Pretty Crafty

Valentine's Day Crafts...

I had to make this because its one of our special songs

I made this at our ladies church craft night 

Door Hanger...I actually hung it over our kitchen pantry door

Allie made her own little heart craft!

Oh...and my kitchen table centerpiece

Daddy & His Baby Girl

Lately

*We have been working on remodeling/decorating our church

*Going to the last of the season basketball games for our boys (Marcus' is this Saturday except for a tournament they are playing in)

*Spending time together as a family around the kitchen table, laughing and reminiscing

*I have been going to the gym and training with Josh

*Marcus has gone to work at the gym with Josh and enjoyed talking to the people that work out there…he also wants to work out to get ready for football in July!

*Rob came down with a cough last night

*We are getting ready for our annual married's overnight this weekend with a revival following the next week…with a family visit and revival following that week

*We have rejoiced in the last few days of warm weather…we never knew how wonderful 40 degree weather was :)

*I continue to homeschool Rob and Allie, while Josh takes care of Marcus' homeschool education

*I finally cleaned out a closet by our garage that was a chaotic mess of random items…uh humm I even found some things I bought to decorate our church classrooms a few years ago

*Josh went to IKEA for the 1st time ever to get some things for our church and could only think about Tim Hawkins comedy act on how everything there has a Swedish name and was pronouncing them all out loud in the store (like Tim Hawkins)

*Allie is asking Daddy for earrings

*I have really been enjoying getting into the Word and studying the fruit of the Holy Spirit

*The kids take turns praying for our day

*Marcus now wears elastic bands on his braces
*Rob and Allie had their yearly well-child check ups

*I realize I have adopted the tradition of a candy bowl with m&ms (for Valentine's Day) from my mom and everyone in the house is happy…and they are already gone! Thanks Mom :)

*I have been happily crafting away again for Valentine's Day…photos to follow!

*We have been going on outreach together and the kids race to see who can talk to people first about Jesus

*Josh is reading The Harbinger

Rob the Basketball Player

This past Saturday was Rob's final basketball game for the season. I am so impressed with how well he played. He was aggressive, focused, passed the ball, went for some shots and had a great attitude. He is amazing on defense! The highlight of the last game was that Rob made 2 baskets! His team was struggling to score points, so it was awesome to see him make some baskets. In the final seconds of the game Rob had the ball, passed it to his friend, Noah, and he scored the final points at the buzzer! 

It was an incredible grand finale. 

My Little Gymnast

Yesterday after we went skiing and snowboarding,
we headed to Allie's first gymnastics class!
She was beyond excited. It was so cute to see her serious
expressions as she did her exercises. 

I must say she really is a natural. 
But, it doesn't come from me! I actually did gymnastics 
for a short time when I was young, but chickened 
out & quit when I had to learn to do a 
headstand over the vault.

Allie can thank her very talented Aunts for 
her natural gymnastics ability. Josh's sisters, Beth 
and Jessica, as well as my sister, Susan, all took 
gymnastics and were extremely good at it. 

I have a feeling Allie will be practicing headstands, somersaults,   
and cartwheels non-stop around the house from now on!

Balance beam 

Jumping across the floor

Doing somersaults