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Posts Tagged ‘Alex’
One Thousand Gifts
Posted in Enriching Everyday Life, tagged Aislin, Alex, Austin, chickens, coffee, faith, gratitude, life school, one thousand gifts, pets, Sonlight on Monday, 17 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looking Back ~ The First Decade of the Millenium
Posted in Meanderings, tagged Alex, asthma, Austin, basketball, confirmation, culture shock, decade recap, everyday life, faith journey, home education, LCMS, life school, moving, retired veterans, school, Sonlight, sports, Type 1 Diabetes on Thursday, 31 December 2009 | 1 Comment »
My friend Sherri asked this question on Facebook: How has your life changed in the last 10 yrs? On January 14th, 2000 I worked my very last day outside of the home. I gave up an excellent salary and a nice office to stay home with my three children. At that time they were 2 [...]
Home…. STILL!
Posted in Meanderings, On the Farm, tagged Aislin, Alex, basketball, H1N1, life school, normal on Wednesday, 21 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m excited to see what this school year is going to bring to our family. For the first time in YEARS we will have NO outside activities in the evening during the week, except actual basketball games which are really more fun than work. Of course, we went on vacation for two weeks in September. [...]
Home fires
Posted in Meanderings, On the Farm, tagged Alex, pictures on Sunday, 5 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sneak Preview!
Posted in Meanderings, tagged Aislin, Alex, ballet, pictures, Recital 2009 on Friday, 24 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for the fuzzies! That’s the best I can do with my beginner camera and tall kids who always end up in the back row.
The sun rises…
Posted in Meanderings, tagged Alex, basketball, injury, Nutcracker on Friday, 21 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new day dawns and things are looking much better. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee [...]
Everything changes in an instant…
Posted in Meanderings, tagged Alex, basketball, injury, life school on Friday, 14 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
One rebound, one foot in the wrong place, another foot coming down on that foot and suddenly our plans for the next few weeks are in complete disarray. Princess rolled her ankle at her first basketball game of the season. First game, first quarter. She’s heartbroken, but determined to do what she needs to do [...]
Sisters
Posted in Meanderings, tagged Aislin, Alex on Sunday, 9 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Homestead Happenings
Posted in On the Farm, tagged Aislin, Alex, Austin, character education, chores, pictures, sprinkler, strawberries, summer break, Tramp on Wednesday, 4 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The day started out with a strawberry picking marathon. We picked about two gallons and it looks like this will be our last major harvest this year. Two things in life make me REALLY sad. The last strawberry in the spring and the last tomato in the fall. At least right now, I know that [...]
