Mission of Motherhood

There is an article going around on facebook that encourages stay at home moms to see their work as a "field". This is not a bad thing, for in all things we are to abide in Christ and make disciples...our children should be our main disciples! But, I must step in and say that I believe as an act of abiding our hearts are geared to invest into the lives of the outside world. How will we teach our children unless we model for them what the love of our Father looks like? I believe even as moms we can change the world. Is it easy, no. It takes lots of planning, patience, and passion to get out of "mom world" and invest into the lives outside our family...but it is possible! We live overseas and two days a week I make myself step out and do something to change the world around me. Most of the time, Wyatt is right beside me. I am a firm believer that in order for him to learn to love others in a tangible way or to share the best story ever, he must be taught by his parents. Ok, there is my soap box! haha

The Burden-Lest we forget to pray

New Park!

There are no parks in Shimla and basically nothing for kids at all. But recently, a new company built a park and we make sure to go there as much as we can before everything gets broken (one of the swings is already broken after 2 weeks ;( So here is a pic of Wyatt at the park!

The day we took this picture, Levi decided to carry Wyatt on his shoulders. They were laughing and playing and then it happened....Wyatt spit up all over Levi's head! Levi was so calm because I was gagging and Wyatt didn't know what to do...so Levi went to the car, got a towel and cleaned up. He was so rattled, however, that he locked our keys in the car! A couple of men stopped to help us and after about an hour of working on the car, they found out how to break in. They just took out the back window! Crazy, but it worked! Now we can break into any Scorpio in India! What a crazy, but fun day!

Cooking it up!

The summer is an awesome time where we get tons of guests. If they are not staying here, they are probably eating here. That said, Wyatt, Levi and I spend lots of time in the kitchen prepping all our veggies and chicken, making bread, pie crusts and pizza dough and freezing it for groups that show up, ect. Most people that see us from the West are craving American, Mexican or Chinese food but our Indian friends only want Indian...so, I am learning how to make many of their favorite Indian dishes (and some of ours as well). I will make sure to take some pictures of our cooking days. I have a friend who is coming to cook with me this week and we are making some Indian meals for a friend who is travelling with Levi this week. When they get home, we will greet them with an Indian feast! (this means roti (like tortillas with wheat flour), rice, dal, and veggies (potatoes for levi). When Levi is gone (like he is right now) I make an Indian dish called kitchuri because it is easy to make and to clean up. This is how:
*in a pressure cooker, heat up your oil, then add some diced onions, garlic and ginger. Stir for a little while until tender
*add diced tomatoes and stir...when tender, add your chilli powder, salt, masala, and other spices
*stir in 1 cup of rice and 1 cup of small beans...then add 4 cups of water and put your lid on the pot
*wait for one whistle and turn the cooker off...wait 20 minutes and then it is ready to eat! makes enough for like 6 people! So good and so easy because it is only in one pot!