Our Curriculum Is Here

Jadyn was so excited to get a big box with her K5 workbooks in for the fall.  While we were living in PA I homeschooled MJ, but when we moved we put him in the Christian school here where his dad works.  So he has gone to school for 2 years.  Mark and I have always said we'll decide each year about school.  We have decided that this year we will homeschool MJ and Jadyn.  This will be a new experience homeschooling 2 kids, but I'm looking forward to having all my ducklings under my wings again.  I think I get as excited as the kids do when the curriculum starts coming in.  I've been looking through their books and seeing what fun things we will be learning this next school year.  It's been hard to keep Jadyn from working on her K5 books.  I've hidden them from her view for now! LOL  So as this school year wraps up and my 4th grader becomes a 5th grader and my little girl is looking forward to Kindergarten I am reminded of the task before me. I am looking forward to the next school year and what we all will learn together!

Awana Awards 2013

Wednesday night was Awana awards night.  The kids were so excited to finish up their year of Awana and receive their awards for their hard work.

The Puggles were absolutely adorable all lined up in a row and getting their certificates.  Gabe will be moving up to Cubbies in the fall.

Jadyn won Cubbie of the Year!  She was so excited to get a medal to wear around her neck.  She has only taken it off to sleep! LOL She will be moving up to Sparks in the fall!

Mj got an excellence trophy for finishing book 2 in Truth in Training

Jadyn & Mj pose with their awards!

 I'm so proud of the hard work they have put in to memorizing God's Word.  My prayer is that these verses don't just stay in their heads, but they would permeate into their hearts!  That they would see how each verse is about Christ!

Mother's Day

I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a mom of these 4 amazing kids! When I was a little girl, I always imagined myself as a mom but I couldn't have imagined the craziness of life with 4 kiddos! =)It was easy to be a mom to be Cabbage Patch Kids, not as easy to be a mom of 4 "real" kids! ;)  I'm thankful that God gives me the grace I need every day as I parent these 4 precious gifts and teach them of their Rescuer, Jesus and how much He loves them.

I am also thankful for my mom! She taught me how to be a mom. She never got to see me in my role as mom, but everything I learned I learned from my amazing mom. I didn't understand all that she did for me, until I became a mom and I look forward to the day that I can thank her face to face!

I love this picture of my family.  One of our favorite things to do growing up was camping.  I have such wonderful memories of our many camping trips!

8 months old

Yesterday, this cutie turned 8 months old! He's sitting up like such a big boy, crawling all over the place, roaring like a lion, and becoming quite the personality.  He sure does know how to grab the attention of people. I guess that comes with being #4.  He will give you that big smile and get a twinkle in his eyes and give you a look that says, "Yes, I know I'm cute!"

I'm still here!

Wow! I've been a horrible blogger! There's bit some sickness going around the family and busyness with the end of the school year, but I am here to update on life.

Job is sitting up pretty well by himself. He loves the Fisher Price Noah's Ark with the animals. It's definitely a favorite toy of his.

Job also started crawling this past week.  He's got the army crawl down and is really moving very quickly.  I forgot how quickly they learn to crawl.  He is all over the place now!  Where has the time gone?  He's my earliest crawler and I'm hoping this doesn't mean he'll be an early walker! This momma is not ready for that!! ;)

Mj's been keeping busy with school.  He is anxiously wanting for summer break!  He went on a field trip yesterday and had a blast!  I was thankful that my friend was able to go and take pictures for me. I had to practice with the jr high and high school choirs that day and couldn't go on his field trip.

Gabe has started saying, "I love you Mom, too" just randomly throughout the day.  It melts my heart!

Craziness and silliness are always happening around the house.

We've been watching the Miami Heat in their playoff games.

Jadyn has been all about feeding Job his supper.  It's quite messy, but they both enjoy it!

And just cause he's so stinkin' cute, I had to add another picture of the Jobester!

Poor Jadyn had an eye infection and ear infection.  She got the worst part of the sickies. I'm so thankful she is feeling so much better!

We were able to get some house projects finished.  We've been here in Miami for almost 2 years and we're still slowly getting our house to look like a home! ;)  We got our family pictures up with the wall decal my sis-in-law got us, a new dining room light.  My amazing hubby built our new dining room table and bench and we got some new chair from IKEA.

I also got this wall finished.  I'm so thankful for pinterest!  It inspires me! ;)

We've had some fun youth group activities.  We played human clue which was a hit with everyone!  I got to be the Babbling Baker.  Don't worry I didn't commit the murder! I had fun hiding in the kitchen for the teens to find me!  I believe this activity will be an annual event!  Everyone loved it.

Last week we had a French Dinner for the teens. It was fun dressing up and serving our teens!  The food was amazing and I'm not just saying it cause I was one of the cooks! ;)

 

So that is what we've been up to! =)

Look to the Ant

I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to stay home with my kids. I get to have opportunities like I did this day to share the amazing creation God has made for us to enjoy and to learn from. We were outside enjoying a beautiful afternoon wen Jadyn & Gabe noticed a line of ants walking down the sidewalk.  One of the ants was carrying a leaf and I shared with them how strong ants are and what hard workers they are.  And that God tells us in the Bible that we are to look at the ants, because they are a good example of hard workers.  Ants are not lazy.  So we watched them some more and thanked God for creating ants!

Jadyn decided to catch an ant and let it crawl on her hand.

I even taught Job about ants.  He was such a good listener.=)

Watching the ants walk down the sidewalk.

Bubbles

Is there anything better than blowing bubbles on a beautiful morning?

First Time in the Big Tub

Look who had his first bath in the big bath tub!!  Jadyn & Gabe were so excited to have Job join them at bath time this past weekend! They wanted to help wash him which was not very enjoyable for Job, but he survived! ;)  Job loved grabbing the bubbles in the bath!  He's getting to be such a big boy!

7 Months Old

Job is 7 months old today!  He loves to roll - everywhere!  He does not stay in one place anymore!  He's starting to enjoy his exersaucer more.  He loves yogurt, sweet potatoes, and mangoes!  His two bottom teeth have just started to cut through. He's such a happy baby!  He sure does add so much to our family!

We Love Music

Jadyn has loved music since she was a baby.  She is always making up songs or singing her favorite songs over and over and over.  She has recently been all about me playing piano and her singing.  Her favorite right now is "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High".  A couple weeks ago I let her video herself singing.  She forgot how the last line goes, but it just made the video cuter! =)  I love to hear this girl sing especially when she's singing praises to our Lord! Her favorite songs right now to sing are "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High", "Mighty to Save", "Our God is an Awesome God", and "You are My All in All"! I love sharing my love for music with her and being able to sing and play piano with her!