Tag Archives: Emily

Emily’s Prayer

I thought since I posted Ashlyn’s prayer I would post Emily’s too.  I didn’t get hers on video yet but I’m working on it.  I was tucking her in last night and asked if she wanted to pray.  Here is her simple 2 year old prayer. “Jesus, I love you and I like you.  And [...]

Where is Emily?

Today after all my 11 little ones had gone home from school I left my classroom to go pick up my “real children”.  One of Emily’s teachers met me in the hall and handed me Emily’s tote bag.  I thanked her and said “Thanks for the bag but where is Emily?”  She looked at me like [...]

Ashlyn’s Princess Party

I can’t believe it but my little girl turns 5 tomorrow.  We had her party this past weekend and I am still recovering from it.  The theme was a Princess Party which is funny because I swore (before I had girls) that I would never let my girls wear all pink.  My how that has [...]

A Weekend Together

This past weekend our family packed up our things and headed to Southwind, a Young Life camp near Ocala, Florida.  My husband was the Head Leader for about 300 highschool kids.  He had to work but the girls and I had the whole weekend to relax and play.  He ended up having a lot more [...]

Turkey Activities

My girls loved making this turkey today.  All you need is brown construction paper, a coffee filter, and some washable markers.  Cut out a turkey shape from brown construction paper.  I traced one that I found online. Have your child color a coffee filter with washable markers.  It really doesn’t matter how they color it [...]