The New Style!

We cut the big girl's hair! And even though she has some reservations we are

 getting more used to the idea of shorter hair for awhile! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

“Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us.” 
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship


At This time of Thanksgiving..I hope we remember to whom we owe thanks and because of whom we owe thanks! 

According To Our Kids: Randomness Addition!

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"What was the name of the philistines god?"......Daddy.

"Steve!".......Kace

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Don't Take an Oath at All

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord. But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one." -Matt 5: 33-39

Blessed Are The Peacemakers....

"Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God." The followers of Jesus have been called to peace. When he called them they found their peace, for he is their peace. But now they are told that they must not only have peace but make it. And to that end they renounce all violence and tumult. In the cause of Christ nothing is to be gained by such methods. His kingdom is one of peace, and the mutual greeting of his flock is a greeting of peace. His disciples keep the peace by choosing to endure suffering themselves rather than inflict it on others. They maintain fellowship where others would break it off. They renounce all self-assertion, and quietly suffer in the face of hatred and wrong. In so doing they overcome evil with good, and establish the peace of God in the midst of a world of war and hate. But nowhere will that peace be more manifest than where they meet the wicked in peace and are ready to suffer at their hands. The peacemakers will carry the cross with their Lord, for it was on the cross that peace was made. Now that they are partners in Christ's work of reconciliation, that are called the sons of God as he is the son of God. -Bonhoeffer page 112-113 Cost Of Discipleship

Crazy FAM Update!

Reading: Sometimes you need a little Harry Potter (Half Blood Prince), a Little history (Mila 18), a little Austen (Mansfield Park), a little WWII epic (The rise and fall of the third Reich), and some kids books you are doing with your homeschoolers (Encyclopedia Brown and Milly-molly-mandy).
Listening: to Adie while my chillens are supposed to be napping! haha! Yeah it is as crazy as it sounds...time change is ridiculous!