Ha! Haven wore these wings again just this morning (3.5.2012).
Love these crazy kids!
3.25.2011
Monday, March 5, 2012
A Ninja & A Fairy
Ha! Haven wore these wings again just this morning (3.5.2012).
Love these crazy kids!
3.25.2011
Hives
This round of hives popped up on Monday, March 21st, after a super fun weekend with all my college friends. These pictures give a tiny glimpse as to what covered my entire body, particularly my left eye with this case. A Medrol dose pack was ineffective. It took a 10 day course of Prednisone to wipe out this round.
These are the kind of pictures I take to the doctor. "Can you look at these? This happens to me about every six months....Oh, you've never seen anything like this?"
3.24.2011
These are the kind of pictures I take to the doctor. "Can you look at these? This happens to me about every six months....Oh, you've never seen anything like this?"
3.24.2011
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Book Review
Since graduating high school, my reading time has been consumed with mandatory reads - reading with a deadline, reading for a test, reading to learn. I finished one school then another and quickly had a baby. This baby, thankfully, threw my life into a tailspin. The last thing on my mind has been squeezing in reading time. Almost five years later, I'm worried my brain has atrophied and am scared by all the challenges of educating my own children. I've started to read again. My lofty goal for 2012 is to read two (yes, just two!) books a month. Below are the books I read in January.
1. Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches by Rachel Jankovik
This book gave a dose of just what I needed: practical examples of getting to the heart of a situation - my heart and the heart of my children. I know I'm supposed to be shepherding hearts. I know I'm supposed to be seeing all kinds of behaviors as expressions of "heart issues." But, really? What kind of heart is being exposed with screams of "I don't want to wear tights! I want to wear legggggggiiiinnnnnnnggggggssss!" Jankovik gave so many great examples of how to Biblically think through common situations. I found this book extremely helpful, full of gracious admonishments, and influential in helping me live out Biblical parenting.
2. Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education by Douglas Wilson
If you talked to me in January, I might have gone on and on about this book. In the midst of struggling through quickly-approaching education decisions, this book offered a little practical thesis that echoes where my heart is. I've been drawn to Classical Education in recent years, but would not have been able to give you a real definition of it until I read this book. Excellent, excellent! This would be helpful to any Christian parent in the process of educating their child.
3.1.2012
1. Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches by Rachel Jankovik
This book gave a dose of just what I needed: practical examples of getting to the heart of a situation - my heart and the heart of my children. I know I'm supposed to be shepherding hearts. I know I'm supposed to be seeing all kinds of behaviors as expressions of "heart issues." But, really? What kind of heart is being exposed with screams of "I don't want to wear tights! I want to wear legggggggiiiinnnnnnnggggggssss!" Jankovik gave so many great examples of how to Biblically think through common situations. I found this book extremely helpful, full of gracious admonishments, and influential in helping me live out Biblical parenting.
2. Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education by Douglas Wilson
If you talked to me in January, I might have gone on and on about this book. In the midst of struggling through quickly-approaching education decisions, this book offered a little practical thesis that echoes where my heart is. I've been drawn to Classical Education in recent years, but would not have been able to give you a real definition of it until I read this book. Excellent, excellent! This would be helpful to any Christian parent in the process of educating their child.
3.1.2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanking God for...
{Gifts 361 - 398}
- Tears
- God's goodness to me - over & over again
- Memories of over 4 years at Grace Pregnancy Resource Center
- Jenn Rowland & her ability to empathize & love
- Donna Peak's love for Jesus so readily displayed, wooing me in to love my God more
- Lessons from & on the Holy Spirit's work in His people
- Opportunities to tell women they are made by God and are beautiful
- Babies, little pieces of rice flickering on a screen
- Smiles spontaneously erupting with the sound of a heartbeat
- Women who pray & love & pray & pray outside the abortion clinic, in all kinds of weather
- Being a God who protects the weak, who is just, and who loves the sinner
- "Life more abundantly" through Christ and because of Christ
- The angst, the tears, the joy, and the draining...all of which brought me to my knees again and again
- The privilege of serving, of being in the fight
- Being a God who is always good
- Another Momma-daughter shared birthday (Hooray, Merilee!)
- A clean kitchen - just for Eric ~;-) (!)
- My Ergo
- Children able to help & cheerfully helping
- Hives in new spots each day, preventing craziness from setting in and reminding me of my frailty
- No known cases of squirrels transmitting rabies to humans in the United States
- Drenching rain to water broccoli and lettuce and to loosen the roots of pasture weeds
- Time to discipline calmly and to talk long
- Sore hip flexors
- Worcestershire sauce & pumpkin seeds
- Early morning exercise accomplishments
- Viruses that happen when Daddy is home
- Frozen pizza - saving many a meal
- Heart wickedness revealed - a grace!
- Prolonged snuggle time with Haven
- A little boy's "cool" black eye
- That the one with repeat throw up is the only one who can control where it lands
- Charlotte
- Husband running errands with 3 kiddos (Alone Time!)
- MawMaw's Yahtzee on ones...and the resulting smiles
- A fire going all day
- Cooking beans and banana bread
- Wise husband - remembering names, giving sound counsel
- Tears
- God's goodness to me - over & over again
- Memories of over 4 years at Grace Pregnancy Resource Center
- Jenn Rowland & her ability to empathize & love
- Donna Peak's love for Jesus so readily displayed, wooing me in to love my God more
- Lessons from & on the Holy Spirit's work in His people
- Opportunities to tell women they are made by God and are beautiful
- Babies, little pieces of rice flickering on a screen
- Smiles spontaneously erupting with the sound of a heartbeat
- Women who pray & love & pray & pray outside the abortion clinic, in all kinds of weather
- Being a God who protects the weak, who is just, and who loves the sinner
- "Life more abundantly" through Christ and because of Christ
- The angst, the tears, the joy, and the draining...all of which brought me to my knees again and again
- The privilege of serving, of being in the fight
- Being a God who is always good
- Another Momma-daughter shared birthday (Hooray, Merilee!)
- A clean kitchen - just for Eric ~;-) (!)
- My Ergo
- Children able to help & cheerfully helping
- Hives in new spots each day, preventing craziness from setting in and reminding me of my frailty
- No known cases of squirrels transmitting rabies to humans in the United States
- Drenching rain to water broccoli and lettuce and to loosen the roots of pasture weeds
- Time to discipline calmly and to talk long
- Sore hip flexors
- Worcestershire sauce & pumpkin seeds
- Early morning exercise accomplishments
- Viruses that happen when Daddy is home
- Frozen pizza - saving many a meal
- Heart wickedness revealed - a grace!
- Prolonged snuggle time with Haven
- A little boy's "cool" black eye
- That the one with repeat throw up is the only one who can control where it lands
- Charlotte
- Husband running errands with 3 kiddos (Alone Time!)
- MawMaw's Yahtzee on ones...and the resulting smiles
- A fire going all day
- Cooking beans and banana bread
- Wise husband - remembering names, giving sound counsel
Daily Life
{Because I want to remember how these days go...}
- 4:58 AM: wake up. Return to sleep only to dream I forgot to plan Christmas Spectacular!
- 5:43: get up
- 6:00: meet Ronda in Bldg #3 for Ripped in 30
- 6:47: get kids up; start breakfast
- Dress the children/diaper change/potty
- Send Elijah to handle the cats and chickens
- Find out the creek rose and cows can't be butchered today
- Start pinto beans in the crockpot
- Fold one load of laundry; start another
- Enter into the birthday party with the babies. ("And PINK cake, Momma!")
- Hide babies under the bed when bad guys attack the party
- Call USAA to ascertain why homeowner's rates have increased
- Clean out ashes; build up fire
- Put on Christmas cd; dance with Jolly
- Wrap and organize a few Christmas presents
- Package a book & cd to mail. Post another dvd on website
- Diaper change
- 9:10: Put Polly Jane down for her nap
- Bible time with Elijah and Haven
- Start 2nd load of laundry
- Play a Christmas carol on the piano; start another Christmas cd
- Work on cleaning my room
- Be the tickle monster
- Read a few pages of Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education (so helpful, thus far!)
- Shower
- Get Polly Jane up
- Read books on the couch
- Send Elijah out to gather eggs
- Make lunch
- Clean kitchen; kids clean playroom
- Discipline Haven for screaming; discipline Elijah for fighting/having a fit/throwing his horse at me (what?!?!)
- Change diaper/potty
- Read two wonderfully long chapters of The Long Winter while marching in place (super fun naptime read!)
- Add ingredients to cooking beans
- Make coffee
- Read Bible
- Check MoneySavingMom for any hot CyberMonday deals
- Work on Wish List & email to family
- 3:42 PM: Blog post
...now off to get to work! I love this life!
- 4:58 AM: wake up. Return to sleep only to dream I forgot to plan Christmas Spectacular!
- 5:43: get up
- 6:00: meet Ronda in Bldg #3 for Ripped in 30
- 6:47: get kids up; start breakfast
- Dress the children/diaper change/potty
- Send Elijah to handle the cats and chickens
- Find out the creek rose and cows can't be butchered today
- Start pinto beans in the crockpot
- Fold one load of laundry; start another
- Enter into the birthday party with the babies. ("And PINK cake, Momma!")
- Hide babies under the bed when bad guys attack the party
- Call USAA to ascertain why homeowner's rates have increased
- Clean out ashes; build up fire
- Put on Christmas cd; dance with Jolly
- Wrap and organize a few Christmas presents
- Package a book & cd to mail. Post another dvd on website
- Diaper change
- 9:10: Put Polly Jane down for her nap
- Bible time with Elijah and Haven
- Start 2nd load of laundry
- Play a Christmas carol on the piano; start another Christmas cd
- Work on cleaning my room
- Be the tickle monster
- Read a few pages of Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education (so helpful, thus far!)
- Shower
- Get Polly Jane up
- Read books on the couch
- Send Elijah out to gather eggs
- Make lunch
- Clean kitchen; kids clean playroom
- Discipline Haven for screaming; discipline Elijah for fighting/having a fit/throwing his horse at me (what?!?!)
- Change diaper/potty
- Read two wonderfully long chapters of The Long Winter while marching in place (super fun naptime read!)
- Add ingredients to cooking beans
- Make coffee
- Read Bible
- Check MoneySavingMom for any hot CyberMonday deals
- Work on Wish List & email to family
- 3:42 PM: Blog post
...now off to get to work! I love this life!
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