Wednesdays in the Word

Some good reminders from Romans 14

"For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself."

"But why do you judge your brother or why do you show contempt for your brother?
For we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ."

"So then each of us shall give account of himself to God."

"Therefore let us not judge one another anymore..."

"Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and things by which we may edify another." : )

~Becky

From the heater to the air conditioner

I am ever soooo glad to have my hubby back from Boulder!!!!!! xoxox

He had a great time visiting his dad for their birthdays. He also had the opportunity to spend time with one of his dearest friends, whom he has known since the 6th grade! -How great is that?!

This time last week, I was shopping for: gloves, hat, a scarf and long underwear with the temperature being in the 80's here. I had some serious doubts about finding that long underwear, but I finally did. All those things were certainly a must. -It was 7 degrees below zero one evening, when the ice caused someone to rear-end him. I can't even imagine how cold that is. They had some black outs and his hotel lost power as he was checking out. He took a chilly walk to the grocery store to buy his dad a birthday cake and then the grocery store lost power..so, no cake. But it is the thought that counts and they had a nice time together.
He took a shuttle to the airport with a shuttle driver who didn't know his way around town and didn't follow the GPS, which made things...interesting. He was able to give him directions and thankfully wasn't late for his flight...back to the land-of-heat.
 -I heard him say something this morning that I've never heard anyone say before: "I like the humidity!' : )

I have no one to home school this week since Joy and Andrew are away. -We joked that I'd resort to teaching the dog (tricks) but it hasn't come to that yet. ; ) LOL

~Becky

All spread out

Our family has been divided up in three states this weekend, which is a first.
Hubby is in Colorado,
Joy and Andrew are in California
and Zac and I are in Florida. -According to this map, we are in the only warm state. : )
It is not very Christmasy though!

The hills that were alive had to wait

So, due to various things that happened last night, we didn't get to watch the Sound of Music after all. But Joy had my back with the DVR, so there will be Sound of Music viewing tonight! Hooray!
(from the folks on my FB, it sounds like no one can take Julie Andrews place!)
Then we are headed to bed early because we have a road trip to take at 5:30 AM! Two of our kids are headed to California for the week.They are soooo excited to see their brother, their best friends, their grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins!
 (our elderly neighbor thought they needed a whole box of Ding Dongs to take along for the trip. LOL)
I'm totally not sure what I will do with myself all week
but my heart is full knowing that some of our kids will be together this week and enjoy some birthday celebrations with people they love.

"So long, farewell...." : )
~Becky

I'm so excited about this:

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's hoping that a certain girl gets out of choir early
or that we finally figure out how to work the DVR! : )
What could be better than the Sound of Music at Christmastime?

Wishing it wasn't 82 degrees here at the moment!
~Becky

Wednesdays in the Word (which was almost the Thursday edition) : )

I've had this verse on my mind: 

"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so." ~Proverbs 3:27

The fact is, that we all have a sphere of influence and we can be pleasant to those in our sphere, which is awesome, or we can go a step further and we can proactively look for ways to 'do good' and make a real and lasting impact.

Whenever 'good' is in my 'power' I want to be open to the Lord and look for the ways HE wants me to do 'it'! : )

~Becky

Thanksgiving and the Reindeer Games

Thanksgiving was full of fun and food!
We did most of our cooking on Wednesday and per my tradition, I had to run out to the 'madhouse,' otherwise known as Publix,
twice on Wednesday night. Ugh! -I felt like sharing butter with everyone I knew once I made it out alive. ; )

Thanksgiving Day, while all the yumminess was in the oven, we started 'The Reindeer Games!
There were games that required skill and some that were just up to luck. There was a point system and a whole lot of tallying going on all day and a prize for the overall winner.

Joy, getting her Katniss on! ; )

Portable ping pong, best idea ever! Thankful for our huge table!

fooseball tourney

Farkle fun

poker

croquet

Frisbee throwing through a suspended hula hoop

Around the World (basketball)

the worst Around the World player ever! ; )

Hubby also had the winners of various games say one thing they were thankful for and mention one historical Thanksgiving fact to get the maximum amount of points possible, because he's cute like that. And then one of our kiddos, who will remain nameless, mixed up Squanto with Tonto, much to this homeschooling mom's horror. JK! ; )

Because we have a weird sense of humor, we staged pictures of Bree, who was sleeping in the sun during the fun, with arrows behind her. LOL

That night we found out that the winner was.....

This guy 

who received a gift card to the movies.

And then we all felt like 'winners' because we ate some of this amazing cherry pie ; )

Joy's first pie ever! 

Since Nathan wasn't here for Thanksgiving, the kids want to do this all over again on Christmas!
-And we all hope Joy wants to 'redo' that pie! : )

~Becky