February 20

Hey everybody,
I just put a poll on the right hand side. I would greatly appreciate it if you all would participate!!!


Belowe is a thing I wrote for school last year. I thought I would post it on my blog for you to read.

The Importance of Reading and Memorizing God's Word

The Bible tells us many times why we should read and memorize it. Psalms says this an extra lot of times.

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the works of men, By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
In this verse it is saying that by the Bible we can keep away from Satan's ways.

Psalm 119:9

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

This verse tells us how we can make our life good, by listening to the Bible.

Psalm 119:11

Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
Here it tells us to memorize the Bible, so we don't sin.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
I think this verse is telling us to delight in God's statues and not to forget the Bible.

Psalm 119:42

So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.
Here it is saying if you trust in the Bible, read it, and memorize it you will be able to answer to anyone who would reproach you.

Psalm 119:162I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
We should act like the Bible is a treasure, because it is.

John 17:17

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
Here it says that the Bible is true.

Ephesians 6:10-17
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole

armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil...... Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day......shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace...... and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
It is telling us here that we need to be strong in the Lord and His might, to wear His armor, so that we can stand-up against Satan. To wear the gospel of peace and the sword of the Spirit, the Bible.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

I think it is saying here that the Bible is a good weapon.

I think that these verses were put in the Bible to tells us that God wants us to read and memorize his word, so that we can be lights, stand against Satan, and do what he want us to do.

"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved."

Paige

February 19

This is a fish Mommy painted when she was about 12. She used monochromatic colors. Daddy had it framed for her birthday.



Here is pic of one of the clusters of flowers on the hoya Daddy bought her for her birthday.


Another picture of the flowers, these aren't opened yet.


This is a picture of a very large racoon on top of the cat house, which has a cardboard box covered with a black bag on it. Levi calls it a 'moon'. There are two that keep coming out to eat our cat food. Usually racoons hibernte in the winter, but these two must not feel like it.

Hello,
Thursday the 14 we didn't have to go to shots because Samantha can now go every other week!!! We are excited about that!

Friday we went to get milk and we also went to the scrapbook store that Mommy scrapbooks at to buy some paper. We used the paper to make cards and card holders to give out as party favors at our tea party.

Saturday us girls(Samantha, Paige, & Emily) had a tea party. We had about 10 friends come over. We read a few of our devotionals we had done for school, sang a few hymns, played a word game, and ate. Some of the food that we made included sanwhiches, nut log, mini-cheesecakes, fruitcabobs(on fancy tooth picks), scones and a few more thing. While we had our tea party the rest of them went out for lunch.

Three of the girls(sisters) stay after it was done. The rest of their family came and had supper with us.

Sunday we went to church. We were glad that the weather wasn't as bad as they thought it would be.

Monday night we went to 4-H. Daddy was a "special guest" did a talk on computers. He brought a lot of old pieces to let people look at and did a demonstation on what servers do.(They support a few web sites and/or store information for a company. They are remotely controlled by the employies of the company that owns it.)

Yesterday Mommy went out in the afternoon to vote in the primaries. Daddy voted on his way home from work.

Paige

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
The righteous run to it and are safe.

February 12

Hello,

It has been really cold and snowy here lately. I'll just do the usual and post on what we have been doing in chronological order.


Wednesday the 6th, Samantha and I went to the neighbors to work. These neighbors live a few blocks away. The are an older couple with no children living near.

Thursday we went to shots and got milk.

Friday Mommy went scrapbooking. About lunch time we went and brought Levi to nurse, then ran some errands. One of the places we stopped was PetSmart. I got 3 black mollies, a algae eater and Samanta got a friend for her cory(another cory)

Saturday Mommy went scrapbooking again. Daddy and a few others went to bring Levi.
In the afternoon some of our friends came over.

Sunday it was bitterly cold, so we stayed home from church. Instead we sang some songs with CDs, and listened to a sermon on my dad's ipod.

Well that's it.
Paige

February 12

Daniel & Levi enjoing a first glimpse of the present.


Nothing is more fun than opening your new digital camera!!!


Using his camera to take pictures of his cake.


The 1st place winner. A sharks cove.


I like this sculpture best, The lion laying with the lamb.

Here are some pictures of Daniel's birthday. In all his pictures he is wearing his cowboy outfit he got. The candles on his cake were the kind that came back to "life" after you blow them out.

The other two pics are of Snow Sculptures. Every winter in Lake Geneva by the lake they put big blocks of ice/snow, then people(usually professionals) come from a few different states to carve images into the blocks. They are judged and awarded things. To see what they are awarded go to http://www.lakegenevawi.com/winterfest/media.htm It is the Lake Geneva WI Chamber of Comerce site.

Paige

February 3

Hello,

It has been a really, really long time. I'll just give an overview of what we have done.

January 25 we went to homeschool group. Then we had Daniel's birthday. He turned eight this year. For breakfast he had chocolate chip pancakes, for lunch we just had sandwiches, for supper he had homemade pizza. His cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting and vanilla ice cream.(he wanted chocolate ice cream too) He got a child's digital camera, a cowboy suit, some toy sharks, and toy zoo animals. He also got to watch Old Yeller.

January 28 we had 4-H at our house. It was scheduled for the week before but was canceled because of snow. We had it at our house because the Town Hall(where we usually meet) was being used by other people. After our meeting we made Valentine's to pass out at a nursing home nearby.

Yesterday Daddy, Samantha, and I went to the first part of a IBLP(Institute for Basic Life Principals) seminar at church. It will be the next three Saturdays, but we will only be able to do the last one.

We stayed home from church today because many people are sick. They aren't that sick but they are just enough to not feel well.

I'll post some pictures of Daniel's birthday soon.

Paige