Today was the first Saturday since we can remember that we had nothing on the calendar! Below is how Penny and I spent the first half of the day:
Then I went to work out, cleaned out the car, did some house cleaning, finished some projects and made dinner! What a fun and restful Saturday : [...]
Today at MP’s Big Fish After School Program, we played house, “Duck, Duck, Goose,” Parking Lot Football, and made paper airplanes!
Here is the football crew… Check out that tree shadow over the parking lot!
The kids had a great time throwing their airplanes to see them soar. Simple things are sometimes the most enjoyable : )
Last week, I started teaching Spanish to a 6 year old friend of mine. We’ll meet once a week, and I leave him with recordings and homework to practice until we see each other again.
I thought I would need an initial week to get him enthusiastic about learning Spanish and do some fun intro activities, [...]
After two years of sleeping on a mattress and box springs, we brought home our new bed frame today! Penny was determined to “help” during the assembly…
Here it is, all put together!
Thank you Lord for even the simple, temporal things you give us to enjoy and praise you for!
I took a walk with some girlfriends tonight and was reminded of the simple pleasure of a stroll. Not to get anywhere, not to burn calories or meet any goals… just to walk and chat and enjoy the evening air.
I recommend trying it!
Today, The Lord directly confirmed my steps, in answer to my prayers. I was amazed at His goodness! I giggled with astonishment at such a clear answer from Him. : )
A few hours later, He confirmed that the first affirmation was, indeed, from Him! What more could I ask for? I can now walk in [...]
The following are excerpts from Elisabeth Elliot’s “Gateway to Joy”:
…Every experience, even the most unwelcome, if offered to Jesus, can become a gateway to joy.
God… setteth in pain the jewel of His joy. – FWH Meyers
O joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the [...]
Matt Redman & Chris Tomlin wrote this song… I can’t get over the way they capture the beauty of the Lord’s character, and the amazing parallels in His plans for all creation:
You spread out the skies over empty space… Said, let there be light… to a dark and formless world… your light was born.
You spread [...]
Wow! The Christmas season came and went and all of a sudden it’s 2009! Here are a few pics of the fun we’ve been having:
Early December, Benjamin and I drove to The Elgin Christmas Tree Farm with his parents to cut down the perfect (small) pine tree. We ended up being able to stuff our [...]
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