May Foster Care Awareness Month

Here are a couple ways that you can help foster care children:

• Become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) 
• Become a Foster Family
• Mentor a Child in Foster Care 
• Offer Free Photography and Videographer Services to Adoption Agencies 
• Become a Respite Care Provider 
• Fundraise or Donate Supplies to Foster Care Organizations 

You can also participate in a prayer vigil for foster care children as a family or with your church May 19th - 26th.  Cry of the Orphan has a prayer guide that you can down load and use.

 

Mara's Birthday

I can't believe she is getting so grown up!  She is becoming more and more beautiful every day inside and out.  It is such a blessing to have her in our family.  I thank God!

The faces of Lila

 

My lovely daughter loves the camera!  Sometimes I never know what pictures I will find!

Rice Bowls

This month we are collecting our change with others in our home school group for Rice Bowls to help send food to Christian orphanages.  If you would like to join us just visit their website to request a rice bowl bank.  Maybe you can see if others will join you too!  Rice bowls has lesson plans and other resources at their website so that you can learn about hunger and children and how Rice Bowls helps.

Let me know in the comments if you would like to join us or if you have participated with Rice Bowls in the past.

Field trip to Home Artisan Flour Mill

We had a great field trip to a local artisan flour mill.  Grain comes to the mill from local farmers.  The grain is milled here and then baked into many different kinds of bread.  We were able to try several samples.  The family was wonderful to welcome us and share how everything is done.  They said they will be making pizza this summer at our farmer's market.  We will look forward to enjoying pizza since we like to eat dinner at the farmer's market. 

Abiding

I have been enjoying the devotional book, One Year Alone with God:  366 Devotions on the Names of God by Ava Pennington.  I got this book free for Kindle almost a year ago and never got around to reading it.  But right now it has been perfect for abiding (my theme word for this year)!

Boys will be Boys

 

 So, Cody went through 3 pairs of pants in one week.  The one above started as a little hole in the knee and after a car ride home his whole leg was ripped apart.  We had a talk about letting mommy fix the holes in his knees and not making them bigger.

 

He loves tall towers.

I love little feet (although his are growing a little too fast). 

 

Chalk on the face!