a day in the life...

today consisted of a lot of messiness. i don't know how that happens but some days are just messier than others. to start the day we had a box of rice chex dumped all over the floor by a trying to be independent averie. the middle of the day was fairly clean but they were both in bed. the evening started with noodles everywhere from dinner, green goop from church crafts last night all over the table (shhhh even a tad bit on the floor) and all over cails hands, mommy's shirt and the bathroom sink. while i was cleaning up from dinner and getting p.j.'s i hear the frantic yells from the bathroom "mama averie pooped in the tub...MAMA!!!!" sure enough to my dismay poop in the bubbles. then (yes the messes go on) while i was cleaning up the poopy bubble shower and making messy chocolate rice crispy treats (they were yum by the way!!!) i turn around to see a puddle of wees on the floor from averie. i was really trying to let her go without a nappy for a teeny bit and kept telling her she needed to try and potty. not to mention she just went in the bathtub!!!!! once again while i was cleaning up the wees with a paper towel and my shoe and stirring the sticky marshmallow mess, i hear a tiny sweet little voice calling into the kitchen "poos mommy". i look over to see a worried looking averie pointing at the living room. cail ran to see and oh yes, more mess!!!!! needless to say it was time for a nappy right away and work on potty training another day. i won't tell you about the messy faces after chocolate rice crispy treats but you can imagine for yourselves. anyway there's a day in the life of mommy!!!!!

Psalm 127:3-5 The Message
Don't you see that children are God's best gift?
the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?
Like a warrior's fistful of arrows
are the children of a vigorous youth.
Oh, how blessed are you parents,
with your quivers full of children!
Your enemies don't stand a chance against you;
you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

cail's princess party

we had to have one pirate because there was only one boy!!!!!! wow all those girls we need nathanael harkness from nz to come our way! go daddy with the pirate hat

what next...

for those of you checking in to see what is new with the bowlin's i just wanted to give you a fast update. a good word to describe what we are feeling now is perplexed. our funds are sitting at 47% we need 100% to leave by january. God does have a plan for our lives and a schedule He is following. He just hasn't told us what that is going to be yet!!! we have been traveling meeting new people and new churches for about 10 months now. God has blessed us with friends all over and has provided all we need all year. coming up on thanksgiving i guess this is appropriate to give thanks for all we have and i feel a bit sheepish for asking for more. we just need that final 50% to come through.
praising God some more we have had a few more on our south pacific teem ready to go at 100%. they are excitedly packing and ready to head out even before the holiday season is over. the georges are headed with their three children back to australia, steph is headed out the beginning of the year for north shore in new zealand and jessica will be heading out the first week of jan to be in new zealand for the youth camp. we just really want to be there with them celebrating too!!!!! we are looking forward to the holidays with family and friends though. i guess what i am asking you guys for is just a few more prayers our way.

pray that we will have the energy (and not get discouraged) to finish up our busy schedule before christmas.

pray that we will have safe travels and good health(we have all had a cough and cold this past week).

also pray we will get closer and closer to our 100% funded goal (for those family members reading this don't take this as a challenge to pray the opposite way to try and keep us home haha) and are amazed once again at how God works and plans our lives when we are not even aware of what He is doing.

thanks for all your faithful support of our family and for watching this blog to see what God has in store next for the bowlin family!!!!!


James 1:16-18 (The Message)

So, my very dear friends, don't get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.

cail grayce is three

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photos from horseheads n.y.

captivating

this is a poem i found based on the book by john and stasi eldredge. very good to make you think about who you really are and what God has created you to be. i would really recommend reading it ladies!!!!!