the life and times of a family
Beth wrote this in an email to some old friends who recently contacted us. We thought it was a pretty good update to start the new year:
Hannah is in 3rd grade and very artistic and creative. She’s very slow and careful with her work – she wants it to be just right. She’s [...]
Hannah and Abigail were angels. Josiah was a sheep. It was a simple Christmas play on Sunday, December 23, but they had a great time and we were all impressed. The entire thing was memorized Scripture. All the kids memorized a portion of Luke 2 and it was excellent. Here are a few snapshots.
One of the great things about homeschool is that the whole family can go along on field trips. We all went to Topeka for Kansas Day on this beautiful day in January. We started out in our covered wagon and then spent the night around a camp fire (actually just the Kansas Museum of History). [...]
The kids have seen snow before, but rarely (before we moved to Kansas) did they get a chance to play in several inches of it. So, we got all bundled up, built a snow man, threw some snowballs, created some snow angels and just had a great time together.
God is blessing us with another child! We are expecting our fifth child in February of 2007! When we told the big three (Lydia is oblivious) they literally jumped up and down screaming with excitement. Beth and I are enjoying the fact that - more than ever - our whole family is expecting this child. [...]
