first pics of 2010

I finally picked up my camera after some time off of using it. I think I packed too many photo shoots into the month of December which caused me to take a nice long break, until now. I was happy to pick it up again and take some pictures of our most prized possessions, our kids of course. Well, at least two of them. Jadon doesn't appear in any of these. I'll have to catch him later.
The kids got their new Karate uniforms for Christmas and have enjoyed getting rid of their worn out white ones and using their brightly colored red and black ones. They also got their new weapon called the bow staff, at least I think that is what they are called, I just can't keep up with all the terms. When Anna was presented with hers her first question was if they would be learning how to change it into a snake just like they did in the Bible. I sure love this girl!


For this semester in homeschool the kids are on a journey through the entire Bible. They are learning how to navigate through their Bibles and get some highlights from each book. We cover three books per week so we should be done by the end of summer and hopefully they will have gained a firm foundation by then about all the wonderful things we can learn from God's Word, our mightiest of weapons! Here is the chart we are using to help us learn. Today we learned about Deuteronomy by reading the 10 commandements. Anna went to bed the night before and told me how excited she was to discover Deuteronomy in the morning. I love her enthusiasm, maybe it will rub off on her older brothers!

I snapped a few photos of Camden busy at work in homeschool. I am so proud of the hard work and effort he has put into homeschooling. He is gaining confidence despite his learning challenges and we are very proud of him. I sure love this boy, he brings so much JOY to our family.