Monday, March 19, 2012

February Forget-me-nots

There is no end to this one's antics! 
I'd say the squirrel family is expected for lunch! 
Jenny caught napping! 
These 2  (Amie and Nathan) can give each other a run for the money!  

Scattered birthdays...

OK, I admit it...I am not a good party mom.  
And ANY of my children will attest to that!  
The older I become, 
the less organized I become also.  
So...we have birthday celebrations crammed in 
and on the fly!

Our first February birthday is Lindsey....
We took her a cake at work and she took a minute to sit with us to eat it.
Happy 23rd Birthday, Sunshine!  
We THREW together a girls party for Sophie's 7th birthday.  
A scavenger hunt...
make your own pizza....
and we ran out of time for the ice cream sundaes.  
But they had plenty of candy previously, so I am sure their parents did not mind. 
The yarn was a BIG hit.  
She doesn't know how to crochet or knit yet, 
but she is finding plenty of creative things 
to do with it!  
I'm not sure how we got to 7 already, 
but here we are! 
Family party for 3!  
We are blessed by God,
with each year, each special moment we have together!  

Friday, February 24, 2012

How's my talk? How's my walk?

I am in the middle of listening to a message series by Alistair Begg called "A Christian Manifesto." Some challenging words for ME, from the February 16th broadcast.

Luke 6:20-27 admonishment as Aliens and strangers...
     "God's people are in danger in 2 extremes.
1) being absorbed by the culture, thereby having people to talk to and nothing to say, or
2) isolated from the culture, having something to say, and no one to talk to.
     The challenge is to identify with the world in its need but not in its sin.  And there surely can be no more hurtful comment for the Christian than the words, 'but you are no different than us.' in regards to money, ambition, friendship, integrity, and overall lifestyle." Alistair Begg

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Child's Play

I don't know what Amie was playing, but she played in this box for a LONG time!  Till it fell apart!
Ahhh boxes...the perfect toys!  They can be so MANY things! 
Amie, your ATTITUDE is showing! 
The girls on croquet mallet crutches!   

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Colossians 3:12-14
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.  
And above all these put on love, 
which binds everything together 
in perfect harmony. 
XOXOXOXO

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Our Two Grandsons!

Isaac and Phinneas.... 
Busy...
Curious... 
Crazy! 
We love you SOOOO much!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Snow Days...few and far between!

Camera focused on the snow falling right in front of my camera!
Hot tubbing in the snow is COOL!
Snow Angels?
Levi takes snowballs to a new level!
Watch out, little girl!  Gonna roll right over you!
Girls played for HOURS with snow AND water!
Most of snow melted the next day....
except for the huge snowballs!  
In fact, a week later, they are STILL here!