Nov. 9, 2009 - Small and happy prayer request
Small and happy prayer request
Would you pray for Rebecca and I? We have been invited to speak to a group of 150 student athletes at Duke tomorrow night on the topic of community service. They love the idea that one person can make a difference and Rebecca's story starting when she was just 11yo is a sweet one.
(Those new to my blog - Rebecca started making and selling bracelets shortly after Eliana was born to raise money for other babies with heart problems so that they could get help like Eliana did. She has to date raised over $8000 for Duke Children's Hospital.)We will be sharing our story (with pictures). Would you pray for us and for what we will say. And for my sweet girl who is very nervous about speaking to a crowd that size.
After sharing, we will be leading/teaching them to make some jewelry. They will be helping to make some things to build up her inventory. The idea of trying to lead this many is a little daunting too. I'm not going to worry about it - but am trying to plan and prepare as much as possible.
We are working on wrapping up details and really need to practice a little on what we will be sharing. Any prayers you want to offer for us would be appreciated. I'll post more details either tomorrow night or the following day.
I'm sorry I haven't been around to post much. I am reading and praying for y'all.
Love
November 8, 2009 - Happy Happy Joy Joy, Here's The Boy!
Samuel and Me
I'm In Love
Isn't he the CUTEST?!
©AmandaDixon2009
Nov. 8, 2009 - brother sister love
Just thinking today about how much I love being a mom! I remember when we first brought Charity home, and Harrison was just 7 months old, there were times when I was concerned that someone wasn't going to get all they needed. I wanted to make sure that they both had enough to eat, enough holding and loving (not like that was ever a problem), and that the other would never resent the other for any reason. My time was divided and my energies were divided, and sometimes it seemed like there might not be enough to go around. But, surprise surprise...here they are the very best of friends. Harrison watches out for Charity - he's the ever protective brother. Charity smiles for him and looks for Harrison, enjoying his company because he belongs to her...here were a few moments that I caught on film during the past week..
Nov. 8, 2009 -
Well, guys, sorry I haven't posted in such a while. Things have been pretty hectic, as usual :-) Everything is back in full swing. Piano lessons, school, speech, debate, church, a full load! Debate alone could take up all my time! We're having our first couple practice debate rounds this Tuesday. Please pray that they go well and we all learn a lot. Thankfully, my mom is the only one who has been sick so far this year. She had a weird virus for about a week where she was really tired and achy all the time, but we all took good care of her and she's 100% better now! And thank goodness, nobody caught it from her. School is going pretty well. I took a bunch of tests last week, the hardest one being an algebra 2 exam. Blech! I do not like math :P My other subjects are going great. Even Chemistry! Ha ha. I am really enjoying my history course this year. It is the book Streams of Civilization 2. World history stuff. But I am also looking forward to studying American history next year. My theology course is helping a lot with one of the speech categories, apologetics. In apologetics there are one-hundred questions about defending your faith such as "Explain the meaning and significance of divine inspiration" and you have to try to write 6-minute speeches for as many of them as possible. It is a really great speech event but it takes a lot of time and work. My Dad is teaching it this year, so that is really helpful :-) I ask him all kinds of questions! Hope everyone is doing well! ~Christine
November 7, 2009 - Tickled Blue!
I am so excited and very proud to say I am now officially the oldest of 9 children! :) Samuel Ira was born today! We are 20 years and 12 days apart. He is just precious and sweet! A true gift from God! I'm tickled there is another newborn in the house! :D Altho... there are so many people to share him with. LOL! Trying to snatch him anytime I can! ;) Will get some more up about him and pictures soon! :D I am just soo happy he's here!
I am so blessed by God to have another sibling to love, to watch grow up and to TRY to be an example of how to live as our Messiah did!
Thank you God for the blessing of this precious babe! Such an awesome Shabbat this has been!
©AmandaDixon2009
Nov. 7, 2009 - BUSY BUSY BUSY!
Currently on a field trip through Gettysburg, Washington D.C., and various places in VA.
Doing NaNo; 7.5k so far. Behind. Not my fault, I don't have much time to write! *bitter tears*
Fighting colds and freezing to death. Winter is fast approaching.
Behind in school because of this field trip. I've not yet started Psychology, Science, and a few other things for this year. Mom has yet to order them.
Might be taking the PSAT, according to my mother. Hm.
There are other interesting things.... Oh. Right.
Samantha Simmon's Synopsis: Book Two in the Bitter Truth Chron. (changed from TK; wasn't working):
Samantha Simmons likes her life the way it is. Quiet, independent, seclusive. Safe. However, when her grandmother begins telling stories about unnatural children and the supernatural beyond the fabric of Sommer's Harmony's existence, the safety vanishes.
After a freak draft locks Samantha in the attic, she meets Timothy Kaye, the strange boy her grandmother speaks of in her "radical fairy tales". He takes her hand and pulls her 19 years into the future, where everything is wrong. There are no unalienable rights, no freedoms; all America was founded on has been destroyed, and all by the doings of one man: Phinnaes Tenabrous.
Samantha soon finds herself entangled in both a physical and spiritual war against her nation's leader, the complacent who want to stop her, and her bitter distrust for her Creator, the one who made all things. Will she find it in herself to set aside her selfish independence and fight for the future--and ultimately the past--of her country? What of failure? Will she be able to live with herself and her decisions if she lets those around her down?
Maybe I'll update later, maybe I won't. Who knows? I'm tired. Let's keep up the mystery.
Nov. 6, 2009 - Walk to Cure Diabetes
Tomorrow, Nov 7th, our family will be participating in the Walk to Cure Diabetes. This is sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Joshua has been looking forward to this walk for many months. We started talking about it when he was in the hospital. He is familiar with "walks" because we go to the local Buddy Walk (supporting Down syndrome) each year.
Here is a note from Joshua.
I think the walk is going to be fun. I hope that the JDRF gets more money so that they can find a cure for diabetes. I hate diabetes. I don't like getting shots and pokes. I want to be able to have food whenever I want it.
I know that money is tight and that there are many worthy causes. I do feel the need to share this one though as it is important to us and many other families as well. If you are interested in sponsoring Joshua, please go to this link.
You can type in his name Joshua Nelsen and state and his page should come up for you. Our team name is "Joshua's Fan Club" which should also show on the site.
Blessings
Leslie
Nov. 6, 2009 - roastin' hot dogs
We may live in the city, but who says that we can't roast our hot dogs on an "open fire"? Tucker is really interested in anything having to do with camping and wilderness. He has a cute little cooking stove and pot. Every now and again, we try to use it. Once we popped popcorn over the flames...Nothing beats roasted hot dogs and good fellowship!
Nov. 6, 2009 - FIAR Co-op: Pumpkin Runner
We had another great co-op day last week. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it. It is always such a treat to spend time with friends and have fun learning in the process. We had a beautiful day and spent it all outside.
So what did we learn about today? Well, pumpkins of course.
We had a few more experiments on density and learned that all pumpkins float no matter the size or weight.
One thing that I thought was really interesting was watching them turn in the water so that the stem was facing down. I'm not sure why they did that, but all of ours from small to large turned in the water like that. (Can you see that the large one is in the process of turning?)
We also learned about the human body. We talked about joints (and had a neat visual) of how the joints can break down (ouch that one was a little close to home!). They also learned about the bones in the body.
They came home with a neat project to label the bones as well as a skeleton to put together. (The black dots are velcro to which the names of the bones can be attached. There is a copy of the same sheet with the answers behind it so that they can check their work.)
After learning about the body, we talked about the style of running done by the man in the book who "shuffled along" and won the race! The children had several rounds of running a course. What a fun course too! It was through the woods and the path had pumpkins all throughout as well as pictures of various Australian animals.
Lastly, the children learned about hot air balloons and why they float. They made their own hot air balloons from a trashbag.
They used hair dryers to fill them with hot air and then watched them rise!
We had a yummy snack of pumpkin muffins and granola. While they were snacking the children watched the "dancing raisins" experiment. More on the experiment here.
While the other children were learning about pumpkins and such, Daniel again had his private nature study class with his sweet friend Miss Lynn. He so looks forward to these days!
Thank you friends for another wonderful day! I'm blessed to be a part of such a creative and sweet group of friends!
Love
Leslie
Nov. 4, 2009 - free dinner!
Last night we had a free dinner. I'm not sure why, but my children were really really thrilled about it being free. It isn't even like we normally charge them to eat at our home - well, we never do, actually!
So, on a whim, they entered a harvest time coloring contest at Papa Murphy's Pizza. Everybody but Charity colored a picture. Apparently there were three age categories and with our span of ages, everybody had a chance to win. Harrison ended up being the first place winner in his category. Ellie, Tucker and Chloe were runner's up in their age bracket.
Papa Murphy's called me to let me know that whenever I chose, I could come get my family size pizza (thanks to Harry) and my three side dishes. Tucker and Chloe chose cookie dough, and Ellie chose cheese bread. Everybody carried their prize out to the car and all of the prizes made it into the car, except for the family size pizza. Somehow that flipped upside down in the parking lot, probably since it was nearly as big as the guy who was carrying it!
Pizza and cookie dough - what a combo...
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