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The new look

Anna — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:17:22 +0000

So what do you think of the new and improved blog? My husband rocks. I’ve been wanting to change the look of the blog for a while now and I like what he’s done. Love the photo of the boys, too. It totally captures their personalities.

14 years!

Anna — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:11:41 +0000

My love for you grows deeper every day…

XOXO

Happy Thanksgiving

Anna — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:41:34 +0000

Scott took this photo of the boys and I yesterday and I thought it was so cute that I posted it as my Facebook profile picture. Then one of my friends commented that it looked as though Jaden was choking the dog. I looked at the picture again and then laughed out loud… for a long time. Then I showed it to Scott who also laughed out loud. I still think it’s a good shot.

We had a good Thanksgiving this year. It was so much more memorable for all of us after studying all about Squanto, Miles Standish, and the Pilgrims in our home school. My parents drove in for part of the day and we enjoyed a great meal together. We are so thankful for family, friends, good health and simple things like a soft bed to sleep on and wood for the fire that heats our home. May you all enjoy this holiday season and may it be filled with sweet memories!

New toys

Anna — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:56:09 +0000

Scott has been teaching the boys how to manage money over the past year. They each opened up a kid’s bank account. Every week, they earn a dollar and once per month Scott sits down with them and they divide up their wages. They give some to the church, some to the poor, some to church planters internationally and then put the rest into their savings account. Jaden has been very focused on saving for a DS lite whereas Jonah has needed lots of extra guidance in saving for something instead of spending it all at the Dollar Store every month! Anyhow, they recently (yesterday) decided that they wanted to pool their money together and search for a used DS lite off of Craigslist… and Scott found one that they could afford that even came with a couple of games. So, this afternoon the kids took their $60 and went to pick up their cool, red DS lite!!

AND, yesterday our friends, Adrian and Deborah, came over and took the boys on a special date. They went to the pumpkin patch together and then went over to their house to play and record some music together. Jonah came home with a new kid’s guitar and Jaden came home with a pitch pipe (both had belonged to Adrian when he was a boy). The really cool thing about this is that Jonah had been saving for a guitar that he saw at Walmart and decided to instead help Jaden with purchasing the DS lite. He slept with the guitar last night and has been carrying it all throughout the house today. He has already learned a couple of chords and is eager to learn more!!

My crash landing

Anna — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:05:03 +0000

On Wednesday night, Scott and I dropped the boys off at a skate park and went on an hour long date. During our time together, we quickly discussed lots of things, one of which was my knee. I was getting concerned about re-injuring it by slipping on the ice this winter, or even from falling down the stairs to our basement (which is where my office and laundry room are located). Anyhow, the very next day it happened! I had just returned with the boys from the library where I picked up a huge stack of books (about 20 of them!) that I had reserved for school. While walking from our van to the garage door I slipped on a puddle of water – while carrying the majority of that big stack of books! It’s all a big blur to me, but I ended up screaming on the concrete floor, on my side, with half of my face submerged in the puddle. I think that I fell backwards and that in the process my bad knee abruptly bent further than it has been able to since before the accident. Then I must have immediately straightened it and rolled onto my side.

Anyhow, Scott was home and so he was there to help in no time at all. He lifted me up, but then had to lay me back down so I wouldn’t pass out from the intense pain in my knee. Meanwhile, both boys were crying (they had witnessed the whole thing), so Scott took them inside to calm them down and then he picked up my purse and all of the library books that were strewn about the floor around me. Scott helped me inside and we then straightened, iced and elevated my knee and then I took some pain meds.

So now I’m doing ok. My knee is swollen and it hurts a lot, but I’m ok. I can walk. I can stand. And what amazes me is the fact that I have no bruises, cuts or pains anywhere else on my entire body. None of the books fell on top of me or jabbed me in any way. I fell hard and fast onto a concrete floor. It doesn’t make any sense to me, but I’m so very thankful for God’s protection!! And maybe in the end, I’ll have more range of motion as a result of the fall!