SCENES FROM OUR HOME TODAY
Charming, Stacia!
Loving her co-op yogurt
Krista & Zander - sling time 
Hugs anyone? - oh discovered Stacia has one molar 1/2 through, a cannine tooth popped and two molars really swollen....
Don't Mess with me!
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
PWOC
Tonight we had a Potato Bar/Salad and Dessert dinner for the women of the chapel (PWOC). Some had mentioned that they wished we had more time to simply get to know each other. That was my goal for tonight. Mandy, one of our new chaplain’s wives came and I think it was really good for her to be able to have a “get to know you night”. Honestly, it was good for all of us. We had fun. There were 6 of us – which is good for us. Mike, I was the only one from our family present this time. :::snort:::
Lynn, I used your ice-breaker. By the time we got to that the comment was made that ice had been broken…but I told them that I worked hard to find an ice breaker and we were going to use it. You choose 3 things from your purse or wallet that tell something about you….it was hilarious. Of course, next time I should remember that ice breakers come FIRST. LOL
We are going to be using the LifeChange study series by Nav Press and studying I, II and III John. This is a lighter study but it teaches the inductive study method….in other words it teaches you how to study any book of the Bible on your own. Good skills to know.
Tonight we had a Potato Bar/Salad and Dessert dinner for the women of the chapel (PWOC). Some had mentioned that they wished we had more time to simply get to know each other. That was my goal for tonight. Mandy, one of our new chaplain’s wives came and I think it was really good for her to be able to have a “get to know you night”. Honestly, it was good for all of us. We had fun. There were 6 of us – which is good for us. Mike, I was the only one from our family present this time. :::snort:::
Lynn, I used your ice-breaker. By the time we got to that the comment was made that ice had been broken…but I told them that I worked hard to find an ice breaker and we were going to use it. You choose 3 things from your purse or wallet that tell something about you….it was hilarious. Of course, next time I should remember that ice breakers come FIRST. LOL
We are going to be using the LifeChange study series by Nav Press and studying I, II and III John. This is a lighter study but it teaches the inductive study method….in other words it teaches you how to study any book of the Bible on your own. Good skills to know.
THIS AND THAT
I’ve registered the high school boys in NARHS (North Atlantic Regional High School) again. I really need to mail off their portfolios. They give me until December to mail it in – but I want it mailed in before we began a NEW year.
We’ve decided to begin schooling on 25th September this year. The girls leave mid-week the week before (20th).
Krista made a quadrupled recipe of pizza sauce for us. It made 4 quart bags. I think we’ll make an “octuplet” (??? Is that a word????) recipe next time.
Bre made some signs with the younger ones. She read *Squire and the Scroll* to the boys at bed time and has been working through American Girl stories with Arielle in the afternoons.
The older 4 went to the Family Bookstore today. I’m not sure what all they picked up.
Cy worked.
Jamin made pizza dough for Friday night.
Stacia, Nolan and I went on an early a.m. walk.
I’ve registered the high school boys in NARHS (North Atlantic Regional High School) again. I really need to mail off their portfolios. They give me until December to mail it in – but I want it mailed in before we began a NEW year.
We’ve decided to begin schooling on 25th September this year. The girls leave mid-week the week before (20th).
Krista made a quadrupled recipe of pizza sauce for us. It made 4 quart bags. I think we’ll make an “octuplet” (??? Is that a word????) recipe next time.
Bre made some signs with the younger ones. She read *Squire and the Scroll* to the boys at bed time and has been working through American Girl stories with Arielle in the afternoons.
The older 4 went to the Family Bookstore today. I’m not sure what all they picked up.
Cy worked.
Jamin made pizza dough for Friday night.
Stacia, Nolan and I went on an early a.m. walk.
PLAYING
I invented a great game today. We were all sitting around the living room. Stacia gave me a hug. Then she ran off to play. I asked for another hug but she was busy playing. Then I said, “Zander, will you give me a hug?” Sure enough…when he came to hug me she ran over. We kept this up through all the kids in the house. She was hilarious. She gave Josiah and Jamin really shocked and funny looks when THEY got up to give me a hug.
Great game – and I got hugs today! :::snort:::
I invented a great game today. We were all sitting around the living room. Stacia gave me a hug. Then she ran off to play. I asked for another hug but she was busy playing. Then I said, “Zander, will you give me a hug?” Sure enough…when he came to hug me she ran over. We kept this up through all the kids in the house. She was hilarious. She gave Josiah and Jamin really shocked and funny looks when THEY got up to give me a hug.
Great game – and I got hugs today! :::snort:::
ONE ISSUE CHRISTIANS
A few months ago (or was it weeks ago?) I had some entries about desiring the cross to be the "one issue" that would define me....and not a zillion other things that can seem so very important. I've thought about HOW to make that happen a lot the past few months (or weeks).
I put the song *Sweetly Broken* by Jeremy Riddle on my space. I really like being able to add music to my spot/space/blog....but I'm not doing much else with it at this point. LOL
The entire song is wonderful - it clearly spells out the work of redemption...but I love the chorus...
Chorus:
At the cross You
beckon me
You draw me gently
to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken,
wholly surrendered
A few months ago (or was it weeks ago?) I had some entries about desiring the cross to be the "one issue" that would define me....and not a zillion other things that can seem so very important. I've thought about HOW to make that happen a lot the past few months (or weeks).
I put the song *Sweetly Broken* by Jeremy Riddle on my space. I really like being able to add music to my spot/space/blog....but I'm not doing much else with it at this point. LOL
The entire song is wonderful - it clearly spells out the work of redemption...but I love the chorus...
Chorus:
At the cross You
beckon me
You draw me gently
to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken,
wholly surrendered
Stages of Farwell
I suppose we are processing through the “stages of farewell”????
Yesterday Zander began testing every rule or boundary we have in our home. “Mom, Can I play Play Station”? “Mom, can I run naked outside in the front yard?” “Mom, can I watch a movie?” blah blah blah Every time I said, “No, Zander you know you can’t do that”; he would reply, “Dad says YES!!”
Seriously, I do believe that there are stages of farewell just as there are stages of grief. I’ve not figured them all out but I do know that this is one of the stages. There is also an increased sleeplessness in the house – children and Mommy. We’ve passed through the total blubbering phase….though meal times often reduce one of us to tears…the boys must be dreading the girls leaving. We didn’t have a circle prayer time without me crying for at least a month when they left last fall. :::sniff:::
I think the hard thing about this season in our family is that as we begin to “move on” from saying goodbye to Mike, another big farewell looms. Thinking of saying goodbye to the girls rips, as it were, the scab from our emotions all over again. I think by October we’ll be back on an even keel.
Meanwhile today begins the fall schedule for PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel). I must get busy.
I suppose we are processing through the “stages of farewell”????
Yesterday Zander began testing every rule or boundary we have in our home. “Mom, Can I play Play Station”? “Mom, can I run naked outside in the front yard?” “Mom, can I watch a movie?” blah blah blah Every time I said, “No, Zander you know you can’t do that”; he would reply, “Dad says YES!!”
Seriously, I do believe that there are stages of farewell just as there are stages of grief. I’ve not figured them all out but I do know that this is one of the stages. There is also an increased sleeplessness in the house – children and Mommy. We’ve passed through the total blubbering phase….though meal times often reduce one of us to tears…the boys must be dreading the girls leaving. We didn’t have a circle prayer time without me crying for at least a month when they left last fall. :::sniff:::
I think the hard thing about this season in our family is that as we begin to “move on” from saying goodbye to Mike, another big farewell looms. Thinking of saying goodbye to the girls rips, as it were, the scab from our emotions all over again. I think by October we’ll be back on an even keel.
Meanwhile today begins the fall schedule for PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel). I must get busy.
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