November is here!

The holidays are upon us!

And I am SO happy about that!

The first two weeks of November brought some unseasonably warm weather to our neck of the woods.

It was FANTASTIC.

A girlfriend and I wanted to get together for coffee and a chat, but you cannot sit in any of our local coffee shops.

Thanks to that great weather I took some camp chairs to town for our coffee date.

Yes, I did!

We had our coffee date in the parking lot!

We got a lot of looks, but I bet people were thinking “why didn’t I think of that!”

The beautiful weather gave us a lot of opportunity to be outside, to go on brisk walks, and to enjoy the gorgeous sunrises and sunsets!

Ruby is NOT happy when she gets left behind!

Chad finished up a hunting blind he built and now it is for sale!

It turned out great!

Are you tired of seeing the same things here in our little scrapbook?

School, books, and food on repeat!

Hope not – because here are some more photos of those three things!

School has been wonderful – we are still studying Brazil!

I bought a guava for us to taste because of that fact.

We must not have let it ripen enough.

It was very yucky!

I gave it to the hens when we didn’t like it and they did not touch it either!

My trio and I do spelling every school day with a curriculum we have been using since Kayla was little.

My husband tells me often to not try to fix things that are not broken – and this spelling program works like a charm!

The two littles are learning about Flying Creatures in Science this year.

Birds are fascinating!

I absolutely love this illustration and narration that Eliza did!

Read what she wrote!

She is CUTE.

Lane is a Math whiz.

As seen here by his pre-algebra grades.

Tate still will ask what things are – and he has been immersed in the English language for five years now!

This day he said “Mom, what is a Doug?”

I know I take too many photos of the cute ways that they sit.

I can’t help myself!!

Another thing I have a ton of photos of!

Littles in God’s Word.

You can’t blame me though, I just know you can’t!

Our afternoons are still full of the same things too!

Read aloud, books, games, time outside, and a movie once in a while.

My days are fullllll.

Same things as always!

I cannot imagine anything better than running this little nest called Twin Oaks and schooling these beautiful children!

Food prep – well, I talked about food prep in a post here.

Food prep is just a big part of life!

I am glad I have helpers!

We bought a case of bananas recently for all the smoothie and chunky monkey making!

Bible study with my girlfriend turned into more of a chatting and bread making get together this last time!

She brought her bread machine and some 1 to 1 gluten-free flour to see if we could make a good loaf of gluten-free bread.

We loaded that bread machine, she headed home, and the rest of us headed to Clyde’s birthday party.

When we got back home at 9 p.m. the house was FULL of smoke and this is what we found had happened to the bread.

YIKES!

We are so thankful the dogs were ok, and that there was not a fire!

It took three days to clear the smoke from the house!

I pre-ordered the new Bible Recap book months ago, and it arrived this past week!

I honestly ordered it to support the ministry, but I LOVE IT!!

Speaking of supporting people – there is a boy from China who lives in California with his forever family.

He is built a lot like our Tate.

Ryker just had a BIG surgery at the beginning of November.

We bought some sweatshirts they were selling as a fund raiser to help with their medical bills.

We love these sweatshirts!

Did you all vote?

We did.

CRAZY WORLD.

Eliza came upstairs one evening and told us she was supporting Trump.

We died laughing.

If you need some JOY in your life, hang out with children all day!

We work on building relationships here through chores sometimes!

I have Lane and Eliza as the bed team this year – they wash all of the sheets every Tuesday and remake the beds together.

Team work teaches SO many lessons!!

I had a celiac reaction last week.

I’ll spare you the details, but it had me in bed for the better part of two days.

I was so thankful for everyone who did everything I normally do, and for kiddos who like to be with their mama!

Last but certainly NOT least…my Bible time.

The last few months God’s Word has just come alive for me!

It’s exciting!

And life-changing!

I’m so thankful for my Bible and the time I get to spend reading and studying and memorizing it!

If you are not a Christian, read the book of John.

If you are a Christian, read your Bible!

I promise you will never regret it!

It has such eternal value!

One more thing.

If you are spending lots of time watching media and news – STOP.

Please stop!

Open your Bible instead.

The BEST way to face this craziness in the world right now is WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD – His written Word!

Take your thoughts captive to CHRIST.

Live for Him!

Let your light SHINE in this darkness!!

God’s plan will prevail!!

Happy November, everyone!!