Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Random Thoughts and Pictures




These pictures are of recent creations by my kids. They are the inspiration
for an upcoming scrapbook layout called "Paper Technology."

We've been busy finishing up our school year. I am going to try a new approach to homeschooling next year. Utilizing both The Well Trained Mind and Homeschoolreview.com, I have developed a classical curriculum that I think will work well with the kids. I am also planning on beginning our school year in July and taking off the whole month of December. We'll see how it goes. I am excited none the less.

Other than schooling, the kids have been busy riding bikes. MP can now ride her big bike WITHOUT training wheels and is attempting "tricks." Butterbean is riding Biscuit's old bike WITH training wheels. Tiger Lilly loves learning new moves on her bike as well.
The kids are doing so well and are such interesting little people. They are constant inspiration for scrapbook layouts. Also, each of them has begun their own scrapbook. And, they are starting to think like a scrapbooker. Just this morning, as Biscuit was finishing a Scooby Doo puzzle, he said, "Mama, can I take some pictures, for a Scooby Doo layout?" Too sweet!
I hope all is well with you and yours. Please remember my parents in your prayers. God is indeed so good and so faithful. Take care.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Celebrating Easter




This was our first Easter with MP at home. That brought a unique specialness to this celebration. The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, flying kites, going through the Resurrection eggs, visiting the stations of the cross at church and Easter baskets!

A Trip to the Zoo!




We enjoyed a trip to our local zoo! The weather was abolutely perfect. The kids enjoyed riding the carosel and the train.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thankful Thursday

1. The comfort of my LORD Jesus.
2. My compassionate husband.
3. The joy of my babies.
4. My Daddy to be in as little pain as he has been.
5. Spring weather.
6. Scrapbooking Plans.
7. The peace of cross-stitching.
8. A well-stocked pantry.
9. A good school day.
10. Music.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wordless Wednesday




Profound Reading

In preparation for beginning a new Bible Study, Stepping Up, by Beth Moore, I have been reading the Songs of Ascents, in the Psalms. Psalm 131 seems particularly profound to me right now.

O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child rests against his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me.
O Isreal, hope in the LORD
From this time forth and forever. (NASB)

Monday, March 3, 2008

A Gift From God




The weather on this past Sunday was such a gift from God. It was a foretaste of the coming spring. That afternoon, Ira took the kids to fly a kite. I came to record the event. Not only did the kids learn to fly a kite, but they also picked flowers, found feathers and discovered a nest of duck eggs! It was truly a spectactular afternoon!