Today, October 26th, is the anniversary of the birth of my first child. I can’t believe it has been 20 years since that day.

I can’t say anything more than I love her today as much as the first time I held her in my arms.

I love her giving heart, her beautiful smile and all she means to me.

She is precious to me and to Yehovah, and I am so grateful she is in my life.

I love you Amanda.

I hope you have a super day today.

I hope we grow closer this year than we have before.

I hope you are blessed more this year than you ever have been and walk closer with Yehovah and Yehoshua than you ever have.

Love you daughter~

You bless me!

If you have not yet done so, please go to Amanda’s blog and leave her a comment: Happy Birthday Amanda!

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Family:

“Lucy, 2, to Jocelyn about her salad: I just want your lettuce; I don’t want your food. ”

“looking forward to a wonderful Shabbat. Matt is home, and I can’t wait to get to study Scriptures!! Yay! Have a SUPER day! Shabbat Shalom!”

“Watching Waterproof, Six year old just asked, “Why was he (10yo) in that cage?” No, Isaac, no cage; it was a public school ground… :/”

My birthday was Friday, and it was a great day!!
Matt took the day off and Shabbat too. He fixed bathroom stuff on Friday, so my tub (which we haven’t gotten to use yet) is now working, so I will get to use it *happy dance*.
He took some of our children to do some gift shopping and picked out ice cream.
It was wonderful. Love being home.

Scripture Finds this week:
We are (trying to remember to) reading the correlating Proverb each day. We read the Proverb, and I give each child a chance to speak out about what it means to them. Some are really stumpers, while some are pretty- self-explanatory. I hope I can get into the habit soon, because the Proverbs are really important words to live by, and we miss a lot by not applying its wisdom. When we are finished, each child blesses Yehovah for showing them a particular part of the Proverbs we read that touched them.

Here are some of the verses that stuck with us from our Scripture readings:

Proverbs 25:7-10 What your eyes have seen, don’t rush to present in a dispute. For what will you do later on, if your neighbor puts you to shame? Discuss your dispute with your neighbor, but don’t reveal another person’s secrets. If you do, and he hears of it, he will disgrace you, and your bad reputation will stick.

Proverbs 25: 16-17 If you find honey, eat only what you need; for if you eat too much of it, you may throw it up; so don’t visit your neighbor too much, or he may get his fill of you and come to hate you.

Proverbs 25: 27 It isn’t good to eat too much honey or to seek honor after honor.

Removing TORAH in Bibles makes me sad. What we miss!! James. 1:25 says: But if a person looks closely into the perfect Torah, which gives freedom, and continues, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work it requires, then he will be blessed in what he does. ”

James 1:26 “Anyone who thinks hes religiously observant but doesn’t control his tongue is deceiving himself; his observance counts for nothing.”

I also found this quote, and I stand to refute it:
“It’s all in the relationship with Christ, that our whole life even matters.”
NO. Jesus ALWAYS directed our attention and praise to the FATHER. Though he made the sacrifice and is the Messiah, he never took the glory and never allowed himself to become a god. He did not place our entire value in ourrelationship with him, but in our obedience and relationship to the Father. This is how we truly know Him. He always directs us to Yehovah and Torah.

Proverbs 16:28 “A deceitful person stirs up strife, and a slanderer can separate even close friends.“

I want to remind you that today is the last day to help the GTH families for August! Please give as liberally as you can to them! http://tinyurl.com/m3zd3g

Stay tuned for a Living Learning Moments Home School update coming soon!

We start next Tuesday. We will be using the Workboxes Home School Organization System and also Online State History Assignments 2009. I have posted some of the resources we will be using for different subjects. You can see them in this category: Living Learning Moments Home School 2009-10. Now, off to finish the school area, setup the workboxes and fill shelves and empty tables!

Oh my goodness.. I just scheduled this for tomorrow.. Sept. 1st. How did it get so late in the year? Can you believe it?

be blessed this week!

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All Scriptures taken from The Complete Jewish Bible

Today is my Isaac’s 6th birthday! How do they grow up so quickly before our very eyes? I am glad I keep them home and get to experience each day of their lives. I can’t imagine what it is like to send them away every day and watch time pass even quicker…

I LOVE having him home! I LOVE that they are home with their siblings, learning with and about our family, instead of with strangers and learning their beliefs and habits. I LOVE watching their accomplishments and even their struggles. I want to be the one to love them and teach them through it all… until they leave my home as adults.

What a blessing it is to be Momma to such a sweet, inspiring boy. What a blessing to walk in the joy as well as the challenges he brings into our lives.

I posted about my Six Year Old Young Man on Training Sons To Be Men today.

Go read about him and share your favourite things about your sons when they were six!

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She is our little angel, sweetie-pie and darling Lillie-girl.

LucyLillie at 1 month old. She was tiny!

It is amazing how fast time goes by, and it just keeps going faster and faster as I grow older.

LL is 2 this week.

Hard to believe.

It seems like just yesterday we were deciding if we should name her Lillie or Lucie.It took us six full weeks – maybe seven – to name her. Remember that?

There was a snowstorm the night I went into labour.

It had been in the 80’s for the 2 weeks before.

*Indiana weather*

The night she is due, we get a load of snow.

My midwife was an hour away, and she left when she realized the snow might impede her getting to my home, but she made it in time.

Of course, she did come on her due date. What a good girl!

Another beautiful little girl. Ahhh.. Isn’t she precious?

Lucy and her Baby

My friend Christina wrote a name poem for Lucy in December of 2007.

LucyLillie Avigail Dixon:

Pure Light; Father’s Delight
by Christina Brown

Love so pure;
Unblemished heart,
Clear and bright,
Yes, at the start!
Light shines down
In heavenly bliss,
Lord of Love;
Life’s first kiss!
In just a moment
Each silent prayer…

Answered truly in
Victory’s shared!
In awe a family
Gathers ‘round,
Announcing joy
In softest sound!
Little Baby,

Dear, sweet treasure,
Into this world with
eXtreme pleasure!
Open eyes to purest light,
Newest darling, Father’s delight!

LucyLillie is one of the sweetest babies I have ever known. She is happy, smiling and laughing most of the day. She is tender-hearted and loves her siblings. She recently discovered “morning kisses”, which was started by Caleb to tell you he had not gotten his morning kiss for the day. Now Lucy walks around half the day saying “morming”.

She is a true delight, as her name Avigail describes her, and a very sweet little girl.

I am thankful to my Father in heaven who holds all things in his hands and has our futures intact and already created with a plan for good and not for evil.

Where’s My Cake, Jocelyn?

It’s MY Birthday… Two.

May he bless LucyLillie and all of our children as they continue to grow in him.

blessings to you~

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Taken on Mother's Day 2008. Mom, Dave, Jen and Me

Having Mom here has made for many new memories. It is wonderful. We love it.

December 2008 Learning to Knit

December 2008

Grandma and All the Grandchildren Mother's Day, 2008

I love you Mom, and I hope you had a great birthday!

Visit Mom at Starr Salon, where she writes inspirational blog posts!

Love you!

You can read other Happy Birthday wishes to Mom:

by ERIC: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandma

by Rachel: Happy Birthday, Gramma!

by Jen: Happy Birthday Mom! Love you! Jen has photos, if you want to see them!

Read my interview on Growing in Grace Magazine

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