Brain Usage Skyrockets!!

Yup, besides being sick for nearly two weeks this is what we have been doing.

And pulling colossal amounts of weeds...

 And the littles have been listening to recorded stories they received for Christmas and coloring pictures side by side.... (Aren't they cute??!!)

 And recently, now that the weather has turned nice, there has been lots of book reading in the tree house together! (They're not just smiling about the chocolate they smuggled up with them...truly, they both absolutely LOVE books, sweaters, and cool weather! Well,okay... and combined with chocolate it's a girls' paradise!!)

Such a Full Calendar!

But don't worry, a long post or two will be coming soon!

Kindle Formatting Classes

We are blessed to have our very own author, cover designer, internal layout editor, and Kindle format-er, and all in all an amazing gal, in our very own family! 

 So... this Wednesday we decided to take advantage of that fact by gathering in the living room for a class from Perry Elisabeth. 

And in high-style too, with a projector and everything!

We took pages of notes and still there is more to learn and more classes in the future!

Thanks a lot Perry!!!

Connect with Perry Elisabeth:

Her Blog

Perry Elisabeth Design

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Random Stuff From Our Week

Conquering those nasty weeds!



His sweet little cheerleader



The faithful scholars

Our favorite college student



We have been loving our library! There are way to many books in the house!

A Hilarious Quote: 

"Behold, I have come to torture you! I have to clean out the fridge
so Josh Groban is going to do it with me."

Pie, glorious pie!



He studied his manual well, and got his driver's permit just like his Uncle!



Awwww!



Just like the old days!



You can just tell who won, can't you?



Muti-generational Foosball, passing it down through the ages! : )



Boys against girls



The victorious winner!

A Hilarious Quote:
“Proving God exists is not so hard, people! I just proved it with the click of a button! I searched “God”, and He is everywhere!!!!! He’s even on Facebook! And Wikipedia!!”
 



"Cheese"



Swinging together!



Silly Missy!



Fun on the scooters!



Visiting the neighbor's horse over the fence



"Wow!!! Hi horsey!"



He loves his sand!

A Hilarious Quote:
"We're cool, we just forget it sometimes."
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"Actually, put it this way: God has given us the gifts and opportunities
 to be very cool and do wonderful things for Him, but sometimes we forget."



Silly boy!



Pastor snacks: the fuel for those awesome sermons



Getting ready for the Men's Prayer Advance. Now that's nice camping!

Listen to our two favorite talks here:
Faithful to Your Wife

Faithful in Prayer



Of course you have to try it out



Apparently the camera flash is blinding in the dark!



The perfect babysitting bench, and he loved it!

And that was our week! Comment below with your week; we'd love to hear!
Check back on Monday for another post!

The Little Things

Over the last few days, so many wonderful things have happened. They've been small, so I find it easy to let them slip by unnoticed. That's why I've decided to sit down and list all the things I am grateful for...

• Books! Books from the library, books to sell online, books to dream of getting, and books to get for free! (I can't wait to download this one onto our Kindle and test it out!)
• The fact that I'm over halfway through my last Grammar textbook. : )
• My nephew nicknaming me "Cakie". He calls us all by names of his own creation. : )
• Our DQ adventure. Yesterday, they were passing out free ice cream cones to celebrate the anniversary of their chain. We, um, visited two in a night. Don't tell anyone.
• The other nephew learning to walk!! (And say "yeah" and "oh, wow".)
• My writer's block was over for a bit. I wrote a story called "The Red Notebook" and started another. Now I have to muster my creative juices for that contest...
• Weeds. No really, they are a lot of fun. Especially when you are out picking them with your mom and your brother by the light of the moon and the arena lights. Great discussions too.
• Popsicles.
• Swinging. So much fun. Especially when you slow down and your nephew commands you, "Go!" (He was enjoying watching me...) ; )
• All of us scrapbooking together. That was a ton of fun! I got to rip up two pages of old love songs and turn them into something really pretty. : )
• Dad's expository narrative sermon at church about the Israelites crossing the Jordan. Paul got to help out a bit by asking what the stones mean.
• Decorating books to look through. Cupcake books to look through. Cookie books to look through. Ah...
• Correspondence to catch up. Sending out letters means that in about a week, I just might start getting replies!
• Hilarious and meaningful family devotions.
• God's love and thunder. 'Nuff said.

Today, what are you grateful for?

~By Kate originally posted at The Sacrament of Living