There Gone!

On Friday my family and I went out of town to see a play with my dad's parents! When we arrived home last night I could barely wait to check on the birds, so I jumped out of the car, ran through to garage and into the house to get the flash light. I went back out into the garage and climbed up to see them! I couldn't wait to see how much they had grown! I peeped in and saw... NOTHING! They were gone! No sign of them anywhere! We don't know what happened to them.

My whole family is quite glum. I am so thankful now that I have pictures of them! All we can say is the Lord knows best. We don't always understand what His plans are but we know that they all work for good! Thank you Lord for those sweet little days we got to enjoy with them!

In Christ,

~Mac

Update on Our Baby Wrens!

Yesterday the last of the Carolina Wren eggs hatched! We still don't have a Cowbird baby. Here are a few pictures I snatched of them while the mother was out! (They don't really like the flash so I have to do them quickly or in segments)

They're having a wonderful nap!

"Hello There!"

"Oh are you taking a picture of me!"

Isn't this picture cute?

God really knows how to make my day! I am still working on getting one with their mouths open!

In Christ,

~Mac

Babies!

Last year a family of Carolina Wrens built their nest in our garage and had two babies! We left the nest because it was on a wreath and it looked pretty and now we are paying for that decision because we have Carolina Wrens in our garage again, which my mother did not want to happen (too much stress). This year instead of two eggs we have FIVE one of which was a little larger than the others and was blue not white with red spots! I thought that it was a little strange that she would lay a different looking egg so I researched it! It was not a Carolina Wren it was a Brown Headed Cowbird egg! It seems that Brown Headed Cowbirds come and infest other birds nests! I then learned that there was a 31percent chance that the wren babies might not make it because the Cowbird has a shorter incubation period than the wrens, so by the time the wrens hatched the Cowbird would be a lot bigger and would suffocate the Wrens! We then had to decide whether or not we were going to let the Cowbird egg live. We decided to leave it in God's hands and see what He decides to do! This morning two of the five babies hatched! They were both wren babies! I learned a lot more about Cowbirds and Wrens when I researched it but I will leave it to you to find out more if you are interested!

Here are some pictures of them I took!

This is the momma wren from last year! Wasn't she nice to pose for me!

This is their sweet humble abode!

Here they are! The egg in front is the Cowbird egg and the other egg that you can barely see is the Wren egg!

I will try to get some more pictures soon but the Mother likes to be with her children so it is hard to take them! Also the location of the nest makes it rather difficult to take a picture.

I think they are just adorable!

~Psalm 148~

¹ Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD from the heavens,
praise him in the heights above.

² Praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

³ Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars.

⁴ Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for he commanded and they were created.

⁶ He set them in place for ever and ever;
he gave a decree that will never pass away.

⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth,
you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

⁸ lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,

⁹ you mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,

¹⁰ wild animals and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,

¹¹ kings of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,

¹² young men and maidens,
old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for his name alone is exalted;
his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

¹⁴ He has raised up for his people a horn,
the praise of all his saints,
of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the LORD.

Don't we serve an awesome Creator!

In Christ,

~Mac

Yes we are living! :) Sorry we haven't posted sooner! We have been struggling with what to post on! I have ideas but it is difficult finding the time. I have decided that this Joy challenge is more difficult than I had originally anticipated! I will post about my trials of this month at the end! I hope ya'll are having an awesome February! Don't worry I will be posting again soon!

The King reigns and His Son,

~Mac

Christmas Catastrophes Finale

I was planning on writing each of these in its own post but since it is already February, I thought you might like us to move on! =D I will give you a brief overview, though, of what did occur! Sorry this took so long!
1. Here is your Science lesson for the day!
New Year's Day was my daddy's birthday, so my Omie Eva (my daddy's mother) made him a chocolate birthday cake with powdered sugar on top! We put candles in the form of how old he was turning and then lit them. As my daddy proceeded to blow out the candles, the powder sugar blew upwards and caught fire! We were not expecting that! My daddy's eyelashes were singed, his eyebrows were singed, and the tips of his hair were singed! We now know that powdered sugar is flammable! =D 2. I was working on Cd's that I was going to give my mother for Christmas and itunes erased them all!
3. We were straining out seeds of some berries that were going to become punch and they went everywhere, on the counters, on the floor, and all over my mother! (We had church at our house that night!)
4. I was traveling with my cousins to our grandparents' house and a tire bouncing down the interstate hit their car. This was my first, and hopefully last, wreck to ever be in! This was my cousins second wreck in 2009, so please pray that they will be able to get the parts they need for their van cheaply.
5. And last but not least, I was at my other grandparents' house watching a movie with my siblings and Kat and her siblings when the chimney box fell in! We had noticed it earlier in day that it was cracking but didn't think it would collapse!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year!

In Christ,

~Mac

Christmas Catastrophes #1

In my last post I told you that I would be sharing all of the horrible things that have happened to me this Christmas season! Here is number one.

One morning , before Christmas, I was cleaning up candy which had fallen out of a cornucopia ornament that my sister had made. After I had picked the candy up, I turned to pick up an ornament which had fallen off as well. As soon as I arranged them correctly on the tree again, the initial one tumbled to the floor spilling candy everywhere!! As I reached to pick up a piece of candy next to a present, my hand brushed against the bottom of a present! I felt it again to make sure that it really was wet and not just my imagination. Alas, it was not my imagination. My sister's present was wet, as was one of my brother's, my daddy's and one of mine. Mine was completely soaked! The other presents were fine though.

In Christ,

~Mac

Just a little update on me!

I'm sick! Okay I have a little cold, nothing extreme! I am thankful it came after thanksgiving not on thanksgiving or before! I would have been so sad if I had been sick on thanksgiving!

Besides being sick, I am visiting my grandparents and cousins for a week and a half! I LOVE visiting them, we have so much fun! It's really nice to relax and not have to set an alarm clock! =D Other than what I mentioned above nothing is really going on! Oh! One more thing! Kat is going to have a piano recital at a retirement center on Saturday and I get to go, but I will let her tell you about it! Heehee! Maybe she will post pictures of where she did it! Please pray that she won't be nervous! Kat has to go on stage without her music and I know from previous experience that if you mess up it is really humiliating!

In Christ,

~Mac

Tragedy at Fort Hood and the Importance of Life

On Thursday, November 5, 2009, an army psychiatrist opened fire in Fort Hood killing 12 and wounding 31.
Please pray for the families of the people that were killed! Also, pray for the doctors that will be working on the wounded.
Talking about death makes me think about life and how precious it is. Life is so precious! I think death is one of the main things that can make us worry. It comforts me to know that my Heavenly Father knows how long I will live and I don't need to worry because his Son has told me not to. When someone in my family dies or a friend's family member dies it makes me think about my life! Am I treating every one with love and respect? When someone dies it make me want to be close to my family because I don't know how much longer they will be here on this earth or how much longer I will be here.
In Christ,
~Mac

My Day

I woke up this morning to the lovely sound of my alarm clock! LOL... actually I don't think it sounds that lovely! I got up made pancakes, then talked to one of my best friends (who lives about six hours away) about our up coming trip! After I finished talking with her, I worked on my education. We had lunch. Then we cleaned our den from top to bottom. You name it we did it! After we cleaned the den, I went outside and played with my siblings. We played for about an hour then came in because my mother had to go to the store. Right before I posted this I played a rousing game of Big Fish Lil' Fish with my youngest brother! He won twice and I won once. Humph! =D

In Christ,
Mac
P.S. If you have to get up early I advise you not to wait and read your Bible at nine o'clock and not get to sleep 'till eleven! I have experience!