Friday, October 24, 2008
Pumpkin!
I love fall! I love the colors of the trees, wearing boots and sweaters (but NOT jackets!), pumpkins, fall festivals, autumn food like coffee and cider and soups and pot pies. I love just about everything about fall, except the reminder that winter's on its way. Yesterday, the kids and I carved a pumpkin -- they designed and I executed. They did NOT like digging the seeds out, which I thought they'd love. But they really liked the rest of it. We roasted the seeds in the oven and I've been snacking on them ever since! I roasted a little pie pumpkin the other day and pureed it so I can use it in recipes next week. More on that later!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Children's Worship
I'm going to preface this post by saying that I really don't like children's performances -- plays, musicals, recitals, etc. Mainly because I don't care about what other peoples' children are doing on stage, and mine perform for me ALL THE TIME. That said, our kids had a part in a children's worship service this past Sunday. It was mostly cute, and partially embarrassing because Joe is a real ham on stage. (Another reason to not like these things! :)) Anyway, both sets of grandparents came to admire the little darlings, so it was wonderful to be able to see them.
Mom and Berk with the kids.
Mommy and Me!
Kaity singing with her group.
Kaity also sang on the praise team during congregational songs.
Joe, in a rare moment of clarity when he actually sang along.
Jeff's parents with the children.
Mom and Berk with the kids.
Mommy and Me!
Kaity singing with her group.
Kaity also sang on the praise team during congregational songs.
Joe, in a rare moment of clarity when he actually sang along.
Jeff's parents with the children.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Creation Museum
Thursday, Jeff and I packed up the kids, along with three of our college friends, and drove up to Kentucky to see the Creation Museum. It was truly amazing. We loved going through this museum filled with the truth! It was refreshing to be able to let Katie look at and read the displays without having to explain to her why what she just read isn't true. It was nice to be able to say, "See how God's hand is obvious in all of creation?" instead of having to continually remind her that the wisdom of the world is foolishness to God. We know by faith that God created the world in six days by speaking it into existence, but it was definitely exciting to see all the scientific evidence of a world designed by a Creator. The museum was also full of evidence for the flood, and showed how the worldly explanation just doesn't make sense.
The museum has a petting zoo, dinosaur exhibit, botanical gardens, a planetarium, lectures, short films, and restaurants in addition to the main body of the museum. We brought a picnic lunch and ate outside -- it was an absolutely gorgeous day!
Ben, Hope, Joe, Kim, and Kaity in the hotel room.
Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. The museum told the history of the world from creation through the fall of man to Christ's work of redemption on the cross.
Kaity is looking at a model of what "Noah's Ark" may have looked like on the inside. That part was really cool!
Here, Jeff and Ben and the kids are looking at a huge area with an ark "under construction".
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory ..." John 1:14
I took this picture of the outside of the museum while standing at our picnic table.
Joe feeding goats at the petting zoo. There were also llamas, zebras, a camel, pigs, chickens, turkeys, several other different kinds of birds, and donkeys. The highlight for all of us was when the camel nuzzled Jeff.
The Tyrannosaur in the dinosaur section.
God's amazing creation on the drive home.
The museum has a petting zoo, dinosaur exhibit, botanical gardens, a planetarium, lectures, short films, and restaurants in addition to the main body of the museum. We brought a picnic lunch and ate outside -- it was an absolutely gorgeous day!
Ben, Hope, Joe, Kim, and Kaity in the hotel room.
Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. The museum told the history of the world from creation through the fall of man to Christ's work of redemption on the cross.
Kaity is looking at a model of what "Noah's Ark" may have looked like on the inside. That part was really cool!
Here, Jeff and Ben and the kids are looking at a huge area with an ark "under construction".
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory ..." John 1:14
I took this picture of the outside of the museum while standing at our picnic table.
Joe feeding goats at the petting zoo. There were also llamas, zebras, a camel, pigs, chickens, turkeys, several other different kinds of birds, and donkeys. The highlight for all of us was when the camel nuzzled Jeff.
The Tyrannosaur in the dinosaur section.
God's amazing creation on the drive home.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Breakfast for Supper!
Growing up, we had breakfast for supper often -- we loved it! I think my main motivation was getting to have cheese grits, and NOT having vegetables. :) I fix breakfast for supper for my family now for lots of reasons. It's easy, cheap, everybody likes it, it's healthy ... the list goes on. I've made the pancake recipe in this post a few times and everybody loves them. Tonight, Joe ate his own along with scrambled eggs, plus one of my pancakes, then one of Daddy's leftover pancakes!
Yummy Oat Pancakes
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons melted butter
In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and pecans if desired. In a small bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk, applesauce and butter; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup half full to pour batter onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top. Cook until second side is golden brown. Yield: 4 servings
Yummy Oat Pancakes
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional
1 egg
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons melted butter
In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and pecans if desired. In a small bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk, applesauce and butter; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup half full to pour batter onto a lightly greased hot griddle; turn when bubbles form on top. Cook until second side is golden brown. Yield: 4 servings
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
A Bicycle Built For Two
Kaity and Joe were playing outside today when through the open window I heard Daddy's car. Then I heard Kaity proclaim -- "The time for dinner draws closer!"
During dinner, the kids drained their cups and I told Kait to go get the milk. Joe said, "I want some more milk as well!"
And now I'll leave you with some pictures Daddy took last night of the kids riding their bikes in the driveway.
During dinner, the kids drained their cups and I told Kait to go get the milk. Joe said, "I want some more milk as well!"
And now I'll leave you with some pictures Daddy took last night of the kids riding their bikes in the driveway.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Another Nephew!
Baxter Robert Finn arrived last night at 11:11. He's 8 pounds, 5 ounces, 21 inches long. For those of you who don't know, Baxter is the son of my best-friend-since-fourth-grade, Leah Finn (and her distinguished husband, Nathan).
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Just an Ordinary Day
I really do love ordinary days. I like going places and doing special things, but overall, I love being at home and doing all of those everyday things that make up our lives as a family. I try to keep my camera handy so that when wonderful, ordinary things happen I can snap a picture.
This is Joe in a "car" that he and Kaity designed. Well, basically Kaity was design and management while Joe was construction. The basket is the trunk, and Joe is holding the "steering wheel", a clothes hanger.
Sunday isn't really an "everyday", but we love the traditions and ceremony of the day. A day set apart to worship our Father in His house, to sing praise and worship through music, to hear our pastor challenge and encourage us with a message from God, to fellowship with other believers, to spend time together as a family ... Sunday is my favorite day of the week! These are pictures of the kids on Sunday morning 30 seconds after I brushed their hair and put the finishing touches on them. If I had waited a full minute to capture this, Joe's shirt would be untucked and Kaity's hair would be a mess.
And just last night, Jeff and I sent the kids upstairs after baths and pajamas so that they could play for a few minutes before bedtime. Ten, fifteen minutes later I looked at Jeff and said, "They're awfully quiet up there ..." Immediately, he said, "I'm going to check on them." You see, when you're a seasoned parent you know that silence is not always golden. Sometimes silence means your bathtub just got painted blue.
But in this case it was sweet ... Kaity was reading a story to Joe and he fell asleep in the middle! Adorable, huh?
Get this ... while I was typing up this post, Jeff came home and brought me flowers!
I thought that was really funny, so the kids then dressed up as Kaity and me.
This is Joe in a "car" that he and Kaity designed. Well, basically Kaity was design and management while Joe was construction. The basket is the trunk, and Joe is holding the "steering wheel", a clothes hanger.
Sunday isn't really an "everyday", but we love the traditions and ceremony of the day. A day set apart to worship our Father in His house, to sing praise and worship through music, to hear our pastor challenge and encourage us with a message from God, to fellowship with other believers, to spend time together as a family ... Sunday is my favorite day of the week! These are pictures of the kids on Sunday morning 30 seconds after I brushed their hair and put the finishing touches on them. If I had waited a full minute to capture this, Joe's shirt would be untucked and Kaity's hair would be a mess.
And just last night, Jeff and I sent the kids upstairs after baths and pajamas so that they could play for a few minutes before bedtime. Ten, fifteen minutes later I looked at Jeff and said, "They're awfully quiet up there ..." Immediately, he said, "I'm going to check on them." You see, when you're a seasoned parent you know that silence is not always golden. Sometimes silence means your bathtub just got painted blue.
But in this case it was sweet ... Kaity was reading a story to Joe and he fell asleep in the middle! Adorable, huh?
Get this ... while I was typing up this post, Jeff came home and brought me flowers!
I thought that was really funny, so the kids then dressed up as Kaity and me.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Kaitlyn G. Pittard, Attorney-at-Law
My mom called the house the other night and typically, Kaity answered the phone. (She's my little secretary, weeding out the solicitors. She's perfected the eye roll and hanging up the phone while saying disdainfully, "Computer solicitor!") So anyway, mom and Kaity start talking about school and Kaity tells Grammie that she's learning division. It's obvious to mom that she's not happy about it.
Grammie: "Division is important in life. You use it for a lot of things! (She's being happy and encouraging and Kaity is not having any of it.) For example, let's say you had three friends over and you wanted to share a bag of M&M's with them. You'd need to divide them equally."
Kaity, completely missing the point: "Mommy would never let me have three friends over. She's never let me have more than two friends."
Grammie, trying a new tactic: "Well, let's say that you went to the grocery store and Mommy let you get a dozen doughnuts to have for breakfast. How would you divide them up between you and Joe?"
Kaity, perhaps deliberately missing the point to avoid division: "Mommy would never let us have more than one doughnut."
Grammie gave up after that.
Grammie: "Division is important in life. You use it for a lot of things! (She's being happy and encouraging and Kaity is not having any of it.) For example, let's say you had three friends over and you wanted to share a bag of M&M's with them. You'd need to divide them equally."
Kaity, completely missing the point: "Mommy would never let me have three friends over. She's never let me have more than two friends."
Grammie, trying a new tactic: "Well, let's say that you went to the grocery store and Mommy let you get a dozen doughnuts to have for breakfast. How would you divide them up between you and Joe?"
Kaity, perhaps deliberately missing the point to avoid division: "Mommy would never let us have more than one doughnut."
Grammie gave up after that.
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