Quote of the Day

 

 

Just another day in my life. This girl cracks me up. Daily.

Just Because

I don't always cook breakfast, but on this day it just seemed like we all needed a little extra love.

Super Saturday

The deck is finished and it is awesome! I can hardly wait to plant flowers in the planters, eat out on the patio and have our first birthday party out there! Saturday the weather was beautiful and we cleaned up a flowerbed in the back yard and decided to tackle the shed! We've lived in this house for 15 years and we've never cleaned out the shed. Seriously. It was a great day to have a burn pile! I'm so thankful for Saturdays in the yard and our house on the lane.

Kindness Matters

I'm tickled for Sheridan. She doesn't really like much about school. She doesn't have a favorite subject and has to think hard for a highlight each day. She isn't challenged by her school work, but does love to read. I wasn't surprised that she made the HONOR ROLL with all As the first semester, and I knew she had gotten a citizenship award for the first and second semester. HOWEVER what we didn't know was about 10 kids in her grade were chosen to receive a special character award.

Recently, one of our local National Guard members won a huge military award that was awarded for many things, but mostly his character. Sheridan and her other classmates were nominated by their teacher and at the award assembly their teacher told why they were receiving the special medal. Mrs Thomas said she always was helping others, not just on big things, but on small things too. I'm happy for her report card being filled with As but I'm super thankful for her character. She's not nearly as gregarious as myother three were at this age. I'm so thankful that she is making good decisions at school and with her classmates. A's will be forgotten, character will not.

 

Finishing touches

 

The weather has been crazy here this week, Tuesday it was 70 degrees, today it was 30 degrees. I'm so thankful for some nice guys who are building our deck. It's close to being the last step of our addition and I'm pretty excited about it.

We've added a lot of seating with benches instead of railings, and some planters...it looks like a real deck, not so much like a mass produced deck. It's fun thinking about boys enjoying our back yard. Rolle is going to be so happy to not be tied up in the back yard, and there is enough yard for running, jumping and climbing. My big kids spent hours everyday in the yard when they were younger and it's one of the biggest reasons we bought this house and have decided to stay here.We're blessed, and I love sharing our house with family and friends.

Paperwork

Lynda from the Resources office has our file! She was awesome on the phone last Monday and sent us a packet of papers to fill out. There were A LOT and we got them filled out, signed and notarized. They arrrived on Thursday and I mailed them back on Friday. Monday was a holiday, so I was hoping to hear from her by now, but I'll call tomorrow to make sure they arrived on her desk this week.

 

I Love Sunday School

Yeah, I'm a church kid that is grown up and I like Sunday School. This is my first time to teach a children's Sunday School class full time. I partner with another lady and it's been nothing but a blessing since the beginning of August. I love that my 2nd graders sit in those little chairs, listen to the story and want to make crafts that remind us of a Bible point. At our church we call Sunday School LCBS, Life Changing Bible Study. I don't know if these kids realize that fact yet, but they are hearing the Truth, every week. I don't know why parents would ever keep a child from the purity of a children's Sunday School class.

We are studying the New Testament and the life of Jesus since Christmas. Last week we read about His first miracle. After we let them tell us how to prepare for a party, I brought out party supplies and some cupcakes. There were only 3 cupcakes. We had 7 kids there. While they were figuring out who was going to get one...we told the story of the party that ran out of wine. The Bible said that Jesus did the miracle so that the disciples would believe. And then we told them that the Bible is written with truth and stories about Jesus' miracles so that they would believe too. Then, I brought out the rest of the cupcakes.

It's the most awesome thing to see the light go on in a 7 year old's mind and it be the TRUTH. I didn't want to teach this class. I didn't want to be tied to a child's classroom. I've thought I was supposed to be teaching somewhere else. I waited for 2 years for God to make the opportunity for me to be there, but He didn't. It must've never been His plan at all because there is nowhere else on Sunday morning where I am supposed to be.