Chinese New Year 2009

Arielle called it a work of art.

Craig loved the plating of the food.

The Girl loves her noodles!

We had a quiet Chinese New Year celebration this year. We stayed home and ordered in Chinese Food. So not much to blog on this time just a couple of pictures.

The Things They Pick Up

Arielle, Danielle and I are memorizing Bible Scriptures this year along with Beth Moore and a couple of thousand other people. You memorize 2 Scriptures of your choice a month. On the first and fifteenth of each month you choose a Scripture verse, post it on Beth Moore's Blog, and then get busy. It is a such a joy to read the thousands of verses and feel a bond with these sisters in Christ. Anyway, on the first of January I chose Isaiah 43:1-2. So each day I repeat it out loud. Then this past week as the girls and I were reviewing, Shoshannah starts saying my verse. Not word for word but pretty close. Once again this just reminded me what little sponges these little ones are and how much they can truly learn. And what better thing to learn than God's Word. So, starting now we are going to include Shoshannah on our adventure. I have recorded her saying Isaiah 43:1-2. The facial expressions are great. Again remember to turn off the music at the end.

And the Emmy goes to....

Okay before you watch this there is a warning. If you are a fan of the Disney Teen idols then don't watch. Don't read but if you choose to no offense is attended.
My girls thankfully are not Hannah Montana, High School Musical or Jonas Brother fans. They have not found these "teen idols" to be anyone they want to look up to. And they just don't understand what all the hype is about. But anyway, we watched part of Jonas Brothers show on TV and Danielle found the girls reactions funny. So being Danielle she has worked on and perfected her reaction to the Jonas Brothers.. Don't forget to go down and turn off the music before you play this video.

Happy 14th Birthday Arielle

I am behind on the blogging. So we are backtracking to Monday, December 29. It was Arielle's 14th birthday. Arielle requested homemade donut holes for her birthday breakfast. So, Danielle and I arose early and made her donuts. Danielle and Shoshannah took her breakfast in bed and the day began. After breakfast we headed to the mall. Arielle's big gift this year was a docking station for her ipod which she got for Christmas. We found one right away and then we just walked the mall checking out what was going on. We didn't discover any big sales. It was very sad for us but great for the bank account. We decided to have lunch at Chick Fil A. We ate and then headed home. I put Shoshannah down for a nap then got that sick feeling you get when the food you eat is bad. Yes, Arielle, Danielle and I ended up with a slight case of food poisoning. WE took some supplements and prayed for the best. Not a good way to spend the birthday. But later that day we were feeling somewhat better. But the birthday girl did not want more chicken for dinner which is what she had requested. So instead we had pizza rolls and she did not want a dessert, but I couldn't let the day go by without something so I picked up one of those Oreo Frozen pies and it was just the thing. So she opened a few more gifts and we just hung out for the rest of the night.

Arielle is 14 but going on 17. She has matured into such a sweet young lady who is such a joy to have in our family. We love you Arielle, you are a blessing to us!