November 23, 2009 at 7:41 am (Uncategorized)
I often ask for a book or two at Christmastime. I can’t ask for more because I need to admit that I would never complete them. I am pretty slow at working my way through books since homeschooling seems to dictate what I read more and more.
Therefore, I want to be choose what I read carefully, so I am turning to my friends to help me. Can you recommend some good books to read, particularly on being a godly woman, wife, and mother?
To get you thinking: Has anyone read the book on the girltalk blog, Womanly Dominion? Did you like it? (Be honest, now. I won’t tell! You could be saving hours of my life!). Or what about a new book out by Nancy Leigh DeMoss called Choosing Gratitude?
I appreciate your help!
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November 21, 2009 at 10:41 am (Family)
We did it! The girls and I completed eight hikes to earn our hiking sticks for the Summit Metro Parks Fall Hiking Spree.
We also received a little metal shield to nail to the stick. Each year from now on that we hike all eight hikes, we will get an additional shield to add to the staff. Goal for next year: get Jake the hiking stick. He was only able to do perhaps six of the hikes, since we did some of our hikes during the school day (on his orders, actually).
How glad we are that the girls enjoy hiking! This is something we really hope to enjoy as a family more and more as they grow. Ever since Jake and I went to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite a couple of years ago, it is our dream to take the girls there and hike the beautiful lowland trails, and later, the mountains! We cannot wait to share with them the beauty of all that God, our awesome Creator, made.
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November 13, 2009 at 8:17 pm (The Girls)
Rachel and Ruthie both received some fun crafts for their birthdays (yes, Ruthie’s was over 6 months ago!). They worked on them for Almost Co-op last Thursday.
Ruthie made a stepping stone, given to her by Aunt Kelly.
She made a butterfly, leaf, and the sun.
Rachel made a decorative ceramic tea set which she received from our extra-generous neighbors, the Straussers.
She carefully painted each cup/saucer/plate set with the same design, but in a different color scheme. She worked for hours over several days, which really pleased me. You know kids – start something and then forget about it for a month or more. I am glad she stuck with it, and she is mighty proud of her work!
Meanwhile, Mom, Ellie and Suzie were… fingerpainting!
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November 9, 2009 at 10:15 pm (The Girls)
You may have noticed Suzie’s new bangs in her birthday pics. She is not the only one. She shares the look with Ruthie!
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November 3, 2009 at 6:56 pm (The Girls)
Suzie turned 4 on Monday. We had a little family party on Saturday. As has been our recent tradition, we had Jake’s mom, stepdad, and grandma over for dinner, presents, and cake. This time, we even threw in a rowdy game of “Pin the Crown on the Princess!”
Aunt Kelly, your present of Do-A-Dots was a hit (with all of the girls!)
I think she was peeking!
Her castle cake. I could have made anything, as long as there was candy on it. I used those candy decorations you can buy at the grocery store. Every kid needs a chance to try those, plus it made decorating a bit easier.
Licking the candles. What a cutie pie!
Happy Birthday, my sweet little baby!
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October 23, 2009 at 7:31 pm (Favorites)
It is not often that I see something funny enough on the internet to make me cry, but here is a video that does the trick over on the Girl Talk blog.
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October 23, 2009 at 8:34 am (Family)
One of the wonderful things about Akron is the wonderful parks they have. There are several metro parks on the fringes of the city, and we have been hitting many of them this fall as we have taken part in the Fall Hiking Spree. The metro parks put out a list of about 12 or so trails each fall, and you have to hike 8 of them between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. If you accomplish that, you get a walking stick (the first year) and a metal badge to put on the stick each year. We were not able to complete it last year, but I think the girls and I will be able to complete it this year (“gym” class during the school day!).
Jake went with us last evening – it was too beautiful and warm outside to leave him behind. We got some great shots of the girls.
This shot never seems to get old. We must have one from every ledgy park we’ve hiked!
Our beautiful young lady.
Ruthie is our daring hiker. She almost got herself stuck right after this pose!
Wish you could see the missing bottom teeth.
I just could not get any sort of serious look for this one. Imagine that!
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October 21, 2009 at 12:13 pm (The Girls)
Jake has this picture of the girls and their cousins on our desktop, and my eye is always drawn to Ellie.
Doesn’t it look like she is smoking a cigar??
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October 20, 2009 at 4:27 pm (Homeschool)
We went on a field trip on Monday with other families in the church. The trip was to a local orchard, Bauman Orchard.
We took a hay ride out to the orchard where each of us got to pick a Fuji apple. There were lots of sticky hands by the time we got back to the shop.
We were then taken on a tour of the facility, seeing how they store the apples, wash them, sort them into #1 and #2 apples, package the #1’s, and make cider from the #2’s. I was thoroughly interested in the machines they have rigged to do so much of the work.
Of course, the kids are never most interested in the “main event.” They loved the hay bale maze and the pens of farm animals (I hesitate to call it a petting zoo since two of the main attractions were goats and a male turkey that must have gotten very tired of “strutting his stuff”).
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October 14, 2009 at 6:10 pm (Family)
We spent the afternoon on Saturday with Grandma Tyrrell, Aunt Holly, Brianna, and Brooke. After a quick lunch at Chick-fil-a (none of the girls ever entered play land – can you imagine!), we all went over to Hale Farm and Village for their Harvest Festival.
Suzie making apple butter.
We enjoyed learning how to make apple butter and apple juice – and I came away quite thankful for modern conveniences like… well, the grocery store! We were also able to go into homes, a meeting house, and a school house from the 1860’s (all original buildings from the Ohio area). The girls enjoyed hearing a re-enactor tell the story of Johnny Appleseed.
Grandma Tyrrell and all the cousins
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