Another giveaway!!!

Here is another give away that I entered in......it's at The Story of a Seamstress!!
Make sure you enter right away because it ends tonight......sorry for the late notice. LOL!!

Poem Monday

I'm going to start posting a poem every Monday. I think I'll call it Poem Monday.......hmm, what do you all think?? I would GREATLY appreciate it if you would give me some suggestions. Well anyway, here is my poem for the week.

DECEITFUL HEART

I believe we all know evil from good
It's clearly quite simple and well understood
But when there’s a catch, a prize to be won
We abandon our conscience to burn for what’s wrong

I believe it's not hard to see what is right,
To know what is darkness and know what is light,
Yet when the blood boils and the flesh starts to rise,
We flee all our pledges for paths that feel nice.

I believe there’s a judgment for what we have known
For choices and actions we’ve willfully sown;
For passionate pursuits of private delights,
When there’s an alternative to follow the light.

Why can’t we remember the heartache of evil,
Before we commit to it all of our will?
Few moments are tougher than after we’ve sinned,
The guilt’s like a whirlwind howling within.

I believe in a cross that corrects everything
Erasing all evil existing within,
A sacrifice greater than man’s greatest sin,
That’s branded my heart and sealed it for Heaven.

~ Lamshai Tham ~
Meghalaya, India

Picnic

Yesterday, my family went up to the mountains for the day and had a picnic. It was so nice up there.....cool, breezy and oh so quiet. Sigh. =) It was sad to have to come back, LOL. We are going camping for Labor Day weekend though!! I'm sooo excited!! Another large family is coming with us, so it will be lots of fun with so many kids...!! We were going to take up some fishing poles but we decided it would be more fun to make some ourselves. Since, yesterday my siblings and I tried so hard to catch some fish with a shirt as a net. But we failed.......;(. Although it was a lot of fun trying!!




My two wonderful parents



Me...it was bad hair and makeup day, LOL!! We were in the mountains anyway, so who cares.



Liam



Bella, and yes, she was posing.



Lucas




Adelina



Levi



Alaina




Lennon, isn't he cute??

Lucas, pretending to eat a worm.....




Levi, showing us a special friend he had found




This was the creek that we were right by, and it was actually flowing!!




More water....




All the kids were trying to get down from a ledge and uh...let's just say it was pretty difficult!!


* no worms were harmed in taking these pictures.....haha!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies.........yummy!!

Last night my mom, my sisters and I made some chocolate chip cookies. Let's just say......they are the BEST!! There is only one word that explains them and that is, AMAZING!! Here is the recipe for those who want some awesome cookies........

Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 1/2 c. butter
2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
4 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
4 tsp. corn starch
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 c. chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350*. Cream butter until smooth. Then add sugars and beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Using a spoon, stir in dry ingredients. Add chocolate chips. Scoop out about 1 Tbls. of dough, place on cookie sheet 2 in apart. DON'T press down!! Bake 8-10 min. Till brown around edges. Let cookies cool on pan for about 2 min. Then transfer over to a rack to cool completely.

Enjoy!!




Oh!! And by the way, this cookie recipe makes about 2 1/2 dozen. So you'll have plenty to share.......if there are any left though!! =)

School Has Started.......

Monday was out first day of school, and if you didn't already know, my whole family is home schooled. Which means that my mom has a lot of different grades to teach, from 10th to preschool!! Just to let you all know, I had no idea that in 10th grade you would have a lot more work to do(plus a lot more books), Maybe if I had known before, I would have flunked a couple grades back, to keep from going higher up in grades, LOL!! You know I'm just kidding though, right??=) This is a rough schedule our mornings:

6:00- up and dressed
6:30- exercise
7:00- A.M chores
7:30- breakfast and devotionals
8:30- school starts
11:30- clean zones*
12:00- lunchtime
1:00- younger kids go down for nap

Pretty specific, isn't it?? We all have our mom (the serious organizer) to thank for it. =) Although, it does make our mornings go a lot smoother. It is hard to get everyone to on the same page when you have 8 kids, including a baby.Ha Ha!! Have you all started school yet?



These are all of my school books. Ooops!! I'm missing a few...



This is the table before school.........




And this is the table during school. Ha Ha!! ;)




This is one of our schedules......


* Zones are rooms in the house that are appointed to someone for them to clean. For example, my zone is the living room, Liam's zone is the dining room and so on. I'm in charge of making sure my zone is clean before lunch and before dinner. Did I make sense??

Nap Time

I know I have already posted today, but I couldn't resist telling you all something VERY funny. At my house, the younger kids go down for a nap everyday. Somebody usually reads to them and then it's time to go to sleep. Well today during nap time, my little sister Alaina takes it upon herself to clean the bathroom. Since she was suppose to be sleeping, we didn't notice her(we live in a two story house). When we found her, she was sleeping like this.




Isn't that adorable??lol

My Sister Got Saved!!

What do you mean?? You might be asking. Well, Lina who is six years old accepted Christ as her Savior! Isn't that WONDERFUL news?? It all happened last night. My mom was helping Lina memorize her AWANA verse and it was about salvation. Well, she really didn't understand what salvation meant. My mom took some time and explained it to her. She was still confused, so my dad talked to her about Heaven, with good angels and Hell, with evil angels. She finally grasped what my mom and dad were talking about and she cried. She felt so dirty in her heart that she wanted to pray and ask God to make her sinful heart clean! My dad prayed with her, and that night Jesus got another child to love.



We were all so happy for her!! She is only six, but she has a lot of wisdom for her short six years.