Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
...speaking of girls with power tools...
Speaking of my girls & their love of power tools
We have an un-landscaped area outside our front courtyard.
I came out one day & called Him on the phone to ask
"Ummm...are the girls SUPPOSED to be using power tools (alone)?"
He said 1 kept calling him during the day asking
"where are the the 3 inch nails, the screws, the wood glue...etc...?"
THIS WAS THE REASON!
Girl-made shelters for dirt clod wars!
They built them entirely by themselves & they have been using them mostly everyday since!
I LOVE THESE GIRLS!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
{wintercrafting}wood projects with Daddy
He bought the girlies these neat little wood crafting kits. Each of the girls got a different kit :
a bug barn for 3,
a treasure chest for 2
a catapult for 3.
He & each of the girlies did them together one on one. These girlies LOVE to build stuff & work with tools so it was a perfect way to spend special Daddy/Daughter bonding time.
Happy Daddy...Happy Daddy's girls.
*i'm fully aware that i'm lagging on my winter crafting posts...well all my posts...BUT i'm thoroughly enjoying my time with family & friends right now :)
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Fun with my newest love
He completely surprised me with the new iPhone 4S yesterday. Im so super excited! I'm having way too much fun playing with my newest love.
I took this pic of 1 on Instagram.
(YES! i actually finally have Instagram now YAAAY!!!) She's so cute so i thought it would be a good pic to test mobile blogging out with ;)
I'm already liking this.
I took this pic of 1 on Instagram.
(YES! i actually finally have Instagram now YAAAY!!!) She's so cute so i thought it would be a good pic to test mobile blogging out with ;)
I'm already liking this.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
{wintercrafting}super simple globes
we filled clear fishbowl globes with:
acorns the girls & i collected here,
cinnamon sticks
cloves
vanilla scented potpourri
vanilla candles
golden bells
(there are other bits of golden color that cannot be seen in the photo.)
super simple!
later the scent can be refreshed with scented oils, citrus peel, or adding fresh spices.
we shared these with the master teachers, the horseback instructors & friends. everyone loved them.
each remarking on the natural beauty & how they completely capture fall/winter!
they totally got it!
we center our crafting around the seasons instead of holidays.
our projects seem to automatically be drawn too & involve natural elements. especially those found in our local environment.
attempting to intentionally connect our life & life's rhythms with our natural environment & the changes each season brings, helps keep us in appreciation of this amazingly beautiful world that was so lovingly created for us to live in
(& RESPECT!!!).
no matter what season.
.dtr.
Friday, December 9, 2011
wintercrafting{acorn gathering}
the horse ranch where 2 rides is such an amazingly magical place.
it's takes a windy country road thru the mountains to get to & is completely surrounded by natural beauty.
time stands completely still out there
(sometimes we are out there for 3 or 4 hours, without even realizing it).
no cell service etc...so you have no choice, but to mellow out & absorb it all.
we always bring something to read along.
during 2's lesson, 1, 3 & i gathered fallen acorns from the properties many mighty oaks.
*the pix in this post took 3 days to load...so i will post the wintercrafting project pix seperately over the next few days.
coming soon!
.dtr.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
{wintercrafting}so cool & so not cool
*so cool :: i'm currently loving these super cute single leaved heartshaped plants i found at a local store. wonder what they will look like as time goes on.
*so NOT cool :: i've been purging my crafting supply closet & we've been doing some fun wintercrafting with some of the goodies.
but *sigh* my no-speed country internet is taking forever (more closer to never) to load the pix, so hopefully i will get around to sharing our fun someday soon.
.dtr.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
{sisterly sundays}
still trying to get back into our post-vacation groove.
though it was nice to have our weekly Bible study Wed. & uplifting fellowship with our spiritual fam today.
{spiritually speaking this week}
1.goals - aside from working towards more regular congregation meeting attendance, daily bible reading, & putting spiritual things first...i'm also working prayerfully on getting out of my stagnant comfort zone & doing more in my service to God. which thru a phone call actually happened today after we got home from our meeting :)
2.daily Bible reading - i'm actually in the book of Nehemiah. FINALLY finished Ezra WOOOHOOO!!! i was so ready to move on.
3.Bible scripture - even though our speaker was using it today in the context of recreation (what, when & whom)...this is one of my fave scriptures.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well spoken of, whatever virtue there is and whatever praiseworthy thing there is, continue considering these things.
*to me this is such a refreshing list of guidelines to align our moral compasses with (especially considering alternative moral compass guides such as pride, greed, selfishness, immorality, etc...).
i cannot see where considering & striving to seek any of these attributes in everything we (& our families) say, think, do, who we spend our time with, etc...can bring anything but peacefulness & contentment to ourselves & our lives.
.dtr.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
{5 around our house}
my neighbors have one of the most amazing sunny views
overlooking groves of trees & mountains.
the entire back of their house maximizes this view.
our plentiful SoCal sunshine pours generous amounts of light into their home.
i edited this pic to make the contrast between light & dark more dramatic.
the girls & i are working on descriptive writing combined with technology.
the prompt assigned was light.
here is 1's (rough unedited) & 2's (final) light prompt blog posts.
(BTW-they are fun to follow too...hint...hint)
{5 around our house}
1.currently loving::on PANDORA Zee Avi, Ernie Halter, Norah
Jones, BoyzIIMen, Esperanza Spaulding, Joss
Stone, Adele, Veggie Tales...sooo many!
*hot peppermint mochas {new fave}&
honeycrisp apple season
{MY ABS FAVE OBSESSION}
*warm fires(that i built by moi's self
mind you)snuggles under a blanket
& a shaggy little stinky brown dog
curled up at my feet. it's actually been
cold here (ok really cool).
i miss the cold living in
SoCal so i am thoroughly enjoying this!
2.currently reading ::[of the many]
*me-FINALLY finished The Dry Grass of
August & now reading Water for
Elephants. so far so good.
*1-is obsessively devouring The Hunger
Games. can't wait until i get a chance to
read it & see what everyone is raving
about!
3.currently happy :: He & I got to go on a date! we don't
have childcare here, so on our vacation
last week we took full advantage & FINALLY
celebrated our anniversary (which
was actually in August). we had
a fun night of tailgating, football & tons
of fun with friends & each other.
i have super cute pic of us but i
promised Him i wouldn't share because
He was having an allergic reaction to
something unknown & one eye
was completely swollen shut. Poor Baby :(
4.currently relieved: that a certain shaggy little stinky
brown dog AKA Prince Oliver Coco, after 5
long years is finally showing signs of
possible willingness to at least partially
loosely comply with the concept of
potty training. maybe.
we're hoping ::
1.he's finally realizing that he would be
THE abs perfect pooch if he would only refrain from relieving himself in my
room...usually on my freshly cleaned
laundry! Grrr!
2.he realizes he will no longer have to
wear his grody indoor diapers among
other grody things that come with!
win win for all involved...BELIEVE ME!
3.he realizes i would gladly stop
threatening DAILY to put his cute
NASTY SHAGGY STINKY LITTLE BROWN DOG
BOOTY OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!
5.current soup from my new a soup a week pinboard
click on link for recipe
.dtr.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
we are back & better be bloggie safe than family sorry
real quick.
we're back from our roadtrip.
trying to recover & get back into the groove.
we had such a GREAT time visiting with our family & friends. one of the best!
lots of late nights.laughing.
food.coffee.busy.my mama's house.
pretty much lots of everything we've been missing!
while we were gone i had this bloggie on private. eventhough our little bloggie was intended as our fam scrapbook (since i dont scrapbook much), i LOVE sharing little snippets of our lives that i'm comfie with, with other people. i think it's fun.
this bloggie may currently only have a small number of public followers, but it has had a big increase in regular (private/anon)traffic recently.
which again makes me a super happy girl & i welcome it, BUT some things got a little creepy, so...i went on a little freak out & decided to make some changes & clean our bloggie up all around.
here's a few of the changes:
- i changed all of our names (yes on each post & comments). i changed my profile name. the girls are now known as 1 (oldest), 2 (middle) & 3 (youngest). which BTW i actually think is cool. Hubs is now Him, He, or some variation. from the beginning i regretted using our real names. i hope i caught it in time (creepy people).
- i tried to remove any indication of our actual location.
- i removed this bloggie from major search engines.
- i'm also simplifying the nit-picky stuff (ex: labels, extra (DUMB) posts, etc...) & getting ready to print my post into our fam scrapbook.
our five around our house coming soon :)
.dtr.
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