The Beauty of God's Creation in the Snow

I know these pictures are almost two weeks late but I thought ya'll would enjoy them. We thought the last snow was big this was huge! In some places we got 15".

This is how high the snow was on our deck rail.

We all sunk as deep as Spencer when we stepped out the door.

The snow got really deep on the deck table!

When the snow started falling we put two bowls out on the deck table...eventually through out the day the poor bowls got buried. When I found them and dug them out that night we got to have snow cream. Yummy!
The snow was so beautiful when the sun made it glisten! I was reminded by the snow of the beauty of God's creation. It was so lovely. What beauty that God has created can you see around you right now? Please take a moment to leave a comment and share them with us...there are always plenty and we would love to hear about them!

-Victoria

Rebelution Conference

What an amazing conference! We went last year and it was so encouraging and inspiring! Unfortunately we can't go again this year due to the location and a very busy schedule. We were blessed last year when the conference was in Indianapolis and that is only a couple of hours from our house. Last September at the Indianapolis Conference I was surprised to see that some people had traveled from as far as Nebraska and Florida. Since then I have gotten to know a Rebelutionary who went to the Indianapolis conference and lives in Nebraska. She shared with me, "That conference was well worth the 17 hour drive." So if you live close or far try to take advantage of this movement and go to one of their regional conferences. You won't be sorry. Also go to their website and read some of the things they write about!

-Victoria

That Is Dying To Self

I originally found this post on Agent Tim online. It is so good that I had to copy it here! Please take time to carefully read over and reflect on this.

When you are forgotten or neglected or purposely set at naught, and you sting and hurt with the insult of the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ — that is dying to self.

When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take it all in patient loving silence — that is dying to self.

When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, or any annoyance, when you can stand face to face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility, and endure it as Jesus endured it — that is dying to self.

When you are content with any food, any offering, any raiment, any climate, any society, any attitude, any interruption by the will of God — that is dying to self. When you never care to refuse yourself in conversation, or record your own good works, or itch after any commendation, when you can truly love to be unknown — that is dying to self.

When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances — that is dying to self.

When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself, can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart — that is dying to self.” — Author Unknown (Taken from Different By Design by John MacArthur).

Oh, that each of us could be one who dies to themselves — oh, that I could be one that is dying to self!

Quotes!

Since it has been a long time since we have posted our favored quotes and since we said we would post more. Here's one that I enjoy and hope you will too!

"What we are required to do now is to stand erect
and look the world in the face and do our duty without fear or fervor."

Winston Churchill

-Spencer

Snow

On Monday we got lots of snow. It still hasn't melted off of our yard. So for all of our southern friend eat your heart out on these pictures... and all of our northern friends please don't laugh!
The rail of our back deck.

This is how high the snow was in some places.

Our back yard. Can you see the snowflakes falling?

The snow was lots of fun. The boy even had fun scraping the
ice off of our van!

This is a picture I took on the interstate...so it is kind of
blurry. This is rocks with snow on top of it.

-Victoria

Valentine Party

Last Tuesday our homeschool co-op had a Valentine Party. We had lots of fun eating yummy pizza, playing games and talking to friends!

Spencer and Evan. They are so silly! :D

From Right to Left: Me, Megan and Brittany Dunphy,
Haley Laverty and Hannah Dick.

-Victoria

Driving in the Snow!

We usually do not travel in the snow but on Monday it was inexcapable. We where over a friend's house when the snow started falling so we left as soon as possible. Because we were under a Winter snow warning Advisory.

Thankfully we started going home when we did before the snow really started accumulating and accidents began happening. On the interstate snow was dancing around and it looked very beautiful. But it only reminded me of how something beautiful can also be very dangerous. We where so happy when we finally got home. Because just in a mere 15 minutes the snow had really become slick!

-Victoria

Our Favorite Quotes

Spencer and I both love collecting quotes that other people have said past and present. We have quiet a few in our collection so we'll be sharing them with you every once and a while. These are our favorites and since we couldn't decide which quote we liked best we decided to post both of them! Hope ya'll enjoy!


Aim at Heaven and you will get earth thrown in with it,
Aim at Earth and you get neither.
-C.S. Lewis


Whether you think you can,
or whether you think you can't,
It's true.
-Henry Ford

-Spencer and Victoria

P.S. Mommy says that one of her favorite quotes is:

The man who does not read books has no
advantage over the man who can't read them.
-Twain

So with that being said I had better go do my reading! :D

-Victoria

The Anticipated Moment!

Everybody who knows me well knows that I love to knit! For about a year now I've been working on a shawl. I haven't been working on it for a whole year only the winter months starting last year shortly after Christmas. When the weather started turning warmer I lost my motivation to finish it because the shawl was so heavy but when the fall came around again last year I found myself picking it back up as I watched TV. Finally it got so long that when I was cold I could just lay it over my lap and it would keep me warm as I was knitting. The shawl was quit a big undertaking for me since before beginning this project I had only knitted scarves and washcloths. I had only been knitting for a few months and I didn't even have a pattern. I used another shawl as a measurement and this one actually ended up larger!
Finally last night as I was watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition I finished the shawl! I was so excited! As I mentioned before it was very warm as I was knitting it. But it is even warmer when I wear it as a shawl! I just had to share my news and some pictures we took.

-Victoria

Day at the Frazier Museum

Today we went to the Frazier Arms Museum, a large Museum in downtown Louisville. Our Grandparents got us a years pass as a family for Christmas since we enjoyed it so much on our former visits.
On special exhibit they have the remains of a slave ship, the Henrietta Marie, a remake of a slave traders office and shackles from the ruins of the ship. The thing that made it come most alive for us was how you could walk through the middle passage (where the slaves where kept) of a remake of the Henrietta Marie. I couldn't imagine staying in that small dark area for a day let alone several weeks or months.
The interpreters at Frazier are really good also. Today we saw a cowboy tell what it was like on the cattle drives and a double handed sword combat. The boys really liked both of those!
We finished up the visit by going through the gift shop. Andrew couldn't resist buying a toy knight. Our day at the Museum was lots of fun and we learned a lot, too!

-Victoria and Spencer