I love to dance!

Happy Birthday Party!

  A month late but better late than never! We had the girls party downtown last night! Fun times! They also had a few girls stay the night so it was a bit noises til the wee hours if the night! Fun times!

Happy Birthday Abby!!!

So proud of our girl! Love and blessings to you on your birthday!!!

A funny.....

Our children mimic us don't they? Well today, when the 3 year old got out her computer (toy) she said "Oh no mommy! Where are my glasses I cant see like a bird!"....after wondering for a minute I realized that she was saying what I always say when I sit down at the computer...."Where are my glasses? I'm as blind as a bat!". She had it close!

Update on the syrup....

To quote the 5 year old, in regards to how he liked the syrup. He said " I love it times infinity pi!"...wow. Quite a commendation! Now where he learned about infinity and pi...Ill have to check on that!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!

  The 4th has a duo special meaning for us! The birth of our country (so to speak) and the birth of a son! Michael turned 11 on the 4th! Happy Birthday Michael! He got a cool new bike, and as is the new custom, I write a book for the kids for their birthdays...his is nearly finished! It is about John Knox and predestination. I admit Im 'stealing' alot of the content from Douglas Bond' book 'The Mighty Weakness of John Knox!" Its ok, the book wont get published:) Just enjoyed by an 11 year old! We love you Michael, Happy Birthday son!!!!

A funny.....

• Posted by Brett and Dana Adams on June 27, 2012 at 10:58am

Our air is out and it has been 100 degrees here. We got in the car yesterday and the air stopped working in it too! By the time we drove across town, in more heat, I was ....lets use the word...grouchy?
So we got to our friends business and we all filed out to go inside. No sooner were we in that nice air conditioned office and the 5 year old ran across the room. Not good business office etiquette. I of course took him outside , in the heat, to reprimand him. By this time my brain was fuzzy from the sweltering heat and all I could think of to say to him was; "If you run in his office one more time, ....well youre just toast little buddy". The 3 year old was standing behind me and said to Sam "Yes Sammy, if you be bad you only get to eat toast! Humph!"
Well I guess I got the point across after all:)

Gotta love this little guy!

Isnt that the sweetest face?

He had his 'procedure' yesterday, woke up mad as a hornet! Finally calmed down, took a nap

and woke up good as new. We love you baby JAX! You are truly my

Noni bug!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL!!!

Isnt she beautiful~ Sweet 17! We love you honey girl~ Happy happy birthday! Lord bless you!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARITY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING CHARITY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!  Youre such a blessing! Your family love you!

A Funny...

The littles were watching a 'Veggie Tales Easter' dvd. At one point, Larry said; "But Bob, we dont have a youth group or a baptismal...we sprinkle!" My 10 year old who was standing near by reading a book, absently said "Oh, I didnt know Bob and Larry were Presbyterians"!

Sunday Afternoon Entertainment....

  Ok, so the Patriarch is gone; the mice will play while the cat is away right?? Does it count that we are going to listen to Voddie Bauchum later?
  Being a lazy Sunday afternoon, since our garden work is done for the morning we are perusing Pinterest and making egg rolls. (disclaimer: I do not recommend children perusing Pinterest ...there are usually at least one or two inappropriate pictures and many inappropriate comments)We ran across some really funny quotes in reference to cell phones and texting that my daughters say 'characterize mom'. So we will add in a few of our own humor stories and see if you can glean a laugh from it...Happy Lord's Day!
 
When I noticed that my teen was texting in the middle of the day, I was immediately concerned and rebuked her saying "We do not randomly text throughout the day, there are far more profitable things we should be doing during the day". My daughter looked back very seriously and said "Yes mom....Ill tell grandma that I cant talk to her right now"....
 
You know there is a problem when the kids text 'grandma' and she responds back with "Wassup?"

Son-"Mom, where are you?"

Mom-"I Just left Walmart honey. What do you need?"

Son-"I went to Walmart with you."

Mom- "What does IDK, ILY, and TTYL mean?"

Son- "I dont know, I love you, talk to you later."

Mom- "ok, I'll ask your sister."

A Funny...

 We have been studying Scotland and early European history this year. Weve been reading about events which took place hundreds of years ago. I read aloud, the kids that read  do research on their own and we listen to audios...you just never know what a child will pick up.

  So during lunch today, one of the kids was being , what we would call, 'dramatic'. Suddenly from the other room I hear the 7 year old say..."You are so Germanic". LOLOLOL!

Parenting Challenges...

• Posted by Brett and Dana Adams on March 30, 2012 at 11:31am
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  There are so many arent there? One of the hardest things for most parents is to let our small children do important things that they may 'mess up'. Or , letting small children do jobs that require skill....
  Well I have had to force myself to 'let go' and let children, small ones even~do important jobs. For example...the 5&7 year old came up to me a couple of weeks ago and said 'Mom it is time to plant the garden!!! You cant do it so can we go plant some seeds?"
  I, being so wise, knew that (since the garden hadn't been tilled or had amendments added yet,) it was more important for them to 'think' they were being useful though they wouldn't really be doing so. I was so proud of them however,.. they got little pots, put dead dirt into them, planted watermelon seeds (heedless of the appropriate depth to plant them) and the 5 year old even remembered to water every day!
  Imagine my surprise when I finally got out into the garden 2 days ago and found 25 watermelon plants growing in little pots in a neat little cluster in the garden! Apparently the soil didn't know it was dead and the watermelon seeds had no idea what kind of inexperienced gardeners were planting them:)
  I can honestly say that I have never been able to get 25 watermelons seeds to come up! And, that is with miracle grow potting soil, and measuring with a ruler the appropriate depth.
  So, lesson reinforced. Let go and let them! Praise the Lord that , in my 'wisdom' I didnt interfere with their desire to serve their family, I didnt rob them of the opportunity to exercise great character traits ....diligence, responsibility, creativity, etc....after all that is the real fruit. The watermelons will just be a bonus:)

BUGS!

  There are two things that we have an ENDLESS  supply of in this fine state...Rocks, and bugs~ And having so many children, there is bound to be one that collects them right? You are thinking it is one of my boys? Mmm, nope! They are busy building and raising animals and gardening...so the duty has fallen to our 14 year old daughter! Not sure where she finds the time between sewing and weaving and reading and school and and and....but here is a peek at her collection. Ok so the frog is not a bug...but it is neat:)

Teaching them to teach

The Lord is faithful to bring beauty for ashes. He always uses trial for our good.
  Having the health struggles that I am right now, has provided more opportunity for discipling then ever.
  When I have a good day, two days a week or so, I use that time to teach the older kids to 'teach the younger', properly.
  It has always been our goal to teach our children to 'teach themselves' and be self learners. There is no benefit for mom or child ,if their school work is only done under the constant eye of mom. Mom has other things to do all day. As well, teaching different ages  you arent able to use 'one style' to teach a variety of ages.
  Ive noticed over the years that it is the propensity of children to 'micro manage' little ones when they help them with school. This is to be avoided. As well, they need to learn good time management so that they are still accomplishing their own work while giving some instruction to the younger one.
  Of course these times are not the norm in homeschooling. But all guilt aside:) it is good for our children to learn to teach as well as learn. After all, our generational vision looks to our children homeschooling thier own children one day!

A funny....

Humor, out of the mouths of babes is the funniest kind of humor to me! This is one of our beloved grandsons. The other day his mama asked him, "Owen, do you want to spend the night at Papa and Noni's house? Do you want to sleep there?" He got all excited and said " Mama, I dont want to sleep there! I want to spend there!"

Isnt that so cute? Come to find out, 'Papa' tucks the boys in at night and when Owen is here, he and Sam always protest "We cant fall asleep!" So Papa assures them, they dont have to sleep, they just have to go to bed.

We figure this is the source of Owen wanting to spend and not sleep at Papa and Noni's :) Sweet!

Happy Birthday Owen!!!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful grandboy Owen! Youre such a blessing to your Noni and Papa!!! We love you!

Happy Birthday!!

We wish you a very Happy Birthday
Anthony! We love you and our prayer for you
is that you would continue to follow the Lord, continue to heal, and honor the Lord in all that
you do for all the days of your life!
  All our love, your family
(Are you really 21? Where did the time go?)

A Childlike Faith

  Have you heard of "The Proof of God Conference"? Well Creation Todays, Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor are putting on a conference at the end of October of this year. This is not a 'plug' for the event...this is a story of an act of faith of our 16 year old daughter. (The picture of course is not her, that is our little one:)
  I dont know about you, but our children (because we dont watch tv) have very peculiar heros and celebrities...like, Voddie Baucham, Kevin Swanson, and my daughter Abi's absolute favorite of all, Eric Hovind.
  Well she is planning a trip to this conference that there is nooo way she will ever be able to attend! But , she has the budget, mileage, map, hotels, costs etc all worked out and now she says she just has to pray about it! Isnt that a beautiful act of faith? With it being over 1000+miles away and us on a fixed income there is no way...yet she is free to appeal to her Heavenly Father and ask away tho!
  May we all have such faith to approach the throne of grace and make our request known to God!
  What an example to me this morning:)