Well, we’ve been packing like crazy people here for the past few days, and we’re almost done! I only have a few things left in the kitchen and the bathroom! It’s amazing really! Hopefully we’ll be able to hit the road with our first load of cows/household belongings tonight. It all depends on if Larry can catch the calf he’s after!

I am NOT a naturally organized person, and now it looks like I need to pack up what we have here and move it back to our farm – another move!

Whew. I need God’s grace on this one! Still, I’m relieved that we won’t be having belongings in two homes, that is just TOO confusing for a disorganized gal like me, and makes homeschooling almost impossible!

Prayers appreciated – I’m going to have to work hard to find room for everything back at the farm!

Well, it’s official – we are going to be heading back to our farm at least until baby is ready to arrive to do some more work on the house up there.  HOPEFULLY we’ll be able to get some dial-up internet there on a month-by-month basis as we see how things go.

So, for a few days we’re gathering together some more supplies and materials so we can sock in up there for awhile .  I’ve been VERY, VERY busy washing everything – including VAST amounts of laundry!!  It’s been like a BIG spring clean.  Whew.  It’ll be nice to have a break from endless washing and hanging for a few days .

A plus is that I’ve been able to get some baby blankets and clothes washed up already and baby isn’t due until December .  Heehee!

Well, we did make it out to our farm after all that packing and preparation, and have been out there for a week – hence the drought of blog posts!  There is free wireless internet at the library in Westlock so I was able to check email once, but nothing more than that .  We’re in the city overnight, so I have a wee big more time to blog than I have over the past week (ZERO internet access out at our farm since we moved our satellite.)

I’m slowly checking things off my list.  Children have been fed.  Most of the dishes have been done.  Laundry – long way to go.  Packing – not started.  Blog posts finished.  Business promos, started but need more work.

Screaming avoidance – mostly successful so far .

After experiencing some potty back-sliding after I weaned my 2-year-old she’s now back on track!  She was nearly pottying herself completely at 2, but was then weaned and started wetting the floor, her pants, the bed, EVERYTHING.  It was very strange, and definitely tied to the weaning, but we just took a few steps backwards.  We made sure we took her to the bathroom with us whenever we went.  Encouraged her to go every hour or two.  Sat with her.  Read stories.  We just did what we do when we are first potty training essentially.

Now she’s once again hurrying her little self to the potty and doing her thing, which is a great relief .  We even considered putting her back in diapers for awhile, but with new baby coming in December, that wasn’t somewhere we wanted to go!  So far we’ve never had two children in diapers at once, and I’d like to keep it that way if possible .

Full speed ahead with the Ninky Nonk repairs! Larry is just putting everything together again right now, and he hopes that we’re able to take the Ninky Nonk out to the midwife’s appointment.

Either that, or determine if we need to pick up any other parts while we’re in the big city. Hopefully she’ll be squeak-free and running smooth the next time we take her out for a run! Seems like ‘new to us’ vehicles always need a bit of work done in the beginning .

Well, if you are keeping in touch with me on Facebook or Twitter, you’ve likely heard about our recent robbery (though this is my first post about it here.)  Thankfully we weren’t at our farm when the event took place, and thankfully little damage was done.  We’re also very thankful for good neighbours who are willing to call the police, and thankful that there wasn’t too much damage done.  We’re thankful that not much was taken and that the police have already recovered it.

We are thankful.

And we’re praying that God will intervene in the life of this young person and use this event to dissuade him from a life of further crime.  That he will learn that crime truly doesn’t pay, and that somehow his heart would be softened towards the creator of the universe.

If you feel led, I’d like to invite you to agree with me in prayer for this under-age offender.

Thank you.

Kaelynn is now officially riding a two-wheeler bike, WITHOUT training wheels!  Woohoo!  Larry modified a bike that we had here – he took off the pedals, and lowered the seat as much as he could so that Kaelynn could use it as a ‘push bike’.

We’d seen a television clip that said in some European countries (I think it was the Netherlands?) they didn’t ever really use training wheels.  They just used these bikes that are specially made without wheels so children can push along on them with their feet.  Kaelynn had been riding well with training wheels for some time, but the transition to a two wheeler without trainers was difficult because she hadn’t developed a good sense of how to balance a bike.

After two or three days of practice with her own modified push bike she was able to ride her two wheeler, and only had one scraped knee to show for it – and she learned on a gravel road, so that’s saying something!  She’s planning a celebratory party .  We are very happy for her, and she is completely in love with bike riding.

Well, this Ninky Nonk repairing business is turning out to be quite time consuming.  This is day 2 and we still don’t have the transmission out!  I know Larry is getting a bit frustrated, but I have faith in his handy-man abilities!  Everything is so crammed in to the ‘insides’ it’s a bit tricky to figure out how to get in there!

Prayers appreciated .