To-Do

I wish my to-do list were as simple and sweet as Ella's:

HighPoint Honor Videos

Our family loves to serve, attend, and be involved in HighPoint, the Northridge kids' program on Sunday mornings. Our monthly curriculum centers around a Bible verse and virtue. In February, the virtue was Honor and the corresponding verse was Romans 12:10. To help kids remember the verse and virtue, and to make it fun, we decided to videotape kids reciting the verse and virtue and make it into a weekly video component of HighPoint. I have had fun learning to use iMovie on the Mac to create these little movies. This month we did a comic book theme for the movies. I'm working on a film theme for March.

Both Avery and Ella got to "star" in one of the videos in February. Check them out below!

Week One: Ryan and Avery

Week Four: Ella and Will

Lately...

Lately we've had a lot of snow...

Meghan & Ella

Avery, Gaby, Anaja & Amaris

Lately, we've been enjoying time with good friends. I celebrated my birthday by going out to dinner with my best friend, Eric :) as well as our good friends, Kim & Gary. Avery had an overnight with her good friend, Gaby, and Ella had two playdates this week with friends from her new school.

Avery & Gaby doing devotions in bed

The dogs had their own devotions to do, as well as a pizza party!

Lately, we've been serving at church, as we excitedly prepared for the opening of our new church worship center and stage for HighPoint.

Eric has spent many hours at church in the last few months!

Even the girls are serving! Making CD's for the Virtues worship team and assembling Family Fuel Packs

Lately the girls are settling into their new schools and enjoying new opportunities and friendships.

Ella was selected, with 3 other children from her class, to do a presentation for the district school board.

Lately we have had a lot of sickness around here. Avery had the stomach bug. Ella had scarlet fever. And Avery is in bed, as I write, with a fever and ear ache :(

Ella made the most of her sick time at home, including a project that involved sorting her crayons into color families!

Lately life is good!