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A very dear friend of mine gave the girls (and me ;) ) a very thoughtful Thanksgiving gift. She knows how much my girls LOVE popcorn, and she made them their own personalized bowls and put a pack of popcorn in each bowl atop some pretty green shred....THEY LOVED IT of course :) Thank you again my friend, you are always so thoughtful.







Lily, other than looking like Brian, reminds me of my Aunt Jackie.
Little Man :)
Brianna reminds me of my sister in this pic when she was little :)
Yes, I think Anjolie is all me lol...tantrums and all :)

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...from your family who loves you :)

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Our Shepherd

This is an excerpt of one of Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions that just got me all choked up this morning...you can read the whole thing here
"...It is sweet to dwell upon the spiritual parallel of Laban having required all the sheep at Jacob's hand. If they were torn of beasts, Jacob must make it good; if any of them died, he must stand as surety for the whole. Was not the toil of Jesus for His Church the toil of one who was under suretiship obligations to bring every believing one safe to the hand of Him who had committed them to His charge? Look upon toiling Jacob, and you see a representation of Him of whom we read, "He shall feed His flock like a shepherd." Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions- Thank you to Blue Letter Bible

Xtra Crunchy!

Just in time for Thanksgiving right? :) LOL Why not start it Monday?

Try this for at least 3 days and let me know what happens on the 5th- if you do it that long.... ( 2 weeks is great to do about every 6 months)
*1 tsp 4 times daily of either ground flaxseeds or oatbran (essential for a clean colon)
*take your multivitamin
*drink at least 8 8oz glasses of steam distilled water (your grocery store should have this) per day- distilled water will "leach" toxins from your body.
* drink the juice of a fresh lemon squeezed into a cup of warm water in the morning and at bedtime (cleanses the bloodstream and detox )

Recommended- acidophilus as directed (at your health food store)it is found in yogurt, but try to completely avoid dairy during this "cleansing" -garlic (get the odor controlled pill form) eliminates some parasites (yes, alot of us have parasites iiich)

Okay, the first day, eat only raw non-citrus fruits such as apples, bananas, berries grapes, and pears and vegetables- and the above recommended items. If you drink coffee, only 1 cup, black and add an extra 2 cups of water to the recommended 8 for the day.

The second day drink a cup of apple juice with 2 tsp of apple cider vinegar then, eat all raw except for dinner, you may eat cooked vegetables, and a baked potato with butter. Follow this with a detox tea if available from a local health food store, if not, drink the apple cider vinegar (2 tsp in water or applejuice).

The third day repeat the above, except for lunch you may have chicken broth with carrots and celery added.

The fourth day eat raw all day and then eat a normal dinner (with carbs) and plenty of water. (no dessert)

The fifth day repeat day four

The 6th day repeat day four, but add dessert!!

As with any diet, you should consult your health proffessional first. This diet is my own modified diet, there are many other herbs I could add, but this one is reasonable for us. If you do this diet do not exceed 2 weeks without your Drs consent.

Remembering... Tim Watkins

...my blog was down over Veteren's Day, so I did not get to post. Last year, our Pastor's son (when we were stationed in CA) was killed in Irag when their vehicle was hit by an roadside bomb. I stumbled onto a blog today that had a tribute posted, and my heart ached all over again as I read once again of Tim Watkins' bravery..he and the rest of the crew. You can read the tribute posted Here.... Please keep Pastor and Mrs Rob Watkins and their 4 children in your prayers.

Goofin' Off

The girls got these silly glasses in a Kid's Meal...I thought it would be funny for all of us to drive up to Brian's Radar wearing them. It was funny...here are some pics I took when we got home. Anjolie said she was going to have a super-hero face for her pic LOL

Super-hero pose lol

Growing Up

Sleepy boy :)
Little naughty boy loves to get after Daddy's speaker cords lol...notice he has only one sock on and the drool covering his chest lol...He still has yet to cut a tooth mind you :)
The 2 youngest babies....are growing up waaaay too quickly

HERE .....

...I am!! :) Okay, I think the cable problem is FINALLY fixed. They have replaced about everything...splitters, modems, cords, and now the cable line from our house to the box outside which they said had a weak signal to begin with (ok, and they just now replaced it?...I know...frustrating). *Sigh* of course, we still have to PAY the same price even though we have had the rare intermittent access. ANYWAY ;)

How are you all? I have alot of catching up to do!!

Extra Crunchy

Diet...well, we are going to have to try it again because My husband fell off the 3 day Extra Crunchy Diet Wagon...due to his crazy schedule right now. I will post about it later when we see if it works. Our basic goal is to "detox" his body from the build up of just the usual junk a body collects from a poor diet. More in a couple of weeks when his schedule is a little better.

Getting Better/Rambling...

...yes, the children are feeling better. I actually fixed my hair today...with peroxide- that is *snicker* -shame on you if you said hallelujah ;) I try to drag it out as many months as possible so as not to destroy my hair which is naturally a yucky yucky dishwater blonde. I actually started out just wanting some highlights...but there in old Yucca Valley CA, the stylist thought I'd like an "all-over" sooo much better. Yeah, if I had like 100$ to spend on it every month ha ha... Now, I'm stuck unless I want to chop it all off....Naaaah. delete delete some more whining- see, Ms Robin..I whine and complain too, and I don't even delete all of it :) ..Oh well...anyway, I was just sitting here checking in on everyone and holding Lily on my lap with one hand and now realize that she has taken a pen and has drawn ALL OVER THAT HAND *sigh* . I was so concentrated on this one handed typing I did not even notice...either that or it is the peroxide fumes...hmmm I have to just laugh at most of these things...I really do. Hope you are havin' a great day!!

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No Concern too SMALL!!

..to take to the Lord in prayer. God is so good, and I just want to Praise Him and His love for us and His concern for all our trials...great, small, and embarrassing ones too. He knows and loves when we take things to Him. THANK YOU LORD!! :) (WINK WINK to a friend who I know rejoices in this as well)

About Tonight...

We choose to separate from the celebrations...tonight. We celebrate God's creation and Him...any time we want to!! :) For our house...doing everything to stand, and not be weighted in any way means we must separate ourselves from those things which we believe directly assault the Gospel of Christ. Hebrews 12:1 is helpful along with the verses below; the Lord reveals "weights" we carry that slow us down in the "race"- Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

The following verses have been on my heart this past month as I have been taking them apart and praying on them etc... my thoughts continue below...
edited to add-Psalms 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Mat 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Mark 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.


We are living in the day of evil, are we not? Times have so changed, and I will say, that the first couple of years after we had Brianna, we did dress her up and take her door to door. We prayed about it afterwards, and we were covinced that this was not one of the better things the Lord would desire for us...then we resorted to fall festivals instead-and were convicted on that as well. Now, we will do a fall festival if it has nothing to do with Halloween...ie no dressing up unless it is a pilgrim theme and it must be on a separate night. That is not to say we judge anyone else. Each must answer for themselves, and we would never want to "distract" a fellow believer with rantings about "doubtful" issues the Lord has yet to reveal to them (if at all). We may, in meekness, share a testimony...which I am poorly doing...sorry. If the testimony sheds some light, then Praise the Lord...it was His work, and if we are given Light from the Lord on an issue, we must obediently walk in it. Anyway, I wanted to at least comment on the matter in case anyone is curious as to what we do. The girls have dress up stuff, and being homeschooled, they can dress up pretty much any time they want :) And, of course, I am a continuous work in progress. The Lord reveals "weights" I am carrying everyday..*sigh* He is so patient with me. PTL!!! God Bless you and your family as you seek those "better" things He has for your life.

Luke 5:39 No man also having drunk old [wine] straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Try the New and better things revealed to you in His Word (not new and better of the world) you will be blessed!! I have been!!

Check Out

...some of these recipes from Michelle's blog -Hill's Life! The pumpkin bars sound so yummmy and I love the Ice Cream in a ziplock bag idea for the kids!..

Yuuuummy...

LOL I forgot to post these pics from a few weeks ago :) Brianna is brave when it comes to trying new things...this is one thing in the US, but here, in Japan...WATCH OUT. These were Yummmy lol can't you tell? Shrimp flavored puffs of some sort. Ha ha...what I really wish I had a picture of is my husband literally gagging in the parking lot after trying one of these :D At least it is not part of his Extra Crunchy diet eh?;)

A BUSY Week!!

So, this week was a little busy...it's no wonder we are sick :)
Monday-homeschool co-op all day then I babysat.
Tuesday morning Ladies' Visitation (wonderful wonderful ministry headed up by a dear friend of mine) (Lily was acting a little under the weather) -Brianna had a Piano lesson and I babysat.
Wednesday, I babysat and then we had AWANAs which my husband and I work in (we love it!).
Thursday it was my turn to bake for visitation that night...so, you know. Baking and then off to visitation...everything was pretty normal until LATE Thursday night when I started ....yes, losing my dinner BLECK!! I hate it!! Friday, I felt better than I did the night before, but the rest of the kids were acting sick.
Saturday, my husband had Cantata practice at 8am and left from there to work by 9:45am (yes he is still working awful hours). BUT PTL!! Because we were all sick, he got out of having to go to a Halloween Party made mandatory by his Command- yes, mandatory... give me a break!!! The Marine Corps does some strange things....anyway...I was actually thankful that I was sick so he did not have to waste another evening away from us.
Now, Sunday...Brian is all alone at church :( I am glad, at least, that he is not sick! Please pray for Anjolie..she is running fevers and sounds awful. The rest of us don't feel too badly, but I might have to take her in tomorrow if she does not improve! Aside from blogging here and there...I am keeping up with the house pretty well so PTL for that!! Hope we have a healthy week this week...I am helping my husband with a 3 day EXTRA CRUNCHY diet. :) I will update later!!

All dressed up..

...but too "Croupy" to go...to church that is. They woke up "barking" like seals...Anjolie and Lily with a fever :( I made the girls, all three, some skirts for church, even though they are a little on the casual side. My mom got the material for me, and I made Anjolie and Lily a 6 panel skirt. I made Brianna a regular skirt with elastic in the back only. I am so not talented when it comes to sewing things...Oh well. I will just keep practicing...when I get the chance :)

Week in Pictures...

We had a little lesson on NOT sticking things up our nostrils!
I found out that this is where Anjolie puts her babies (bears etc) when they are naughty lol. I kept finding "things" in there all week. This baby looks like it got into some ink huh?
LOL I was feeling sick the other day, and laid down for a few minutes with Ayden who is also sick. Brianna, my busy little HIT, decided to run my dishwasher for me...with liquid dish-soap! As you can see, at least I caught it in the beginning ;) We did some quick training on that one...
Anjolie is cutting out words beginning with "T" from my junk mail :) She is already starting to sound out some simple words (like map, cat etc) at 3 and a half!
The girls received some special letters from Grandma in the mail which we read to them :) They loved them, and I enjoyed "catching" up via a real letter! Very touching Mom ...thanks!! We sure love you guys!!

When was the Last Time...

..you gave your husband a good back massage? I found a great step by step "how-to" Here :) I read it through a few times so I can remember what to do. Why not set the mood with a mint (it's refreshing and a bit of a sugar lift) jasmine scented (or whatever scent you like ;) ) candles, relaxing music, some warm oriental tea...and surprise him?

Last Year's Gobbler

...was the Lilymonster :) Can you believe it has been a year since I posted this pic?!
COMING SOON!! ....Ayden Gobbler exclusive pics available here on Thanksgiving Day!! :)