Who is that?
Love this pic of Dakota looking at his reflection

Sara digs up a skunk cabbage-brave and wild (they stink!)

Oh, what a beautiful day on the farm. The sun is shining, the sky is blue. It's so funny how sunshine just seems to make everything bright inside and out. It is still brisk here, but the horses are out romping and rolling in the mud. If you don't know horses, that is the first thing they like to do when they escape from their stable prison...a good roll in the mud! I'm enjoying it as well, but don't feel inspired to go roll in the mud. We had a leisurely morning enjoying morning conversation with the collegiate. Put the corned beef in the crock-hey I'm Irish (1/4 at least), gotta have the brisket! Then off to do barn chores. Lunch, blog, next comes tackling some mess. The clutter is calling for spring cleaning! It will at least get a start today. Barry has diligently been digging through box after box of old records and papers and purging this week. It's a big chore.


Yesterday was a sabbath rest day. Wonderful worship, wonderful nap and wonderful fellowship with the kids friends visiting. Sara and her friend Peter trekked about the woods looking for photo ops. and exploring woodpecker habitat. Matthew had the guys over for video games, pizza/wings and general "hanging out." Sunday is usually the only nap day I get unless I'm sick or extremely worn out, and that makes it sweet.

Easter is less than a week away now, and as we prepare our home with spring cleaning and clean up for relatives or friends, I want to reflect on the cleaning that I don't have to do. I don't have to "clean up my act," do good works to earn my way into heaven. I couldn't if I tried. Jesus did the spring cleaning of my heart when he humbled himself to death on the cross on my behalf:

I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Phil 2:5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

As I dive into the spring cleaning this week, I will remember as I work, the exalted Christ who humbly died on a cross to cleanse me from the sin which I could not clean up.