This is a first...

I am entering a photo challenge for the first time at iheartfaces.com- this should be rather interesting!

Okay, this week's challenge is "In the Orchard"...here is mine- a picture of my son taken a few years ago, on a little John Deer with the apple orchard behind him.:

The Whole Armour of God

We are now officially in Volume 5! Yay!!!! Seems like it took forever! Well, we covered chapter 1 fairly fast so now we are in chapter 2- part of it deals with Rome and Roman History. My first thought was since it was near Halloween, I could easily find te boys some Roman costumes to play around in and to help with the lesson. Thankfully, the Lord guided my foot steps and I was able to find a sword, breastplate, and a shield at our local $1 store! Well, I really, really wanted them to also have a helmet- the Lord directed me to another $1 store and up high on a self- there they were! I am tall and you would have to be tall or standing on something to see them (love my height!) So, my two younger sons were able to get a whole outfit for $5 a piece. Not bad at all- and they LOVE playing with them! I was surprised! To make them look more Roman, I cut up a red blanket and tied it to the back of their breastplates. Here's a few pics:

The last one reminds me of the movie 300. Anyway, I figured while we had them dressed like Roman Soldiers, why not go ahead and cover the "Whole Armour of God".  It went perfectly with the lesson. We identified each piece in the scriptures and today I had them do a coloring page and a fill in the blank:

For older students: http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Colorpages/9colorpage01.php

For younger students: http://www.coloring.ws/armor.htm

http://www.custom-counter.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//www.prepaide.org/rbtbm/tga/Graphics/Armor.gif&title=armor%20of%20god%20picture%3A%20images

If you you need to improvise: http://www.professional-mothering.com/armor-of-god.html

Bugs, bugs, bugs

I have no idea why- but as of late, bugs are very interesting to me- photography wise, anyway...I decided to take my children out one day last week and take a few pics. While waiting for the railroad to clear out (other people had the same idea as I) we went to a butterfly garden. It was small, but we had nice time seeing all the different insects - this being one.

My oldest son asked me if it was hummingbird. I told him I didn't know, because it was so small and it had antennas, so after Googling it, we found out it is a hummingbird moth. These pics are of it actually flying, but the wings are moving so fast until it looks like they aren't!

Yes, I am still here and learning...

Okay, I am still trying to figure out Word Press and how it works. Watch out when I do!  In the mean time, I guess its alright to still blog and stay off of FB. :)
I love taking pics and then playing around with them in Photo Shop Elements 7- which I was able to purchase at a good price earlier this year, which means I am still learning how it works. Thankfully, there are plenty of tutorials on Youtube and various other websites- two of which I just stumbled on through a friend on FB. They look wonderful and basically the type of photography I would like "grow into" and they are having a give away! (Which I pray I win! I need some help!) They are Florabella & Skye Hardwick.

Here's the link to Florabella: http://www.florabellacollection.com/

And Skye Hardwick: http://www.workofheartphoto.com/

Check them out & Pray I win!!!! lol

DETERMINED!

My blog looks a little wonky- I don't like the colors among many things, but I do like the layout. Sooooo, I am down right DETERMINED to get my blog the way I want it! And ASAP!!!! Okay, now how do I get started? Oh yeah, the videos they suggested....

Wow, wow and more wow!

I am so excited to see this change on blogger! I LOVE IT! I was waiting for the change before I redesigned my blog and I am so glad I did. I will be posting again shortly after I figure all this out! I have been M.I.A due to facebook! But, I miss blogging and I am back now! I thought I would add a pic of me for a change.