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Old friends come to visit (Summer 2007)

Queen for the day? Maybe too many queens!

The Big Bad Wolf's Story

Today in school we learned the meaning and the importance of voting. In class we had a news reporter (mom) tell the story that she heard from the Wolf in the classic fairy tale The Three Little Pigs and that he claims that he was framed!!! The wolf was simply trying to get a cup of sugar and had a cold. He went to each pigs house and knocked but they were rude and wouldn't let him in much less give him a cup of sugar. Because of his cold though and his allergies, he would sneeze and end up blowing the pigs house in. He also concluded that the first two pigs were obviously not intelligent since they had built them a house of hay and sticks and therefore their testimony should not be admissible! He continued his story letting them know that by the time he had gotten to the third pigs house the cops were already on their way and they found him sick and tired and judged him because he was mad that the little pigs had not been friendly to him, but they took the pigs side of the story and that is the story we have known for the rest of our Once upon a time time.

Now my three little (no they are not pigs) students had to decide which way to cast their ballot (yes, I know this is a court/Tv case but pretend it is an election type jury situation). So we dicussed our bias's to the story we have already known and to the new story and discussed who we thought to be truth. We debated and it got a little heated (I had to remind them that their opinion was not truth, just opinion). Zech wonderfully reminded us that we had to list the facts. So I sent them all to a different room to think over the fact presented to them, draw a picture of the character that best represented his side of the story and who they thought were telling the truth. Do you know who won? It was 2 against 1 and the pigs won! (I think the voting was a little tainted by our bias's, what do you thing!) It was too funny of a fairy tale, but my three little voters got the idea of how, why, and what to vote on!

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A blast from the Past Pictures!

Event Weekend!

Good Morning all! Today is the day, a day I have been planning for almost a year now. A Ladies event for all girls to come and see and know that the Lord is good!

Starting tonight at our church at 6:00 we have a Beth Moore Event happening. I wish she was going to be there live but she will be there through DVD. It is a performance like none she has ever done. The video taped a 2 day conference she gave and boxed it up complete with journals and cute tote bag! There are 4 video sessions of her expounding on the Word of God.

My prayer is that we will feast. Feast on His Word, on fellowships, on food (we will have plenty), and on our thoughts of Him! I know that He is guiding this time and I know that I have prayed so much over this event. We have over 100 ladies coming tonight. They will all receive an official Loving Well tote bag and journal and inside the tote will be a notebook, 2 pens, candy (chocolates, mints, gum, tootsie rolls, and more), a bottled water, hot chocolate packet, popcorn, a candle, a bottle of lotion, a bookmark, & 3 scripture cards. We have jammed packed it with so many goodies and I hope they all enjoy. All of the tote contents were donated to us. We have over 20 door prizes to give out and games to play and a wonderful singing group called Harmony For One! They will lead in worshipping our Lord and Savior!

All this to say, it is going to be a very busy weekend, but once it is over I can breathe again and hopefully this will be behind us in planning but not what we learned in our hearts! I'm tired, but it is a good tired. This is an opportunity that is absolutely incredible and I'm excited it is finally here. Please pray for us (the ladies team) who are leading this event and pray for the ladies who will be attending to truly have an encounter with Jesus!

Warning!!!!!

Just wanted to warn my friendly folks, friends, and family who are visiting my blog that due to time constraints, lack of time, business, and did I mention I was busy? I will be very sporadic in posting on my blog! Sorry for any lack of information you will not receive due to my overbookedness problem, but this can't be helped.

Please pray for me this week as we are in the last week for the ladies event that I'm hosting. WooHoo! Can't wait till this weekend and almost as excited to have it over! Lots and lots and lots of work! We will settle back in for our robotics competition and I'm sure there will be lots to blog (brag) about next week! So until then go shopping, write a letter to a friend, visit another blog, but don't forget about me! Love all of you!

Synonyms, Antonyms, & Oxymorons!

Every morning I wake up before the sun pops his head up to greet me. I sit in my easy chair and have my quiet, holy moments with the Lord. This is my rest before the chaos and pandemonium of my life hits around 7:00 am. There isn't much synonyms in my life anymore, just antonyms and oxymorons! Synonyms are words that mean about the same thing. Like rest, relaxation, and just time for a soak in the tub words that all would give you the knowledge that I need some time away. However my life exists somewhere in the Antonyms, complete opposites of each other. I wake very early in the morning and go to bed very late at night. I go from a dead stop to a dead race everyday anymore. I'm also not being very proactive in my attitudes as of late, so I tend to be anything from terrible to really great or from happy go lucky to stick a smile on my face and "I'm good" but I feel tired, worn out, and just stuck in the rat race! We are going at a dead race right now between a ladies event that another half dozen women and I are trying to put together and the Robotics group. I have at least two or three meetings a day that I have to make just because of these two groups. In the midst of all that teaching 5 different bible classes, 4 other people in my house, 3 children doing school, 2 adults spread very thin, and 1 very over tired mom! (sing that to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas) The oxymorons are things that just don't go together but yet we say them anyway like pretty ugly or relaxing chaos. I'm in the midst of those too because I have found that I can't seem to sit down anymore. At night when "resting" and the unusual night that we might be all home and nowhere to go (Ha, ha, you hear my sarcasm there), I am busy finishing laundry, cleaning, getting ready for the next school day, or just in my head making a mental list of all the things I've accomplished, all the the things I need to accomplish or all the things I don't care to do every again (like planning a big ladies event and robotics club and Upwards football/cheerleading all at the same time!). So there in a nutshell is my life the last 3 weeks and I for one am tired however enjoying the chaos because my children are truly having fun and fun learning and I know this will all end soon and life as I know it will never get back to usual because the usual changes with all the different seasons in our existences here in our town and house. So today even though I exists in the antonyms and oxymorons of my day, I cling to my verse at the top of my blog, "When I am overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." He is my Rock and I will cling to Him.

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