Love is in the Air

The girls got to go enjoy a fun time at the Daddy/Daughter Dance. They were excited to get new dresses and also dresses for their American Girl Dolls. They wore corsages with painted fingernails. They had pink cookies, punch and chocolate kisses. There was lots of dancing and music. Wonderful memories were made with their daddy!

Snow day #2

So here we are day 2 stuck inside. Here's the list of activities for today.

Family Exercise Hour to Fit Moms DVD
45 minutes of Ping Pong Game (see below for explanation)
Craft Time (magazine collages)
Move Time (Shrek Forever)
Beauty Salon (put girls hair in dreadlocks,pics to come!)
Valentine Bingo
Spelling Practice/Reading Time
Make a tent in girls' room to keep them busy for maybe 10 minutes
Family Worship/Prayer Time (hopefully will have music by Dad, a devo, and prayer time)

As the day progresses the volume seems to go up and up in here. Looking forward to the melting of the ice. Not enough snow this go around to play in, plus it's way too cold!

Ok, so for those of you interested in Ping Pong Game here it is. You take as many ping pong balls as you desire and write different chores on each one with a sharpie. They might be things like wash dishes, vacuum, empty trash cans, feed the animals, pick up toys, fold clothes, etc. Everyone chooses a ball and does that, as soon as that task is complete they draw another ball. The point of the game is to get the most ping pong balls and that person is the winner! The girls love it because it's a competition.

Snow Day!

Ok, very quickly this morning I realize that we are going to have to make this "snow day" very structured or else this house will close in on us very fast. So, while taking my shower this morning my mind was racing with ideas. And these are the activites I've come up with for today and possibly tomorrow.

ART: Decorate Valentine Mailboxes
LANGUAGE ARTS: Make Valentine Cards
HOME ECONOMICS AND MATH/SCIENCE: Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
SPELLING: Play Scrabble Junior
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Play Hide & Seek
READING: Individual reading time
BIBLE: Write letters to our sister Karla in Nicaragua
REST TIME: Movie & Popcorn
GAME TIME: Valentine Bingo

It's the teacher in me wanting to keep things organized and structured. I figure we'll have fun and still learn too.

We Are Hungry

This is my heart this morning

Hungry (Falling on my Knees)

What do you hope for?

Really, what do you hope for?

Some hope for promotions at work, a new car, a new home, a breakthrough in rough circumstances, losing those extra pounds, a new friendship, a restored relationship, and the list goes on and on.

What is it that you are hoping for?

The verse I read today was Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

I was convicted by this verse knowing that I have a relationship with a Holy God who is my hope. HE is all the hope I need. And not just that, but do I share this with others who are desperately in need of hope? If you are a Christian then you have a hope that surpasses all other things and we need to share that with this hurting world. Opportunities are all around us daily, let's seize them for God's glory!

Eat & Pray

Well we are back to our menu planning and praying for countries around the world.
Last night was Rustic Tortellini Soup from Italy as shown in the picture.


Delicious!!!

Tonight was Sesame Shrimp Bowl from Asia. It's a fun way to include missions in our daily life and also to get the girls to try new foods.

We are also following operation world and using their prayer guide to pray for people groups around the world before we go to bed. It's fun for the girls to learn about other cultures, and the prayers they lift up to the Lord are amazing in their innocence. The faith of a child.....if only we all had that!

Here's the link if you are interested in praying with us : http://www.operationworld.org/prayer-movement