throw a frog at his brother." The entire family started to laugh. I instantly read through the text again to see what might have sounded like that to him. Finally, I said, "Sammy, I can't find what verse you are talking about." He remained confident and said, "That's the way I heard it." When I told Grandma about it she said, "Well you know that is kinda biblical.. frogs are a curse so what Sammy was saying is: Let no man throw a curse at his brother." It's a good thing we always discuss what we hear in our Bible study.

As Matthew approached his fifth birthday he seemed disappointed. When I questioned him he said, "Momma? Can't I please just skip five and be six?!" I replied, "No... you have to be five first. Why don't you want to be five?" After a pause and with a discouraged countenance he said, "Because five is odd and I don't want to be odd Mommy!"

After all the children had their dentist visit Samuel began explaining how he had such good results. He said, "If you want to be like me all you have to do is only brush your teeth sometimes... the rest of the time... EAT THE TOOTHPASTE"

Bekah walked in while Matthew and I were working on his addition flashcards. She asked, "Matthew what are you doing?" "Doing my Plusing," He replied. I said, "You mean doing your addition" With confidence he turns to me and says, "Yes, that's it's middle name."

Bethany was helping Josiah look for beef cattle online when she came to me and said, "Momma, they had these really sad looking cattle that were super skinny called 'Commercial Cattle'. Momma that's all they would be good for - there wasn't enough meat on them for anything else." My Beth is just too sweet!

Timothy and Elisha were talking about all the contents of the Ark of the Covenant. When Elisha told Timothy that God had put the 10 commandments in it. Timothy replied with confidence, "Well He had too so that Moses wouldn't break them again!"

After several trips to the emergency room with my Timothy. I said, "Timothy, you really must stop hurting yourself like this. Each time we go through that hospital door it's costing Daddy 100.00!" He sweetly replied, "Is there another way we can get in Mommy?"

As Ezekiel and I poured over the garden magazines we ran across the brussel spouts. Ezekiel had never seen them before and with excitment said, "Momma, Look! They sell bite size lettuce!"

As we prepaired to vacume seal our newly butchered chickens. My Beth-Joy said, "Mom I know we want to seal our chickens but I can't figure out how we are going to get that chicken through that skinny slot!"

Jed was about five years old when he ran out to the kitchen and met me with excitement saying, "Mom I think God made my wife last night! I counted my ribs and now I am missing one!"

Matthew and Samuel were playing when the girls and I overheard them and couldn't help but giggle. Matthew wanted to play house and have a baby but Samuel informed him that, "You can't have a baby, Matthew- you're only a 2T"

While driving I often lose cell phone reception with my Joe. I never realized how much the little ones were listening until one day I overheard them say, "Mom and Dad broke up again!" "No Mommy broke up with Daddy" replied Matthew. "No! It was daddy. He broke up with Mommy again!" Replied Sammy. As I listend I thought it was a good thing no one was ease dropping into their coversation- they would think my Joe and I had a pretty rocky marriage! LOL

While on one of our "girls days" Bethany was having a hard time falling asleep. Grandma encouraged her to count sheep. After a few moments of slience we heard Beths sweat voice say, "Thump" We all thought about it for a moment and then Grandma asked, "Beth what was the thump about?" "Oh, one of my sheep ran into the fence... that's all Grandma."

A Note From M.O.M.

Welcome to a Moment with M.O.M(Mother of Many)

Have you ever wished someone would answer your questions, pray for your requests and listen as you ponder, pray and pursue your duties as wife and mother? Well, then you've come to the right place! Please join me as I, Jeanette Wood, share my heart, real moments from my home and loving encouragement on heart issues and practical tasks alike. If you have a question please feel free to email me and I will respond as the Lord allows. I don't claim to have all the answers but I know the One who does. I love to share what He has done in my life with others so that you might glean some of the gems that I have learned over the years. Come, sit on my porch or walk with me through the pastures as we share the goodness of the Lord.
Because of His Love,
Mrs. Joseph Wood

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Monday, April 5, 2010

Real Moments- Resurrection Celebration

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A Moment in M.O.M.'s Kitchen- A tip from Vickilynn Haycraft