Bull Herd

Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Home school Family!!!! You have to watch!

My friend Sara Scott sent this to me. It's hilarious!!
http://www.doublesharpevideo.com/HomeSchool2/Homeschool2.html

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Bullelf Kids!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1549028825
My friend Julie Parker sent me her family like this...so we did it for our kids!! Funny!

Monday, December 17, 2007

Katie's latest profound question!!

When discussing the history of Christmas and the reason why we celebrate as Christians, Katie asked a very thought provoking and much asked question.."Why do we get gifts instead of Jesus?" So, this spurred a brainstorm of what we could give Jesus this year or every year...we came up with praise, truth(honesty), obedience, forgiveness toward others( a gift to Jesus and to others and to ourselves), happy attitude!! What can you come up with? Feel free to leave a comment on what you will be giving this year. We would love to add to our list of ideas!

Picture is our nativity--

one of the kids took the picture!!

CAUGHT!!!

The kids had the camera upstairs and I didn't know what exactly they were doing!! But, they were caught b/c they were taking pictures of Mark doing what he should not be doing. I got the camera and saw the evidence!!! HA! Take a look!

More Melissa pics

More Party!!!

Melissa's 6th Birthday Party!!

We had a princess party for Melissa with a couple friends from Church and co-oop! She turned SIX!! I am feeling a bit surprised that my kids are geting closer to the double digit ages! It's one thing when they are

2 or 3 or 4, but 5 seems sooooo older and 6 even older!! We decorated party hats, colored princess ball stencils, ate cake and opened presents! I have more pictures that I will download to the next blog entry b/c they won't all fit on one!!!

For your TV Viewing pleasure...

Matthew thought that Katie was more comfortable than the floor for t.v. watching!!!

Bird Watching!

With our home schooling curriculum, we are learning about state birds and one of the things we did was make bird watching binoculars! The kids picked the paper to cover their toilet paper rolls and we taped the two together to make their own personal bird watching binoculars! Then, we went outside!! They loved it and it was fun just watching them from my bird watching camera!!

Pin the tail on the Horse in the VAN!!

Katie is one of the most creative people! She comes up with games all the time! One of them was her pin the tail on the horse game she and Melissa played in the van. She had Melissa blind fold her and then she tried pinning the tail(that she had torn out of the paper--first picture) on the horse she had drawn!! So creative!

Funniest Song Ever! If you know the Underwood song Jesus, Take the Wheel!

http://doublesharpevideo.com/CletusTakeReel1/CletusMusicVideo.html>
Thanks to our friend Randy Rogers, we have some things added to the blog!!!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Dress UP!

Our church had a harvest festival and the kids got to

dress up. Mark really wanted to be Lightening McQueen, but how does one dress up as a CAR? Melissa is Lola and Katie is Hannah Montana, both from their favorite show: Hannah Montana! Cousin Londyn also came to church as Hannah and Cousin Grant came as Spider Man. Cousin Davis was a New York Yankee--although he doesn't like the Yankees--his real team was called that in Rowlett, TX. The girls' wigs came off immediately b/c they were itchy, but they got to wear them!

Fun House of Bulls

These are some recent pictures of the kids playing and I thought you might enjoy them. Well, Matthew isn't playing "traditionally," just with his food (It started as an ice-cream sandwich!) like any boy

should!!

Mark is the one behind the Melissa made tin foil mask! Mark and his bud cousin Grant on the couch looking very much a like!! Mark pushing Matthew around on our tile in the empty bucket--that should have clothes in it, but the summer clothes had not made it in there yet! Londyn and Katie hanging in Katie and Melissa's room while the men were watching the Cowboy game!

Charlotte's Web

Have you ever really seen a spider web so close that you stand in wonder? Well, we had one in our front tree that just was amazing! This huge spider had spun an amazing web. No words though, just web. By that afternoon it was gone though. Do they eat them?

Melissa and Mark liked playing with the safe bugs!! Roly - Polies!

It was early and Melissa was still in pajamas but I had to let them see the spider web!

Healing Hearts --Beth Wiseman

This is a set of 3 novellas that were great! They are set up in one book form. Beth Wiseman, as usual, presents a great story with forgiveness and healing woven through out. I couldn't wait to find out what happened with each character, and it usually had a twist to it that made you smile. I know there is so much to the Amish community that I do not desire to live with(I couldn't have this blog in most communities!) but Beth brings out the forgiveness and humility that is their way--which I believe is really more God's way than we would like to admit. Our Lord does very plainly say---friendship with the world is enmity with God. I don't desire the rigidness that I see in some communities, but their walking in the fear of the Lord is very sound and biblical. Thanks Beth!
--I received Healing Hearts free on my kindle through Book Sneeze and I have written this review with my own opinions. Thanks again Book Sneeze for this opportunity!

The Harvest of Grace

This book is the third in a series, by Cindy Woodsmall. I really have enjoyed Cindy's books and have passed her books on to others because I enjoy her writing so much. This particular book deals with forgiveness when people do not understand each other. This is an Amish based novel, so the people involved are also dealing with rules of the Ordnung(an unwritten code observed by the Amish). Sylvia Fisher--one of the main characters--struggles with her own desires and hurts and decides to leave home to avoid further temptation and hurt. Sometimes, it's easier to cut off the arm that causes sin, then to stay and resist. No damage to arms are done--just a descriptive way to show one removing themself from temptation. This book ties up loose ends from the first two novels and pulls several families and couples close together at last. I highly recommend Cindy Woodsmall as a writer!

This book was given to me free to review by the Water Brook Multnomah Pulblishing company . My opinion is just that--an opinion. Thank you for allowing me to read this and blog about it too!

The Christmas Singing By C. Woodsmall

This book is another great work by Cindy Woodsmall. It is the continuing story of The Sound of Sleigh Bells. I loved how the reader is led to believe one thing about Gideon and Mattie, the two main characters. Cindy weaves the truth through segments in conversations and finally when the truth is revealed--Mattie's heart breaks once again, but not in a betraying way. The one truth that is taught through this story is to never marry or have an easy relationship to avoid hurt. Life hurts sometimes, and two is better than one...another truth that is revealed in this relationship saga between Gideon and Mattie. What would you choose to do---if you found out dreadful news that would affect two people?---End the relationship or continue --knowing that pain will follow? Read this book and enjoy the ending as much as I did.
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review