Collage Friday - Feeling Renewed and Refreshed

I am abundantly thankful.

 ~ thankful for my two reasons to homeschool {pictured above}

 ~ thankful for nearly three weeks of no "school"

 ~ thankful for a day to myself where I parked it at Starbucks, played with my      Christmas present, organized my blog planner, and prepared for BEECH Retreat.

 ~ thankful to have have my husband home for almost all of that time

 ~ thankful for the time he spent with EACH of us individually and together as a family

 ~ thankful for cold, rainy weather that forced me to do some projects inside

 ~ thankful for a physical and mental renewal that I desperately needed

... and thankful for so many other blessings.

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Collage Friday - Christmas Preparations

As we were at the LEGO Discovery Center celebrating Grant's birthday last Friday, I heard the news of the shooting in Newtown.   My heart is sad and I have no words, except those I pray several times each day.  

We live in a fallen world, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the senseless death of 20 children and 6 adults at the hands of an obviously sick and disturbed person. 

Anna is making snowflakes (thanks Theresa for pointing us to this) to send when the children in Newtown return to school in January. It seems like we should be doing more.

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Collage Friday - How Did We DO All Of That?

This second week in December is ALWAYS a whirlwind.   

My son turned 8 this week... the lucky guy had two birthday celebrations.

In addition to this, Anna had her first Spivey Hall Children's Chorus concert and my sister and brother-in-law were visiting us from New York. 

I can honestly say at the end of the week that I am TIRED, but it's a very happy tired.   

Throw in the extra things we did and I'm wondering:   How Did We DO All of That?

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