So Precious

N5: "Granddad, let's go outside and talk about God."

N5 said that this morning to my dad as we were cooking breakfast. He has been enjoying his time with Granddad in the morning as the rest of us are getting started with school. I was unaware they were having these talks, so it was a pleasant surprise to me and just so precious.

A8's Special Day

As we were driving away from the grocery store, A8 had his Nestle Chocolate Milk in hand, smiling contently, looking out the window. He said, "This is a special day." I said, "Why?" thinking he was so excited to get the choc milk treat. He replied, "We got to meet in Pastor Paul's office about being babatized (baptized)today." He is so excited about his baptism that is coming up this Mother's Day weekend. He and M10 will be getting baptized on Mother's Day. What a blessing for me! I am so excited to see my children wanting to follow Jesus!

A7 Leads Little Brother to Christ

I came home a couple days ago to find out while I was gone, my dad overheard and witnessed this story. He said it was so precious to see and hear. Yeah it was! I wish I could've seen it.

A7: "Repeat after me."

N4 puts his hands together like big brother, A7.

A7: "God"
N4: "God"

A7: "Come into my heart."
N4: "Come into my heart."

A7: "and protect me."
N4: "and protect me."

A7: "in Jesus name"
N4: "in Jesus name"

A7: "Amen"
N4: "Amen"

I have no idea what inspired that, but forever precious!

Snow Cream

We enjoyed making snow cream for the first time ever. Below you can see our bowl of snow and a sweet neighbor friend joining the boys. This is a new favorite with the family; I am sure they will be wanting to do it each time it snows. Surprisingly delicious!

We Made an Igloo!

We never dreamed we would build an igloo. I guess I just assumed it was out of my league, but a friend posted on facebook that he built one with his kids. I looked up how to make one and we did it!!! My family thought I meant to make it on a much smaller scale, and were pleasantly surprised to be building something much bigger.

Above and below are my boys in the igloo with me in that tunnel shooting up at them.

Below is on our first day with a couple neighbors joining in. Here a friend is joining D13 and M9.
The next day we set out to finish, but didn't get the top on as planned.
We are finished!!!! Posing for a final picture!

Making Fun of the Teacher

Sometimes my boys just make me laugh when trying to teach school. Things they would never get away with in a large classroom setting like making fun on the teacher and popping each other with a pencil eraser. Yes, I guess you could say I don't have full control of these teenagers all the time, but a lil fun does not hurt. There are definately times they take it too far and cause trouble, but overall, I am thankful for the fun. I am sure this is a "had to be there" story, but I wanted to log it for fun memories.

Two days ago, I had to take someone to the doctor, so my 2 Pre-ALgebra students got a 4 minute lesson from me on scientific notation. I didn't have time to go through everything, so I told them to read over the rest of the lesson and try to complete the assignment without me. I never got to the part of the negative exponents so I forgot how to handle those. Somehow they got through the lesson, or so it seemed.

The next day, after grading the papers, I could tell they needed more instruction. I went to the board without reading over the whole lesson myself to show them how to do the ones they missed. I was stumped when I put the 1st problem on the board.
I turned to my boys whom I had told to finish reading the lesson the day before and asked, "Does anyone know how to do this?" I don't think I will ever live that one down. They poked fun of their teacher coming to class asking the kids if they knew how to do it. N14 said, "Does anyone know how to do this? Anyone? Anyone? Hmm... OK, let's just look over the other day's work?"

For anyone concerned, I was able to figure it out within a minute of refreshing my mem on how to do it and we did complete the lesson, but it was just one of those fun moments. Math was my subject, so I have been able to go to the board to teach without refreshing my memory most of the year. I guess it may be time to start preparing before class. :-)