Morning sickness?

Week 6

Whoever called it morning sickness must have been a man!! Try- all day sickness! I find myself wondering how something as small as a grain of rice can make me feel so terrible?!? True to form, I began feeling bad on the first day of week 6, and if it happens just like the other three, it will end on the first day of week 12! I must be getting old- 6 weeks of this seems to be more than I can handle. I am of Advanced Maternal Age, as my MIL so lovingly pointed out!! Maybe that's it! Of course, moving could have something to do with the overwhelmingness of it all (is that a word? well it is now!) I promise not to whine- I am thrilled with God's graceful gift of this new baby! So suck it up- Ferrell! But- I digress with this last question- how can something that cute make me want to puke?!?!

FREE ICE CREAM!!!!!!!

Ben and Jerry's: Free Cone Day--Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Ben & Jerry's is hosting their annual Free Cone Day tomorrow (Tuesday, April 21, 2009). From noon to 8 p.m., all Scoop Shops across the nation will offer a free scoop of any ice cream of your choice to every customer.

As always, I recommend you call your local store before heading there to confirm they are participating in this promotion.

Still moving!

With our closing date still a week away, I feel like we are over taken with boxes, boxes, boxes! Traditionally, (did you catch that this is our 18th move) I pack the kitchen at the first of the last week before the move. Pretty clever- that way on top of all of the thing that I need to take care of, I DON'T have to worry about cooking! Praise be that a Little Caesar's has just opened on our corner- $5 pizzas! Can I get an amen!! On the other side of the cooking issue, I have to be very careful with my weight and pizza every night is probably not what the baby would like!
So, pity me- packing, moving, growing a baby, AND cooking!!!!

Another arrow for our quiver!

Announcing the newest blessing in our life! We are expecting our fourth child in December! We are very excited, and to answer your question-no, we are not "surprised"! We have been hoping that God would bless us with another baby. We are humbled by his gift of another arrow for our quiver- and hope for more!


Psalm 127 ³Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. ⁴Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. ⁵Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

He Is Risen...

He Is Risen Indeed!!!!!

18 ~ ten and eight ~ eighteen

18 seems to be our magic number this year! We will have been married for 18 years in July- YAY! And- drum roll please- we are moving for the 18th time!! NO YAY!!!

Due to the wondrous and exciting merger of our church with Harbins Church, the Ferrells need to find a new place to live. We have lived on the 13 acre church property for almost 4 years now- that's the longest we have lived anywhere. We have so much more stuff than we ever had- the kids are bigger, we have all of our school stuff, and Roger's office is in our home. We used to be able to move with a 27 ft truck- NO MORE!!

I am completely bowled over by the amount of packing I need to do. Larry, a friend of ours, brought me 66 boxes the other day-add another 6 and you see how I feel about packing! Larry so sweetly brought me the boxes, tape and two markers. He kindly said "I am sure this will be enough!" I also sweetly just smiled at him! It was so hard not to laugh in his face, but that would not have been sweet- so I said "we'll see!" and can you get more?!

Next week, our church is traveling to New Orleans to help rebuild a church. Em and I are going to stay home and you guessed it- pack!! (AT least I won't have to fix meals and teach school- that should give us a lot more time!)