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April 24, 2008

Honoring Mothers Contest

Growing in Grace Magazine wants to honor Christian mothers and daughters in May for Mother’s Day! We’ll be planning a special article just for this occasion and here’s what we would like to do: -Send us your best photo of mother with daughter(s). -Girls: Tell us what makes YOUR mom so special. -Photos may be of you doing something together, participating in a favorite hobby, or just a still pose. Your choice. We’ll choose one winning article to be featured in May’s issue, but all participants photos will be featured in honor of your moms. Please contact us and we’ll…

Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Photography

April 22, 2008

Heather L

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Joy in the Small Things

Posted in Commercial Break

Dirkey is having an Earth Day Contest to encourage us to find joy in the small things in nature. The contest ends today. I took this picture after the morning rain had stopped. There is something absolutely beautiful about the raindrops on a flower. How can you not marvel at the wonders of God’s creation when He takes joy in even the small things in life?

April 22, 2008

Heather L

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Earth Day – Celebrating God’s Creation

Posted in Holidays, and Thoughts

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth…. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.” Genesis 1:1, 26 Earth Day is a day where we can do something special for God’s wonderful creation, but we should be making sure that we’re taking care of this wonderful blessing each day. Weather permitting, get out there and…

Turn off Your TV Week

Posted in Family, and Thoughts

Munchkin and I have decided to participate in this year’s National Turn Off Your TV Week. So, from April 21-27th, we don’t plan on watching any tv at our house. I use videos in our schooling for different subjects, so we’ll even be cutting those out this week. I have to admit that I know we’ll miss watching our Little House on the Prairie episodes. lol! Here’s the thinking behind this tv free week: Why Turn off the TV? Television cuts into family time, harms our children’s ability to read and succeed in school, and contributes to unhealthy lifestyles and…