Greenebeans' Blog

Remembering

greenebeans — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:33:05 +0000

Over Christmas, my computer decided to crash! Oh the joys of having everything gone… I’m sure you can hear the sarcasm! After a couple of weeks without a computer in the school room, I woke up with the wonderful idea of hooking up the old one! Granted, this computer is slow, oh so slow, and has a mind of it’s own at times, I can still post, and surf the web! I had forgotten the pictures that were left on it when we hurriedly put it away! So, now I have delighted in looking back at old pictures I took what seems like eons ago! Here are a few, that will make you smile!

I just love the roundness of her little self! You can soooo see her persona in these!

Play dough

greenebeans — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:21:09 +0000

Well, I’ve had a hard time getting back into the rhythm of school since Christmas. I don’t know what it is, I just don’t want to do it. I know it is terrible, but it is just fact!

Sad, the kids pick up on it quickly, and they have no motivation at all. Well, I’ve been doing some reading and research, and I do believe I’m getting back on track. We have a lot to catch up on, but I think we can do it before the end of the year. I do not feel like I can properly teach my teens all the way through high school, there is way too much stuff I know nothing about, but with the help of the internet we are making some progress. For all it’s problems, you tube is beginning to be a favorite of mine! There are soooo many instructional movies on there! You can even find the science experiments they need to do. We don’t have the stuff to do them, but at least they can watch them being done. Tabitha is slowly learning some stuff. She is learning her colors and shapes and how to count.

According to Tabs, the red,pink, and purple crayons are “girl”crayons. The rest are boy! lol

She is super smart, and picks everything up quickly, but I often have issues trying to keep her busy during school. So today, we tried something, I had heard of home made play dough, but had never attempted to make it myself. Wellllllll, if you have little ones, I highly recommend making your own. Chances are you have everything you need in the pantry other than cream of tartar, and it’s easy.

Tabs helped with the makings…

It took less than 10 minutes to make, and she was busy almost the entire time we were working on school!

She had a blast, and the best part we have all agreed, it doesn’t smell like regular play dough! We used strawberry banana jello, and it has a wonderful strawberry scent!!

Recipe:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2Tbls cream of tartar

1 cup warm water

2Tbls oil

1 3 oz packet of jello

Mix it all together in pot, put it on stove and cook till thick while stirring Knead while cooling, first with spoon then with hands until cool. It should be smooth and lots of fun! Tabs sprinkled in some glitter while it was cooking, just because she likes everything shiny! You don’t have to add the jello, but it does make it smell good, and there are tons of recipes online!

Just stuff

greenebeans — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:05:34 +0000

Seth shot his second deer of the season Monday…

Jo and Seth fight over which of their deer was the biggest…

I kinda think this one was ugly…

It is STILL hanging in the garage, and I will spare you from having see the pics!

Tabitha keeps going in there and saying yuck!

This hat for some reason scares Titus. Every time Bryan wears it he just stares!

I think it’s kinda cute on Titus!

He is getting so fast…

Trying to get his picture is getting more and more difficult!

He loves being outside, and ooohh and aaahhhs over everything.

Goldilocks

greenebeans — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:58:30 +0000

This sound…

greenebeans — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:54:43 +0000

There is “this sound” that I HATE to hear!

“This sound” has a very distinctive sound,

and once you have heard it you will never forget it.

“This sound” puts fear and trembling in me!

“This sound” always comes in the middle of the night

when it is least expected!

“This sound’ always plagues the young ones.

It is a violent sound that often leads to

medical attention, leaving mothers

and fathers helpless.

The wheezing and coughing that make up

“this sound” is awful!

“This sound” has a name, the croup, and

and I have lost waaaayyyyy to much sleep to it!

My Daddy…

greenebeans — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:24:47 +0000

Watches me…

Holds my hand and protects me…

Leads me along in the way I should go…

Carries me when times get tough…

For he knows time is short…

And one day, I’ll be leaving.

Work Day & Bountiful Harvest

greenebeans — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:39:32 +0000

Recently, our church was able to purchase the building where we meet & the parsonage. The parsonage had been rented out & needed some repairs. We pulled up the carpet to find hard woods under half of the living space. What a blessing to know we won’t have to put carpet or laminate back down! The floors need work, but we a praying it won’t be tooo tooo bad! Here are some before pics…

This room will be a kitchenette for the prophets quarters…

A little dark, but this will the living room for the prophets quarters…

Bedroom A for the prophets quarters…

Bedroom B for prophets quarters…

Bathroom for prophets quarters… (Please pray we can get the plumbing worked out here without too much expense!)

The house will be spit in half, with half of it prophets chambers and the other living quarters for the Francis’. They are missionaries going out from Lighthouse to her native country Taiwan! They will be starting deputation in the near future. We are excited to see them doing what the Lord has called them to do, although I get weepy just thinking about them leaving!

This will be their part of the the house…

This is the family room looking out of the kitchen…

(I failed to get a picture of the kitchen!)

Bedroom 1…

Bedroom 2…

The bathroom is L shaped…

Praying we can replace the shower…

Laundry room… (anybody know of anything that will remove permanent marker??)

General work station… (don’t ya just love that wonderful carpet in the KITCHEN?)

While we were working inside, some of the men were outside working on some trees in the front yard. Some had been damaged in the storms we had earlier this year, and one was wreaking havoc with the foundation of the house.

The boys tried hard to split word with a maul.

Sandy ended up getting some tree work! Yay!

Pastor got to show us his ability with the chain saw.. (does it bother anyone else to see that he is not looking where he is sawing???)

Seth had a blast with the back pack blower!

Natalie got to spoil a grandbaby!

He doesn’t look like he minds.

That was a good size tree…

I wish I had gotten some pictures with him cutting down the trees, but I was busy painting.

Poor David got stuck in the bucket when the motor in the truck cut off. Good thing he isn’t afraid of heights.

We got a lot done thanks to a lot of help.

Sunday after church they surprised us with a pounding. Our church is one of the most giving ones I’ve seen. They go above and beyond in their giving. Most of our men in the church are self employed, and haven’t had much work lately. Bryan and I know they are having it rough right now, but they still give to our family. I personally love it when they give us a pounding! It stocks my pantry, and they usually give us stuff I don’t usually buy! Such a blessing!

Thank you Lighthouse for everything you do for us!

(Thanks to Jessica for taking all the outside pics!)

This Moment

greenebeans — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:42:42 +0000

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

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greenebeans — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:59:35 +0000

Yesterday…

greenebeans — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:31:20 +0000

Yesterday, we celebrated Tabitha’s 3rd Birthday…

I am having a hard time believing she is three…

She had a hard time blowing out her candles…

But, she finally got them out…

What do you do with a three year old for their birthday????

We took her to the park! (Hence the frilly sweater with tennis shoes, I forgot her jacket!)

Some friends came along, and made it much more fun!

She ran…

Climbed…

slid…

zip lined… (not sure what you call it!)

walked the toadstools…

swang… (what is the past tense of swing???)

continuously hid her face from the camera…

And over all had a pretty good time!

We came home, and I “tried” to get some good close ups of her actually looking at me…

She threatened me with a stick…

sucked on a leaf…

gave me lots of fake smiles…

pouted…

And finally threw up the binoculars! I guess she was tired of the camera being in her face. lol