Jacob's Ten Commandments Party!

What a blessing to have our home filled with wonderful friends as we celebrate Jacob's seventh birthday! For many years we prayed for friends (even just one!) that shared our values when it came to things like homeschooling and faith, and God has surely answered those prayers. Our home was filled with friends who have become family to us. Our cup surely runneth over! The boys were all so excited to wear their costumes that Mama made. Jacob...

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A Ten Commandments Party

We have had such fun preparing for Jacob's Ten Commandments Birthday Party! He wanted to make sure that the importance of the story was not lost in the fun of celebrating. (I've mentioned he's a serious child, right?) We were so pleased that out of everything he could have chosen as a theme, this is what he wanted more than anything. And so, we set to work creating a party that was loaded with biblical teaching! We wrapped the porch pillars in...

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Happy Birthday Jacob!

It's become a tradition to take the birthday boy out to the restaurant of their choice. Daddy suggested T-rex Cafe, and Jacob loved the idea! This place was amazing with giant moving dinosaurs and awesome themed decor.  Even the menu was dino-themed!  The boys were in awe! Jacob was super excited to get a special drink in a dinosaur bone! The boys all chose dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets for their meal! Talk about a cool...

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Party Prep!

 We made Ten Commandments gift bags out of paper bags, a copy of the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone, and yarn.  My friend Deb and I got together to make costumes for our children. Her mother in law had Bible costumes that she let us borrow, so we traced out a pattern to use.  We found spray paint that makes the paper look and feel like stone. We used that for the Ten Commandments tablets, and for the rock to cover the...

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The Building of a Mountain

 When making a cake to feed a crowd, you'd better make sure you have a HUGE bowl and plenty of eggs...this cake batter took 12 eggs!  I searched through all of my cake pans and Pyrex to find the right configuration to build a mountain.  Ready for the oven!    It took lots and lots of frosting to hold this mountain together! Once I had all of the layers stacked. I gently trimmed it to just the right shape. ...

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A Look Back at June...

Now that we've reached this last week of June, I'm looking back at the busy full month behind us! We had lots of "big" days, and fun times, but the most precious memories are usually the little moments that happen on random Tuesdays... Such as helping a friend with a sewing project... Or playing with activity bags while Mama makes supper... Or bulk shopping with the family... Making a new friend, a millipede named Squiggles... Napping...

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