Girls doing (or trying to do) jumping jacks.
Busy, busy baby! She fell down the basement stairs this weekend - we weren't thinking about the dangers of a baby on the move. She looks a little banged up, poor thing.
Our {Wild & Crazy} Days ~ Making our days a part of your days!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Happy Anniversary to Us!
Oh my goodness! Who are those young, skinny people?
Kurt and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary this past Saturday - February 19th. In true married-people-with-kids fashion we went to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack and then window shopping at the mall - with a baby in tow. Good thing she's so adorable.
We've been married for 1/3 of our lives - Whew!!
Can't wait for the many more years together Kurt!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Many days of small things
“Let us not despise the day of small things nor grow weary in well-doing”
(Charlotte Mason, Vol. 3, p. 23).
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Valentine's Day
We had a mostly good day yesterday (a few of us are sick, grumpy, clingy, and not sleeping well).
Started the day with a Valentine's Treasure Hunt. Actually, I started my day with the little girls around 5am. We watched cartoons and let the others sleep in, and then did the Treasure Hunt around 8:30am.
Austin and Nyah made everyone breakfast
Waffles with strawberry jam, maple syrup and whip cream for me.
Oh YUM. I ate lots.
In the evening we went to the dinosaur museum, mostly for something to do, but they were also doing a scavenger hunt. Cupid shot Raptor with a giant cupid arrow and he went crazy kissing other dinosaurs. We had to find the dinosaurs with the red kisses stuck to them - the one with the most kisses was Raptor's secret crush (the giant shark pictured below).
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day
I had a great post planned for today. But I spent all of last night trying to console an unconsolable, crying, screaming baby, except for the few uncomfortable hours we managed to sleep on the couch. So my mental faculties are severly compormised this morning. Ah, the nitty gritties of LOVE :) - which interestingly leads right into the main point I wanted to make today:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ~John 3:16
“I ask you, what father and mother could stand by and listen to the cry of their children in distress, in this world, and not render aid and assistance? I have heard of mothers throwing themselves into raging streams when they could not swim a stroke to save their drowning children, rushing into burning buildings, to rescue those whom they loved.
“We cannot stand by and listen to those cries without its touching our hearts. The Lord has not given us the power to save our own. He has given us faith, and we submit to the inevitable, but he had the power to save, and he loved his Son, and he could have saved him. He might have rescued him from the insult of the crowds. He might have rescued him when the crown of thorns was placed upon his head. He might have rescued him when the Son, hanging between the two thieves, was mocked with, ‘Save thyself, and come down from the cross. He saved others; himself he cannot save.’ He listened to all this. He saw that Son condemned; he saw him drag the cross through the streets of Jerusalem and faint under its load. He saw that Son finally upon Calvary; he saw his body stretched out upon the wooden cross; he saw the cruel nails driven through hands and feet, and the blows that broke the skin, tore the flesh, and let out the life's blood of his Son. He looked upon that.
“In the case of our Father, the knife was not stayed, but it fell, and the life's blood of his Beloved Son went out. His Father looked on with great grief and agony over his Beloved Son, until there seems to have come a moment when even our Savior cried out in despair: ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’“In that hour I think I can see our dear Father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles until even he could not endure it any longer; and, like the mother who bids farewell to her dying child, has to be taken out of the room, so as not to look upon the last struggles, so he bowed his head, and hid in some part of his universe, his great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his Son. Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his Son. I thank him and praise him that he did not fail us, for he had not only the love of his Son in mind, but he also had love for us. I rejoice that he did not interfere, and that his love for us made it possible for him to endure to look upon the sufferings of his Son and give him finally to us, our Savior and our Redeemer. Without him, without his sacrifice, we would have remained, and we would never have come glorified into his presence. And so this is what it cost, in part, for our Father in Heaven to give the gift of his Son unto men.”(Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin J. Ballard [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1949], 151-155.)
Some other thoughts I want to share, but I'll rely on the words of others to help me out this morning:
Loving = Serving - I want to find a way for our family to serve, any ideas for a group of kids 9 years to 7 months?
1 Corinthians 13- Part 1, Part 2 - This is addressed to homeschool parents, but everyone can LOVE more.
Love is a verb
And if you really feel like a good cry check out this google book-Love is a Verb
“We cannot stand by and listen to those cries without its touching our hearts. The Lord has not given us the power to save our own. He has given us faith, and we submit to the inevitable, but he had the power to save, and he loved his Son, and he could have saved him. He might have rescued him from the insult of the crowds. He might have rescued him when the crown of thorns was placed upon his head. He might have rescued him when the Son, hanging between the two thieves, was mocked with, ‘Save thyself, and come down from the cross. He saved others; himself he cannot save.’ He listened to all this. He saw that Son condemned; he saw him drag the cross through the streets of Jerusalem and faint under its load. He saw that Son finally upon Calvary; he saw his body stretched out upon the wooden cross; he saw the cruel nails driven through hands and feet, and the blows that broke the skin, tore the flesh, and let out the life's blood of his Son. He looked upon that.
“In the case of our Father, the knife was not stayed, but it fell, and the life's blood of his Beloved Son went out. His Father looked on with great grief and agony over his Beloved Son, until there seems to have come a moment when even our Savior cried out in despair: ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’“In that hour I think I can see our dear Father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles until even he could not endure it any longer; and, like the mother who bids farewell to her dying child, has to be taken out of the room, so as not to look upon the last struggles, so he bowed his head, and hid in some part of his universe, his great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his Son. Oh, in that moment when he might have saved his Son. I thank him and praise him that he did not fail us, for he had not only the love of his Son in mind, but he also had love for us. I rejoice that he did not interfere, and that his love for us made it possible for him to endure to look upon the sufferings of his Son and give him finally to us, our Savior and our Redeemer. Without him, without his sacrifice, we would have remained, and we would never have come glorified into his presence. And so this is what it cost, in part, for our Father in Heaven to give the gift of his Son unto men.”(Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin J. Ballard [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1949], 151-155.)
Some other thoughts I want to share, but I'll rely on the words of others to help me out this morning:
Loving = Serving - I want to find a way for our family to serve, any ideas for a group of kids 9 years to 7 months?
1 Corinthians 13- Part 1, Part 2 - This is addressed to homeschool parents, but everyone can LOVE more.
Love is a verb
And if you really feel like a good cry check out this google book-Love is a Verb
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Videos
Due to popular demand, here are some more videos:
I didn't have any videos of Austin and Nyah, except the ones they shot themselves. Be aware that the following video was shot by an 8 year and if you get motion sickness you might want to skip it :)
Valentine's Party
We had our homeschool group's Valentine's Party on Friday. We held it at our community clubhouse so it was a little hectic for me to get stuff set up and play hostess and juggle little kids, but we had a great time with our friends.
Everyone brought their own boxes to decorate
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