faith

Holy Week

What is Holy Week? Growing up , I never really heard the term Holy Week. We celebrated Easter and talked about the sacrifice that was made but thatโ€™s where it stopped . As Iโ€™ve gotten older , I have wanted to learn more about Holy Week ,lent and fasting. Some of these special moments and observations around my faith.I am still learning and by no means an expert but itโ€™s been so good to actually learn what they are .

Holy Week is the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. It is a week to reflect on the great sacrifice that Jesus took for each of us on the cross.

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is โฌ‡๏ธ โ€ฆ

โ€œAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.โ€
โ€ญโ€ญColossiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ13โ€ฌ-โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ

โ€ฆ. notice that it says All of our trespasses and that He forgave us and canceled our record of debt!!! Praise God!

I pray this week as you remember the greatest gift that God gave us through His son Jesus that you will remember that all that he did, He did for you and for each of us. He willingly went to the cross . He did that so that we would be able to one day be with him in heaven.

This week ,I encourage you to spend time in prayer thanking God for this tremendous gift. If you donโ€™t know God , this is a great time to talk to him and tell him hey I donโ€™t know you and I donโ€™t know if you are real I hear what others say but itโ€™s hard to understand or to believe. If you are there can you make yourself known to me? Show me and help my unbelief . Then watch how He answers .He willโค๏ธ

And for those who feel like you could never be forgiven or your too far gone .. if God can redeem my life, and he did in a mighty way, then he can do the same for you! What better week to accept that forgiveness and walk in freedom.

Gathered thoughts

International Childrenโ€™s Book Day

Today is the perfect day to cozy up with your favorite childrenโ€™s book and read to your littlesโค๏ธ
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A little history โžก๏ธ
International Childrenโ€™s Book Day is celebrated on the birthday of the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. He wrote some of our favorite children’s stories, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, ‘The Little Mermaid’ , ‘The Ugly Duckling’ and โ€˜The Princess and the Peaโ€™.

Gathered thoughts

Happy Mermaid Day ๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ

Happy Mermaid Day ๐Ÿงœโ€โ™€๏ธ
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Those who have birthdays today must be part mermaid right? Our beautiful niece celebrates her birthday today so we think itโ€™s totally true!!

family adventures, travel

Carlsbad Beach ๐Ÿ„

Carlsbad beach is simply breathtaking ๐ŸŒŠ

The view captured there was absolutely amazing!

There were surfers ๐Ÿ„ riding the waves as the sun was setting which was so fun to watch.

The ocean was captivating as the tide started to move in and we couldnโ€™t help but get caught by it as it came in. Such a beautiful moment โค๏ธ I wish we would have had a whole day here just to enjoy it .

homeschooling

Happy PI Day 3.14 โญ๏ธ

This is one of my favorites โค๏ธ Pi Day !

Yesterday in class we celebrated by measuring circles of all sizes, watched a fun video that explained Pi and measured Oreos .. Yumm! Ofcourse they all measured out to Pi so that was fun to see.

My favorite activity was to have the whole class stand up and form a circle. We then measured our diameter and multiplied it by Pi (3.14) which gave us the circumference. We then divided the circumference by the diameter and it equaled Pi . So fun!

I also challenged the students to write 3.14 on a white piece of paper and head to the mirror.. it should read PI.E as long as your four is a closed 4 .

I hope you have fun today learning Pi โญ๏ธ

homeschooling

Spring Farmers Market

Our Homeschool Coop hosted a Farmers Market this past week and the littles had fun making items for it.
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We made pickles , dirt cups, wood swords, sโ€™mores bars and I had several Mickey Mouse Keychains leftover from the 5k we did do I took those also.

It was fun to see the littles take inventory and sell their items. They were so excited when something would sell.
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Overall, it was a fun successful event. The littles are learning valuable business skills and having fun as they doโญ๏ธ

homeschooling

Teaching Time with Lego

Teaching time is so much fun with @lego @legoeducation โญ๏ธ
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They are the perfect size math manipulative and are a great way to teach the students there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

I set the clocks to different times and had the students tell me the time displayed. I then had the students set the times I called out. It was a great way to practice reading clocks and it was super easy to implement โฑDouble win!!

Gathered thoughts, Goals, homemaking

Hello February โค๏ธ

February โค๏ธ


Can you believe we are already into a new month in 2022! Hereโ€™s to a new month with lots of love and adventures!
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To kick off the new month , I just bought a @chatbooks monthly book plan that I canโ€™t wait to get started on ! My first album will be January2022โœจ

Family activity, Review, travel

Grand ole Opry

This has been a bucket list adventure since I was a little girl watching Hee Haw โญ๏ธWe had the opportunity to go visit @opry and do a backstage tour.
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Upon arriving,you are ushered into this beautiful room that is rich with history all over the walls.To see some of Country Musics Performers ,past and present is amazing.

You are then greeted by a virtual Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood as they walk you through the Opry’s history and how it all started.Seeing the past performances is pricelessโœจ

It was also pretty cool to learn how they brought the wood circle from the Ryman with them when they moved.For performers, it is the highlight if their career to step onto the circle โœจThe Opry has a limited amount of performers that get asked to become a member of the Opry . It is a lifetime achievement moment for those that are asked.

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It was so amazing to see the look at the @opry through the years. It totally took me back to watching the show sitting with my Grandma & Grandpa and the sweet memoriesโญ๏ธ
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If you are visiting @nashvilletn then you need to put this on your listโญ๏ธ
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a few tips .. DO NOT BUY ONLINE we figured this out the hard way . We bought tickets online and the service fee was slot more then if you just buy on property. The only time it would benefit you to buy online is if you are on a strict timeframe and need to plan your visit .

homeschooling

Candy Corn Math Fun ๐Ÿ

Who knew that candy corn made the perfect greater or less than symbol for math๐Ÿ
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It such a fun way to teach math when you can incorporate some fall fun into the lesson plan๐Ÿ‚


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