Sure enough, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table Sunday morning. In the hurry to get ready for church I had quite forgotten about it. But when I started down the stairs, I heard Emily scream, “Maggie! She’s coming!” It sounded more like she was announcing a tornado. The flowers were beautiful,… Continue reading Valentine’s Day and Other News
Category: Comforts and Calls
Valentine’s Day Dinner
We’ve made it back from our traditional Valentine’s day dinner relativley unscathed. A few years ago, Chris and I decided to make Valentine’s day a family holiday. We let the girls dress up and take them out to a nice restaurant for dinner. It was VERY tempting to bribe them out of it this year. … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Dinner
An Esau Moment
The following story is about a year old, but some of our friends recently enjoyed it and suggested we put it on the blog. Here is the Spencer trash pizza story: Chris was working on the house one Saturday while my sister, the kids, and I were away at a shower. I can’t recall why… Continue reading An Esau Moment
A Field Trip to Reverence
Once a month we try to do a fun field trip with some other homeschool families. This month we went to Abrams Planetaruim, my favorite so far. Emily and Maggie were completely absorbed for an hour and half. I have to say I was too. I’m pretty sure I spent most of my childhood confusing Astronomy with Astrology,… Continue reading A Field Trip to Reverence
The Sun?
“A Study In Pink” by Maggie Smith For my seasonally depressed friends: Spring will come! (Unless heaven comes first and that would be better anyway:)
God is in Control and He is Good
Maggie is afraid of very few things. She is not afraid of the dark. We have learned that the fear of the dark is actually a good boundary. One summer while we were camping, we watched her (unaware of us) unzip the tent, peek around, and walk away into the dark night. In a similar… Continue reading God is in Control and He is Good
Green Grass
Today was one of the days when I was peeking over to the non-homeschooling side of the fence and thinking that the grass just had to be greener. Thankfully the Lord has given my husband the personality and patience to live with 6 women. So when I said/yelled, “Don’t you see I’m ruining everyone’s life!” … Continue reading Green Grass
Jesus I Come
This hymn is getting me through the day. Thank you Jesus for bringing me! Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night, Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come! Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light, Jesus, I come to Thee! Out of my sickness into Thy health, Out of my want and into Thy wealth, Out of… Continue reading Jesus I Come
A Queen’s Bed
This time last year we were bursting out of our 900 sq ft ranch, so we took advantage of the market and bought a house double the size. Of course it needed a little TLC, but nothing we couldn’t do ourselves in just a few short months… Well, we’ve been almost (a word I’ve begun… Continue reading A Queen’s Bed
Heavy and Hopeful
Today we will celebrated the life and service of my longest and dearest friends’ dad. He was our doctor, friend, brother in Christ. The kind of man that sat through a Micheal W. Smith/DC Talk concert for his pre-teen daughter and her friend, who made blueberry pancakes on Sunday mornings before church, and who risked his own life… Continue reading Heavy and Hopeful
Talking Wall 