This song has been going through my head: We are little builders building block by block, But our sure foundation is the Solid Rock, Not for wealth we’re building, nor for praise of man, But for our Redeemer doing all we can. We are little builders doing God’s command, Not like unbeliever’s building […]
Father and Son
My husband and son = father and son My father and brother = father and son All too soon my son will be walking beside his father and be taller… All too soon.. All too soon….but not yet. Not yet.
Cousins+Paper+Markers+Pencils=Fun
thanks to Mother for the pictures!
Happiness in My Day Today
Things I’m enjoying today… Cleaning my house and getting ready for my family from Ohio to visit! {insert a happy little dance} Having windows open-in March!!! Seriously?! I told my husband last night that this weather feels more like May than March. And more like May than April. It is weird, really. […]
Getting Settled
We are getting settled. Yay! Here are a few pictures-especially for you, Mother and Jill! Hurry and come see me. school area… Loving it! It is so nice to have a much more organized area for our scholars. couch in the basement{and the one that got moved despite the wind} Storeroom shelves. One of my favorite […]
Some Things I’ve Learned From Moving
A list of a few things that moving has shown me: Moving is a lot of work. We have a lot of stuff. Maybe not all that great of stuff, but a lot of stuff. Too much stuff. Getting rid of some stuff. Feeling rather humbled and responsible and a little overwhelmed at the stuff […]
My Poor Suburban
Approximately a week ago, we were on our way home. It was dark and it was combination snowing/icing. And blowing. Weather that we haven’t had a lot of this winter. {Insert clapping, here.} Unfortunately as we were heading home, there was a little buck deer that was also headed home somewhere. And unfortunately he didn’t […]
Time Flies and Flies and Flies
Today is my mother’s birthday. It is also my oldest niece’s birthday. Today she officially becomes a teenager. Thirteen. It makes me laugh. My daughter is twelve and my niece is thirteen. It makes me laugh because there is no way they can be those ages because I am only twenty-two or twenty-three. Somewhere around […]
Cloth Napkins
My daughter’s second sewing project was making cloth napkins. I love them. They are a very cute pattern and you could have all kinds of fun choosing different materials for making them. My daughter enjoyed making them and we are enjoying using them! These are the napkins ironed and folded… and this is […]
Birthday Cakes
This was the birthday cake that my daughter got to have in Ohio! Grandma had a birthday party for my kiddos one evening. This was Tucker’s. They were both ice cream cakes and they were both yummy!! This was the birthday girl’s cake on her birthday. Last year my kiddos decorated their own cakes. They loved […]
Bicycles
We struggle with bike tires around here. We also struggle with sandburrs and stickers. I think the second struggle strongly affects the first struggle. Our kiddos didn’t ride their bikes very much this last fall. It seemed like the tires were always needing air and the bikes themselves were really being outgrown. Our son’s bike just […]
Nine Years Old
In January of 2000, our daughter was born into our home and hearts. Three years and three days later we were blessed with our son and her baby brother and best bud {most of the time}. Doubly blessed! We are so thankful for our little man. He fills our days with energy, […]
Bebe 2000
Where have the years gone? Isn’t this every mother’s song? My girl turns twelve today. Impossible. But here. Twelve short years. Many changes. I had to laugh as I scanned these baby pictures into my computer and as I edited them and noticed the quality is so much different then, than now, twelve short […]
A Sweet Seamstress Sews
We have a very kind neighbor. Over the last several years, she has offered and given sewing classes to young seamstresses around eleven or twelve years of age. Starting this month, my daughter and one of her friends are doing some sewing under her tutelage. My daughter was pretty excited to go and even more […]
This Ole House
We live in a very old farmhouse. This very old farmhouse that we live in needs a lot of updates. It needed a lot when we moved into it and after fourteen years it needs even more. We’ve never done too much to it, because long term we really didn’t think we wanted to put […]
7 Prayers for 7 Days
I came across a very neat idea this morning! Prayer cards for seven daily prayers for your children. Money Saving Mom linked to it on her blog. Go to the blog, When You Rise to find the printables and read about the origin of her idea and what she put together. I bought a Scotch […]