Skijoring

SnOw SkIeS and ToRi has become a new favorite sport of mine.  According to google, "the sport of Skijoring behind a horse is to have originated as a method of winter travel, but today is primarily a competitive sport.Skijoring was a demonstrated sport  in the 1928 winter Olympics ."

Here is a bit of all the fun you all missed out on with our grand expedition, although we didn't catch the moment where Tori decides to stop short from a canter and all I see is Teddy's boots go on a flying trip over her head, or Elizabeth's sinking out of sight into a  4 foot snow bank, or my very graceful dismount from Tori's back to being flat on my back in very fluffy snowbank. But we had lots of laughs well worth it. Were headed to the big competions next. :) lol watch for us in the next winter Olympics. :)

Whatever things....

Philippians 4... 8 "Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.9 Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you."
Honest

–adjective

1.

honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright andfair: an honest person.

2.

showing uprightness and fairness: honest dealings.

3.

gained or obtained fairly

4.

sincere; frank

5.

genuine or unadulterated

6.

respectable; having a good reputation

7.

truthful or creditable

8.

humble, plain, or unadorned.

9.

Archaic . chaste; virtuous.

Just
-adjective

1.

guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness

2.

done or made according to principle; equitable; proper

3.

based on right; rightful; lawful:

4.

in keeping with truth or fact; true; correct

5.

given or awarded rightly; deserved, as a sentence,punishment, or reward

6.

in accordance with standards or requirements; proper orright

7.

(esp. in Biblical use) righteous.

8.

actual, real, or genuine.

Lovely
–adjective

1.

charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: 

2.

having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well asto the eye, as a person or a face.

3.

delightful; highly pleasing

4.

of a great moral or spiritual beauty

Pure
-adjective, pur·er, pur·est.

1.

free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminatingkind; free from extraneous matter:

2.

unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

3.

of unmixed descent or ancestry:

4.

free from foreign or inappropriate elements:

5.

clear; free from blemishes

6.

(of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.

7.

without any discordant quality; clear and true

8.

absolute; utter; sheer

9.

being that and nothing else; mere

10.

clean, spotless, or unsullied

11.

untainted with evil; innocent:

12.

physically chaste; virgin.

13.

ceremonially or ritually clean.

14.

free of or without guilt; guiltless.

virtue
-noun

1.

moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.

2.

conformity of one's life and conduct to moral andethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.

3.

chastity; virginity

4.

a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues,natural virtue, theological virtue.

5.

a good or admirable quality or property: 

6.

effective force; power or potency: 

7.

virtues, an order of angels. 

Sabbath Mom and I discussed this verse and while looking over the sabbath school lesson a point was made. Make a list of things you encounter in your life that  are honest, just,pure,lovely ect.  and so I've thought about it and some of the things see in my life that are purely heavenly. why then do I get dragged down by the thoughts of the the worried world on rumors of war, the states taxes increasing,  classmate's gossip, or the times I failed. This is an incomplete written list of things pure & lovely in my life. But what of yours, whatever things are you considering....? 

Family. Grace Of God. Friends. My Home. Winter & Snowflakes. Spring & Song Birds. Summer & Feeling green grass between my toes. Autumn & bright colored leaves.  The inspiration I get when I think of doing something special for a friend.  When I am still & listen. Sunsets and Sunrises. Hugs. Wisdom.  Holding a brand new Baby. My dog who is so excited when I am back. The experiences God placed in my life to shape just me. Mirrors. A Meal with good Friends or Family. Feedback. Prayer. Honeycomb. Inspiring.  Home Made Gifts from friends. Laughs & Remembered Laughs. When someone starts a new train of thoughts in my head. Angels. Music & Art of the Good kind. Running. Smiles. Education & Understanding. Time. Home comings. Devotions. Rain....