The Overduin's

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Western Day

If you wear a uniform to school every day, ending a themed month long read a thon with Western Day is a VERY big deal!!!

The boys crowed around google images to pick out their new look - provided with an old eye liner pencil.

They used kinex and tin foil to add spurs to their boots.

Cardboard + tin foil + sharpies + glue gun + safety pin makes for a right fine belt buckle any cowboy would be proud of! And I was very thankful for cowboy hats for 75% off at Value Village.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Egg Cartons

The kids are always cutting up stuff to make something new. Pretty sure this is the best way I've ever seen an egg carton reused! Thanks to Cara for plucking my mum by the back door :)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

I simply cannot afford to forget this conversation...

Cara's favorite place is still in our bed, smack between Steve and I, as cuddled up as can be. If she wakes up in her own bed and we've already left ours she begs for a few moments of cuddles. These cuddles often lead to great conversations.
Other fun facts about Cara. She reminds us so much of young Shelly that we do call her "little Shelly" from time to time. She's quite pleased about it! I'm not sure what came first, Cara's desire to be a nurse or her delight with being a "Little Shelly" but somehow I can't help wonder sometimes if she thinks she has to be a nurse to be like Shelly more than she actually wants to be a nurse. This morning's conversation added to those musings.

Cara: You know how I really want to be a nurse? I'm just not sure if I really want to.
Mom: Oh, why not?
Cara: Cause MOST I want to be a Gramma. BUT THAT'S A PROBLEM!!!!!
Mom: Oh, how come?
Cara: Because then I first need to have kids.
Mom: True....
Cara: But I DON'T want to get married!!
Mom: Well, I think I used to think that to, now look at me! I used to think boys were icky and now?!...
Cara: What's icky? slight side trail to the conversation about definitions and boys in general
Cara: Well....why didn't God plan that we could all just be like CHICKENS????!
Mom: What do chickens have to do with anything??
Cara: Well, there's LOTS of chickens and they don't all get married to the one rooster!!!!!!!!

(Yup, there's new hens and a rooster on the farm and there is talk about chicks... should she ever get a husband he will need to be a willing listener. This one is a ponder out loud child!)

Monday, September 14, 2015

Last minute Summer

Leah's been begging to take Grampa and Gramma's dog hiking. We decided on Vedder for our first run.... it was a gorgeous day

with a very happy girl and dog

and Gramps too!

SO very pretty and peaceful!

Only down side was the forest fire smoke that had rolled and blocked us from having any real kind of view. At one point we thought we smelled such a strong smoke fire that we looked at eachother a bit funny. It wasn't till we got home that we saw pictures on the news of a small forest fire on our mountain. Thankful it didn't explode like some of the others did this summer!

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Visiting

It's going to be very, very hard to leave.

One thing that's really struck me coming here is the fact that Holly has always surrounded herself with God's Word. She has Bible verses stuck everywhere in their house, kitchen cupboards, bathroom mirror, décor etc. This morning we read Isaiah 55 together. When we got to vs. 10 -11
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
¹¹So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

I told Holly that for me, it was God's promise that all His word, with His promises, His comforts, His tender love were there richly for her. She treasured His word all along and He will not leave her now!