Avalina Does Patty Cake

In the car this evening, Avalina kept reciting Patty Cake. Then I saw her sitting on Adeliza’s bed with Adeliza’s monkey and playing Patty Cake with it. I tried to have her do it for the video although it didn’t turn out quite as cute. 🙂 Your browser does not support the video tag

Love is Patient

Earlier this week, after a day of the girls really struggling to love each other, I decided we would focus on “love” the next day. As I read 1 Corinthians 13, I decided to begin to teach the girls more about what love is. So we started with, “love is patient.” As I made pancakes […]

Amabella’s Cat

The other day, the girls enjoyed writing on their easel with dry erase markers. I helped Amabella spell out the word CAT, then she drew a picture of a cat. I just thought this was cute. The extra marks on the easel were from her sisters.

Mother’s Day 2012

My Mother’s Day has been spread out over a week in length, which I love! Last Thursday, my mom brought me a bouquet of tulips, then, on Friday, my mom gave me a card from her and my dad. Saturday we had a yummy dinner out just the 5 of us. Then, on Sunday, the […]

A Family Saturday

Last Saturday we got to spend the entire day as the five of us. It rarely happens, since usually Sunday is the only day we have off as a family. We went to the farm supply store and looked at their chicks and chickens. We also visited the pet store. The girls loved watching the […]

Mother’s Day Sermon

Today’s (5/13/12) Mother’s Day sermon at church today was a fantastic message and God spoke to me in so many ways through it. I am so thankful for my church and the wisdom God gives our Pastor. Here are my brief notes from the sermon. Eventually it should be posted on our church website: http://www.spcfcog.org […]

Monkey Pancakes

This morning, just for fun, we made monkey pancakes for breakfast. The girls loved them. 🙂 You might see my beautiful red tulips from mom in the background.

First Present for Baby Boy

On Wednesday, I received the first gift for baby boy. My sweet friend, Ros, bought him these adorable shoes that he’ll get to wear as he gets older. 🙂

Family News

As always, God continually brings new and exciting adventures into the life of our family.  We are so blessed to have each other!  God always knows what he is doing, and has perfect timing, even when it isn’t clear to us.  🙂 In mid January, my older brother’s first daughter, my niece, was born.  What […]

Officially Starting Home Teaching (A-C)

I officially started my home teaching of my girls last week.  We are using various resources both online and ideas I have had over the years. Below are some are some of the activities or lessons we did over the past week and a half. We made foods relating to the letter of the day […]

Amabella’s 4th Birthday: A Nativity Party

For her fourth birthday party, Amabella chose to have a Nativity Party.  I didn’t quite know what it would look like, but it turned out beautifully. I made my life easy and chose to buy a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting from Costco and place a Playmobil Nativity set on the top as her cake topper […]