For His Glory...

Some Crafting Goals

With not only the holiday season approaching, but also the pending birth of our Christmas blessing, baby #4, I need to put some goals down to complete some things, because right now, my list seems endless. We fully intend to have a completely homemade Christmas with maybe 1-2 store bought toys each for our own kids, plus I'm cloth diapering, and have diapers to be made, and a few other needful baby things. I'm not going to list all of the things I need to make because sometimes that changes depending on things I find that I'd like to make for others for Christmas. So I'm going to set out some weekly goals, and promise a completed picture by Saturday night, (hold me to it, hound me about it if you have to, just so that I can get it done, lol). So here's this week's crafting goals....

~Finish second wool cover for baby, and attach buttons.

~Try out free pattern for baby shoes

~Finish last 2 purses for nieces

~Gather supplies needed to make mom and mom in laws birthday presents to work on next week, still not sure what it's going to be, but I've got plenty of fabric and patterns to choose from. Both of their birthdays are the middle of November.

And that should be enough to get me through the next few days. I'm not giving myself too much this week because the week is already halfway over. Nothing on my list here should take me too long. I'm already halfway done with the wool cover, and have everything laid out for the other projects. So Saturday evening will be my deadline to post pictures so that you all know that I got it done, and that's when I'll post my goals for the next week, which will probably include getting at least a couple of cloth pocket diapers done. Have a blessed day!

sara

Curriculum and other books for sale

Since I am 'decluttering' my home and life I have decided to sell off some of the curriculum items I have for sale..We do not use them nor need them and I thought someone out there might get some use from them...I will be happy to email pictures of them to you if you would like to see them before purchasing...

~Kris

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Bunny Business

I have had 2 buck rabbits for a while now basically for pets, but hubby and I had been discussing getting a few does for breeding, our plans are to sell the offspring and possibly eat one or 2.(i'm not keen on this idea..LOL) Anyway I hadn't  looked real hard to find any....But we all know the Lord has a way of providing...a little while ago I got a phone call from a lady not to far from me and she was wondering if I would be interested in 3 doe rabbits she had!! WOW! I told her yes and that I would be there tomorrow evening to pick them up....She had gotten my number  from our local feed store ...she had mentioned to the man she had 3 doe rabbits to get rid of and he said he knew just the place...LOL..hubby had gave the owner our phone number for work purposes...anyway she said she heard I had critters and was wondering if I would be interested in the rabbits...God is amazing isn't he?!? Will post pictures after I pick them up!

~Kris

A day in my life ~October~

The morning started out beautifully, the morning chores were done in a timely manner and school was started successfully. 
First thing, we went through our books and found some 'fall' books to use for our theme week.

Lot's of fun books for this time of year, we read Chrysanthemum, Fall Leaves Fall and a few more.

Look at the groovy bag I received in the mail today! Hooray! :)
School work afterwards, we gathered leaves and glued them to pieces of paper.  I wanted the children to look at the leaf and decide what they could make out of each leaf.  One looked like a dove, one looked like an elephant ear, and so on... so we all had a good time being imaginative. 
Afterwards, we identified different varieties of leaves the children found in the yard, we had a Pin Oak, Flowering Dogwood, Redbud... And of course you can't do fall projects without doing the infamous fall leaf rubbings. :)
The children also wrote acrostic poems and did some math and more reading.
School was F.U.N. today... I wish I was this much fun all the time. :)
Here's our display.
Outside for a while, we had some pleasant surprises... Cosmos that have reseeded and bloomed one more time for us before the winter weather comes in...
Playing on the slide... look at solemn Joe. ;)
An evening of yummy supper by candlelight and the warmth of family. Sitting on the back deck, a beautiful full moon... mugs of hot, steamy cider... closeness, quietness.  A wonderfully fun, happy day.
My Cup Runneth Over...

Baby Thoughts & Photos

The first half of this pregnancy, I did a lot of thinking that this baby might be a little girl. Then, a few weeks ago, I started having "sypmtoms" that I personally relate to having a boy that I had with both Samuel and Elijah.

Now, I haven't had a little girl so I could definatly be wrong!

I told Jonathan that well, we might just be having a third little boy. I watched his eyes brighten with a snap and start to sparkle. "Wouldn't that be so great?"

Well, yeah.

Right after we announced to the whole world that I was expecting again, I was swamped with comments about 'how maybe this one would be a girl' and how they 'hoped for my sake' and 'maybe finally'.

I visited my dental hygenist. She "tried four times for a girl before she called it quits".

I'm sorry, I just can't grasp that. Let's say, for an example, that you have four girls. You really, really, really want a son.

Okay.

"Trying again" means that, worst case scenario, you have another precious little girl. Why is that bad? Is there something wrong with your other girls? What would it be like to know that the only reason your parents "kept going" and had you was in hopes that you were a boy? And they finally felt they couldn't "risk" another girl?

Wouldn't you wonder if you or your sisters were really so bad that your parents had to stop?

Just curious.

I love my boys.

I love the idea of another one!

It does cross my mind that we'll probably be the subject of a bit more "pity" because we don't have our girl "yet" . . . . and I find it strangely amusing to think that when/if we have a girl, some people might actually mentally sigh we relief that we can "be done now".

Done? I hope we're just getting started!

At an event a while back, I had quite a few strangers ask me if I was hoping for a girl this time. The more people I answered, the more I realized I really, really don't. I'll take either. Actually, in a way, my hopes are still leaning a tiny bit towards another boy. Which I know hardly anyone will understand, so I don't voice it, normally.

I like boys. I love all of mine!

Regardless of gender, I think of this child as my "strong" child. Samuel was my spontanious, active one. Elijah was even more active, yet even in my womb I could tell he was going to be more "delicate". His hickups were tiny, but he was predictable!

This baby is just plain strong. Everything about this child feels sturdy, filling me up on the inside already. And when it comes to predictability, this one is somewhere between Samuel and Elijah - not as scheduled, but not as spontanious. Quite simply, strong and steady.

I'm getting so excited to meet this child. Only about 14 more weeks . . . . if, Lord willing, I reach my due date with this one!

I do so enjoy pregnancy . . . .

~Ashley~