Family News

As always, God continually brings new and exciting adventures into the life of our family.  We are so blessed to have each other!  God always knows what he is doing, and has perfect timing, even when it isn’t clear to us.  🙂 In mid January, my older brother’s first daughter, my niece, was born.  What […]

Officially Starting Home Teaching (A-C)

I officially started my home teaching of my girls last week.  We are using various resources both online and ideas I have had over the years. Below are some are some of the activities or lessons we did over the past week and a half. We made foods relating to the letter of the day […]

Amabella’s 4th Birthday: A Nativity Party

For her fourth birthday party, Amabella chose to have a Nativity Party.  I didn’t quite know what it would look like, but it turned out beautifully. I made my life easy and chose to buy a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting from Costco and place a Playmobil Nativity set on the top as her cake topper […]

2011 Christmas Letter

2011 Christmas Letter (Written from Tawnya’s Perspective) Hello Family and Friends, Let us begin with an update followed by an overview of our year. An Update of the Year If I were to sum up our year of activities in a few words I would say: birthdays, weddings, road trips.  If I were sum up […]

Trevor’s Xmas List

Please let us know if you buy something for TG. If you buy one of these items somewhere other than Amazon, please come back to TG’s list and click the “Buying this gift elsewhere?” link next to the item you purchased and follow the instructions to reserve the item. This will help ensure TG does […]

2011 Girls’ Christmas Wish List

So here is a list of things that might be nice to have for the girls. All Girls: Sun Hats Winter Hats Coordinating outfits (particularly dresses) – they don’t have to be identical but at least ones that go together or are the same color theme. Maybe tights for the big girls (white or cream […]

My Christmas Idea List

So, for those who requested it, here is my current Christmas list. Trev said to do it on Amazon, but I can’t do that yet. Sewing Stuff: Sewing basket (NO thread, I have lots) Thimble Pins and pin cushion Any fabric you don’t want anymore (scraps or otherwise) Food Storage stuff: Glass food grade jars […]

Food Jars

I am so excited! While on vacation, I purchased some glass jars from IKEA to store my dry food in. Last night, as I was highly motivated, I stayed up til the wee hours of the morning organizing. I love it! Here are a few pictures of the dry goods in the 19 61oz. jars […]

“Looking For a Few Good Men”

Sunday, September 11, 2011 Sermon: “Looking For a Few Good Men” (a sermon for what women should look for or NOT look for in a mate). These are very brief notes from the sermon. It was excellent. You can listen to it once it is posted on our church website: Stony Point Christian Fellowship Proverbs […]

Making Personal Pizzas

As I was reading through the current issue of Whole Living (http://www.wholeliving.com/), I came across a fun idea of making pizzas with my girls. So, tonight, we used pugliese bread and topped it with whatever we wanted. The choices included: pasta sauce, spinach, plum tomatoes, red bell pepper, onion, garlic, olives, leftover chicken (Trevor used […]

Playing on Their Car

Although some might consider it dangerous, my girls had a fabulous time driving each other around on the top of their Cozy Coupe. 🙂 Avalina enjoyed washing the stool off while her sisters drove around her. Your browser does not support the video tag

My Passions

I find that, as with everyone, I’m passionate about many things. These are topics that, when they come up in conversation I want to talk about them; when I overhear someone in a restaurant I want to pause and listen; when it’s tweeted about or posted about on facebook, I want to read it or […]

My Sleeping Bugs

We stayed late at Auntie Sarah’s house so the guys could watch soccer. By the time we got to the hotel our tired bugs were so wiped out they fell (or stayed) fast asleep. I couldn’t resist taking pictures.

Playtime Fun with Milah

The four cousins had a great time playing together at Milah’s house on Friday evening as we celebrated my birthday with family. The girls played with the tunnel, bubbles, and playdoh. Family time is so special! Your browser does not support the video tag Your browser does not support the video tag Your browser does […]

Cloth Diapering Thoughts/Reviews

As I have been hearing about more people around me becoming interested in cloth diapering, I thought I would write my own cloth diaper review of each of the diapers I have used.  For now, I have simply written my thoughts and eventually I will add more detailed reviews. I have used GroBaby (now GroVia), […]

Swimming at Our Hotel

After fun filled days and two great nights at Auntie Sarah and cousin Milah’s house, we went to a hotel to stay the night. Which meant … Swimming!!! The girls love the water, as usual! It was a bit cold for me, so I mostly videoed and helped now and then. 🙂 It was so […]

The Enchanted Forest

On Friday, September 2, 2011, the girls visited their first theme park: Enchanted Forest in Salem, Oregon. What a fun day! We went with Auntie Sarah, cousin Milah, Oma, Granddad, Nana, and Papa. We made quite a train with the single stroller, double stroller, wheel chair, and walking people in our group. 🙂 The park […]

Visiting Salem Family Just Got Better

Visiting Salem family got even better on Thursday afternoon when Oma, Granddad, Nana, and Papa arrived to join the fun. Oma and I brought the four cousins to the park again. The big girls spent a long time playing like they were making food for all of us. The little ones played on the structure […]

Playing at the Park

When we arrived at Sarah, Jon, and Milah’s house on Wednesday, the first thing we did was get the cousins reacquainted. First, they played in Milah’s room, and then, we went to their neighborhood park. There are some unique toys there! Trevor, our girls, and I visited the park on Thursday while Milah napped as […]

Singing in the Car: A Favorite Passtime

The girls love singing in the car to the songs they learned in Vacation Bible School. They sing and do hand motions. This trip, the VBS songs kept us sane as it would keep the girls enjoying the drive and generally getting along. 🙂 Your browser does not support the video tag Your browser does […]