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I'm learning to like Pinterest more and more. Since finding out you can get actual recipes and tutorials on there... I'm a fan. Still not in that on-there-everyday-can't-get-enough-pinterest-is-my-home-page way, but I do like it more than I did. As September comes to and end {where did September go?!} and we welcome one of my most favorite months in the whole year... enjoy. {source} Ally, I thought of you when I saw this coffee :)  I love this idea!  {source} {source} these only have four ingredients and are gluten free.  YUM.  loving this outfit. Especially the coat.  {source} someday I'll be stylish enough to wear this :)  {source} I was all excited when I saw this desk!  until I realized its $599 :(  {source} Jason and I are going to build this!  We moved to a home that has a laundry closet,  but no laundry "room" and so this will come in  very handy!  {s...

I made it! I remembered I was going to do these weekly posts and I'm here :) What I'm thinking: I'm thinking about how glad I am I got ALL the laundry done, folded and put away today. I think there were 8 basket fulls total. What I'm reading: still reading Zvi, and reading through Luke 22 & 23 in my Bible time. Studying those two chapters a bit this week, for the sermons we hear on Sunday. What I'm listening to:  Ethan is telling Kara to fly on his feet - in the air. He wants to be strong enough to hold her up, but its not really working :) What we're learning: at the fire station tour we learned a lot about the lives and hard work of firemen. Kara learned that playing with finger nail polish usually resorts in a very big mess :( What I'm watching:  the kids and I have been watching Little House on the Prairie together. What's cooking: nothing right now. But I made my menu and shopping list and I'm super excited about trying some ne...

I can tell Summer is over {not by the weather} but by my lack of posts on here. September rolled in, fall activities began and life got busy . Its such a good busy though. Except the stomach flu that graced by body over the weekend. That's the kind of busy I could live without. Today was the first day of fall {or so they say} and even though it was hot and not fall-like at all , I'm excited we're officially leaving summer and entering my most favorite time of year. Well, for me its a toss-up between fall and winter. Please don't make me chose, because I can't. October and December are my favorite months out of all twelve. School is going great . I never imagined I'd love it more, teaching 2 kids. For some reason I envisioned it getting a lot harder and yet its had the opposite affect. I love the things the kids are learning this year, but I especially love that I get to learn and re-learn with them! I might be a bit of an elementary genius by the time we...

and the results are in... she looks pretty cute!   nothing better than your hairstylist coming to your house!   I asked her what she thought and she said,  "I love it and I love that I still look like ME!" 

My  friend  does something every week she calls Monday Musings and I love reading hers. Actually, if she doesn't get around to posting them until late Monday night, I eagerly await the post coming up. I tried to do something like this last year and fell off the map, but I'm back to try at it again :) What I'm thinking:  how nice it was having such a warm sunny day, followed by a cool night.  What I'm reading:  I'm in the book of Hebrews and Psalms these days. Added to that is Instructing a Child's Heart and Zvi. What I'm listening to:  the kids are happily playing play dough and are all singing or humming songs. Ethan is singing Come Thou Fount, Rachel is humming Amazing Grace and then Kara is singing Price Tag, by Jessie J. She heard it in Target today and  apparently  memorizes things  very  well .  What we're learning:  Last week we learned how pretzels are made and we also learned all about a  caterpillars ...

I'm in a lazy mood and I don't have much to say at all, no pictures I feel like uploading, but wanted to say hello. School started over a week ago and life hasn't been the same since. But its been good and productive and fun. I think I prefer this to the lazy days of summer. I enjoy summer for a bit, but after a while I get tired of the days with very little structure and "wandering" from thing to thing. Maybe that will change as the kids get older, who knows. School has pointed something out to me {yet again} about my kids. They are all from the same two parents, but each TOTALLY different in personality and temper. It amazes me. I think that's what keeps the schooling fun and never feeling dull. Its totally different with each new child and that makes the adventure more of an... adventure! We're pretty settled into the new house. A few rooms need better organization and with school starting right as we moved in, I've put some of it off and out o...

Today's sermon was amazing . It was a little treat, placed in my hand, from God. I love those. If I could sum up what God has taught me this year into one sermon, this one is it. I was so blessed by Pastor Dave's words and so blessed by the testimony of God's grace that he is living out. 2011 has been a year of personal and more importantly, Spiritual growth for me. Through the short life of our little 12 week old son, God has taught me so much about who He is and who I am. And while there's plenty more growth to come {I'm a work in progress}, I love that God often uses our trials and greif to point us to His greater plan. And the point made in this sermon is, its GOD'S plan, not mine. Which is why through this hard year of one thing after another not going according to our plans, God has restored joy and even contentment through it all, because He's shown me {again} what it means to fully trust Him with my life. My everyday life, not just the huge ...

We just had a bunch of friends and some family over and BBQ'd good meat, ate delicious side dishes, and feasted on yummy desserts. Oh, and enjoyed each other's company ;-) I realized after everyone left, I need to start googling some fun group games, because I think parties where people just eat, drink and talk... they get old. Maybe not? I felt like a few games would've been fun. Maybe if I had planned this little shindig out more, games would've happened.  one really cool thing about our yard?  We had about 50 people here today and you never would've guessed.     Games or no games, the party was loads of fun and we enjoyed having everyone over to our new home. We want to love on and serve others with our home, so this was just a great way to get that started. On Wednesday night we being hosting the Community Group that we're new to and we can't wait to meet new people and see friends we already know.  the pool didn't get too muc...

During the move Jason reminded me to grab the camera and snap some "in the process" pictures.  I'm glad he did because its a fun process to look back on.  Sadly, I grabbed the camera late at night and our lens doesn't take evening indoor pictures so well.  This house is all one level and very spacious, which is nice. Its about 500+ square feet larger than our previous house. I miss some of the new'ness of the old house, but we're quite comfy here.  Probably the #1 thing I miss most is the amazing view, the windows everywhere, with light coming in at every angle. Its taken a bit getting used to living down in the trees :)   we almost packed Kara!   hard at work.  I wish I had snapped a picture of Josh...   the living room.   my Mom, hard at work in the dining room.   1st hallway   bathroom  the girl's room was so packed with stuff I couldn't even...