Reading A Book

I started this blog to kind of keep track of our family.  No, I don't mean like a GPS system to tell me where they are at, I mean more of my thoughts and feelings as well as what's going on with us.  I'm going to continue to use this blog for that reason but add book reviews, thoughts, etc.... just whatever I want.  So here it goes.

I'm reading a book with the ladies at my church called "The Intentional Woman:  A Guide to Experiencing the Power of Your Story".  So far I'm only a page in so I don't really know a whole lot of what it's about except that I really like the idea.  I was thinking about it as I started reading and a thought popped into my head.  My story is a small chapter in God's great book that is set in this time and place so HE can accomplish GREAT, POWERFUL, and SIGNIFICANT things. 

Each and every one of us has a great story.  The good times, the bad times, all this makes us who we are.  It gives us something to fight for, to believe in.  As I go through this book I might just write about some of my feelings and some of the things I discover about myself. 

Family Time

I was trying to post this last night but the internet was acting funny and wouldn't allow me to upload my pictures. Some of the fun things we've been doing on break have been schoolwork (and yes my girls think that doing schoolwork is a TON of fun!), movies, coloring, crafts, stations, and much more. I love having my girls at home with me. They make me laugh, smile, and just feel like a kid. Here are some pictures of the other night. We were watching a movie but Nattie, Samara, and Alyssa were more interested in reading than watching the movie... my kids are so into books, and I love it!

This is one of my favorites!

Alyssa trying to watch a movie and read at the same time. She's not reading at this point only because I told her she needed to look at me and smile. She's not too fond of being interrupted when she's reading but if it's to get a picture taken she's not too hesitant.

I love it when Micah helps the girls. This book is a book of numbers, colors, letters, etc and Nattie is showing her daddy that she knows them all.

This is Samara reading. She is doing really well sounding out words and knowing her sight words. I'm so proud of her. She's reading books all the time now. If you can see this page that she is reading is quite long for a Kindergartener and she read the whole book which had a lot of pages just like this.