WOW! For God's timing

How can I ever thank God for His timing?
Somethimes you feel that,
you have to wait forever
and others happen over night!
The blessings He gives,
Hit the spot right!
Never give up,
because the momment you do,
He'll be right their to carry you though!




I love my friend Jess (TOT) Weaver

AN EXTRA DAY

WAHOO ... We are coming home Saturday night!!!
We were going to be coming home on Sunday but we are not needed sooo We are coming home Saturday.

We want to see as many friends and family as we can so leave us a post to let us know when you are going to be in Woodstock!!

Moving AGAIN

Well it is time to offically write that we are moving farther from CANADA. The Cornville program of Spurwink, that we are in is having a hard time finding kids that fit our division. SO... We are moving to another program in Portland, Called Roosevelt.
We are sad that we have to move farther from CANADA, but life goes on. Matt is excited about moving closer to the big guitar store in portland. I think that it will be hard for us to save money there but we will see how things go.
If you want to know more about what we do go to www.spurwink.org

Someday...just someday!

God's Life Lessons from His Horses!!

My wife loves to ride horses and I knew this when we met and when we got married. It was a sad day when Tami had to sell her horse to go to college and leave that life behind for the time being. I remember walks in the woods and by the rivers in Sussex talking about her riding again because she missed having a horse and even just riding a horse. Those days I always told Tami that she would have another horse again. She just did not seem to believe me.
The months and years went by and Tami talked less and less about her horse and riding and in the back of my mind I always felt guilty for pulling her away from the animal that she loved. As I got to know my wife more and more in our marriage I learned that it was her horses that had gotten her through the tough times and had gotten her through the divorce that she suffered from her parents in all of her teenage years. That is when I truly started to value and realize the importance and love that my wife found in these animals. It is when I felt that I needed to start invested in my wife's former and now revitalized passion for horses.
I have now started to take riding lessons with Tami and have started to realize the theraputic value and the depth of personality that a horse has. I have learned that they are a very intuitive beast that the Lord has created. They could be one of the most intuitive animals that has been created to walk these lands. In these times of riding and connecting with a horse I have learned how much more I have to learn to be intuitive of my wife's needs and feelings.
I may never be as intuitive as a horse but I hope to learn and become more in tune with my wife as I continue to learn to ride and learn more about these beautiful animals that God has created. Now when I tell my wife that she will have a horse again someday she believes me! I too hope to have one as well!

Matt looks goofy on a horse, But has great balance.

Matt and I have been taking riding lessons since October 2006. I have ridden horses since I was nine and Matt is brand new to the horse world. We were taking the lessons down in Skowhegan Maine with a instructor, but this person did not know how to teach lessons.
The first lesson we had with her. She showed Matt how to hold the reins wrong. She told him not to use his legs for the first lesson. And she had Matt hold the reins so long and he had no contact with the horse's mouth. AKA - He could not stear the horse. The second lesson was worst than the first. Her daughter was their, the owner of the horse that Matt was on. The daugther kept telling Matt that his reins were too short and I was getting mad because his reins were already to long and he had to control of the horse. For both lessons, for what she tought me, IT WAS NOTHING!!! We paid her $60 an hour. What a rip off!
Now We are taking lessons in Woodstock, at Dickinson's Star Ranch, with Greg Dickinson. He is very intense and an excellance instructor! Matt is doing great when it comes to balance, walking, jogging, useing his legs and arms to make circles. BUT when he lopes it looks so funny. His legs are out infront of him, like he is sitting in a chair, his face is so focused with a weird look on his face. And it looks like he is trying to sit back on his butt, instead of setting straight in the saddle.
Over all, I can't complain because at least he is trying to ride. And that makes me happy!