Tuesday, December 31, 2013
In His Hands...
Thursday, December 26, 2013
**Christmas Time*
At my sister's house on Christmas Eve...
Time for Eloise to open a gift...
Madelyn made Dinah a headband...
Dinah loved playing with Aunt Jo's cane...
Look who got a baby!
I was up early (as usual) on Christmas morning. I lit some candles, turned on some music (softly), did some laundry and showered...everyone else started rousing around seven.
Madelyn worked on grinding Daddy some coffee...
Beautiful piano music played on Pandora on the television while we joined together in prayer and then opened some gifts...
Xavier got Jaxson his own "Sting" sword...
He was quite grateful...
Later in the morning, we traveled to my parent's house (who only live on the other side of town from us). We enjoyed time together, brunch and gifts....
Our own Bilbo Baggins got a keychain mini-me...
Nickel (my parents' dog) loves X...
Chris's parents stopped by for a visit too! On the couch is my dad (sporting his new safety sunglasses we bought him...for tow calls in the summer), Madelyn and Chris's dad. :) We like to call this a *rose between two thorns*! ;)
Monday, December 23, 2013
A Few *More* of My Favorite Things....
...Continuing from THIS post...
Can you believe how much children grow in a year? I can't quite fathom how it happens so quickly...but just look at the difference...
The top photos are from last year's homeschool co-op. The bottom row are from this year's co-op photos. I feel incredibly blessed to be the mother of these young people...and at the same time, so unworthy of the task of raising them. Teaching, correcting, training...my continual prayer is that I do it in a way that pleases the Lord.
We were blessed to spend some time with my sister and nieces this past week. Here are just a few photos of our time together...
That smile...
Those eyes...
Dinah loves PopPop's jingle bells at his shop...
Back to Aunt TiTi she runs (can you believe this girl is soon to be one!? Where has the year gone? I'm telling you, the years go by quicker and quicker the older I get!)....
Xavier takes Dinah for a ride (while Eloise pushes from the back)...
Madelyn (that smile lights up a room, doesn't it?)...
Jaxson giving El a ride...
Playing...
And now...with the busy-ness of deer season *finally* behind us...it's back to wonderful family suppers around the table (with our new-to-us dishes....these are the dishes I grew up using at home!)...
Working on knitting projects/gifts...
The boys doing some science experiments...
Our church had a Christmas program last night. Xavier played his banjo...
And Madelyn played the piano...
I
think we’re going to have an exceptionally good
Christmas.
The very fact that outward circumstance
precludes
our making provision for it will show whether
we
can be content with what is truly essential. I used to
be
very fond of thinking up and buying presents, but
now
that we have nothing to give, the gift God gave
us
in the birth of Christ will seem all the more glorious …
The
poorer our quarters, the more clearly we perceive that
our
hearts should be Christ’s home on earth.
(written
to his fiancee from his prison cell, arrested for
defying
the Nazi regime)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Friday, December 20, 2013
Brown Paper Packages tied up with String...
...These are a few of my favorite things!
Playing games with my girl...
My boys ready for church one morning (and yes, I love to dress them similar whenever I can. It's a good thing I don't have twins or triplets as I would dress them the same *all* the time. I love that they match!)...
Madelyn making cookies...
Beautiful, natural curls....
Candlelight in the evening...
Reading the Hobbit to my children....
When it's cold outside, there is nothing better than cozy-ing up under a fleece blanket and drifting off to sleep for a bit...
Drawing pictures after breakfast...
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