Quotes of the Day

"The more we grow in grace, the more we see how far we have to go. It was the end of his life when Paul confessed himself chief of sinners."

"An old proverb that should be repeated more than it is -- the gateway of your mouth should have 3 keys. Is it true? Kind? Necessary?"

These are both entries from Douglas Wilson's twitter site...he's a good man to read!!

100 Free Things to Do with your Kids/Grandkids

What a fun idea! Here is a FREE download - 100 Free Things to do With Your Grandkids E-book that you can use with your kids or grandkids! I looked through it quickly and found several things I'm going to do!

#37 - Pasta necklace
#41 - Terrarium
# 54 - Make Noisemakers...I'm thinking for family worship night!

Thanks fistfulofcoupons.com !

Blurry but fun.

So, I'm not the biggest 'gadget' fan, but every once in awhile I like them. Here is a picture that wouldn't have been captured if we were gadget free. Also, ever since we've had kids we stopped taking pictures of my hubby and I...that needs to change.

Leavenworth Family Fun

Last week we went to Leavenworth for an overnight getaway that was a blast! Leavenworth is a small mountain town that has remade itself into a German/Bavarian village and it's so beautiful and refreshing. Here are a few pictures from our trip. Right in town there is a perfect sledding hill for small kids, so we brought our sled and had a blast with our kids on that ice..I mean..uh...snow hill. It was a blessing to get away and just have 24 hours to relax as life is pretty stressful at our house right now. Keep praying for a job for my hubby!

Gotta love a profit

Here is a picture from a little shopping trip I took this morning to Rite Aid and Walgreens.

Total spent: $6.08

Profit after rebates: $6.92

Total saved: $76.95

Lovin' the coupons.

Family Photo Session

Here are a few pictures to share from our family photo session today. It's always hard to get pictures of fast moving targets (a.k.a. kids) but here is what did turn out. Note: Evie is more of a moving target, so not many of her turned out. Always fun to bust out the camera and see what happens.

Ringin' In the New Year @ the ER

Happy New Year! Just when we were feeling relieved to be done with 2009 (good riddance was our sentiments last night upon reflecting on the past year) New Years Day had a fun little ER run in store for us. This picture doesn't quite do it justice, but you get the idea.

The kids and I were meeting Jared for lunch and while walking into the restaurant Evie slipped on the wet floor and did a crazy twirl and her lip and the door jam connected for a big old split lip. It looked so deep that we decided to take her to the ER just in case so when she is 18 and the SCAR MARK is still visible we aren't kicking ourselves for not going.

All was well though and no stitches needed. Evie, being a girl, perked up at the idea of a bracelet from the hospital. We were helped by a nurse practitioner from our church and so that was great and always good to see a familiar face when we are in those sorts of situations.

I will say...we called it - Evie was our first one to the ER for an accident, not Leyton. We're 0-1 for actual stitches or breaks, so we'll see who does that first.

Praise God it was so minor and she is well, all to often it seems like life comes down to the millimeter.