Marie Madeline Giveaway:)

Head on over to the The Modest Mom for a fun Marie Madeline Giveaway:) They are one of my favorite companies. I have bought several items from them including "happy scrappy" quilt.

My computer has a virus:(

I had great posts for the week but my computer got a virus. It would not let me log on the internet at all. Right now it is in the process of getting fixed. Hopefully I will get it back Wednesday and I will do a super long post on all our exciting happenings this week. Right now I am using my husband's laptop and can not get it to load pictures:( I will be back Thursday.

Getting Ready for Easter week!!!!

We have a lot planned for Easter week starting tomorrow. We will be having our Easter Egg hunt at our church.
Our book list for the week is:
The Easter Story
another"The Easter Story"
The Three Trees
The legend of the Easter Egg
Several Arch books The week that led to Easter, The Easter Gift, The Day Jesus Died, Jesus Enters Jerusalem, Good Friday
We also have the Easter Story coloring Book
We have lots of yummy meals planned and we are going to try a Lamb cake!!!

"They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!" Luke 24:23(nlt)

I am excited to celebrate next week as we get closer to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. I hope to post lost of pictures of our adventures next week. I hope everyone has a very blessed weekend and I will be back on Monday:)

Haley's Glasses!!

My sweet 5 year old has to wear glasses. She has a lazy eye(it is not that noticeable), and if it is not better in 3 months she will have to wear a patch over the "good" eye to strengthen the weak one. I had no idea she needed glasses, she seemed like she could see fine. In September 2008 I took all 3 of them because Hannah was complaining of headaches. She just needed reading glasses. Bryson's eyes were fine. They said Haley needed them then, but I wanted to get a second opinion, because she seemed fine. Now I feel really bad because we didn't go sooner. She wore her other ones, but they got broke when we were moving, so she has gone 4 months without them. Oh well you live in learn.

Saint Patrick's Day!!

Today we celebrated Saint Patrick's Day.
We celebrated this morning with Irish Oatmeal(Please excuse the pictures, I have misplaced my camera and these are from my phone).


For lunch we had baked chicken with "green spices"(basil, parsley, etc.), broccoli, and green beans.




For dessert we had "green" cupcakes!!!




We also learned some interesting facts about Saint Patrick's Day and the Shamrock. Patrick was not born in Ireland but went there after God called him to go. He used the Shamrock to explain the Trinity. We colored some shamrocks and wrote short stories on what we learned:)

Giveaway!!

Check out the giveaway at Passionate homemaking!! It is one you do not want to miss!!!

School!!!

It has been an interesting year. We have had a lot of struggles. From sickness(H1n1 flu) to moving and we have not been on a good schedule. It will probably not be until June or July before we finish school. With that said, Hannah is doing well we use all Abeka 5th grade for her. I do not use the teacher curriculum, I just have the teacher edition for math and language, plus the test teacher keys. For Haley we are using the teacher on Dvd through Abeka(Which has been wonderful, because I also babysit a 3 year old and 1 year old, so it really helps). For Bryson we tried to use Abeka, but I felt like he has not catching on as quickly, so I have basically started over with him to fill in the holes. We are using Phonic Pathways to help with his reading. He reads pretty well but I just want to make sure he really gets it. For Math we are using Alpha Omega Horizons for 1st grade. For Reading we are using the Abeka Readers and we are also continuing using Abeka for Language.
We had already finished Abeka Science and History so we are now using Bob Jones( I got them at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore, they sale used curriculum). They are older versions but we are really enjoying them. That is basically everything. Soon I am going to do a post on Gardening. We are having our first garden this year and can't wait to start our series on Gardening(after Easter). I hope everyone has a blessed day!!!

It has been a month!!!

Wow it is hard to believe it has been a month since I last blogged. I have just been so busy. I always visit other people's blogs but I seem to forgot about my own. I have got to do better. So much has gone on, I don't even know where to begin. First off my sweet little boy had his 7th birthday on March 11. I can't believe it. This past weekend my husband and I went on a youth trip with our church. (If you checkout the website you will see our Christmas service is on there and Hannah has a solo.) We have been doing a lot of school and I am going to post on that soon. Here are a few pictures from the last few months.

New recipe, trying asparagus! "kitchen diva's lemon chicken with asparagus"

We tried this recipe for lunch today and I have to say it was absolutely delicious. Believe it or not I have never tried asparagus before and neither have the children, and we loved it, in this recipe. Here it is

The Kitchen Diva’s Lemon Chicken with Asparagus

4 (4-oz each) skinless, boneless, chicken breasts (You can also use 4 (4-oz) skinless fish fillets instead of chicken in this recipe.)

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon poultry seasoning

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

4 garlic cloves, chopped

1 red bell pepper, stem removed, seeded, and diced

1/2 pound asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1/2 cup low sodium chicken stock or water

2 cups cooked brown rice or whole wheat couscous



Directions

Rinse the chicken under cold water. Pat the pieces dry with food-safe paper towels. Season the chicken with the poultry seasoning, salt and pepper.



In a large, non-stick skillet, heat the oil over medium high heat. Add the chicken to the skillet. Cook the chicken about 5 minutes. If you are using fish, adjust the cooking time to 3 to 4 minutes per side. Turn the pieces over and cook for another 5 minutes or until golden brown. Stir in the garlic and the red pepper. Add the asparagus and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the zest and the chicken stock or water and turn the heat to low. Cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve immediately over hot rice or couscous.

It has been a hard year:(

Today marks the one year mark of finding out our little baby Haven Joy was not longer alive at almost 5 months pregnant. It has been so hard, but God is helping me through this. I know when God is ready I will have another baby and everything I have gone through will be worth it(not that losing a baby is something I would ever want to happen again). I am very blessed though, I have 3 healthy children that I am very thankful that God has blessed me with:)

On another note my sweet little boy broke his nose on Superbowl Sunday. He was trying to get his hat from Haley and she hit him in the nose with the back of her head. Poor little boy, but we went to the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor and they said every thing would be okay. I hope everyone has a blessed week, and I hope to blog more!!!!!!!