12, 2, and 9
1.19.2014
God has blessed our family more in second week of January than in any other week of the year. Three of our five children joined our family in the second week of January.
On Wednesday we celebrated Freeland's 12th birthday. He is such a sweet, funny boy! We had a very special time celebrating with one of his friends who shares a birthday with him.
And on Thursday we celebrated the 2 year anniversary of meeting Eliana. Last year she really had a hard time right over this time. She regressed in a number of areas and was very clingy and fearful. But I have not seen any of that this year. It is so sweet and wonderful to watch the healing taking place in our sweet little girl.
Yesterday was Casper's 9th birthday. He was very eager to point out that it is his last year of single digits. We celebrated once more! He is such a precious little man! I reminded him that he is still my baby boy, but he just wrinkled his nose!
How we thank God for each of these children! They are so different and unique and precious!
P.S. I'll be resuming my photo challenge tomorrow. The internet was down most of the week, so posting was not an option.
On Wednesday we celebrated Freeland's 12th birthday. He is such a sweet, funny boy! We had a very special time celebrating with one of his friends who shares a birthday with him.
And on Thursday we celebrated the 2 year anniversary of meeting Eliana. Last year she really had a hard time right over this time. She regressed in a number of areas and was very clingy and fearful. But I have not seen any of that this year. It is so sweet and wonderful to watch the healing taking place in our sweet little girl.
Yesterday was Casper's 9th birthday. He was very eager to point out that it is his last year of single digits. We celebrated once more! He is such a precious little man! I reminded him that he is still my baby boy, but he just wrinkled his nose!
How we thank God for each of these children! They are so different and unique and precious!
P.S. I'll be resuming my photo challenge tomorrow. The internet was down most of the week, so posting was not an option.
One of My Favorite Things...
1.10.2014
One of my FAVORITE things to do...
on a snowy day when I'm not feeling so well...
is to lie on the sofa...
where this is what I see...
and watch the many little birds...
that visit our feeder in a day's time!
Admittedly, this was a hard day. This was a stay on the sofa and hope tomorrow is better kind of day. I'm slowly moving in a better direction over all. I can function so much better now than I could a month or six weeks ago and I'm so thankful for that, but hard days are still no fun!
P.S. We do have more than just titmice that visit our feeder, it just happened that they were the ones coming this morning while I had my camera out.
on a snowy day when I'm not feeling so well...
is to lie on the sofa...
where this is what I see...
and watch the many little birds...
that visit our feeder in a day's time!
Admittedly, this was a hard day. This was a stay on the sofa and hope tomorrow is better kind of day. I'm slowly moving in a better direction over all. I can function so much better now than I could a month or six weeks ago and I'm so thankful for that, but hard days are still no fun!
P.S. We do have more than just titmice that visit our feeder, it just happened that they were the ones coming this morning while I had my camera out.
Blue Comfort
1.09.2014
I missed posting (or taking) a photo for yesterday. The word for yesterday's photo was BLUE, for today COMFORT.
Tonight I looked over and lo and behold...
BLUE COMFORT:
was right there in front of me! So here you are. My little girl with her doll and her book and her pillows and blanket.
One of the things I love about photography is how it makes you slow down and notice little, ordinary moments in time. Common, everyday things suddenly catch your eye and can become a thing of lasting beauty. It causes you to see the beauty all around you in a new light. Who wouldn't love that?!
Tonight I looked over and lo and behold...
BLUE COMFORT:
was right there in front of me! So here you are. My little girl with her doll and her book and her pillows and blanket.
One of the things I love about photography is how it makes you slow down and notice little, ordinary moments in time. Common, everyday things suddenly catch your eye and can become a thing of lasting beauty. It causes you to see the beauty all around you in a new light. Who wouldn't love that?!
Words
1.07.2014
My photo theme for the day is word, but I took the liberty of changing it to
WORDS:
Today we had our two year post placement visit for Eliana. The social worker came and we talked about how everything is going so that she can write up a report to send to our agency who will send it to the adoption officials in China. Of course there are so many words that come to mind as I look back over the last two years with our little lady. Forever, family, love, laughter, blessed, hugs, kisses... these are the words that make up the ordinary moments of these miraculous years.
WORDS:
Today we had our two year post placement visit for Eliana. The social worker came and we talked about how everything is going so that she can write up a report to send to our agency who will send it to the adoption officials in China. Of course there are so many words that come to mind as I look back over the last two years with our little lady. Forever, family, love, laughter, blessed, hugs, kisses... these are the words that make up the ordinary moments of these miraculous years.
Warm & Cozy
1.06.2014
We changed things up around here today. Monday is our day for doing Science and History. Our most fun school day of the week. This morning the temperature was near 40 degrees and I knew it was supposed to steadily fall throughout the day. I decided to send the tribe out to play while the temperature was a little higher this morning and do jobs and school this afternoon and evening.
By noon it was in the twenties and very windy. They all came in hungry and cold. After baked potatoes for lunch the girls snuggled in bed for a nap and the boys congregated on the sofa with two of them under an electric blanket to watch a documentary about space travel. They had to use my phone because our internet was not working properly, but where there is a will there is a way!
Warm:
Now it is almost 5 in the evening. We are wrapping up the jobs for the day and almost ready to start school. Keith is working this evening, so we are looking forward to a warm, cozy evening of studying about the moon and about the time period directly following the Genesis flood. Doesn't that sound FUN? Just another reason we love homeschooling!
By noon it was in the twenties and very windy. They all came in hungry and cold. After baked potatoes for lunch the girls snuggled in bed for a nap and the boys congregated on the sofa with two of them under an electric blanket to watch a documentary about space travel. They had to use my phone because our internet was not working properly, but where there is a will there is a way!
Warm:
Now it is almost 5 in the evening. We are wrapping up the jobs for the day and almost ready to start school. Keith is working this evening, so we are looking forward to a warm, cozy evening of studying about the moon and about the time period directly following the Genesis flood. Doesn't that sound FUN? Just another reason we love homeschooling!
It's Cold Outside
1.04.2014
As the temperatures have plunged to zero and below for the last few nights it is very appropriate to present you with today's photo.
Cold:
The cold doesn't seem to bother the boys. They have been busy building caves and shoveling the walks an drive and doing all of the fun stuff they love to do in the snow. We have about seven inches on the ground right now, so it is not a huge amount, but enough to have a lot of fun in!
The girls and I, on the other hand, have barely ventured out. We have been drinking a lot of tea and I am teaching Annika to do a bit of hand sewing. I can't tell you how fun it is to teach my little daughter to sew!
It looks as if we will be doing more of the same in the coming week as temperatures are suppossed to rise a bit tomorrow only to plummet again the next day. It is just fine with me! The company is good and we have no where we need to go!
Cold:
The cold doesn't seem to bother the boys. They have been busy building caves and shoveling the walks an drive and doing all of the fun stuff they love to do in the snow. We have about seven inches on the ground right now, so it is not a huge amount, but enough to have a lot of fun in!
The girls and I, on the other hand, have barely ventured out. We have been drinking a lot of tea and I am teaching Annika to do a bit of hand sewing. I can't tell you how fun it is to teach my little daughter to sew!
It looks as if we will be doing more of the same in the coming week as temperatures are suppossed to rise a bit tomorrow only to plummet again the next day. It is just fine with me! The company is good and we have no where we need to go!
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