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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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Enjoying our Children
Our children grow up so fast. People always tell me that one day you are bringing them home from the hospital and the next thing you know they are graduating from college. I am finding that true already even though my oldest is only 6. With each passing day they are maturing and mastering one more thing. Some of these mastered tasks-
Ashlyn's first dance recital...
Makayla riding her bike without training wheels...
Ethan's first year of Tball and still working on riding without training wheels...
Moreover, I will admit that having children so close in age can be difficult at times, however I still cherish all the special and not so special moments I share with them. And while I encourage and celebrate their mastery of tasks and "firsts", there is a part of me that is saddened that they are growing up so fast. I have been told to "not worry-they won't be this small and dependent forever." But it does not worry me; I hold tight to these years. I don't want them to slip away. I want to capture and remember it all.
Our Saturday Hike:
Our Sabbath of picking strawberries together:
Monday, 22 June 2009
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Father's Day 2009
Father's Day 2009
Instead of Father's Day, our family celebrated Father's Weekend.
The weekend began with showering Daddy with homemade gifts and framed pictures that we painted.
Saturday was spent watching the Rodeo/June Dairy Parade pass by our house and running through the sprinkler in our backyard.
(This photo of Ashlyn was taken by Makayla)
Sunday, after church, we spent our afternoon with Daddy and Grandpa Bruce fishing.
Grandpa, AKA Peepa, and Daddy showed us how to bait our own hook and take fish off our line.
Makayla caught and reeled in her Bass all by herself.
Ethan told us the story of how he tasted a worm- In case you wondered, worms taste like rotten jelly!
Grandpa also told us some of his "fishing secrets" and we promised not to tell anyone.
We took our fish back to Grandma and Grandpa's to fry for supper.
Father's Weekend was a great celebration. We love our Daddy. He is the best daddy in the world.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Simplicity
(My thoughts and Richard Foster's thoughts on Simplicity from his book "Celebration of Discipline")
Simplicity is seeking GOD'S kingdom FIRST!
Simplicity sets possessions in proper perspective.
Simplicity is receiving what God has given us, enjoying what God has given us, and sharing it with others as God directs us.
Simplicity is FREEDOM. Freedom from the worry, anxiety, and responsibility that goes with ownership, materialism and over-scheduling of our lives.
Simplicity has nothing to do with abundance of possessions or their lack. It is an inward spirit of trust. The sheer fact that a person is living without things is not guarantee that he or she is living in simplicity.
Simplicity is not always going without. It isn't always living in a hut or wearing worn rags. However, if that is what God is calling you to do, then obey.
Simplicity is being careful to not justify our selfish desires.
Simplicity is a life of joyful unconcern for possessions.
Simplicity is not desiring more than we need.
Simplicity rejoices in the gracious provision from the hand of God.
"When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity...makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity, which is charming when we see it near to and continually, with pure eyes." Francois Fenelon
Simplicity "liberates us. Speech becomes truthful and honest. The lust for status and position is gone because we no longer need status and position. We cease from showy extravagance not on the grounds of being unable to afford it, but on the grounds of principle." Richard Foster
SIMPLICITY IS SEEKING GOD FIRST!!!!
Philippians 4:12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry.
Friday, 05 June 2009
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One of the many joys of homeschooling...
One of the MANY joys of homeschooling...
We are studying plants in Science, and the kids LOVE it. Yesterday the kids and I took a "field trip" and went on a nature hike around our backyard and rural town. Along the way we found numerous items to bring home and identify by using our field guides.
Looking and identifying the flowering bush
Ethan's nut he discovered along the way
One of mommy's favorite flowers
Stopping to smell the Lilac bush...and showing how full our bags were getting.
What was suppose to be an hour long hike turned out to be 3.5 hours. We had a few detours along the way.
We played on the footbridge...
Stopped at the park to play and journal in our nature books...
Blew bubbles...
And just relaxed.
It was a blessed afternoon.
It was one of my favorite days as a teacher and mother.
We made memories that will last a lifetime.
Tuesday, 02 June 2009
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The Sabbath is.....
The Sabbath is....
Eating watermelon on a warm afternoon
Planting Sunflowers with Grandpa
Chasing butterflies
Enjoying and exploring God's world
Just having fun with family
These things glorify God.
Genesis 2:2 (New American Standard Bible)
2By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
Exodus 20:8-11
8"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.9"Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
11"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
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