Our Hope Is In The Lord

Monday, April 9, 2012

Polly Pocket Lizard

This was so funny I had to share. Ducky was dressing this lizard in Polly Pocket clothes and the lizard let her. Ducky let the lizard go the night before and it stayed on the screen the whole night. The lizard loved her. So funny:)

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Happy Easter!!!!

Luke 23:23-56

The Crucifixion of Jesus

²⁶ As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. ²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ³⁰ Then   “‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
   and to the hills, “Cover us!”’^[b]
   ³¹ For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
³² Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. ³³ When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. ³⁴ Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[c] And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
³⁵ The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
³⁶ The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar ³⁷ and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”
³⁸ There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
³⁹ One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
⁴⁰ But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹ We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
⁴² Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[d]”
⁴³ Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, ⁴⁵ for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[e] When he had said this, he breathed his last. ⁴⁷ The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸ When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. ⁴⁹ But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,⁵¹ who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. ⁵² Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³ Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴ It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. ⁵⁵ The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶ Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

Luke 24:1-12

Jesus Has Risen

¹ On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. ⁵ In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ⁷ ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” ⁸ Then they remembered his words. ⁹ When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. ¹¹ But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. ¹² Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Jesus is Alive, he is surely alive, he's living in the inside!!!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Happy Good Friday!!! Crafts and More:)

Today we were at our friends house doing crafts on The Passion of Jesus.

The day of my friend going over the story of the resurrection and it's history. Then she had them write out why they Jesus died for us. Then we constructed our crosses with Jesus on it. Then we made the crown of thorns and lastly we had a play about the Passion of Christ. My friend is very crafty and always has great ideas. She and I love the unit study approach which is what she did with The Passion of Christ. None of these are my own but I love them all.

Ducky is constructing Jesus out of dowels.

Ducky constructing Jesus.

We had each children decorate there crosses.

D Man colored cross.

D Man cross with Jesus on it.

D Man finished cross.

Ducky drew a picture of Jesus on the cross and wrote Why Jesus died for us?

D Man's picture.

D Man with the crown of thorns.

Items needed to make:

Styrofoam Ring from Micheal's or any craft store.

Streamers you use for parties

Pipe Cleaners

Wrap Styrofoam ring with streamers and then put the pipe cleaners in and around the ring.

Ducky with Crown of Thorns.

We were at our other's friend's house this week and we had these stained glass crosses with crayons pieces and wax paper. They came out beautiful. Thank You Kelly.

We also made this Easter Wreath for our front door. It came out Great. We got this from

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/mcrosswreath.htm

Our children loved the string painting that was fun.

Happy Good Friday!!!

We Love Jesus:)

We are thankful for what he did for us!!!!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Daniel Fast

This is our second year we have done the Daniel Fast. This year we decided to juice for breakfast,lunch and dinner. When you juice you always combine veggies with your fruit also you must drink the juice within 30 minutes of making it to get maximum nutrients. I just learned this myself. This juice was :

1 Carrot

1 Pear

1 Cucumber

1 Apple

Ginger

It took a few days for my palette to get use to but now I crave it.

This is a double serving for my husband and I.

On the Daniel Fast you can have any fruit or veggie. So here I combined:

5 Potatoes

1 Zucchini

1 Squash

1 Onion

1 Garlic Clove

Herbamare

Sea Salt

Coconut

Bake on 400 for 1 hour

Yummy!!!

Fresh Guacamole

3 Avocado's

2 Tomatoes

1 slice of onion

1 clove of garlic

Olive oil

Lime

Herbamare

Salt

We enjoy this for dinner sometimes.

Blend up with Food Processor and enjoy with corn chips.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Beach Day!!

Last week we took a beach day. It was so much fun.

Here is a man o war we found. I love going to the beach, we always find something which is great with doing Apologia Swimming Creatures this year. So here is our day!!

Ducky reflecting the beauty that God has created:)

D Man and his friend several shark teeth, so cool.

This is our little crab we found.

Here is our little friend again. D Man tried to pick him up and he pinched him, I felt so bad. This was a lesson to be learned. We just studied crabs so it was great to find and observe this crab.

It was low tide this day so Ducky was having so fun surfing. She even told me she wants to learn how to surf, gymnastics comes in handy for this one-Balance.