Now that’s small

This evening we were watching the movie The Railway Children (a good family flick by the way!) and in one scene a boy is shown in a bed that was SOOOOO narrow that my 13 year old son said, “I’d fall out of both sides of that bed!”

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Faces of Layla

My girls are featured in about 10 places in this gorgeous book, The Faces of Layla. The pictures were taken at Layla House in Ethiopia just one year ago by a professional photographer, before we even knew that the girls would be coming to us. The book is just lovely– and not [...]

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Fearless

Today I watched my five year old splashing in the pool at the rec center. Since most of her siblings were scattered around in the various pools, I expected she would be chasing the big kids– she thrives on companionship and commotion.
Instead she found a quiet end of one pool and played [...]

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Works for Me- Christmas ‘Canning’

Do you have a short string of mini Christmas lights that doesn’t have a home this holiday? Try stuffing the whole string of lights into a canning jar with just the plug end sticking out. Plug it in and set it on a shelf or a windowsill and you have a lovely spot [...]

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I Love You More

Looking for a book to show your child just how much you love him? Check this one out.

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The only day of the year you’ll find me up at 4:30 in the morning

My usual waking time is somewhere between 7 and 8 am –homeschooling’s tough like that. But on Black Friday Eldest and I yawned our way out to the minivan at 4:40 AM armed only with coffee, fried-egg sandwiches and a battle plan carefully marked out in a notebook. First stop: Walmart. [...]

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Sunday (and Christmas shopping)

Isaiah 58: 6-11
10 If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night [...]

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When children fight

Here’s all I have time to write now! Enjoy your weekend!

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mmmm…mmmm…good

If you’re looking for something really luscious to give the chocolate lover in your life, don’t miss these new dark chocolates called Ferrero Rondnoir. They are melt-in-your-mouth wonderful!

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Thanksgiving… and beyond

Just wanted to take this opportunity to let you all know that you’re on my ‘thankful’ list!!! Y’all enrich my life in many ways. Just a few examples (and there are many more!): one of our favorite Bible story books these days was one that Shannon recommended. This [...]

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