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Cool! I loved the part where he said, "You've got no imagination". It wasn't the same as the book, but it was really good. I don't remember that part. That was a great part with the water! I loved the mouse he was so funny. This movie was way funnier than the first one! What was your favorite part?
So can you tell they went to the movies? Can you tell by their comments what they went and saw? Yep! You guessed it, Prince Caspian! Oh, you couldn't tell by their comments what they went and saw. Well we are just having to work on being more specific.
Actually they've been talking about the movie all day: (morning) I can't wait to go to the movies. It is much easier to wake up when I have something to look forward too (obviously school isn't that exciting?!). I can't do my math because I'm too excited about the movie. (a little before 10:35 am) Mom says, "It's time . . . . " YEAH, ALL RIGHT, I'M IN THE VAN, LET'S GO MOM! . . . "to go to the movies." (right before the movie) Can I get popcorn? Can I sit by my friends? How will I share my popcorn, no way! Allright I'll go by the rules if I can't have the popcorn at all (roll the eyes). (during the movie) Isabella moves up to sit with Daddy because it gets a little intense and then she laughs hysterically during the mouse's lines. (after the movie) Wow, mom thanks! I like this part, I liked that! Lets go get some ice cream! (squeel! from all the girls) and off we went.
Sarah belongs to a book club and they read Prince Caspian and then we journied to see the movie together! I give it a two thumbs up! Very well done and very clean. Mike and I enjoyed it very much. Hope you get to go and see it!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Awana Carnival
We had our Awana's carnival last night. I forgot my camera! So I will have to describe to you all that we did. We started off with Hot dogs and chips and a coke! Mmmm they were yummy, not nutritional in the least but very yummy. Then the booths opened.
We had a fishing game, a guess how much candy is in the jar game, a cookie walk, a bucket throw game, a bouncing house, a pie in your face game (you got to pick your Awana leader and throw a pie tin with whipped cream in their face! thankfully nobody picked me), an egg smashing race (if you went down a line and back with your egg still on your spoon then you got to splat it on the head of the one who dropped the egg) (that was a hit, yuck!), and a golfing game. Every booth had lots of prizes and candy, some large candy like a candy bar and such, and some small like a smarties or sweetarts. The prizes were large and small also.
Then Mr. MgGruff came and did a puppet show with the kids trying to get them to believe in themselves and not to do drugs. Although not doing drugs is a Christian principle (being filled with the Holy Spirit instead) the believing in yourself I didn't like, but my kids have been drilled enough that it isn't us that we need to believe in, it is in God and not ourselves that we believe in, that they knew the falicy right away and told me so. They went along with the program anyway. (yeah for my kids)
Then was the big giveaways, whoever guessed closest to the candy jar amount won the candy jar and guess who won, yes Isabella, she loves candy and this was a great win for her. An American Idol Kareoke machine was the next giveaway (each awana clubber who came to each meeting with all their requirements was awarded a ticket each time to put their name in, so we potentially had about 50 tickets between Isabella and Zech in there). Hallelujah, we didn't win. Of course the kids were disappointed but dear old mom was not! Someone elses mom has to listen to those songs over and over and over again. The God of all wonders hears my prayers before they are ever answered (and yes he cares about our little wishes of not wanting a kareoke machine). Well as you can tell they had a blast and even got to take handfuls of candy home!
Way to go Awana Clubbers!
We had a fishing game, a guess how much candy is in the jar game, a cookie walk, a bucket throw game, a bouncing house, a pie in your face game (you got to pick your Awana leader and throw a pie tin with whipped cream in their face! thankfully nobody picked me), an egg smashing race (if you went down a line and back with your egg still on your spoon then you got to splat it on the head of the one who dropped the egg) (that was a hit, yuck!), and a golfing game. Every booth had lots of prizes and candy, some large candy like a candy bar and such, and some small like a smarties or sweetarts. The prizes were large and small also.
Then Mr. MgGruff came and did a puppet show with the kids trying to get them to believe in themselves and not to do drugs. Although not doing drugs is a Christian principle (being filled with the Holy Spirit instead) the believing in yourself I didn't like, but my kids have been drilled enough that it isn't us that we need to believe in, it is in God and not ourselves that we believe in, that they knew the falicy right away and told me so. They went along with the program anyway. (yeah for my kids)
Then was the big giveaways, whoever guessed closest to the candy jar amount won the candy jar and guess who won, yes Isabella, she loves candy and this was a great win for her. An American Idol Kareoke machine was the next giveaway (each awana clubber who came to each meeting with all their requirements was awarded a ticket each time to put their name in, so we potentially had about 50 tickets between Isabella and Zech in there). Hallelujah, we didn't win. Of course the kids were disappointed but dear old mom was not! Someone elses mom has to listen to those songs over and over and over again. The God of all wonders hears my prayers before they are ever answered (and yes he cares about our little wishes of not wanting a kareoke machine). Well as you can tell they had a blast and even got to take handfuls of candy home!
Way to go Awana Clubbers!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Take me out to the ball game!
Headline News: Lamar vs Lamar!
Does your church have a softball team? Mine does and we have two teams. Well last night both teams rallied against each other. The "older" team vs the "younger" team. And guess who won! The Older team! Yahoo! Now I say that because my husband is on the "older" team! He loves to play sports of any kind. The score was 19 -7 in a great victory! One of the younger guys was seriously injured on the knee and the last I heard it was a possible fracture. We are certainly praying for him especially since his second child is due any day now! Other than that it was great fun. They all had a great time playing and had a great attitude toward one another.
Which leads me to discuss church! Do we all have a great attitude toward one another at our own church? Do we play against each other fairly at church or do we win at all cost? My church is interesting and I'm still trying to figure it all out. I don't understand, but truly we have three teams playing against each other at my own church and it is sad. Each believe their way is the right way, but its Gods way that is supposed to be the winner, right? Oh that as a church we would hear the prayer of Jesus in John 17, where he prays for us , the whole church, to be one together as He is One with His Father! We need to seek His face and repent of our own ways, and play His games! You always win on His team!
Monday, May 12, 2008
A play on Words!
Well writing class continue to be interesting. Mrs. Jean is stretching our minds and words to make interesting sentences that are not boring to the readers but paints pictures in their minds what we are trying to convey to them on paper. The last exercise was this:
Try it and see how you do: (warning kids under 9 don't do well with this and kids or adults who are very logical in their thinking this is very hard for them)
Fold and crease a 8 x 11 piece of lined paper lengthwise in half. On one side list 10 nouns. Just any nouns will do (ie, flower, chair, man). Now flip your paper over to the other side and think of an occupation and list 10 verbs that that person would do in that occupation (ie; doctors they give shots, checks heartbeats, perform surgery). Now unfold your paper and you should have two list now of nouns and verbs.
Like:
flower give shots
mom checks heartbeats
chair performs surgery
Now take your nouns and your verbs and make a sentence out of them by combining them. The nound and the verb must be placed right next to each other without adding helping verbs. You may change the verb to past tense if needed and here is what you come up with. A play on words goes something like this:
A flower gives shots of color against the cool gray brick of our house.
Mom performed surgery on my writing paper.
My favorite chair checked the heartbeat of my anger.
Get it! Its fun. It changes the way we use words and it becomes creative. Have fun!
Try it and see how you do: (warning kids under 9 don't do well with this and kids or adults who are very logical in their thinking this is very hard for them)
Fold and crease a 8 x 11 piece of lined paper lengthwise in half. On one side list 10 nouns. Just any nouns will do (ie, flower, chair, man). Now flip your paper over to the other side and think of an occupation and list 10 verbs that that person would do in that occupation (ie; doctors they give shots, checks heartbeats, perform surgery). Now unfold your paper and you should have two list now of nouns and verbs.
Like:
flower give shots
mom checks heartbeats
chair performs surgery
Now take your nouns and your verbs and make a sentence out of them by combining them. The nound and the verb must be placed right next to each other without adding helping verbs. You may change the verb to past tense if needed and here is what you come up with. A play on words goes something like this:
A flower gives shots of color against the cool gray brick of our house.
Mom performed surgery on my writing paper.
My favorite chair checked the heartbeat of my anger.
Get it! Its fun. It changes the way we use words and it becomes creative. Have fun!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A Tribute to My Mom!
Weak and wounded sinner,
Lost and left to die
Oh, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!
Sometime in my moms life after having Tod and I and then after a divorce and raising two little ones on her own and remarrying and dealing with teenagers, my mom was convicted that she was a weak and wounded sinner and she was lost and afraid to die and she saw the Love that was passing by and she came to Jesus.
Now your burdens lifted
And carried far way and precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!
After my mom came to Jesus her burdens were lifted through prayer and singing. She would go to God in His Word and talk to Him and sing to Him and thank Him for all that He has done and she was singing to Jesus in joy.
And like a newborn baby
Don’t be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk sometimes you fall . . . so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!
My mom fell many times into pride and sin of her own life but she always fell forward and the Lord God Almighty to forgive her. She would crawl into a bible study timid but come out strong for all that she learned because she fell on Jesus when she had to fall!
Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!
My mom was lonely when Tod and I left the home, but then we came back. When her and Bumps were not getting along she was afraid. She was lonely and afraid at the end of her career whether it would be there or not, She was afraid of financial problems, Then she got sick and more sick and just never stopped. She said she didn’t feel that sick but she was and she knew it. The sky was dark and the rain poured hard on her and she cried to Jesus, I know she did because we all did during this time. And when she cried to Jesus she was living!
O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can’t contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!
You see my mom was full of life and she loved to dance. She loved to smile and most importantly she loved her kids and grandkids and her love would spill over with them. She couldn’t contain her joy and she would dance with all of us with Jesus. She wanted the best for Bumps and even with him she would Dance for Jesus as she lived to be a wife for him. She lived to be a mom for Tod and I and she lived to be a great grandma for her grandkids whom she loved with passion. She wanted everyone to know that she was dancing for Jesus, not for anyone else and she would tell all her patients and friends and family about Him as she danced for Him!
And with your final heartbeat
Lost and left to die
Oh, raise your head, for love is passing by
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live!
Sometime in my moms life after having Tod and I and then after a divorce and raising two little ones on her own and remarrying and dealing with teenagers, my mom was convicted that she was a weak and wounded sinner and she was lost and afraid to die and she saw the Love that was passing by and she came to Jesus.
Now your burdens lifted
And carried far way and precious blood has washed away the stain, so
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live!
After my mom came to Jesus her burdens were lifted through prayer and singing. She would go to God in His Word and talk to Him and sing to Him and thank Him for all that He has done and she was singing to Jesus in joy.
And like a newborn baby
Don’t be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk sometimes you fall . . . so
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live!
My mom fell many times into pride and sin of her own life but she always fell forward and the Lord God Almighty to forgive her. She would crawl into a bible study timid but come out strong for all that she learned because she fell on Jesus when she had to fall!
Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain, then
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live!
My mom was lonely when Tod and I left the home, but then we came back. When her and Bumps were not getting along she was afraid. She was lonely and afraid at the end of her career whether it would be there or not, She was afraid of financial problems, Then she got sick and more sick and just never stopped. She said she didn’t feel that sick but she was and she knew it. The sky was dark and the rain poured hard on her and she cried to Jesus, I know she did because we all did during this time. And when she cried to Jesus she was living!
O, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can’t contain your joy inside, then
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live!
You see my mom was full of life and she loved to dance. She loved to smile and most importantly she loved her kids and grandkids and her love would spill over with them. She couldn’t contain her joy and she would dance with all of us with Jesus. She wanted the best for Bumps and even with him she would Dance for Jesus as she lived to be a wife for him. She lived to be a mom for Tod and I and she lived to be a great grandma for her grandkids whom she loved with passion. She wanted everyone to know that she was dancing for Jesus, not for anyone else and she would tell all her patients and friends and family about Him as she danced for Him!
And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on Glory's side,
and Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live!
You see my mom meant a lot to me, but as she came, crawled, fell, sang, danced, and cried her life came to the final heartbeat and she kissed us all goodbye and she flew to Jesus! And she Lives! She lives inside of each of our hearts who remember her most. She lives with the Jesus and her God and King whom she lived her life for here on earth.
Thank you mom for living in front of me so that I can be the mom I’m supposed to be here on earth! I love you and miss you! Happy Mother’s day!
You see my mom meant a lot to me, but as she came, crawled, fell, sang, danced, and cried her life came to the final heartbeat and she kissed us all goodbye and she flew to Jesus! And she Lives! She lives inside of each of our hearts who remember her most. She lives with the Jesus and her God and King whom she lived her life for here on earth.
Thank you mom for living in front of me so that I can be the mom I’m supposed to be here on earth! I love you and miss you! Happy Mother’s day!
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