Carol | December 28, 2009
C8 and L5 decorating the little ceramic tree from Grammy G.
The Fisher-Price Nativity Scene
Our Teddy Bear Christmas Tree
This year, I surprised the children with their own trees for their rooms.
The pink is for C8 of course.
B11 and L5 have the blue one in their room.
The little trees add a new tradition.
Carol | December 28, 2009
Early one morning, I woke to find our cat watching the moon on the river. This picture does not do it justice because the flash shows the inside which was dark, but the outside was truly breathtaking. No wonder Pippin loved staring at it.
(I took several pics and combined two to get the best idea.)
Pippin (will be 4 in March)
Gem (will be 11 in February)
Carol | December 28, 2009
I love when a movie has a positive pro-life message. I captured this screenshot of the three baby dinosaurs before they were born.
Carol | December 26, 2009
I only posted pictures up to the end of August 2009, so I thought I might catch up a little. Most of the posts will be private, but I will publicly post some of the pictures of the children with their backs to the camera, as well as scenery.
Carol | December 24, 2009
Are you struggling with trying to do better as a parent, yet still failing on a continual basis? You are not alone. We continue to sin and fail, yet we continue to be forgiven.
Read this passage from Romans with your own self in mind, and then again from the perspective of your child. Paul shared our struggles.
“We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.”
“So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
“So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.”
Romans 7:14-25
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 8:1“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”
Ephesians 1:7
Repent and you are forgiven!!!! Do you realize the significance of this good news??!! Since we regularly forget this truth in our own lives, it is understandable when we forget to treat our children with grace. Rest and find joy in the freedom of HIS GRACE!!!!!!! Take some pressure off yourself as a parent as you begin the new year. Take some pressure off your children.
Carol | December 24, 2009
Another Woman Dies of Hormonal Contraceptive in Switzerland
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/dec/09122308.html
“The Swiss Federation of Service to Patients… has called for a ban on a particular type of contraceptive pill after it was linked to the death last month of a 17-year-old German girl who died in a Swiss hospital.”
Study Finds Half of Women on “Birth Control Shot” Suffer Bone Problems
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/dec/09122105.html
“Nearly half of women using… the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower spine within two years of beginning the contraceptive…”
Carol | December 23, 2009
This is not a recommendation as I have not seen the movie, but I intend to follow up with it when it comes out. It looks interesting.
‘Babies’ Trailer – April 16, 2010
Hat Tip: http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/12/babies_a_spring.html
Carol | December 23, 2009
7 Arrested In Savage Attack On N.J. 8th Grader
http://wcbstv.com/local/gang.attack.honor.2.1386340.html
“Police said as many as 11 students beat up the eighth-grader leaving him severely injured, and he may even lose his sight… Police have arrested seven students from both the middle school and high school, charging them with aggravated assault. The youngest one is just 12 years old… Investigators said the teenagers jumped Muneton on Friday as he walked home from school to get back at him for an earlier incident during which the eighth-grader accidentally hit a girl with a basketball.”
