Making a Commercial at Our Children's Museum

Our local children's museum asked for homeschool families to come & play at the museum for free so they could make a video.  At first, the kids were excited to be in a commercial.  After their friends arrived, they really didn't care about the video.  They just played & had a great time.

The kids played with their friends for over 30 minutes in Ed's body.  

Collin with Michael (& some kid we don't know) and Matthew playing in water.

Will scanning Collin's groceries.

Collin, Michael, Matthew & Will

Camera guy videoing our kids playing on the big red fire truck.

Will, Collin & Matthew looking at this kid's reflector jacket.  (See how the camera flash is reflecting??

 Will giving the weather while sweet Maryanna looks on.

 

Madalyn, Matthew & Faith virtual surfing.

Proverbs

I started studying the book of Proverbs last week ~ with the help of J. Vernon McGee.  It has been such a wonderful blessing.

Today, I came across Prov. 4:5-6 "Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not neither decline from the words of my mouth.  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep the."

McGee: "Notice that he says that wisdom will 'preserve' and 'keep' the young man.
       The great difference in contemporary educators is pinpointd in this verse.  Do they love wisdom?  In other words, do they love the Word of God?  It was Pascal who said that human knowledge must be understood to be loved.  But devine knowledge must be loved to be understood.  So if you are going to understand the Word of God, you must bring to it love and a mind that is willing to be taught.  Then the spirit of God can open up the great truths to you.  How important it is to see this.  He says, 'love her, and she shall keep thee.' "

What a wonderful truth!

Jude 22

 Ireland

I wanted to teach my children to help others ~ mainly missionaries.  Will & I came up with Project Jude 22. "And of some have compassion, making a difference:" We wanted to crochet scarves & send them to a missionary so that they could use them in their ministry.  (Jude 22 is the Murray's Missionary verse.  Since they live in the Philippines & we couldn't send scarves to them, we decided to use their verse for the title since they mean so much to us.)  Our church supports the Snode family in Ireland.  I sent her a letter asking her if they would be interested.  She was delighted about our project.

We decided to ask some ladies in our church if they wanted to be a part of our mission project.  We were blessed to have 3 ladies in our church: Mrs. Donna, Mrs. Helen & Miss Kim to donate their talents.  We were also privileged to have the Boyle family from our co-op to lend their talents.  36 scarves are about to be sent on their way to Ireland.

I am so honored to be able to help "the real heroes".  We've been praying for the Snodes and for the hearts of the people that God will be putting in their life.


I am so sad to say that I didn't get a picture of all the scarves before boxing them up.  They were so beautiful. 

Chop - Chop

My sister - in - law had a few trees cut down.  An older gentleman at our church was going to get the wood.  Tony said that he wanted to show the boys how to chop wood & to help out an older saint out.

Tony showing the boys how it's done. 

The boys thought it was so cool that he could cut

the wood in two with just one chop.

Collin had a lot of fun.  He was able to chop some.  

The axe was still a little too heavy for him.

Look at the big stump Collin cut through.

(Okay, here's a little secret, Tony actually cut it, but Collin finished it off.)

But since a picture's worth a 1000 words, we won't say anything different.

Will did really good.  

Get ready....

Chop.....(see the crack going through the wood)

Oh yeah!  Victory!

 

Faith had fun trying.

I tried too.  I realized real fast that it was 

not a job for me.  So I just stacked the wood.

 

Faith loved helping me stack the wood.  

She said "I feel just like Laura Ingalls helping her Pa."

 

 Mr. Hallman was so thankful that he didn't have to chop the rest of the

wood.  What a great lesson in servanthood as well as how to survive

on the land.  Well at least one of the many lessons of land survival.

Help me not to Murmur

Lord, help me to truely realize, in my heart, that griping and murmuring is a sin. I want to honor you.

Below is part of a sermon from Dr. David Gibbs. This opened my eyes to how bad God sees griping & murmuring.

Did you gripe about anything last week?

It’s forbidden.

God killed more of the children of Israel for griping then all other sins combined. If God killed Christians today for griping, our churches would be few. We would spend all of our time at funerals – if there were preachers still left to do them.

We don’t think that griping is a sin. We have moved the fence b/c we do it so much. People grip & don’t know they are griping. Have you seen people who have cursed so much in their everyday language that they don’t even know they are doing it. That is what we’ve done with griping.

God forbids griping more than He forbids cursing in the bible. Some men have counted that every time we gripe, we commit 130 sins. Some are real obvious. In everything give thanks. Well, there went that one. Walk in the spirit- love, joy. Gone. Rejoice again I say rejoice. Blew that one. Every time you gripe, it’s like a machine gun of sin. We have moved the fence to where we are comfortable.

What will it take to say you’re done. Have you ever tried to live one day and not do that sin.

We murmur & grip all day, then we walk in the church & say bless me, Lord.

It doesn’t matter what someone has done to you. Murmuring is a sin.

Exodus 16:7
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

Exodus 16:8
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Good Wednesday - The Day Jesus was Crucified

Have you ever been puzzled how the Lord could have been crucified and buried on a Friday and then rose on a Sunday- if He was to have been in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights?

I believe that He was crucified and buried on a Wednesday. Below are Biblical reason to my belief. The notes are a dictated from my pastor's Sermon "Good Wednesday."

What day of a week was Jesus Crucified and put in the tomb?

Matt. 12:38-40 "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous (adulterous implies unfaithfulness to God) generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

These are words that are pertaining to the death, burial & resurrection. These 3 days and 3 nights were exactly what the Lord meant to say. Three full days and three full nights.

What was the length of the day? John 11:9 "Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?..." If there are 12 hours in a day, then there must be 12 hours in a night.

Any day of the week is a good day to worship the Lord. Colossians 2:16 "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:"

No where does the Bible say that Jesus was crucified and died on the cross on Fri.

Mark 15:42 "And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath," Because the Jewish weekly Sabbath was always observed on Saturday, the 7th day of the week. The conclusion is naturally drawn that because Jesus was crucified on the day before the Sabbath that He must have been crucified on Fri.

It's a well know fact that Israel had many other many Sabbathdays to observe. More than just the weekly sabbath that fell on the 7th day of the week.

For example, The Lord's passover - which occured yearly, was always a Sabbath day which was to be observed by the nation of Israel. It always to be observed an an exact time. The old testiment tells us that God gave them the specific instructions that they were to observe the passover on the 14th day of the first month of the Jewish calendar. The month of Nisan. No matter which day of the week it fell, it was to be a Sabbath day or a day of rest and worship to God. Like the weekly Sabbath, they were to stop all labor and physical activity on this day.

When Mark 15:42 tells us that Jesus was crucified on the day before the Sabbath, was it referring to the weekly Sabbath, Saturday, or could it have been referring to the yearly Passover Sabbath? The Bible doesn't leave us to speculate such a question.

(This is dealing with the events surrounding the crucifiction surrounding our Lord. He's standing before Pilate.)

In John 19:12-15
"And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar."

Notice that vs. 14 clearly tells us that our Lord's trial and crucifiction occured on the day of preparation before the Passover Sabbath. The preparation day was a day for the people of God to make preparations for that yearly and special day know as the Passover. There were a lot of activities involved in that. (The Passover Lamb and the meal they were to eat- all spiritual truth. To remind them of what God did for them during that special event known as Passover.) This was the day that always proceeded the Sabbath day known as the Passover. On the Passover Sabbath, all work had to cease. There could be no activity other than which was outline.

John 19:31 "The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away."

A High Day - was one of the annual Feasts Days or yearly Sabbath Days observed by the nation of Isreal. It was a special yearly observance. Also called Holy Convocation (Lev.23:2). Some would say that a solution to all of this is that the Passover Sabbath, in the year that our Lord died, occured on Saturday or that it fell on the same day as the weekly Sabbath. Therefore, they believed that being the order of events and the way that the calender fell that year, that Jesus was crucified and buried on Friday.

Look at Leviticus 23: 1-8
(Notice how God specifically gave instructions to the nation of Israel concerning there Sabbath day.)

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein."

If the Passover would have fallen on Saturday, or the 7th day of the week, in the year that our Lord was crucified, that it required that the next day being Sunday or the 1st day of the week would have also had to have been a Sabbath day. The Passover Sabbath Day, which always fell (even to this day) on the 14 day of the month of Nisan, but following that special Sabbath day, was another Sabbath Day called the Feast of the Unleavened Bread. It always occurs on the 15th day of Nisan. Every year, regardless of which days of the week they fell in the calendar, Israel observed the Passover Sabbath on the 14th day of the first month & the Feast of the Unleavened Bread on the 15th day of the first month. They were back to back Sabbath days. They were always required by God, of His people, to incorporate into their yearly observances.
We know that Sunday, the day the Lord arose, was not a Sabbath day.

(The ladies are now on their way to the tomb to prepare our Lord's body for burial)
Mark 16:1-2 "And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him."

(Let's don't skim over words & statements. They are not here to just fill up space. That 1st part is there for a reason. And when the sabbath was past)

"And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. "

The conclusion is: Sunday, which is the 1st day of the week, is the day that our Lord arose from the tomb. If the yearly Passover fell on Saturday of the same week that our Lord was crucified and buried, then Sunday had to also be a Sabbath day. Because the 14th day and the 15th day, the day following the Passover day, also had to be observed as a Sabbath day. Had Sunday been a Sabbath day, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread Sabbath, then these ladies would not have been permitted to go to the tomb to finish preparing our Lord's body for burial.

For the Lord to be in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights like He said He would when He gave the sign of Jonas, there isn't any other way other than to have a Wednesday crucifiction and burial. Some say that part of a day constitutes a whole day and a part of a night constitutes a whole night. The Lord said that a day has 12 hours in it. (John 11:9) So that dismisses that.

Let's say hypothetically that Jesus was crucified on Friday, has it ever crossed your mind and puzzled you how you still get 3 days and 3 nights out of that? Even if a portion of a day can be concluded as an entire day. If He was crucified on Friday, a couple of ours before 6 o'clock, which is the beginning of a new day for the Jews. The Passover began at 6 o'clock, that evening. If He was crucified on Friday, let's say we'll take a couple of hours there on Friday, to constitute a day. All day Saturday. Then if we want to say, hypothetically, that Jesus didn't arise till Sunday morning, daylight. That would constitute, hypothetically, the 3rd day. You still can't get 3 nights out of that. That's Friday & Saturday- only.

Thursday- was the Passover Sabbath
Friday- The Feast of Unleavened Bread Sabbath
Saturday- The 7th day of the week Sabbath

Then Sunday, the 1st day of the week, which began at sundown on Saturday evening. (remember that the Jewish day started at 6 o'clock in the evening - of the previous day.)

Sewing Bags & Encouragement

Collin's 1st sewing project. (Didn't think to get the camera until after it was made.) Collin made this all by himself. I put the pedal on a step stool, gave him instructions & he was off.

Homemade traveling stationary bag!

Before life got filled with precious children, I was very good about sending cards to encourage, to thank, for birthday wishes and so on. After my days got full, I fell off the wagon. I missed doing it. I enjoy opening the mailbox (expecting nothing but bills & junk mail) and have a surprise card from someone. What a treat! I want to do the same for others again.


Someone gave Tony the cute little red knit envelope bag with a gift card in it. He got the card, I got the bag. It was perfect to hold return address labels & stamps. Cards, addresses, sticky note, a pen & my little traveling encouragment bag is ready to go. There are so many times when I'm out and about with a few minutes here and there - that I don't get at home. With so much going on, it is essential to use the time wisely.

The Bible and ADD

(Blessing # 41) I was blessed with being diagnosed with ADD about 11 years ago. (I may have had it during childhood, but didn't know enough to get it checked out.) You may ask, 'why do I say blessed?' Well, we know the down side of ADD {Side note: my ADD is like you're in a room with 20 people hearing everyone's conversations and knowing what they are saying all at the same time. My brain is on overload.}, but I choose to look at the up side of it.

Great things about ADD

1. Lots of energy
2. Can do several things at one time
3. Need less sleep
4. Spontaneous
5. Attention to detail
6. Can think of different and new ways to do things
7. Happy and enthusiastic
8. Imaginative, creative

I was taking Adderall to help. After doing research on this drug, I found out that it was basically "speed". If you have ADD, it does the reverse- it slows your brain down. If you don't, then you are flying high. When I was expecting my first son, I knew that I wasn't going to take it during my pregnancy. I also knew that I couldn't work very well without using something to help me.

I have no medical degree, but I do have a little bit of horse sense. If sugar and carbs give you energy & energy for the brain, then maybe to much of it causes ADD. I started researching on natural sites. There was a lot of evidence stating that diet does cause ADD.

I changed my diet. I was slowly seeing the symptoms of ADD slowly decreasing. When I go for long periods of time, not eating healthy, I notice that the symptoms increase. Medical doctors have told me that diet is not the cause. I know my body better than anyone- despite what they say. This may not be the case for everyone, but for me, ADD is caused by my diet.



The reason I am talking about ADD is because of my quiet time. Over the years, reading my Bible has been challanging for me. With my brain going in 90 different directions at one time, (okay, maybe only thinking of 5 different things at once) I can't focus on His precious word. If I can do something while I'm reading, I can grasp what I'm reading. Since that is really hard to do, (Blessing #42) I've been using Bible CDs. Alexander Scourby (Dramatized version) Holy Bible KJV is wonderful! I put it in and start cleaning. After I listen to however many chapters, I turn it off and talk to myself about what I just learned and how I can apply it to my life. (Again by talking it out while I'm cleaning or cooking - works along side with the ADD) Then I start praying for what and whom the Lord lays on my heart (also while I'm doing something with my hands).

This may not be the best choice for people without ADD, but it works for me. When my ADD is under control (my diet is healthy), I can sit and read my Father's Word. I do cherish holding my Bible in my hands and seeing it in print.

As my mother-in-law says, "There is more than one way to skin a cat."

True Greatness

My dear friend Andrea posted this site on her blog. http://www.familyminute.com/blog/?p=544
It was so wonderful to hear this, because this is one my heart's desires for my children. To be a servant for the Lord by serving others.

I want to raise my children for true greatness.

4 qualities of True Greatness:

• Humility - Psalm 131:1 (Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.)
• Gratefullness - 1 Chronicles 29:13 (Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.)
• Generosity - Psalms 112:5 (A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.)
  
• Servant's Heart - Mark 10:45 (For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many

I want my kids to be humble, thankful, care about others more than their own self and to want to help others.

Lord, help me to be these things so that I can lead by example to my children.

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A Child of the King

A Child of the King~ by H. Buell & J. Summers

1. My Father is rich in houses and lands, He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold, His coffers are full, he has riches untold.

2. My Father's own Son, the saviour of men, once wandered on earth as the poorest of them; But now He is pleading our pardon on high, that we may be His when He comes by and by.

3. I once was an outcast stranger on earth, a sinner by choice, and an alien by birth; but I've been adopted, my name's written down, and heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown.

4. A tent or a cottage, why should I care? They're building a palace for me over there; though exiled from Home, yet, still I may sing: All glory to God, I'm a child of the King.

Amy is in the middle. My sweet friend, Zelle is from the Philippines. Both are such a blessing to me.

We had a wonderful ladies fellowship last week. I was blessed to hear my dear friend, Amy teach. She has been a missionary to the Philippines for the last 12 years. She is one of my Spiritual heroes.

She has 2 sweet precious boys that my children adore. I love spending time with them. Her love for the Lord just overflows. Just being with her gives me spiritual uplifting. Amy encourages me to be a better child of the King & and a better mom.

The lesson was about the Advantages of being a Child of the King.

1. Presence of the Holy Spirit in my life. John 1:12, John 14:16-17

2. Promises in the Word of God that I can claim. Hebrews 13:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, Proverbs 3:5,6 Faithful is He Acts 16:31

3. Power of Prayer in my life. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 - crying out loud - pleading the blood of Jesus.

I nI needed to hear this, to be reminded again. I've seen God's hand in prayer time after time, but sometimes I give things to God and then take it back. At times, I think, I know this is God's will, but why isn't anything happening. How long is it going to take? Then He reminds me- in My time. I have to trust in Him. Some of the things I've been praying about- I know without a doubt He wants it to be so- more than I do. Wait on the Lord and be of good courage. Wait, I say wait.

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4. Protection of the Lord over me. Safety is of the Lord. Proverbs 21:31

5. Privilege of serving Him. Joshua 24:15, Psalms 100:2, Colossians 3:23-24

6. "Princess" title I can claim John 1:12 Because I am a child of the King, that makes me His Princess!

Me - a Princess! Does my husband know this? Princess' don't clean their own throne. I do like to wear necklaces - even when I'm cleaning. I wonder if I start wearing a tiara, instead, while I clean if it'll get me out of the chore?

{Side note: If you have a little girl, check out Gigi, God's Little Princess by Sheila Walsh. It is so cute. Faith and I have really enjoyed reading it.)



I am truly honored that God has allowed me to be friends with my spiritual hero!

Joshua 1:8

My computer has been down due to a virus. I am so glad that my hubby was able to bring it back to life. We didn't loose anything, we just couldn't sign on. So I guess I need to thank the crazy person who created the virus for not making one that would destroy everything on our computer. Why do people create just to destroy? That is another blog for another day.



Do we know how to sit and think? Or do we just sit?

Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

We must meditate on the word. We must heed and enforce the word of God.

Meditate day and night. This is more than acquiring knowledge from the scripture. Meditate means to ponder or give serious thought to. The goal for spiritual meditation is application.

We are living in an age that has forgotten to be silent with God. Walking in God's commandments ensures God's promises. "then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success." (vs.8) If we desire to prosper as Joshua did, then we must do as he did.

Study the word of God
Submit to the word of God both day and night.

(the notes above from our Pastor's sermon.)

I want to have success. Maybe not what the world views as success, but what my Lord views as success. I want to have a marriage that pleases God. I want to raise my children to know and love Him- to serve Him. I want to be faithful. When I meet my Heavenly Father, I want to hear Him say "well done, thou good and faithful servant" (Matt. 25:21) That will be my success.

{Side note: When we were expecting our 1st child, I had already picked out the name Faith if our child were to be a girl. 2 babies later, we had our Faith. Not only did I love that name, but it was the essence of my desire ~Faith, to be faithful.}

I need to learn how to sit, be still and ponder on His word. Meditate- apply His word to my life both day and night.

Do we know how to sit and think? Or do we just sit?

Slow Me Down Lord

I love turtles. They just go at a slow pace. They look like they have all the time in the world. Perhaps, we can learn something from these funny little creatures. I have a few turtles on my kitchen window seal to remind me to slow down and reflect on Him.

This time of year, I have to remind myself daily or should I say hourly to slow down.

This poem was a great reminder of slowing me down.

Slow me down, Lord;

Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Give me amid the confusion of the day the calmness of the everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles
with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory.
Teach me the art of taking minute vacations,
of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend,
to smile at a child, to read a few lines from Your book.

Slow me down, Lord,
And inspire me to send my roots deep
deep into the soil of life's enduring values,
that I may grow toward my greater destiny.
Remind me each day that the race is not always to the swift,
that there is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let me look upward to the towering oak
and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

By Owen L. Craine

My Cup Runneth Over

I have been doing a study on simplicity, contentment, thanksgiving & joy.

We have finished watching all 10 seasons of "Little House on the Prairie". We've been reading the books as well. (It is our tradition - while reading these books, to read by an oil lamp while eating a "sour ball"- like Laura Ingalls loved.)

The ladies in that time period had so much work to do, but yet they had time to be hospitable, time to make big meals for their family and help others. Our lives have gotten so busy- just... being... busy. I noticed that they didn't have a lot of "stuff"- which is probably the reason they were able to do so much. They could work circles around us. We (as a society) have lost that - hospitality & simplicity. I want to claim some of that back for our family.

We went to the mountains back in July. We stayed in a 3 room - not 3 bedrooms, but a 3 room log cabin. The kids loved it. We didn't bring a lot of things - just some games that required playing together. We were living in very close quarters. The kids thought that was the best house ever. They have talked about trading our house in for that exact house. Simplicity.

Notice the Little House night gown & loft/ladder like the "Little House".

Contentment: "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and rainment let us be therewith content." 1 Tim. 6: 6-8 Lord, help me to be content in what you have given me. The Lord has blessed us so much. He has always supplied our needs.

"Thankfulness is how you think, joy is the abundance it produces. Thanksgiving is good; thanks-living is better." ~ Debi Pearl "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Colossians 3:15

"Live with thanksgiving, forgiveness, and joy, and enjoy all your moments as if they were you last. Thanksgiving produces joy. Open you mouth and begin to thank God for His grace towards you. Thank Him for every good thing that He has brought into your life." ~ Debi Pearl

I am thankful for the simple things:

1. A Lord who loved me enough to die for me.
2. My salvation.
3. A husband that enjoys playing with our children & making them laugh.
4. A husband who loves and encourages me.
   
5. For a tennis coach, whose love for the kids shine though.
6. The warm sunshine today with a cool crisp breeze.
7. For our sweet home that reminds me of a cottage.
8. A country where we are free to worship our Savior.
9. For the men and women who have and are fighting for our freedom.
   
10. For 31 precious children that sing in our children's choir.
11. For God allowing me, to be used of Him, to teach those 31 children as well as to raise my 3 babies.

As I sit here with tears spilling out of my eyes, I am amazed that despite my flaws, God still uses me. To God be the glory.

I can truly say~ My Cup Runneth Over.