from the homefront

First of all thank you for your suggestions for a baby name. They were fun to read and they were helpful too. My sister-in-law put it right when she wrote to us that although we may be struggling with a baby name, this baby has been completely known and loved by God before time.

One thing that I wanted to pass on is the website: kidsofintegrity.com.
During the month of December, we have used this resource during our morning devotions to teach our children about contentedness. We have found it very helpful and we have learned from it too. Even though we keep things very simple during Christmas the greed creeps in.




When we opened up our Christmas presents we had a little surprise for the boys. We blindfolded them and took them on a drive through our town. These boys had no idea where we were going and seemed a bit vulnerable especially after Adam  and I were talking about which child we were going to drop off at what stop sign. Terrible parents. For ten minutes we drove all over our town and then we reached our destination. The boys guessed that we were somewhere rustic and rugged. We carefully led them out of the van but not before we made a few comments about them having to duck because of flying bats. By this time they were holding onto each other's hands. Terrible parents. We untied their blind folds and ta-DA! They had the most bewildered look on their faces and it was no wonder... We were in our barn.
In the barn was a family gift of an outdoor wooden game that we bought at our school bazaar.

Everyone received one more gift and that was a coon skin hat. The boys just loved these and Andrew especially couldn't be more happy. He wears it where ever he goes.

 

 

This boy oozes character. 

 

And I can't resist some puppy pictures - almost all of them are sold and they are growing quickly.