Just In Case You've Ever Wondered

Have any of you ever wondered what would happen if you put dishwashing liquid into your dishwasher instead of dishwasher soap? I wish I could say that I have, but I had a friend in high school who actually did it, so I already knew. But in case you were wondering, this is what happens. I won't tell you who did this. Just suffice it to say, that it wasn't me!


I walked into the kitchen and saw this!



This is what it looked like on the inside!!

The Candle of Prophecy Urges Us To Listen

Well, everyone came to the table and calmed down just enough to listen but have fun while we celebrated the very first Sunday of Advent 2007. The first candle to be lit is the Prophecy Candle. The Prophecy candle urges us to listen. Usually the word "prophecy" is used to mean the foretelling of something, but commonly in the Bible is used to simply mean the proclaiming of God's word. Now. He still has alot to say to us. God has so much to say to us that His "Word became flesh and dwelt among us" so that he could say in person. After we read our devotion and scripture, we sang a few songs... "The Johnny Appleseed Prayer", "Jesus Loves the Little Children", "Away in a Manger", "Joy To the World", and "Jingle Bell Rock", Amy Grant style of course. We crunched our popcorn, we drank our hot chocolate, we prayed, and now everyone is in bed. Life is good.






The prepared table before we started.











As the oldest child, Prophet lit the first Advent candle and read the devotion for the first week.











D.K. reading the scripture.











Bee sharing her popcorn with the rest of us!














If you were God and wanted to tell mankind something and had only one sentence to do so - what would it be?

First Day of Advent 2007

In one hour, all five of us will sit down at the dining room table, light the first candle on our advent wreath, read from the bible, have our devotion, sing Christmas carols, eat popcorn, drink hot chocolate (with peppermint of course), and pray for the season. This is a tradition my parents started with my brother and I when we were young, and I love continuing it with our family.

Of course this is all dependent on the fact that my children all "take a chill-pill" and climb down off the walls for about 20 minutes or so!

Children for Sale

I don't know if it's the weather or the time of year or what, but our children have been bouncing off the walls the past two days or so. Maybe it just seems like their crazy because I'm on day 11 of this nasty cold! If anyone out there is in the market for three ordinarily very sweet blond-headed children, leave comment here. Of course by the time I have a chance to check-out your credentials, they will probably have each done something to redeem themselves, and I will have decided they aren't so bad after all. So, nevermind!

Thanksgiving Snowday - The View From Mountain Mom's Front Porch

These are slightly overdue. I had a huge post done last weekend for Thanksgiving and blogger ate it apparently, so it's all gone! I'll put some more up later!!








The tree in the sideyard.











Our car as a backdrop for the snow!












View of the Ohio River.









View down the street.










Canadien geese playing in the snow acrosst the street.

Prophet Playing With The Camera

The Sock Monster

It's been so long since I've had all my laundry done at once that I had no idea that my sweet, little daughter actually had this many pairs of socks!








The problem is that I now have this many socks without matches!