Dear Zoey Prt. 2

Dear Zoey!

My, oh my, when will you ever get here? everyone here is so excited, we talk about you a lot, and try to imagine what you will look like, act like, and sound like, in our minds, but I'm sure what we imagine won't compare to your beauty!

Me and Aunt Bekah Boo think you will be a singer, do you like to sing? when you get here we will teach you all the songs we know!

I wander what your favorite thing to play will be? Ethan (your big brother) likes to play Peter pan! Olivia likes to play Barbies, dress up and house. Charlotte, I think what Charlotte likes best is to do flips and to be thrown around :). As for Selah, she likes to pretend she is a doggy!

I can't wait for you to be here with us! It seems like you've been in our hearts for so long we already know you! I wonder how it will feel when your finally in our arms! I want you to know that even though you are miles away from us, we are still thinking about you and praying for you! when you get here you will never be lonely, you will never have lack of attention, you will always be showered with hugs and kisses, and there will always be something new for you to learn, and always someone there to teach you!

Well baby girl, One thing I take delight in whilest we are apart is the connection we have through our heavenly father! While we wait for you and you for us, we can take refuge in Him! We can find peace and rest and hope in Him!

I love you sweet baby girl! keep in mind that there is someone far away, waiting for, thinking of, and praying for you!

Dirt, British Accents, And Other Wonders Of The Bricker Household!

In this post I am going to give you a tour of what goes on at my house in the evenings, using last night as an example!

Here are some things you need to know before we get started. Three of my brothers live with us, one of my brothers is constantly here. One of the brothers who live here has a wife and three daughters- who also live here. My cousin from Indiana just moved here, and while yes he isn't living with us, he too is constantly over (It's a joy having him here might I add.) I have two hardworking wonderful parents, and a gorgeous sister. Moral of this paragraph is our house is never void of people! Especially on Monday nights.

 My mother likes to garden you see, and this year I have taken a liking to helping her. Not because I feel inclined to assist her, or because she even needs my help. But I enjoy the feeling of soil between my fingers and under my nails, I enjoy picking rocks out of the garden, and I even enjoy the tedious work of weeding! I think it’s all fun! But my favorite part is spending time with my mother! We talk about things like "What's your favorite flower" "upcoming vacations" and "graduation parties.”

My brother Caleb and my father are the hard workers, what they consider a project, or just the fun of it, or even just hanging out, everyone else in the world calls it work. Like building a mega awesome three story playground for the grandkids, or fixing up cars! They are always working, and I respect them for that.

Last night my cousin John and brother Simeon and I, threw a soccer ball around the front yard for a while, we didn't kick a soccer ball around, we threw it to each other as if it were a quibble, we tried to get it to go through narrow spaces between trees, and so on. it was so fun!

My sister and I made dinner and we all ate it together and watched the special features from Harry Potter. Some of us went to dollar general and stopped by McDonalds for a milkshake afterwards. We talked, laughed, and teased. Now that the tour is coming to an end you can plainly see, we live quite simply here, there's nothing about us that sticks out very much, we are just a big homeschooled family who lives in the country, and loves the Lord God. We rest in His promises, and hope in His glory!

Now as we come to the very end of the tour I beg you look back and notice something, over half our conversations come about with British accents! My brother Simeon and I hardly speak a word to each other if it isn't British said. My mother and I speak British while gardening, and when play we yell British exclamations. Don't ask me why or how we do it. . . We just do! 

15 Things I've Seen Today!

Things I've seen today!

1. Calming Rain and exillerating sunshine.
2. A live muskrat that quickly became dead.
3. Under the hood of my car.
4. Three bank tellers whom I call friends.
5. A Mexican restaurant.
6. Lime green walls.
7. A big white truck.
8. The indescribable sunset.
9. A mop and bucket.
10. Small smiles and baby teeth.
11. A movie.
12. Still waters, like doldrums.
13. An apple.
14. Cats.
15. A mango smoothie!