I almost didn’t post this one because it felt a bit chaotic with four sets of hands and arms and chatter, but friends say to post it, so here goes! Like most of you, my kids are home with me for . . . how long? I spent the first week of this alternating between doomsday scenarios, panic, and mentally checking out in a deluge of news and Facebook posts. I’m still checking the news, but I’m trying to...
Friends, I’m a little freaked out if I’m being honest. The coronavirus has even reached our little town with a confirmed case yesterday. Universities are shut down and I have a hunch that our public schools are next. BUT GOD is reminding me that I know what to do with fear. My pastor sent out an email today filled with Scripture and I was reminded that God knows my fear and He speaks the language of peace. I remembered...
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” (Matthew 6:24 ESV) This is the verse that’s been on my heart to share with you for this month’s screensaver and coloring page. At church, our pastors are working through a series on the Sermon on the Mount. This passage comes sandwiched between Jesus’...
This watercolor tutorial is all about playing with color! In the video below, my daughter and I walk you through ways you can play with the color purple. I think you’ll be surprised with the varying results. Here are some things you might want to have on hand before you start the video: jar of water (we reuse yogurt containers) paper towel for blotting watercolor paints. We use something like this* in the video (ours came from Michael’s). your favorite brushes...
Hello friends! We are done with school and are busy playing the days away here! If my blogging gets somewhat inconsistent, you’ll know why. Every once in a while I like to do a “heard around here” blog post. I jot down funny things my kids say (most coming from my now-five-year-old Anna), so here they are along with some glimpses into our family life. Me: Anna, put on some socks! Anna: All I have is...
It goes something like this with me: Yup, we are homeschooling . . . this year. But, wow, their kids are doing awesome in public school. That kid is learning Latin in private school. That kid is flourishing in the local school’s Spanish immersion program and they have great relationships with the Latinos in the community. That’s a neat ministry. There’s no way I can teach my kids to speak Spanish fluently. Wait, why am I doing this again?...
Some weeks, I think of about a million things to write. Other weeks it seems that I’m just “done” and have nothing to say. I try to simply ask God what I should write and draw, and then listen for the truths that encourage my (often) weary heart. I read this the other day in a great little devotional, “Experiencing the Trinity” by Joe Thorn: “To be moved by the love of Jesus is not the arousal of sentimentality....
Flower Image: Shay Cochrane Photography I put my foot to the gas pedal today and remembered my dream. I am driving and the brakes aren’t responding as I careen through traffic. Out of control. And scared. I often have another dream. I’m at school and ready for class. In some versions I don’t have my schedule so I have no idea where class is and what time it starts. In another version, I haven’t done any studying and today is...
Thanks to Shay Cochrane for the lovely tulip image! I just realized this Friday is Valentines exchange day at co-op for my kids and we have nothing prepared yet, so I made some simple cards for us all to use! All you have to do is print, cut your paper in fours (at the 4.25 and 5.5 inch marks), and have your kiddos fill in their favorite things about their buddies. The cards fit into A2 envelopes. I tried to draw something...
