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Today's day two in the Jesse Tree advent. I made my ornament early so you too can join in! (we're making another tonight as a family. :D ) Tonight we're learning about the first humans in Gen 2:7-24; 3:1-24. <br />
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What I used was:<br />
cardstock<br />
tissue paper squares in fruity colors<br />
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I cut out an apple on the cardstock, I suggest using a thick piece or doubling up. Spread some school glue on it and tissue away! There's no wrong way, we have no idea what the fruit looked like. Let dry completely. Twist the pipe cleaner into a snake like form, hot glue eyes on the head. Hot glue the snake to your apple in any way you want. Use the hole punch to make a place to hang your ribbon through your ornament, and your done! This is a pretty easy one for kids except for the hot glue parts.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Christmas I wanted to start a new tradition. One that was about God and not gifts and getting. I stumbled upon the Jesse Tree. After a little research, I feel this was what I had been searching for. </span><a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Jesse Tree is based off the verse from Isaiah 11:1: "A shoot will spring forth from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots." It's best to think about it like a family tree. Each branch symbolizes an event or person that is related to Jesus. Through 24 days of Advent, we are reminded of the promises and prophecies of Jesus's birth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly most ancient church windows or cravings of Jesse trees are destroyed or lost. Few remain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We as a family are reading </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OIQDT0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Jesse Tree</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> together each night along with the scripture. Then after discussing it we make our 'branch'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day one was Creation, Gen 1:1-2:4 and chapter one in the book. I used an ornament pull apart ball from Hobby Lobby and we each made a sun, moon, and earth. I added some cotton for heaven and glitter for the stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you join us, I'm going to try and post each day for this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh My Goodness. Its gone by so fast we've grown up. At least to one. We just couldn't decide on what to do for our Little Mr. Growls' birthday. Pokemon? Superhero? or Adventure Time? Of course the last one won. :D Our cupcakes I made pink with Princess Bubblegum's crown and blue BMOs. And of course with some Jake party bags! Mr. Growls got to spend his first party with friends and family. Sadly since I was pretty emotional and running around everywhere, I didn't get too many photos! (bad mommy :P)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy birthday little man we love you so much!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a family we love to go <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/play">geocaching</a>. It's a wonderful free way to get outside and see the world around you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we started Little Miss was quite little. Only 5! She loved finding the 'treasure chests'. Now we're older and Little Miss likes alittle harder of a challenge. When we moved to Albuquerque, geo caches became 'city caches'. The caches were cleverly hidden and very tiny, micro caches the size of a pill. Here in the big city we even started to locate geocoins, with the help of our bible study friends. Geocoins are normally series of geocaches that a seeker must look for in order to get the last location or code to receive the coin. The caches mostly take you on a journey through history or just some really amazing views. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first series we went on was a geoflight. A wonderful series through Bernalillo County's bird sanctuaries, something I didn't even know was here! Each location we had to research and look for answers to give at the final location. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know Bernalillo county is one of two national bird sanctuaries for wild birds?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our second (but first coin) adventure was travelling all over the county looking for BernCo Bernie! Bernie is the official spokesheep for Bernalillo. We trekked to all the corners of the county learning the early history of Albuquerque. The coins are only given to the first 200 people each year. You can see them above, our county seal on front and the caches are on back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't talk highly enough about geocaching. Don't let me just tell you about it, go grab the site and a GPS. Go get some treasure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our sweet duck foot longdog Rue was adopted on May 16 last year. She was a quiet nervous rescue dog from the local shelter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can't imagine our home without her. She was only a year old when we met her. We just fell in love. Rue has been the best fur baby ever; a great alarm, a rue-mba, and a nana dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were able to find a great cabin (vacation rental by owner) that was alittle off a main road with a stunning view. We mostly went to relax and get away so out of the way was best. While there we did some near by <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/play">geocaches</a> and hit up a tourist store, <a href="http://www.oldapplebarn.com/">Old Apple Barn</a>. Got some fudge and a pie and kept going!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A big stop for us was the <a href="http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/">New Mexico Museum of Space History</a>. This was a great stop for education and of course Mr. C. There was so much I didn't know that happened here in New Mexico! If you driving through Alamogordo this is a good stop.</span><br />
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<br />Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14749354986217674051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183690936634569141.post-49044383584160058172015-04-24T22:00:00.000-07:002015-06-17T18:49:36.608-07:00doughnut or donut?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it doughnut or donut? I don't know but Little Miss won runner up in a design contest for <a href="http://rebeldonut.com/">Rebel Donut</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She designed a strawberry chocolate creme. And oh it was amazing! She got one day of them serving her creation and one dozen for free!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year we decided to try and homeschooling our kiddos. After some bad experiences with public school and Mr. Growls on the way (now here!), we felt staying home would be best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never had me or Mr. C been homeschooled. So we really didn't know what to expect. But thankfully the internet exists today and we were able to read up on what to do and do nots. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learning styles. It's easy to get caught up in all the studies and quizzes just to find your kiddo's learning style. It's ok to read up on it, I found it sorta helpful. But I also learned it can change with subjects! Little Miss hates just sitting. She's always up and moving. So writing, math problems, and handwriting was a chore. But for some reason, she will sit perfectly still for read alouds. She becomes so enthralled with the story nothing else matters.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your learning style. You may say, "I'm not learning! I'm the teacher!" Well yea, but it'll help you teach if you know how you learn! I'm more of a sit-down-one-session kind of learner and Little Miss multi-sessions. So you can imagine the chaos when I can't understand why it's taking so long for one project! Learning how you learn will help you teach and less hairpulling!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't underestimate the power of field trips. Everything can be school. Art, concerts, car trips, and even park/hikes! Take some time away from the desks! You will all be thankful. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This first year we decided to forgo making our own lesson plans and to go with a pre-made entire curriculum. After looking through countless sites and reviews we went with <a href="https://www.sonlight.com/">Sonlight Christian Homeschoo</a>l. Little Miss started with core b+c (we changed just recently to just core b.), Language Arts, Science kit biology/botany/physics, and Singapore Math.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lesson plans are easy to follow but leave plenty of room to change them if need be. We are very happy with the progress and plan to use them again next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Halloween everyone! This year we're a witch and a little ninja turtle. I've noticed as the years have gone by, trick or treating is not something really practiced in the neighborhoods anymore. (probably for a good reason) Thankfully there is plenty of churches, government buildings, and private business sectors how provide a safe kid friendly halloween event. This year we went to Explora in Old Town Albuquerque. There the museum was open with crafts and candy! Next we to the Sheraton Hotel by Coronado Mall in Uptown. There they had a carnival and one whole floor of rooms dressed up so kids could trick or treat! very cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a whole month and do we sure grow fast! Little Mr has been wonderful. Both Little Miss and Rue have welcomed him into the family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rue longdog refuses to sleep anywhere else but where Little Mr is. She always checks on him when he cries. Full nana dog here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Miss is so proud she's a big sister, making sure to introduce him first. But sadly the promise of her changing all the diapers went away quickly...sigh.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still napping alot during the day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sent from heaven to eat for sure.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A pro nurser!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cloth diapering is going well.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And our favorite...When he cries, he howls like a little puppy. sadly it's so hard to catch for a video:(</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born on Tuesday September 30th. </span></div>
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<br />Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14749354986217674051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183690936634569141.post-1975578781979733652013-09-16T08:00:00.000-07:002015-06-11T09:00:19.536-07:00the Marriage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's right. After almost 5 years of dates, dinners, movies, and lovey dovey; I married a great man. We got hitched September 7. The family came over to Albuquerque and met us at the <a href="http://www.albuquerquebedandbreakfasts.com/">Historic Downtown Bed and Breakfast</a>. It was beautiful. A backyard wedding with our family and close friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Miss wanted a super hero party for her birthday this year. I was so happy! She even wanted to dress up. She-Ra princess of power. Even better! I made her a costume. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring! Flowers! </span><br />
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<br />Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14749354986217674051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183690936634569141.post-64979309486969077282013-04-19T08:00:00.000-07:002015-06-11T14:59:02.366-07:00Raffle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A raffle!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come by the Albuquerque Nothing Bundt Cakes and get a raffle ticket for a chance to win some great prizes! Including jewelry, photography, and an original painting by me! All the money made will go towards our team in the 2013 Walk for Breast Cancer. We start selling on Saturday!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good Luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE: I would like to thank everyone who came out. I'm happy to say my painting went to a breast cancer survivor and I'm very proud to be able to be a part of it! Thanks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year my little girl wanted to be a princess. Her school instead of letting kids go crazy with the costumes, have a storybook parade. Which I think is a great idea.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided on Snow White. After creating a quick and easy pattern from one of her dresses, I think I'm pretty close.</span><br />
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