It's been awhile!

Sorry for the long silence! I have been a little scattered.

We are in Puerto Rico with Shawn's family and having a blast. I will share more when we get back, but I wanted to share that I am reading the best book right now.

Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. Check it out! Lots of provoking thoughts that cause me to go hmmm...and wow...and sigh! So, if you don't have a good book to read during your break from the normal this might interest you. Not really a relaxing kind of book, more of an engaging sort of book, it's not a comfy candy book, but it is a search and probing kind of book. ;)

I'll share more soon. :) Love you all tons, and may the God who came bearing the gift of magnificent relationship work in your relationships this season.

Saturday Morning fun...

I woke up to a whole kingdom! LOL! The girls got very creative with the paper and blocks. :) I love it when they are creative. There is a sign above it saying, "No touching or getting very near" and it is surrounded by red pillows and blanket to show the proper boundaries. Of course, they did just leave it all and take off to watch a movie in the basement...hmmm. Just thought you may get a kick out of it!

Snow, again!

Goodness, we sure are getting more snow then usual this year. Not that it really amounts to much, but it is still odd. We are sure not complaining though! We love the snow. :) The girls were out in it early this morning, and came in to warm up with hot tea.

Here are a few pictures...

We are studying Japan right now in school. We are doing the vol. 4 Five in a Row book, Grass Sandals, the Travels of Basho, by Dawnine Spivak.

Today we learned about Haiku!

Here is what Chloe came up with...

snow falls from the sky-

it melts when it hits the ground-

it is freezing cold

And from Riley...

the snow is falling-

I play in the the snow today-

I built a snowman-

Some thoughts for this season....

These are a few videos that have really spoken to my heart....I thought you all might enjoy them too. I have been thinking about this for a few weeks, but then a few friends posted these to a board I visit. They were like icing on the cake.

I would really like to try and be creative with gifts we give this year, and make sure the gifts have meaning beyond just the latest trends. Maybe, we can consider together? :) Love you all TONS!

Maggie funny...

So Chloe, Riley, Maggie and I are sitting on the living room floor playing Uno. I am across from Maggie who is trying to change the color without a wild the whole game for some odd reason. Silly kid. So, I remind her one more time and she looks me in the eye all serious like and says, "I hear you out there!!!.....WILD!" ROFLOL! She is such a funny kid. The girls are all still rolling with laughter! :) I am so thankful we have so much fun. ;)

Election study..

Ok, we have been studying the election for the last week and we are having a blast! One of our activities was for the girls to finish the sentence, If I were President...

These are very cute! I just had to share!

Chloe: If I were President I would make vet bills less expensive, Halloween would be 4 times a year, and you would have to be 12 to drive! (ROFLOL!)

Riley: If I were President I would have there be candy everywhere and there would be no pounds (as in dog pounds, pretty funny as I would say real pounds)!

Maggie: If I were President I would eat all the candy in the world and I would have a pet cat.

Can you tell that we hit the jackpot for candy this Halloween?!? LOL!

Maggie sounds a little like a dictator! Yikes! LOL!

Trick or Treat!!!

Well, the girls had a great time making their costumes this year. I thought they were very creative! ;) Maggie is a fairy. Riley a sock monkey and Chloe a bat. :) They were so fun! Here is the guilty part...we took them to a friends and dropped them off over night! LOL! So, they wen't trick or treating and Shawn and I had some beloved alone time!