Torah Life

So far so good.....

As of late we have had some issues with the girls and there chores. Common I know but so frustrating so we came up with something new....

The 2 jars with  there names on it has there Chores in it and every day at the end of the day they pull there chores out...

 

then they write it on there own small white boards this way they have a list and they can mark it off themselves

 

Then for everything on there school list or there chores they get a marble in there pail.  they can use  there marbles to play on the wii, on the laptop, watch a movie  or play outside. 

we started this on Monday and it went well, and today went well also, Tyna and Katie have learned to Trade chores so that  they don't get the same ones every day since they drew the same ones 2 days in a row.  I know it is a new thing and so it may not last but if it helps me right now get this stuff done I am all for it.

 The fighting has gone down the past few days and they even made me dinner tonight!!!!

In other news......

Joe has Passed all his tests for Mohave county sheriff department we now have to wait for a phone call to tell us when he can start the training,  The training is 18 weeks and it is in Havasu so no husband for those weeks just the weekends.  this will most likely mean a move as early as this upcoming summer for us.  Not looking forward to that!!!

I am so proud of him. he worked so hard for this and God has just blessed us with this opportunity. And even if it is a hardship for awhile I know that the Father is looking out for us and will keep us safe.

 

Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays it so rich with traditions, family and food!!! What is not to love?! this year my parents were wonderful enough to come up for thanksgiving, with a few surprises!!!!  I had told my mom and dad that My PC wasn't working properly and while they were here I would have my dad look at it see if he could do something  ( dad is a programmer) none of the games we had on the pc would work OY !! and instead they brought me there old PC complete with games for the kids and some for me too (wink, Wink!!)

 

I know that this will not become a habit when my pc is not working but Very cool!!!! The pc is newer, the speakers are JUST COOL and CLEAR!!!  and it is just so fast compared to the last pc. I didn't know what I was missing!!!!  thank you daddy!!!

Then as an added bonus  Mom got a new Kindle with her amazon credits which means that ..... ( you guessed it) I got her old kindle!!! this was not a surprise we had been talking about it earlier since she had to have her old kindle replaced  just as she was looking for a new kindle  ( keyboard letters were wearing out) they sent her a new one and she had called me asking what skin I wanted for it.  so for a month while she decided what new kindle she wanted she used .... ( MINE). she also made me a sleeve for the Kindle SO COOL!! I am so spoiled I know!!!!

 The girls were excited too!!! cause Mom fixed the labtop so that we can play the games on the Laptop also so they don't have to wait for mom and dad to get off the big pc. they can play there games on there  well all but one but soon we will get that game put on there. 

 

back to thanksgiving.......

we had a wonderful visit with my parents unfortunately me and the girls were still getting over being sick so that was a bit hard on all of us, we were overly tired.  but all and all, great time, can't wait til there next visit in January or ours ( if we can swing it in december). 

Dinner: we had so many wonderful dishes for thanksgiving  here is our menu with links to the recipes cause they were just too good not to share.

Turkey 

Make ahead potatoes : Make ahead potatoes is commonly known in our house as MOMMY's famous mashed potatoes, I have been making these potatoes for awhile, you add cream cheese, sour cream, butter, salt and pepper to the potatoes and if no gravy we add ranch dip mix and chives. message me for full recipe

Sweet Potato : add butter, cornstarch, brown sugar, cinnamon  message me for full recipe

Green bean casserole

Broccoli salad ( My kids favorite) I don't like raw onions so I use dried and I add shredded carrots. 

Turkey Gravy from scratch: easy to make 

Stuffing from box  - no need to do it from scratch this year

For desert:

pumpkin pie  thank you coco's, last year I made it from scratch didn't feel up to it this year

 

Coconut cream pie

no bake cookies 

So much GOODNESS!!!!

G-d Has blessed us with so many things to be thankful for, a wonderful family and friends. a wonderful home and food on my thanksgiving table.  Praise be to YHVH my Elohim who has blessed me with a wonderful thanksgiving 

Shalom 

last day before Thanksgiving with my PARENTS

SO EXCITED!!!! My DAD, mom and ROSIE will be here tomorrow!!!! in my previous post I didn't menton my DAD or Rosie, which I am sorry. Cause my Dad even though a bit strange at times is wonderful and Rosie is just such a princess.  I am so happy that they will be here and that we will be able to spend Yet another thanksgiving together.

so are we ready for the vist?

just about!!! our list is just about done leaving only a few things tonight and tomorrow.

ok Abby and Jackie have alot to do!!!!!

Tyna and Kat have been a big help the past few weeks and I am so thankful to have older girls in weeks like this especially with everyone been sick last week.  they have been cooking, cleaning and helping with the laundry.

 as for the last of the to do list it goes like this

• dinning room
• living room
• kitchen 
• hall
• laundry 
• pick up outside

Cooking:

• zucchinni bread
• pumpkin bread
• pumpkin cheese cake
• augratin potato casserole
• mashed potatoes 

not bad huh? we got alot done last week to make tomorrow that easy!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving prep this week....

MY MOM is coming for thanksgiving!!! YAY!!!! with mom coming for thanksgiving means some prep work!!!  Mom has some major allergie issues so it is good to make sure I cut down on that before she comes, some stuff can't be done before next week but anything I can get done early needs to be.....

Today's list is:

• zucchini bread
• pumpkin bread 
• fridge ( not because of mom just because of all the food that we will need to put in there)
• thanksgiving serving dishes
• pantry checklist ( make sure we have everything cause I am only going to the store 1 time before they come or at least that is the plan)
• ALL BED ROOMS ( again not for mom on that one Jackie and are getting over something and Joe is not feeling good today so It is good to Deep Clean the bedrooms, wash door handles and scrub the floors with amona) 
• Dinner tonight is leftovers and for Jackie chickensoup
• if time I want to get the cookies done that we were suppossed to have done last week.  

not to bad of a list for Monday  also as much laundry as I can get done.  

should be a fun day but worth it in the long run!!!

Tyna's birthday and what happened this weekend

So many blessings on Tyna's birthday!!!! First off how cool is it that our sweet girl is now ELEVEN and on the day she turned 11  it was on 11-11-11!!! she had a wonderful weekend she got some amazing presents THANK YOU everyone who sent cards, facebooked messages and gave her presents it was so appreciated and she loved them all.  

here are some of the pics of her opening her presents....

From Nana and papa she got ......

she got these dresses and skirt ( the pink one with the Jacket Nana Made)

She also had a complete stranger giver her a set of Nancy Drew: Girl detective books!!! wow just so cool for her!!! she felt very loved

also for her birthday she got these from Joe's parents a few days early...

we did a photo shoot with her new outfits here are my favorites

also what made Tyna's birthday such an answer to prayer is Joe got his ELK!!!! He Shot her on Friday Gutted, bled her out all before sundown on Friday and we processed her Late saturday. we were so blessed to get it all done in 4 hours. GREAT timing.  all the meat is now in my freezer waiting to be ate!!!!!  we ended up with 92 packages of meat  which is over 100 lbs of meat!! this will be a great thing for our family for the year!!! PRAISE YAH FOR HIS BLESSINGS!!!

In other news:

On friday night Jackie came down with this CRUD that has been going around starts with a sore throat and for Jackie also comes with a cough.  So we get to take Dinatab, Robatussin and Vicks vapor rub, along with drinking Vitamin C  ( 2times a day) she is not liking that but she is a good sick girl she takes it with out complaint cause the meds are making her feel better. we will see how good she is when she is better. Since Friday she is about the same, POOR BABY it is just so sad to watch her. She wanted to help with the Elk but we said "NO" she wanted to eat what we were eating for dinner but I was afraid with the drainage that she couldn't handle that so she has had chicken soup and raman noodles all weekend. 

 

Garage sale FIND!!

YAY for Garage sale I normally do not find much at garage sales nor do I go to that many but we drove by this one on the way to Joe's parents house and we found these...... YAY!!!! I have been looking to get clue for awhile but it seems to be the game that always wants to be 20 dollars or more. I wasn't sure how much the kids would like it so I didn't want to pay that much but we paid $2.00 each for these games of clue!! Why did I buy 2? cause I wasn't sure if they were missing pieces and I figured between the 2 it should be  a complete set. but to my surprise both were perfect shape with all the pieces and instructions so I will be putting  one up for when my girls loose the pieces ;)

SHABBAT:

we had a blessed shabbat,  the Torah portion this shabbat was Vayera which means 

וירא | “He appeared”

it is for those of you who don't know the story of Abraham and Sarah and the three guests, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and the birth and Almost sacrifice of Issac.  we read the torah portion and we midrashed ( talked and studied) the portion then we had lunch  which this week went right along with the Torah portion 

Unleaven bread ( barley cause the girls love Barley Matzah) Meat ( Elk  stew meat cooked in the slow cooker overnight) and Curds ( or cottage cheese). The girls thought it was fun to have what was served to the guests and it made the story come more alive to them.    

Thankful Days: 8-13

day of being thankful day 8 and 9: Yesterday the girls said that they were thankful for me and I wasn't allowed to argue with them.

Day 9: I am grateful for my friend Rae who will call me up on grocery shopping day and ask if I want to go with her so I can save money on gas and then takes us out for Lunch

Day 10 of being thankful: I am so blessed with this family, I am so thankful for a wonderful evening with my girls and husband with Dinner, Hockey and hot coco!!!!

Thankful day 11: So thankful for an 11 year old who has blessed my life in so many ways I can't even count them all....... Today on her 11th birthday I praise YHVH for all the blessing he has bestowed on me as a mother and PRAY that HE always blesses My Christyna Mae 11-11-11 ( how cool is that?)

 

Day 12 of being thankful: I am so thankful to be a member of the Robert's family. It is such a wonderful feeling to know that even though you are not blood you are loved and accepted. and today of all days this family remembers the wonderful woman who would have been 101 today, I remember bringing a small and special gift to her on her 90th birthday ......

Day 13 of being thankful: I am thankful for Schnoebelen and the Boyd family. they are my rock and I love them all so dearly. I am so blessed to have such an amazing family. Each of them so wonderfully talented, wonderful parents, and great people. I am so blessed to have been born into such a family!!!! I love you all thanks for always being there!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

the perfect recipe for a monday

Good Music this is Joe's uncle pat's new record really good we all loved it!!!! check out his Facebook page to hear his music !!!!

good food.....

Lavish bread pizzas ( one of our family's favorite) Thank you Bud and Rae for surprising us with Lavish bread  on monday morning!!!

and a wonderful family working together to make dinner lots of fun!!!!! 

even the pets got in on the fun.... or wait I think it was the food!!!

While Joe is out hunting weekend 1

 Joe will be spending ANY free time away hunting for elk this month I am praying that he get his elk this comming friday MORNING!!!!! PLEASE be praying with me!!!!

while Joe is gone it makes it hard on all of us girls here left at home so we have been coming up with some very interesting ways of passing the time.

 we also did a photo shoot ........

Day 4 - Day 7 of thankful

Day 4 of being thankful: I am thankful that I have been blessed with wonderful parents who have loved me and supported me, always making me aware of the importance of a relationship with GOD. I would not be where I am today with out them.

Day 5 of being thankful: So thankful for Friday night sundowns........ It is so nice to know that I don't have to work today and I get to spend time with my girls in the word!!!

Day 6: I am thankful for a wonderful place to live, my house is so cozy and I thank God for blessing us with this house!!! 

Thankful day 7: I am so thankful for new life that GOD has blessed us with..... Congratulations Rachel, Drew and big sister Roslyn on the new addition to your family Vivienne  Claire. truly a blessing for GOD!!!!!

 

 

Day 3 and the flip

Day 3 : I praise you YHVH my Elohim for the blessing of giving me each of my children, each of them special adding so much love and joy to my life and my house!!!! YOU are awesome in your plan for my life, you have blessed me with a purpose and you have trusted me with these lives. Thank you for each of the girls, who are so precious to me!!!

 

today we have flipped flopped things, out of necessity, Joe is leaving tonight for hunting ( PLEASE FATHER HELP HIM GET THE ELK THIS WEEKEND TOMORROW WOULD BE BEST)  I have to get him packed up and ready to go and  get the house clean so we will not be doing school today so that we can get everything else done. and we will be doing school tomorrow.  as most of you know we take Friday to clean and get all our school work done Monday - thursday but we need to get Joe out the door so I think it is pointless to try to get school done and get him out so we will just get His stuff done then get our stuff done. all of that to say that I am not happy about not doing school but I am trying to keep myself accountable for doing it tomorrow.

 

Also in other news, some change has come across my household that I must say is hard but I see where it is right for our family. Ministry is something that YHVH has called us to many years ago but in everything there is a season....... we will be taking a break from all ministry for a time focusing on OUR family and it's relationship with the Father.  Since Sukkot and our failer we have come to realize that we have taken too much  focus on others and not enough focus on our household.  Our focus should always be to the father first coming from our family then leading others. I personally feel that we have not done enough for our family's walk and YHVH is using situations to bring our focus back to where it needs to be, so at least for the MONTH of november we will be staying home working with the girls and focusing on more time in Family study and prayer.  I will let you all know how it is going.

 

thankful day 1 & 2 and how did Turkey Tuesday go.....

Thankful day 1: YHVH my Elohim!!!! who loved me so much that He sent his only son to die for my sins, HE chose me for this path, bringing me along and teaching me HIS instruction for my life. I praise YHVH for HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE and HIS SHALOM!!!

 

Day 2 of being thankful: I am thankful for a wonderful Husband and father, a man who loves and serves GOD with all His heart. who Loves me and is an amazing wonderful father to our children. I am so proud of being his wife for the past 13 years and look forward to 95+ more

 

SO how did yesterday go? well we didn't get everything done but we got most of it done. Including our TURKEY

the girls colored this together choosing the colors cutting it out and taping it!!! perfect craft to start NOV.

today we are taking it easy since I was up all last night with allergie problems thanks to the 90 mile wind. we will be doing math, reading and bible, History today though was from the story of the Mayflower by Charles Shultz. Yep that is right SNOOPY!!!

also I have to share this cause they are SO CUTE, Kat got done with her reading early so she helped abby with hers. 

I love it when they help each other!!!

SHALOM!!!