An eventful Sunday

Yesterday was a good day until.......we got a new couch.   To make a long story short our house is set up a little weird.  The door we have to move things in and out of  is on the front of the house, and a set of stairs is directly inside of it.  Naomi and I got the couch in the door and up the stairs.  Then we had to turn it.  As we turned it, I tried to adjust and ended up shattering the light fixture on the ceiling.  There was a delay, and then the blood started.  Naomi had a puncture wound to her forearm and I could not get the bleeding to stop.  In the middle of all of this were the kids and on top of that our home phone is messed up, waiting for repairs.  So, I ran next door got the neighbor, called the ambulance and got the kids together.  The bleeding finally stopped and they released her to go on our own to the hospital.  She has quite a puncture but it only needed a stitch to close it.  We are very lucky this wasn't worse.  We got back to the house at 6:30, got the kids.  Finished 8twleve our preteen group at church and passed out at 9:30.  We have decided if we move we will just leave the furniture in this house.  It will be a lot easier and safer.

Cliff

The new ride!!!

Just wanted to show everyone our new set of wheels.  It is really good on gas and we are pleased that the Lord blessed us with it.

On a very serious note with a great big "Thank You!"  we want to thank Carl's speech therapist for this blessing.  It was suppose to last until Christmas but I didn't get a chance to tuck it away in the garage and cover it up before he got to it.  Soooo..he enjoyed for quite a while yesterday.  Thank you very much Michelle, it is greatly appreciated.  (Now dad can get me that John Deere tractor one with the tow behind cart).  HAHA.  

A day without

soccer.  This is one of the few days until October 4th that we have not had a soccer game.  So today we were looking forward to a nice evening with the kids.  I had lunch with my good buddy Dave.  Had a couple of meetings, hung out with Carl a little, ran some errands and had a very good day.  Na worked herself to death once again today.  So the girls came home, we got homework done or at least tried.  Na took a bike ride for some quiet and when she got back..........I was in the backyard with the kids..................playing SOCCER!!!.  That's right.  The goal out, the girls fighting for the ball, Carl in the middle of them and enjoying every second of it.  When you realize that your kids are healthy.  Able to talk and all the things we take for granted, even when it leads to arguments, it doesn't matter what you are doing with them.  It has been a great day here in upstate, and then I topped it off with talking with my buddy Matt in NZ.  What a day.  What a blessing.  Sorry I forgot the camera Ma.

Cliff

Not making any...

headway it seems.  Between trying to keep up with the normal things of a house and family, having the church right across the street is like having another property to take care of.  I can do simple things and can be handy but I need to learn more to do this right.  It is very frustrating to know there is so much to get done, not a lot of help, and living up north the weather will have its own way of slowing me down.  I understand why some pastors say they don't like living on the property or real close to it now.  But, I grew up watching our pastors do this same thing, because that is what they had to do.  I never heard them complain, even they probably felt this way.  And they always kept going because it is a part of not the job, but the calling.  The greatest part is, I wanted trade it for the world.  This is where we are suppose to be.  This is where the Lord wants us, and even with all the "stuff" I love it.  For that, I say Praise the Lord!

Cliff

And so it begins...

the changing of seasons.  I think that is one of the real things that I like about living up north.  Fall is coming, and coming swiftly.  the leaves have been changing for a little over 2 weeks.  Temps were in the 40s this morning and a possible freeze and frost tonight.  Along with that comes the head colds, runny noses and the stuff we don't like, but what are going to do.  Change.  Defined as; too make or become different; transform  alter in terms of; to arrive at a fresh phase; become new.

Change.  In life not something easy, or always enjoyed, but in the hands of God it is definitely to become new, and a "fresh phase" that was not deserved but needed.

Cliff

Stop, Look & Listen....

Today I had the pleasure to be at home sick with Carl.  Pleasure probably raises some questions for you, but it was.  Everyday when you feel fine and life is going at its usual 100 mph pace you miss a lot.  Well, having a head cold that clogged up every hole in my head slowed me down quite a bit, but I got to do something I hadn't done in a couple of weeks probably..........just watch and listen.  I watched Carl, all his little expressions, how his mouth moves when he says certain things, how intense he gets when he pretends he's reading.  Watch him look out the window and the wonder in his eyes.  These things that happen all the time, and you wonder "When did he start doing that?".  I hope it doesn't take me to not feel well to get me to stop and look and take in this wonderful life and 4 blessings I have.

Cliff

Here we are.

Finally, after trying different sites it is just easier to be here.  So...........Here we are.  We will do our best to post a often as possible.  Everyday, every week, don't know but this is a start.  So keep coming back and checking out what the fam is doing.  There is always something going on, so it isn't like we don't have anything to talk about or post.  We'll be seeing ya.

The Pruitts