Christmas Pictures

Here are some pictures that we took for our Christmas card. Which on do you think is best? I was just being silly about the Santa hats. I just couldn't resist adding them when I was editing.:) That one's not going into the Christmas cards!:D Some times the pictures might not appear very sharp so you can click on them to get a bigger picture.

They Announced It!!!

Sherwood announced their new movie today! I kept checking about everyday for the past two weeks for the video clues they posted. Lydia and I checked about four times today waiting for them to announce it. :) They finally have! It's called "Courageous" and it focuses on the role of the father in the family. For some reason I thought that it might be about a girl this time but I was wrong.:) I was a little surprised that the title didn't start with an "f" like all the others but I think that it will be great! I'm very excited! Check out the video of the Kendrick brothers discussing the theme. http://www.corageousthemovie.com
I wonder when I will be released?

Here are a Few Photos

Fa,La,La,La,La

It seems a little early to start playing Christmas music. But that's what we're doing! I don't feel like I can listen to Christmas Carols until Thanksgiving. I have great memories of setting the table for thanksgiving and singing "Sleigh Ride" (my favorite Christmas Song) as I set out the plates and silverware.

Lydia has been playing one of our Christmas CD's in the kitchen while she does dishes that has "Deck the Halls" on it. Every time the choir sings the chorus "Fa,la,la,la,la!" Levi joins in even though you can tell he's day dreaming. I guess he does it subconsciously. ;P

I better go on my daily check of all the blogs I look at before I leave for ballet!

Abigail

One Great Person Said...

"Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."
~Abigail Adams

I seek after a lot of things. A perfect split, a kitchen that stays clean for at least a few hours, a morning where I actually get out of bed when my alarm goes off, a good test score, muffins that actually rise when baked, and a picture that has the "cool look".

I try to attend to everything with diligence. Whether it be pounding away at the piano every morning and not sounding much better (although I have to say I've seen a little improvement. Although my family might not agree!;), or biting my tongue so I won't say something I will regret.

Speaking of biting my tongue, have you ever wanted to completely bite it off you're so mad? I haven't had one of those instances in a few weeks but I've really tried to work on patience lately. Letting it go is hard for me! Especially when the person doesn't give a wit as to how their actions affect yours! I guess patience is what I need to focus on. It seems whenever I make a point to work on a particular character trait in myself, I feel bombarded with situations that cause me trouble. Temptations seem to fly. But I'm trying to use every problem in a good way. This is what I mean,

"Every experience God gives us, every person he puts in our lives is the perfect position for the future that only He can see."
~Corrie Ten Boom

"Do not look to your hope, but to Christ the source of your hope."
~Charles Spurgeon

From one VERY imperfect person whose trying her best to improve,
Abigail

My Bad Habits

I have bad habits. I don't really know anyone who doesn't. Would you like me to share what they are?

I leave things lying around. My shoes on the dryer, my towel on the back of a chair, and my ballet bag in the kitchen.

I love sugar

I loose bobby and and hair pins and a lot of other things. :)

I don't always have my wallet in perfect order.

I cut don't cut my finger nails very often.

I am absent minded.

And I play the same songs over and over again. Lydia would probably call that a bad habit. :)

Just thought I'd share! What are your bad habits?
Abigail

Natural Law

One of my subjects this year is Logic. Kinda odd but it's been my favorite so far. I'm reading Richard Mayberry's "Whatever Happened to Justice?". This really challenges my mind in terms of what I've always thought. I read "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" last year for economics and loved it but I think I like this one even better. I've learned so much from it.

According to him the basis of all law is set on two principles known as "The Natural Law". He states that you can ask just about any adult in America what Natural Law is and they won't know much if anything about it. So far only one person I've asked knew anything about it.

Here they are,

1) All men are created equal and
2) Do not encroach on another man's rights.

Those are the two laws that apply to every religion on earth. Mayburry states that America was the only country built on those two laws in the history of mankind except maybe Switzerland. Once America was not just a place it was an idea. Americans were honest and hard working. They obeyed those two laws. They were moral. Today we are taught that morals are more of an opinion. Today's kids are not growing up immoral their growing up amoral. And statistics show that whenever the Natural Law is followed society flourishes but when people do not have their God-given rights civilization moves backward.

Natural Law was followed in America up until the 1970's. Before that time parents would say that they thought their children would have a better life than they had but during the 70's polls began to show the opposite. America does not have the good standing that it used to. Are we as honest? Are we as free? What is America heading for? At the rate we're going will it contiue to be the "City on a Hill"? Think about it. Are we following the Natural Law? Does our government follow the natural law?