The Bug Slayer!!!! and recent photos of the kids

Since I am always so busy, it seems like I seldom have a chance to post anything new. Today, however, I have a little bit of free time, so I thought I would tell about something that happened a couple of weeks ago. One night, as I was putting Lydia to bed in our room upstairs, I happened to notice a bug on the wall! It was a wind scorpion (non-poisonous, but very painful biter).

(This is a picture of a wind scorpion that I found on the internet.)

I killed it as quickly as I could with a shoe since he was on the wall right by her crib. I went to bed that night thanking the Lord that He helped me see it, but I was also still a bit nervous thinking that there might be more. Well, I woke up early that morning (around 4am) and went to the bathroom. There by our bathroom door was another one (wind scorpion - I thought). So, I got out the same shoe again and killed it! Then I went back to bed relieved that God had allowed me to see that one as well. Then when I woke up later, I asked Ron to clean up those ugly things on the wall. I didn't want to have to touch them at all!!! When we went to get them - I noticed that the other one was a real scorpion! Praise the Lord that I noticed it before it got one of us! Since then I have had "eagle eyes" for anything that might be moving along the wall. I guess my kids are going to call me the "Bug Slayer" now! Hopefully we won't see any more of those nasty things.



Here is a picture that Ron took of the scorpion that I killed. Yuck!





Changing subjects completely - I also wanted to post a few recent pictures that Ron took of the kids. I love my kids! They are so precious to me. Sometimes I get tired, but when I see these pictures it reminds me of what an important job I have and how I need to cherish the times I have with my kids today! They are growing up so quickly. Here they all are!


Andrew & Daniel





Hannah





Elisabeth



Lydia