We got home late this afternoon. I'm very impressed with how hard everyone pitched in to get the work done. We unloaded the pop up. We began repacking for leaving again on Tuesday. I began laundry...tomorrow we'll be sure we are repacked, buy a few things to restock and meet the co-op truck.
In between laundry I'm trying to upload pictures of the past week.
That's my goal for the today and tomorrow.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Our Girls (-2)
Our Boys
to make them smile I told them to look strong and macho - this is Zander's idea of macho! {G}Our Children (-2)
Sunrise service was beautiful. Mike preached....the few minutes I heard were great! Breakfast with Christian family is always fun. The kids and I came home and finished a few preparations for camping and company. Mike is finishing up a few jobs at work and will be home by 1:00 p.m. Kids are now relaxing and I plan to go grab a quick nap...if Stacia will cooperate.
Happy Resurrection Day!
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interest of others.
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.”
Phil 2:3 -11
What an awesome day! A day to focus and celebrate the inconceivable gift of relationship with God. An incredible price was paid for our access to the Father! May we never take this relationship and access to His very throne room lightly. May we have the same mind (attitude) that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, exhibited. I want to be a humble, empty, non-grasping servant of God.
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interest of others.
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.”
Phil 2:3 -11
What an awesome day! A day to focus and celebrate the inconceivable gift of relationship with God. An incredible price was paid for our access to the Father! May we never take this relationship and access to His very throne room lightly. May we have the same mind (attitude) that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, exhibited. I want to be a humble, empty, non-grasping servant of God.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
SHOW ME THE FACTS!
I think I've been driving my local friends and even my SHS friends, crazy with all my questions. I am a "show me the facts" type of person. I used to think I was overy skeptical but after all my recent studies on spiritual gifts I see that this is a classic trait of a person with the gift of teaching. I nearly pegged the test so it would stand to reason that I'd be a fairly "show me" type of person. I love to research. I am slow to jump on band wagons and want to see the facts before making decisions. I'm very concerend with accuracy and truth. Poor Adrienne has probably taken the brunt of my questions because I know she knows me well enough not to get offended when I say "WHY - that makes no sense". {bg}
Today I was happy to see a few links that Melody (local friend) sent me on various health related issues. For your reading pleasure (in case you are a facts gatherer too):
I've been explaining to a few that I don't have a thing against organic but I have a big "beef" with companies that add a lot of synthetic preservatives to foods and call themselves "organic". I do look for the green organic label but these days I also read the ingredients list and worry more about that than the organic label. It was timely that Melody would send this link on organic standards.
Here's on the decades old debate on margarine and butter. Ever wondered what "corn syrup" was and if it was good or bad for you?
I think I've been driving my local friends and even my SHS friends, crazy with all my questions. I am a "show me the facts" type of person. I used to think I was overy skeptical but after all my recent studies on spiritual gifts I see that this is a classic trait of a person with the gift of teaching. I nearly pegged the test so it would stand to reason that I'd be a fairly "show me" type of person. I love to research. I am slow to jump on band wagons and want to see the facts before making decisions. I'm very concerend with accuracy and truth. Poor Adrienne has probably taken the brunt of my questions because I know she knows me well enough not to get offended when I say "WHY - that makes no sense". {bg}
Today I was happy to see a few links that Melody (local friend) sent me on various health related issues. For your reading pleasure (in case you are a facts gatherer too):
I've been explaining to a few that I don't have a thing against organic but I have a big "beef" with companies that add a lot of synthetic preservatives to foods and call themselves "organic". I do look for the green organic label but these days I also read the ingredients list and worry more about that than the organic label. It was timely that Melody would send this link on organic standards.
Here's on the decades old debate on margarine and butter. Ever wondered what "corn syrup" was and if it was good or bad for you?
Another day in the kitchen!
Trying to eliminate synthetic preservatives almost ensures you will be spending much time at HOME in your KITCHEN! {G} someone asked me what I’ve been making…..
Tuesday – 5 loaves of bread; 5 dozen banana muffins
Wednesday – 2 meals of Chicken Divan (freezer) – takes longer when doing from scratch with no condensed soups. {G}.
Thursday – 5 more dozen of muffins (we eat 5 doz a week – making extra for camping); 4 meals of Hawaiian Chicken (freezer)
Friday – 2 batches of home made ice cream (vanilla and mint/chocolate); 5 doz Choc chip cookies; 5 doz hamburger buns (were flat so we put two together and called them pre-split buns)
Today – granola; pancake mix; brownies (whole wheat + nuts = complete protein {bg}; 5 doz of hamburger buns (we use these for sandwiches instead of loaves).
I’ve had many thoughts in the kitchen this week…but I’m to busy to stop and share them. Add to the above cooking menu the Passover dinner, Last Supper Service, Good Friday services and shopping for Easter…school and speech therapy and produce co-op – and going to court to take care of a little matter that developed on Wednesday….Shew….
It’s been a joy to have Zander in the kitchen COOKING with me….and that has led me to think that all the time in the kitchen is paying off in big dividends. Other thoughts will have to wait. Here’s a picture of Zander making buns (by the way this time he’s shirtless because it is about 100* in my kitchen not because he hates to wear clothes {g}).
This picture is for those who have heard me talk about sponging bread and the accompanying warning about “watch out for the Lucy moment”. This is a Lucy moment….this sponged 10 minutes – yeast is obviously o.k. Blew the top right off the Bosch! I really think Becky is right and that the hard white I got had moisture in it - or something. When I get back I'm going to try all my recipes with Hard Red Wheat and see what happens. I miss Prairie Gold....
Trying to eliminate synthetic preservatives almost ensures you will be spending much time at HOME in your KITCHEN! {G} someone asked me what I’ve been making…..
Tuesday – 5 loaves of bread; 5 dozen banana muffins
Wednesday – 2 meals of Chicken Divan (freezer) – takes longer when doing from scratch with no condensed soups. {G}.
Thursday – 5 more dozen of muffins (we eat 5 doz a week – making extra for camping); 4 meals of Hawaiian Chicken (freezer)
Friday – 2 batches of home made ice cream (vanilla and mint/chocolate); 5 doz Choc chip cookies; 5 doz hamburger buns (were flat so we put two together and called them pre-split buns)
Today – granola; pancake mix; brownies (whole wheat + nuts = complete protein {bg}; 5 doz of hamburger buns (we use these for sandwiches instead of loaves).
I’ve had many thoughts in the kitchen this week…but I’m to busy to stop and share them. Add to the above cooking menu the Passover dinner, Last Supper Service, Good Friday services and shopping for Easter…school and speech therapy and produce co-op – and going to court to take care of a little matter that developed on Wednesday….Shew….
It’s been a joy to have Zander in the kitchen COOKING with me….and that has led me to think that all the time in the kitchen is paying off in big dividends. Other thoughts will have to wait. Here’s a picture of Zander making buns (by the way this time he’s shirtless because it is about 100* in my kitchen not because he hates to wear clothes {g}).
This picture is for those who have heard me talk about sponging bread and the accompanying warning about “watch out for the Lucy moment”. This is a Lucy moment….this sponged 10 minutes – yeast is obviously o.k. Blew the top right off the Bosch! I really think Becky is right and that the hard white I got had moisture in it - or something. When I get back I'm going to try all my recipes with Hard Red Wheat and see what happens. I miss Prairie Gold....
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