Here is your bible reading for week 8.
Leviticus 19-21
Leviticus 22-23
Leviticus 24-25
Leviticus 26-27
Numbers 1-2
Numbers 3-4
Numbers 5-6
Happy reading.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Newport
We went there with our cousins Steve, Denise & Sidnee; and Stephen, Ally, Mai Mai & Mina. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast. The ticket line was not too bad so we got in quick. The bad part is...they did not allow strollers this weekend. They have a calender on their site of days that shows days blacked out for stroller use...not going on one of those days again. I totally understand why...the place is compact and packed full of people!!!! Me being me, I was not huge on the amount of people ( I was a little claustrophobic). You could not let the kids look at things as long as they wanted or even see all the things they wanted to see. It also was not easy to take pictures with that many people in there.
There was a lot to see and do there. I would have loved to touch some of the sharks but there were just too many people to try. Gavin went up and looked at them but he did not want to put his hand in the water for fear they might bite him.
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| all I thought when I saw these guys were how tasty they looked. |
Eliza did pretty well in there. She loved the sharks, I think because the water was super blue and you went through tunnels where they were swimming over you.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
2012
Well 2012 is here and in full swing.
Two things have been on my mind lately...pictures and pinterest.
If you are not on pinterest...don't get on...it is addicting. It is a site the can let your creativity run wild. I use the site for finding craft projects, books to read, new photo ideas, and recipes. Now really if you want to check it out, it is pinterest.com. I will say that if you interested in getting invited in, just let me know and I will send you an invite.
As for the pictures, I am always so shy to say something since there always SO many photographers in this little town BUT if anyone is needing pictures done this year, shoot me an email or give me a call. I want to go ahead and get a jump start on planning out my year. Even if you don't have an exact date in mind, I like to know how many sessions I should try to plan on in a month.
How was every one's valentines day? Ours was not that exciting. We don't do anything for it really. Do you know how valentines day started???? Well lets just say there was at least one Saint Valentine and there was a Roman holiday of Lupercalia. Saint Valentine was said to have been a priest that went against the wishes of the Emperor Claudius II. Claudius had decided that married men with children did not make good soldiers so he outlawed marriage for all the young people. Valentine went against this and still married people. Now the other half to this is he became a martyred because he was put to death. Another version on Saint Valentine (either the same or different) is that he was imprisoned and for trying to help Christians escape Roman prisons. In turn he was captured. He fell in love with a young woman and sent her a letter signed from your valentine. Now as for the Roman holiday of Lupercalia...this was to celebrate the god of agriculture. It was also known as a fertility holiday and as a celebration of Romulus and Remus...the founders of Rome raised by the she wolf. Some think that the Christians put the celebration of Saint Valentine right around Lupercalia. A lot of times this helped convert people over. So there is your history lesson for the day.
That is about all from here today. I have a closet to tear apart, clean out, and put back together.
Two things have been on my mind lately...pictures and pinterest.
If you are not on pinterest...don't get on...it is addicting. It is a site the can let your creativity run wild. I use the site for finding craft projects, books to read, new photo ideas, and recipes. Now really if you want to check it out, it is pinterest.com. I will say that if you interested in getting invited in, just let me know and I will send you an invite.
As for the pictures, I am always so shy to say something since there always SO many photographers in this little town BUT if anyone is needing pictures done this year, shoot me an email or give me a call. I want to go ahead and get a jump start on planning out my year. Even if you don't have an exact date in mind, I like to know how many sessions I should try to plan on in a month.
How was every one's valentines day? Ours was not that exciting. We don't do anything for it really. Do you know how valentines day started???? Well lets just say there was at least one Saint Valentine and there was a Roman holiday of Lupercalia. Saint Valentine was said to have been a priest that went against the wishes of the Emperor Claudius II. Claudius had decided that married men with children did not make good soldiers so he outlawed marriage for all the young people. Valentine went against this and still married people. Now the other half to this is he became a martyred because he was put to death. Another version on Saint Valentine (either the same or different) is that he was imprisoned and for trying to help Christians escape Roman prisons. In turn he was captured. He fell in love with a young woman and sent her a letter signed from your valentine. Now as for the Roman holiday of Lupercalia...this was to celebrate the god of agriculture. It was also known as a fertility holiday and as a celebration of Romulus and Remus...the founders of Rome raised by the she wolf. Some think that the Christians put the celebration of Saint Valentine right around Lupercalia. A lot of times this helped convert people over. So there is your history lesson for the day.
That is about all from here today. I have a closet to tear apart, clean out, and put back together.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Family
So as you all know, we have a crafty family. So I decided to take pictures of the kids with a few of the cool things they have gotten.
Gavin got this super cool car mat from his great grandmother Evelyn. It even has garages for the cars. We are quite obsessed with it right now.
Both of these came from Aunt Linda who works her magic at Ben Franklin. Gavin's is a picture frame but we can't bare to put pictures in it. We told her this after we were prego with Eliza so she made the hers a little different.
This is the quilt that Eliza got for Christmas this year. Evelyn did an amazing job on it. I am not sure that Eliza will get this quilt when she moves out of the house at some point.
Now this is a wall hanging from Aunt Ann. She does this really cool thing of putting pictures onto fabric. Eliza posed with hers and Gavin posed with both of his.
This is the blanket that Aunt Angela made for Miss Eliza. It just happens to match her room colors perfectly.
Here is Gavin with his alphabet quilt from Evelyn and his Old Mac Donald quilt.
Then we have the full size Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt from my mom.
He also has a Old Mother Goose quilt made by my Grandma Miles. This boy is not hurting for quilts. He does love them all.
There are a few things that I was not able to get pictures of. Gavin has a super cool tee pee that he got for the Christmas before. It comes out in the spring and/or when he has some friends over. I also did not get pictures of Eliza with the other blankets made for her by my mom's best friend Dee and Grandma Janice. Grandma Janice also did rugs for Eliza...yes she has a large loom in her house. Too cool.
Now there are only the things made for the kids. We have a queen over sized quilt for our bed in blues and greens made by Evelyn for our wedding, a throw size wall hanging quilt made by my Aunt Ann for our wedding. Linda framed our wedding invitation which is amazing. We also have a Beatles quilt made by my Aunt Ann that hangs out on the couch. Then Grandma Janice made us a rug that we use in the bathroom and a quilt that she made me years ago when I was at IU. We also seem to have gotten afghans made by our great grandmothers that we use. Finally one of the neatest things is that we have a braided rug (yes like you see in so many homes of people that have a few years on us) made by Evelyn.
Well if anyone ever wonders why I like to be crafty, I tend to say it runs in the family.
Gavin got this super cool car mat from his great grandmother Evelyn. It even has garages for the cars. We are quite obsessed with it right now.
Both of these came from Aunt Linda who works her magic at Ben Franklin. Gavin's is a picture frame but we can't bare to put pictures in it. We told her this after we were prego with Eliza so she made the hers a little different.
This is the quilt that Eliza got for Christmas this year. Evelyn did an amazing job on it. I am not sure that Eliza will get this quilt when she moves out of the house at some point.
This is the blanket that Aunt Angela made for Miss Eliza. It just happens to match her room colors perfectly.
Here is Gavin with his alphabet quilt from Evelyn and his Old Mac Donald quilt.
There are a few things that I was not able to get pictures of. Gavin has a super cool tee pee that he got for the Christmas before. It comes out in the spring and/or when he has some friends over. I also did not get pictures of Eliza with the other blankets made for her by my mom's best friend Dee and Grandma Janice. Grandma Janice also did rugs for Eliza...yes she has a large loom in her house. Too cool.
Now there are only the things made for the kids. We have a queen over sized quilt for our bed in blues and greens made by Evelyn for our wedding, a throw size wall hanging quilt made by my Aunt Ann for our wedding. Linda framed our wedding invitation which is amazing. We also have a Beatles quilt made by my Aunt Ann that hangs out on the couch. Then Grandma Janice made us a rug that we use in the bathroom and a quilt that she made me years ago when I was at IU. We also seem to have gotten afghans made by our great grandmothers that we use. Finally one of the neatest things is that we have a braided rug (yes like you see in so many homes of people that have a few years on us) made by Evelyn.
Well if anyone ever wonders why I like to be crafty, I tend to say it runs in the family.
I will leave you with pig face.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Finally
So here is our most recent update (with pictures!!!!)
I have recently acquired a new slide converter...THAT I LOVE!!!! This thing is amazing. So if anyone needs or knows of someone who needs slides converted, let me know.
I also was able to get some new photo software for the computer. It is so nice to be updated a bit. This software is rocking. Talk about color options. It has all the different retro options for photo coloring dating to the beginning of film. It is also geared for restoring color in pictures from slides or scanned pictures.
Now that my little happy dance is done, the kids had some big updates this week.
We started Monday off with a bang. Sam stayed home with us because the kids had appointments. We scheduled them at the same time and it TOOK FOREVER!!! Gavin was great. He has not done well at the doctor a whole lot after his surgery but he has not been there much after it either. He is long and lean according to the doctor (we already knew that right). Well, all of his baby fat is gone. The boy weighs in at 31 pounds and is standing 40 inches tall. He is average height and super thin according to the charts. He did have to have the dreaded booster shots. It was not fun. We had the option to put them off for another year but I just really did not see much point in it. They gave him four shots in the legs. I tried to contest one of the shots but it is apparently needed to get into school these days unless you want to have a talk with the school. I really do not see the reason for the chicken pox vaccine though. I am still not sold on the hepatitis either though. This however is from a girl that had chicken pox when she was so little that she does not remember any of it...except the crappy clowns in the hospital room. Long story short, I had the chicken pox...they went away but I had a nasty fever so my parents took me to the hospital. I was in my room and the clowns scared me. To this day I quite dislike clowns.
I still don't really understand the fuss with chicken pox. I know I have a scar from them but I don't think they are that terrible, maybe just annoying. I can see the vaccine for adults that haven't had them if they want it. Kind of like hepatitis. I had to get a shot for it as a teenage because I was exposed but what is the point other than that????
Now miss Eliza had shots too. She only had to get two since we were just playing catch up. She also got weighed. She lost weight. She is now 23 pounds. She is also very long. She is 28 inches long. So she is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. As for the rest of her updates. This girl is still not crawling. She has found that rolling every where seems to be a better method. She also is cutting four teeth right now but I am waiting to see if it might be six. Might as well do them all at once and get them in.
She has expanded her vocabulary by leaps and bounds. We are saying bite, bye, hi, hey, dada, avin (for Gavin), mama, and a few others. If you tell her hi or bye she will wave at you relentlessly.
Now I did think I was in the clear with this kid. Eliza did not have a heart murmur the way Gavin did but she does have a large cyst on her foot. We think that might be why she is not crawling. She wants to walk but does not want to put pressure on that spot so we are getting it removed soon. We have an appointment with a specialist to see when we can get it done and what all they will want to do with her. We talked to the doctor Monday about it and decided it was time since she does not want to crawl. I was just happy they wanted to go ahead and do this that way we won't impede anymore progress.
We were able to get her nine month pictures taken over the weekend...so I was excited to get them done. I tried something new for a background so feedback with welcomed with open arms.
I have to say, I knew we were having too much fun when the feet started coming out of the wash tub.
I was just sad that we did not get a picture of pig face yet. I will leave you with the one that I got of Gavin around nine months old. I am hoping to get one of her soon so we can have a super funny faced picture of her as well.
I have recently acquired a new slide converter...THAT I LOVE!!!! This thing is amazing. So if anyone needs or knows of someone who needs slides converted, let me know.
I also was able to get some new photo software for the computer. It is so nice to be updated a bit. This software is rocking. Talk about color options. It has all the different retro options for photo coloring dating to the beginning of film. It is also geared for restoring color in pictures from slides or scanned pictures.
Now that my little happy dance is done, the kids had some big updates this week.
We started Monday off with a bang. Sam stayed home with us because the kids had appointments. We scheduled them at the same time and it TOOK FOREVER!!! Gavin was great. He has not done well at the doctor a whole lot after his surgery but he has not been there much after it either. He is long and lean according to the doctor (we already knew that right). Well, all of his baby fat is gone. The boy weighs in at 31 pounds and is standing 40 inches tall. He is average height and super thin according to the charts. He did have to have the dreaded booster shots. It was not fun. We had the option to put them off for another year but I just really did not see much point in it. They gave him four shots in the legs. I tried to contest one of the shots but it is apparently needed to get into school these days unless you want to have a talk with the school. I really do not see the reason for the chicken pox vaccine though. I am still not sold on the hepatitis either though. This however is from a girl that had chicken pox when she was so little that she does not remember any of it...except the crappy clowns in the hospital room. Long story short, I had the chicken pox...they went away but I had a nasty fever so my parents took me to the hospital. I was in my room and the clowns scared me. To this day I quite dislike clowns.
I still don't really understand the fuss with chicken pox. I know I have a scar from them but I don't think they are that terrible, maybe just annoying. I can see the vaccine for adults that haven't had them if they want it. Kind of like hepatitis. I had to get a shot for it as a teenage because I was exposed but what is the point other than that????
Now miss Eliza had shots too. She only had to get two since we were just playing catch up. She also got weighed. She lost weight. She is now 23 pounds. She is also very long. She is 28 inches long. So she is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. As for the rest of her updates. This girl is still not crawling. She has found that rolling every where seems to be a better method. She also is cutting four teeth right now but I am waiting to see if it might be six. Might as well do them all at once and get them in.
She has expanded her vocabulary by leaps and bounds. We are saying bite, bye, hi, hey, dada, avin (for Gavin), mama, and a few others. If you tell her hi or bye she will wave at you relentlessly.
Now I did think I was in the clear with this kid. Eliza did not have a heart murmur the way Gavin did but she does have a large cyst on her foot. We think that might be why she is not crawling. She wants to walk but does not want to put pressure on that spot so we are getting it removed soon. We have an appointment with a specialist to see when we can get it done and what all they will want to do with her. We talked to the doctor Monday about it and decided it was time since she does not want to crawl. I was just happy they wanted to go ahead and do this that way we won't impede anymore progress.
We were able to get her nine month pictures taken over the weekend...so I was excited to get them done. I tried something new for a background so feedback with welcomed with open arms.
I have to say, I knew we were having too much fun when the feet started coming out of the wash tub.
I was just sad that we did not get a picture of pig face yet. I will leave you with the one that I got of Gavin around nine months old. I am hoping to get one of her soon so we can have a super funny faced picture of her as well.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Bible Reading week 6 and 7
So I am going to go ahead and post next weeks bible reading up as well since there are only a few days left of this week.
Exodus 19-21 Exodus 39-40
Exodus 21-24 Leviticus 1-4
Exodus 25-27 Leviticus 5-7
Exodus 28-29 Leviticus 8-10
Exodus 30-32 Leviticus 11-13
Exodus 33-35 Leviticus 14-15
Exodus 36-38 Leviticus 16-18
Hopefully this is going well for everyone doing this with me. I know I am enjoying getting deep into the old testiment.
Exodus 19-21 Exodus 39-40
Exodus 21-24 Leviticus 1-4
Exodus 25-27 Leviticus 5-7
Exodus 28-29 Leviticus 8-10
Exodus 30-32 Leviticus 11-13
Exodus 33-35 Leviticus 14-15
Exodus 36-38 Leviticus 16-18
Hopefully this is going well for everyone doing this with me. I know I am enjoying getting deep into the old testiment.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Update
So the main computer is still not 100% so you will have to wait for pictures another week. Maybe I will have a little lady's nine month pictures done by the time I get that computer back up. I was able to get two new toys though. I am itching to set the computer back up and get it going. I have a slide scanner...so I can convert them over. I am hoping this will lead to a little bit of a new adventure in business. Also I have an updated picture program...so I get to start playing on that soon.
While you do wait for pictures...I can officially tell you that Gavin has made me SO proud. He loves the Beatles. He asks to put certain cds in all the time. Today was no exception. He want to put in Yellow Submarine(the newer). We listed to the cd and was looking at the Beatles quilt. He told me they were singing about the submarine on the quilt and then he proceeded to name each member when looking at the pictures of the faces. I may have started Beatlemania in my house.
Eliza was funny too because she has learned to bounce with music. She too loves the Beatles so she started swaying and bouncing to Yellow Submarine. She had learned to wave. If you are lucky she will tell you hi or bye when she waves to you. It does come out a little Southern though.
This girl is still not crawling but I don't think she cares anymore because she is really good about rolling quickly to where she wants to go.
I hope you all enjoy the nice weather. It has made me a little sick but we have no stopped playing in it. I have not been able to keep the animals in either unless they are famished.
We have gotten two new fun games for the house. We have yet to try the Zumba for the wii but we have been playing Just Dance for the wii. It has the Apache song (if you know what it is...you must love it), which is my Friday song, and Gavin is loving it. It is definitely a work out, that is for sure.
That is about all on our front. Time to get ready to go play outside.
While you do wait for pictures...I can officially tell you that Gavin has made me SO proud. He loves the Beatles. He asks to put certain cds in all the time. Today was no exception. He want to put in Yellow Submarine(the newer). We listed to the cd and was looking at the Beatles quilt. He told me they were singing about the submarine on the quilt and then he proceeded to name each member when looking at the pictures of the faces. I may have started Beatlemania in my house.
Eliza was funny too because she has learned to bounce with music. She too loves the Beatles so she started swaying and bouncing to Yellow Submarine. She had learned to wave. If you are lucky she will tell you hi or bye when she waves to you. It does come out a little Southern though.
This girl is still not crawling but I don't think she cares anymore because she is really good about rolling quickly to where she wants to go.
I hope you all enjoy the nice weather. It has made me a little sick but we have no stopped playing in it. I have not been able to keep the animals in either unless they are famished.
We have gotten two new fun games for the house. We have yet to try the Zumba for the wii but we have been playing Just Dance for the wii. It has the Apache song (if you know what it is...you must love it), which is my Friday song, and Gavin is loving it. It is definitely a work out, that is for sure.
That is about all on our front. Time to get ready to go play outside.
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