A Poem for Liberty

Little Lady Liberty

As I sit here and ponder, when you will be born,

Will it be late one night, or early morn?

Only God knows what blessed day it will be,

When at last little Liberty's face I shall see!

Do you have my eyes, or your daddy's nose,

Do you have his fingers, or maybe my toes?

Oh, how I wonder, will you look like me?

How long must I wait, little Liberty?

You are a blessing sent from God above,

For over 9 months you have filled me love;

My precious little babe I long to see,

The darling we will name lady Liberty!

~Sonya

Waiting on a Blessing!

9 days till my “due” date.  So close, yet so far away!  Having patience in the latter stages of pregnancy has never been easy for me!  I am trying to stay busy catching up on things, (like this blog) that I can do sitting down, and that don’t tire me out too much!  I finished reading Voddie Baucham’s book, Family Driven Faith, and if you haven’t read it ~ please take the time!  It is a book that will change your life for the better!  Right now I am reading Raising Maidens of Virtue, by Stacy McDonald.  Another very important book for mothers and daughters alike!  I have also been reading to the children after they have eaten lunch.  We are reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, something fun that we can all laugh about together!  Some of our children are needing a little prodding in their desire to read.  Most of them enjoy reading immensely, for which I am very thankful.  Me and my husband have always enjoyed reading, and we also like to read together.  I think it creates a special bond when a husband and wife or a family can sit down and read together.  Of course, you must have family worship time, which is the most important!  Right now we are going through Charles Spurgeon’s Catechism for our morning worship, and in the evenings we are going through the book of Deuteronomy.  If you haven’t read through Deuteronomy in a while, it is a most convicting book!  Our times of family worship are something that we cannot do without!  The Bible commands it and we must obey!  We must take time to do that which is most important ~ the salvation of our families is at stake!

~Sonya

22 Weeks & Counting.....

I know, I know......it's been way too long. But hey, I'm pregnant with #8, so cut me some slack!! :) Life is good, (the Braves are off to a great start!!) but it has also been busy. As is alot of you, we are gearing up for Easter this week. This Saturday we are having a Resurrection Celebration & Egg hunt for the kids at church. Gotta get busy stuffing eggs!! It will be lots of fun!
As most of you have heard, we are having another girl (unless of course they are wrong, imagine that!). But with our record, you only have a 1/7 chance to be boy in our family!!! Sorry Reb!
We enjoyed our visit with my sister and my mom during spring break. We even got to enjoy a little bit of the beach, although it was pretty chilly that day! It was a good day for my mom, she loves the ocean!
Our oldest daughter Rachel, won Teen Volunteer of the Year at the Nursing Home in our town. We go once a month as a family and sing and play our instruments for the residents. It is such a blessing to see the delight on their faces. We also enjoyed our hometown parade last Saturday, and Rachel was able to ride in a float and throw candy, (much to the delight of the kids)! We are trying to get our other children involved in playing instruments as well, but some of them can't make up their mind what to play. Reb is interested in playing the guitar, so that is what we bought him for his birthday. Rachel and Grace are also interested in playing the guitar too, and are picking up on it quite well. So, hopefully we will have a whole band soon!
We have had ups and downs over the past several months, but God is still good, and He has great things in store! Until next time......God bless!
~Sonya

God's Design for 2009

2009 is now upon us. Another year has come and gone. What should our motto be for this new year? First and foremost it should be, God's Design for 2009. What does God want from us this year? It should be the same thing He has wanted for generations! To give our lives wholly and fully unto Him! Let's make that our goal together, and what a difference we could make in this Nation!
Alot has transpired since I wrote last. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas. We were able to spend Thanksgiving with our family in Charleston, but we were sick during the Christmas holidays so we weren't able to travel. But we enjoyed some time here at home with just the "Fam". On New Year's Eve we had a watch night service at church and watced a good movie called Pendragon. The Burn's Family Studios have started making Christian -based family movies. I definitely recommend this movie!!

James made an announcement at church that night that I'm sure most have heard by now- We are expecting our 8th child!! We had truely thought that that time of our life was over, being that our youngest just turned 5! But God's ways aren't always the ways we think they are going to be! We are truely happy though with this surprise! Even the rest of the children can't wait, some have already started making blankets and things! James was teasing and telling everyone that it happened after I touched the book, The Duggar Family, 20 and Counting! We were out shopping on our anniversary (Dec. 19th made 16 years!!) and I bought the book, (and a pregnancy test) and that's our story!! Our due date is August 13th. Please keep us in your prayers for a heathy momma and baby! One the sideline of our blog, there are a couple of pregnancy tickers to help you keep track of our baby's growth. God Bless!

~Sonya