Aaron has also been very busy with work and it has been challenging only seeing him for a short time each day. But it will be over soon and we will have a wonderful vacation with him at the end of this week. So excited to be spending time with him and enjoying the wonderful sunshine in Florida. We are heading to Disneyworld at the end of this week. It should be very adventurous and I'm hoping, crossing my fingers even, that nobody GETS SICK.
This month has just been a month of trials. My girls lost their hamster, I had a big flare of symptoms (joints, bloating, abdominal and stomach pain, muscle pain and spasms,.... I could go on), bathroom flooded, trouble with our dog, a bill our insurance isn't taking care of, and all the sickness. After the trials cometh the blessings. Sometimes I feel the trials are the blessings. They are humbling, and can bring us closer to our Savior Jesus Christ if we let them. There is no greater blessing than that. Every time I face a trial I become a different person, new and stronger when I turn to the Lord. When I don't, and at times I haven't, I also become a different person. But one I don't wish to be. I become an impatient, frustrated, easily angered or annoyed person. But when I do rely on the Lord I become spiritually strong and independent, free from fear, burdens are made lighter, joy is easily felt because of my knowledge of the things that are eternally significant in my life. Like being with my children, and enjoying the love of my spouse. Families are forever, love is everlasting. There is no greater blessing, and no greater joy.
St. Patrick's Day!
Climbing at the Kroc Community Center.
The girls getting their new guitars.
Playing a Social Studies trivia game.
Our hamster Noel before she passed away.
Building a model space station.
Art creations.
Playing with play dough.
Our dog Jerry's fist spring walk.
Building wooden models.
Having fun with the Uke.
Learning about money and spending.
Autumn's Toothless dragon.
Learning Roman Numerals.
Dragons!
Aubrey's dragons.
Autumn's underwater world.
Math Stations. They were: fractions, time, matching shapes, Math-It game, and word problems on the board.
Dallen's shape designs.
Over my door. A good reminder every day.
At Bendix Park Nature Center and Woods. Dallen at the Bee tunnel.
Christian with the bat puppet.
Pond display. Learning about frogs, turtles, tadpoles, and water bugs.
Autumn's Birthday!
Aubrey making Autumn a shell necklace.
Autumn's birthday cake. Ocean themed.
Presents!!!
Garden planning.
Aubrey's decorated Easter egg. Nobody else was interested in dying an egg because they were sick.
Easter baskets celebrated on the Saturday before.
Saturday Easter egg hunting.
Homemade chore charts. They are working nicely.
Earth Day clean-up project. A friend found a snake. A Garter Snake. The kids loved it. We put it back when it's home was all nice and clean.
English language study. A lot of different languages make up English.
It makes for an interesting language.
Fun math game when we are bored of doing workbooks.
Melting crayon art activity.
Love it!
With friends is always fun.
Play with play dough again. The boys love this.
A friend over for fun times.
