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Gratituesday: Laughter

Posted in Family

Ironically, I have no pictures for today’s post.  I was too busy listening. I was sitting in bed working on getting a few reviews done when the laughing began.  Giggles and squeals.  I love the sound of children’s laughter.  It so joyful, so pure.  It’s contagious. Munchkin was working on her math, and she saw me smile.  She asked me what I was smiling about.  I told her to listen.  She grinned and peeked outside.  Jump, jump, giggle, whop, flop, giggle, tumble, jumple, giggle… Who was the source of the laughter?  Where was it coming from?  The source was two…

Gratituesday: Unexpected Surprises

Posted in Family, and Photography

As we were coming home from our little desert outing on Sunday, we saw this big hot air balloon floating ahead of us.  The closer we got to home, the more we realized that it was going to go right over our house!  Now, keep in mind that we live in base housing, so having non-military aircraft (even a hot air balloon) go over our house is not the norm. As soon as we pulled near the house, Munchkin and I hopped out of the truck.  I had my camera in hand as the balloon went over our head.  All…

Getting back into the swing of things…

Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Homeschooling

We homeschool year around.  That means that we can take time off when Daddy is home or when company comes.  It means that we can take time to enjoy the rare desert rain.  It means that we can take a break from our regular school routine when someone calls to tell that there is a reptile presentation at the library that starts in 20 minutes.  We don’t school for a set number of days and call it quits for the year.  We complete the curriculum that we’re doing and then move on to the next year.  That tends to make…

Gratituesday: Hard Working Husband

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D is a hard worker.  He doesn’t like to sit idley around and do nothing.  If he’s off work for too long, he starts to get antsy.  in fact, if he knows that he’s going to have a long weekend, he starts asking me what I want done.  Yep, that’s right, he asks for a honey do list!  **grin** D is also good at fixing things.  He likes to try to figure out how to do different tasks.  He enjoys the challenge of determining what is wrong and then repairing it. These things are coming in very handy this week. …

Love, Grace, Child… Baptism Necklace

Posted in Christian Life, and Homemaking

When Munchkin decided to get baptized, I knew that I wanted to give her something special for that important moment in her life.  Since Daddy had already given her a nice study Bible a couple of years ago, that was not an option.  She had looked at some cross necklaces that she really liked, but they were gone by the time that I was able to go try to purchase one.  I then decided that I would make her a necklace, so it would be even more special to her.  This is what I came up with for her minus…