Mr. R and Mr. S spent the morning building gingerbread houses for everyone as well as themselves. Miss E took a bit of a break from her gingerbread men to build her own "house."
Mr. M had a blacksmithing class to go to in the morning.
In the late afternoon everyone got to decorate their houses.
We even kept the gingerbread theme with gingersnap chicken for dinner. YUM!
*We know that God is sovereign and that He directs our paths each day, but today He showed us that very clearly in the course he set for us. We had dinner plans to go to friends' home for this evening. In the morning they let me know that something came up and needed to reschedule. We easily adjusted our plans and went about our day. Around the time we would have been getting ready to go I got a call. It was my neighbor. Her husband had fell from a ladder and was injured, he needed help and she wasn't home. Rob was out the door in a minute followed quickly by Miss E. I quickly gave instructions, here at home to the older boys, and then ran over there too. His wife was home shortly and took him to the ER while we took their boys to our house to play for the evening. The boys had made extra gingerbread houses, so we had plenty to go around. These little boys that had just seen their daddy get hurt got to spend a happy evening playing with their friends and decorating gingerbread houses reassured that their daddy was in good hands and being well cared for.
I'm super proud of my kids. Everyone did just what they needed to in this emergency. Miss E didn't bat an eye at being sent over to help daddy with the situation. She helped with the little kids over there and also helped me get things cleaned up. At home Mr. R did great taking over watching little ones (who also did great by staying calm and playing nicely), Mr. M and Mr. S took over my dinner prep and got it all in the oven. We were thankful that God gave us this opportunity to serve our sweet friends and neighbors.
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