Our Four Bundles of Joy!

This picture was taking at the Knoxville Zoo during Thanksgiving.

Time to update my blog!

Hello All,

I just had a moment and decided to check on our blog. I found 3 drafts to posts I had never posted. So I went ahead and posted them. I would love to update my blog soon. Can anybody tell me how to update to the new blogger format without loosing all my past posts?? I just do not know as much about the computer as my husband does! Maybe I will be able to update our blog over Christmas...

I am enjoying the rain this morning. What a wonderful God we have who sends rest and refreshment to us. A God who quenches our thirst when we are dry and weary. Praise God this morning with me!!

The baby has gotten into the pantry! Gotta run...

Gratitude

"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name." Psalm 100:4

Recently I was meditating on Psalms 100. Verse four always stands out to me. It seems to give a key to entering the courts of heaven. A key to coming into Gods court to meet with him. We enter his presence with thanksgiving and praise. I am not always very good at thank-you notes. But God is showing me the importance of not only having a grateful heart but putting it into action. Today we begin our family time of Advent. We are all excited about these special family time each night. My hopes is that during this Christmas season we will not forget to come into his presence each day with gratitude and praise!

Speaking to gratitude, we just returned home from a wonderful trip Knoxville to visit family for Thanksgiving. We had a great time visiting will Aunts, Uncles and cousins. We enjoyed going to the Knoxville zoo, hanging out and talking with family, watching movies in Uncle Herb's Theater, seeing Cousin David's chickens, having a wonderful dinner with my cousin Gary and Angie and their 8 kids, eating LOTs of food and even going to the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga on the way home. I always love to go to Knoxville. I wish we could visit more often. I am blessed by a wonderful heritage of family that follows the Lord.

I always enjoy talking with my cousin Angie. She also homeschools her kids and does a great job with her family. I have lots of questions I like to ask her and she has such grace and wisdom. Angie has eight kids! Isn't that great!! Anyway, this year she gave me a grain mill to try. Yes that is right. A mill to make flour! We will see how that works around here...

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Science Day at the park

Kassidy is walking...

Just thought I'd share! Isn't she just too cute?

Apparently she is already trying to fly too!

Back to school

After my last post, somebody was joking with me about what "Back to School" pictures look like for a homeschooler. Typically, that would be us doing school in our pj's or our 'stay-home' clothes. You know what I mean...when your kids pick out their own clothes and they don't quite match or are too small or too big... Don't you just love 'stay-home' clothes?

So anyway, here they are.... back to school pictures...

This is Abbey in her school desk. Didn't she dress up so nice this day! She is such a big kindergartner! Abbey is LOVING school and loves to learn to read and loves this desk. Unfortunately, Abbey often has to give up her desk to her baby sister so she can get any work done. Kassidy like to try to sit with Abbey and take her pencils and crayons during school time. Thank goodness for nap time!

Here is just one of the reasons why I love homeschooling.... The kids can play in the rain, yes in their PJ's, during normal school hours! Monday was such a rainy PJ day. Somehow PE on Monday became puddle jumping in pj's. You can see they had a great time. And if you were wondering, yes we did cover other subjects on that day too. ;)

My big second grader!

And here is just a fun pic. We love to ride our bikes and go for walks!

Time for me to go to bed...