Two in a Row!?

Yes, I'm writing two blogs in a row.  We had a wonderful time with our friends at the river today.  Our children talked, splashed, and built while my friends and I talked.  It was a wonderful day.  We also celebrated hamburger day and chocolate day.  My husband had made us cheeseburgers for lunch.  There is a real renewed interest in the Hobbit so we replayed a video game that we owe.  Right now, my son is trying to come up with ideas for his birthday.  Have a great week. 

26 July 2014

I have discovered Pintrest.  Actually, my daughter showed me Pintrest.  I like it, and, like all things on the internet, it's addicting.  Let's see, this week brought a couple of trips to the park to play Frisbee, which we are all getting pretty good at.  My daughter and I did some baking- zucchini bread and blueberry cobbler.  We played video games, started a new devotional and book, implemented a reading time, went to Church, etc, etc.  The only thing we really aren't having fun doing is watching movies on movie night.  I mean, it's the same thing all the time, and good movies aren't exactly falling from the sky.  What is fascinating is what is viewed as worth seeing, and what is not worth seeing.  I'm learning how to be a person who doesn't give so much "advice" to my son.  It's a little harder than I thought it would be.  We did learn something cool in our devotionals that I like.  As a Christian, we should be in training, not in trying.  Trying just frustrates a person and gets little results.  However, training is doable, and the results are fruitful and everlasting.  Well, I just wanted to give an update.  Have a great week.

16 July 2014

This was one of those miss the good wife and mom days.  I know that Jesus said that no on was good except God.  I believe that.  I suppose it would be better to say that I didn't do well at being the wife and mom today.  Too bossy, too pushy, too worried.  Just too much.  However, there is never too much of God's grace on the situations of life, on me, and on my family.  That is just like God to give His grace away because, well frankly, God is good.  Have a great week.

July 12, 2014

A lot of things have happened since my last entry.  Our son has graduated high school!!  It was a wonderful ceremony that was held at the home of a wonderful family whose oldest daughter organized everything.  She also graduated this year.  We were very blessed, and my son was overwhelmed.  My son has also got two part- time jobs to help pay for college.  We are out of school for the summer, except for math and Bible Quizzing.  My daughter is considering starting a book club in the fall.  She really enjoys them.  I'm considering starting a high school drama club.  My husband took two months off from school to spend time with us this summer.  We have gone to the beach twice, which is a big deal where we live.  The weather is hot, but I like it.  We finally planted my daughter's apple tree.  It was a science experiment on a wet paper towel inside a plastic bag.  It sprouted and grew.  We are planning some more trees this way.  It is a lot cheaper than buying the tree.  Talk about a recycling plan.  We have picked a family friendly Church to attend that has lots of different opportunities for each of our family to serve in.  We went to a luncheon today and met some of the friendly staff there.  Some fun friend activities so far has been the Family Fun Center, laser tag, Chess tournament, and a small sleepover.  I hope all of you are also having a wonderful summer.