bouncy party and play

we recently went to a home school day at our local bouncy place, it was a fun afternoon after being snowed in a few days , the kids where ready for some fun with friends, and i was ready for adult conversation.






shooting a few hoops is alot of fun.





Shawn says I think I can, I think I can, well maybe with some help:-)





Perfect way to spend a snowy afternoon with our home school friends. Can't wait to go again.

Pet Expo 2010

WE made our yearly journey tot he Mid-Atlantic Pet Expo, last weekend- before the snow came-. We saw many friends, talked to great folks about their pets and organizations. and had a wonderful time laughing over some fries and cokes. Precious times together.




there where horses to ride and gold to be panned:-) Something for everyone.





Kangaroos, Owls, and snakes oh my:-)






this beautiful bird loved Adam and wanted to leave with him:-) The Ferrets belong to a friend who was there with The Baltimore Ferret Club, Grace goes to the monthly meetings with them, and plays with the ferrets.






this is an annual event and we love it. our family is a big animal loving bunch- not daddy so much but he tolerates us:-)-Can't wait till next year.

blizzard 2010

we are in the middle of the snow event of the year for us, actually the decade, we don;t get much snow at all, and snow falls like today's only once a decade, we are at 20inches already, have had snow lightning and thunder- that was very cool-. and all kinds of fun bird visitors. I am thinking of doing snow ice cream, tons of clean snow today.








Shawn peeking out the door, he and all of them are very excited, the snow drifts are way over his head already. The dogs romping,they love love love this . and the birds are waiting in line for a chance at the many feeders in the yard, we filled them to overflowing last night.








we are only halfway through this storm suppose to snow all day today and be very windy so lots more drifting,, and power outages, I am in deep prayer ours stays on.but all in all it is so beautiful I am always in awe of Gods hand at work.

National Chocolate Fondue Day

this of course is a holiday I can;t pass up, so around lunch time I pulled out my little dipper and put in some chocolate chips a bit of shortening and some vanilla, and by the time lunch was cleaned up we where ready. We had a wonderful tray of yummy dippers all ready to go.





Dipping our treats in the fondue, Shawn was napping he has a pretty heavy head cold so missed out on this, I will heat him some up later.




what a fun way to spend a snowy afternoon,as the blizzard of the century is barreling down on us:-)and of course any excuse for warm chocolate is a good one right?:-)

homemade kings

for the visit of the three kings for our snack time today we made our own three kings with icecream cones, and marshmellows and various candies to decorate.








everyones kings, and Shawn holding the one I made.





and I decided the visiting kings deserved a toast as did the one true king they had come to visit .




I actually poured an extra glass by mistake but my kids said no that one was for Jesus and so it sat at the empty chair for our saviour.

there came wise men from the east bearing gifts

Today we celebrate Ephinay the arrival of those three kings to worship the new baby king. This day also has great meaning, the reason God allowed the kings to visit Jesus was a sign that he was meant for the world, not just for the Jewish people but for everyone. He was a gift of salvation to all who would seek him. And his blood would save us ALL from our sins and give us eternal life.We know today that the wise men may not have arrived till years later, but, it doesn;t really matter what matters is they came:-)



and today wise men and women still follow him:-)

Our New Years Eve Celebration

Happy 2010 this is how we welcomed in the new year.




the annual picture in new years hats. And our friends doggy who also came to the party.





a serious wii tournament going on.





we blew party horns very loudly too.





Shawn spent a good hour running back an forth with this string of pearl garland with the cat -Ruby- i hot pursuit, it was very funny and he laughed hysterically.




we went outside and watched some fireworks my uncle did, it was fun and a bit chilly. Then it was inside for a toast of sparkling grape juice then time for bed.

New Years memory verse

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come." 2Corinthians 5:17

I have not been very faithful in my memorizing of bible verses, so I have resolved this year to do one a week and really pray on it focus on it put it in my heart, and this one seemed a great place to start.