tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71563871546851544782024-03-13T23:53:13.286-07:00Whatsoever Things Are LovelyPhilippians 4:8RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-8461079378438031602017-11-27T11:54:00.000-08:002017-11-27T11:54:00.145-08:00Christmas Crafts: DIY Decor: Nut Ball for Mantle (and Potpourri Balls)
The Christmas Nut Ball{Hazelnuts or Walnuts}
By Renee Neace
For rustic, Christmas charm, try making some Christmas Nut Balls. These are perfect projects for the crafts-disabled person. No artistic talent is needed, just time and patience. I have fond memories of staying up late one night during Christmastime, gluing walnuts to a foam ball. ;)
My husband fondly remembers me emerging from theRCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-59112554231217255622017-06-24T11:02:00.000-07:002017-06-24T11:34:39.912-07:00Down Syndrome Kids: Times Tales - Times Tables Made Easy!
Click Here for Times Tales
"Joshua, my Special Needs learner and 8-year-old middle boy, is thoroughly enjoying it."
Times Tales is a program that teaches the upper times facts through mnemonic stories. It is the brainchild of Jennie Von Eggers, a homeschooling mom teaching the multiplication facts to her boys. They had trouble remembering their facts from day to day. RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-30181274896873101442016-11-12T11:16:00.000-08:002016-11-12T11:16:47.576-08:0030 Days of Gratitude
4 Things I'm Thankful For:
1. Videos of my sweet Ella
2. Sons that hug and love on me everyday
3. Warm, fuzzy blankets and pillows
4. Cold, cloudy days (there haven't been any lately)
3 Ways I Can Express Gratitude
1. Smiling more
2. Showing my happy face
3. Saying "thank you" often and with enthusiasm
RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-85321334791341934122016-11-12T10:53:00.001-08:002016-11-12T10:53:25.393-08:00
30 Days of Gratitude: Journey Through Exodus
Week 2: Exodus 5-8
MONDAY: 4 Things I'm Thankful For
Ella, Beautiful Ella!
April the good mama
Brendan the funny da-da
Rain Storms, Booming Thunder, Crackle of Lightning
TUESDAY: 3 Ways I Can Express Gratitude
1. Love Notes
2. Thank you cards
3. Hand-written, encouraging letters
RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-90894455502069303422016-10-24T15:29:00.001-07:002016-10-25T10:14:35.325-07:00
30 Days of Gratitude: Journey Through Exodus
Week 1: Exodus 1-4
MONDAY: 4 Things I'm Thankful for
1. My hardworking, trustworthy husband
2. Rain Storms--beautiful, wet, loud thunder and flashing lightning
3. My Boys! Jonathan, Joshua, Josiah!!
4. My House--safe, warm, filled with love.
TUESDAY: 3 Ways I Can Express Gratitude
1. Back rubs, feet rubs, neck rubs... :)
2. Tell RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-44169866505200918992014-06-16T12:50:00.000-07:002015-06-11T14:07:01.872-07:00Capturing the Wedding Dress in PhotosThe other day I felt inspired to capture the grace, simplicity, and innocence of April's wedding dress. It's been hanging in my room for so long now (it only left for a few days during the wedding) that it seemed the right place to photograph it. After cleaning all the clutter that was next to my bed, (a pile of unfolded, clean clothes) I propped a mirror against my nightstand, moved my lamp RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-59699396938003387532014-06-04T20:00:00.000-07:002015-06-11T14:21:45.285-07:00April's Bridal Shower {Coral, Navy Blue & Coca-Cola Themed}
On a breezy Saturday afternoon in late January, one week before her wedding day, we had a small, family bridal shower for April. We sat outside in the warm, southern California sunshine at BJ's
Pizzeria and enjoyed good food, yummy cupcakes, and family time.
Aunt Debbie made these gorgeous chocolate cupcakes with coral-colored frosting and delicate white pearl candies RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-43490956765959618932014-05-13T12:50:00.002-07:002017-06-24T10:27:37.217-07:00Time4Learning - Down Syndrome Kids: Homeschool, Afterschool, and Summer School
Joshua loves his "school time!" (Review was written a few years back, my kids have grown up!)
Joshua loves his “school time.”
My Joshua is a special child. God has gifted him with an extra chromosome (Trisomy 21, aka Down syndrome.) It takes him longer to learn some things. He’s a very visual learner and makes connections when he can see it, feel it, hear it, touch it. His learning RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-52668728762733597172014-05-08T22:22:00.000-07:002014-05-08T22:23:33.872-07:00Throwback Thursday ... When was this taken?RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-3264138431203938872014-05-08T14:25:00.000-07:002014-05-13T13:31:05.377-07:00Seasons in the AV -- Winter and Springtime
I took this picture in my backyard just a day or two after the Butterfly
Bush blossomed.
I loved the purple against the blue sky.
This shot was taken from my backyard, also, but during the dead of
winter in the high desert.
This is all we get for our winter
weather--beautiful, dark, cloudy skies and whipping wind.
RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-34557068171453103542013-01-25T19:46:00.000-08:002017-06-23T10:21:35.751-07:00The 20-Year Love StoryNovember 18, 2009
I dreamed a strange dream
last night.
I am lost and trying to
find my way back home, back to my husband. Traveling on foot, I walk
through familiar neighborhoods somewhere along the coast, where we
used to live. It is nighttime. Gradually the streets
became unfamiliar, and I try reading the street signs on the corners, hoping to recognize them and find my way back RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-7163670981657820182011-11-15T00:48:00.000-08:002014-05-28T22:08:24.213-07:00Unexpected
We cuddle up on the couch, watch a little tv, enjoy the summer evening, and reminisce on the events of a long day spent ministering God’s love to the campers. When out he pops, skitters, no–skips, no–it is more like he marches down the hallway, the king of his domain. He stops and looks at us, surprised that someone else would be here, in his kingdom. He stares for what seems like an awfullyRCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-90889976597103678362011-06-03T12:16:00.001-07:002011-06-05T12:01:25.156-07:00Five Minute Fridays - EVERY DAY
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Every day there are dishes in the sink, dirty clothes overflowing from the hamper, clean clothes piled high on my bedroom floor, Legos strewn on the carpet, dust and lint puffs floating around in my laundry room, candy wrappers and pieces of RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-15925137303639968262011-01-29T10:32:00.000-08:002014-05-08T16:26:17.204-07:00Venturing Into Unknown Territory
My 2010 Goals {Revisited}
The year (2010) began as all the others, but ended quite differently. "Pulling up our stakes" as they call it, (howbeit they were not so firmly entrenched in the OC anymore), traversing the "Verdugo Trail," through perilous mountain peaks and across cattail strewn lakes, and venturing into this unknown territory known as Christian Camp Ministries, my family RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-43570655784984333232010-04-07T01:46:00.000-07:002014-05-08T16:28:37.244-07:00Bringing Up April
Raising a Daughter in the World, but Not of the World
Yesterday, she made me cry. My baby girl, the lovely girl who wants to follow God's leading... she made me cry. I didn't know these emotions were in me, but they came out - helplessness, followed by exasperation, and ending with crossness. What cruel joke did she play on my poor mother's heart? This heart that's been dreading the loss of RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-64157636790698397902010-01-09T12:45:00.000-08:002014-05-08T22:44:11.033-07:00The Mom I Grew Up With
My Mom died. It's been five years now. She lived 81 years, and her last 4 were spent mostly as a shut in. I still want her back, but...
I miss the Mom I grew up with, the Mom who was always there for me when I came home from school, or back from a date, or home from church. She prayed for me daily, preached God's love and Jesus' forgiveness, sang Amazing Grace through the house, and read RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156387154685154478.post-41743352600377325332010-01-06T11:47:00.000-08:002014-05-08T16:27:03.578-07:00Flattery With Her Eyelids
Reading Proverbs six today, I am struck with the importance of keeping my son pure and safe from the lusts of this world.
Beware the flattery of the tongue from a strange woman. She hunts for the precious life, your precious young life. She allures with her beauty and her eyes.
My son, I know you see her everyday... on the streets, on the side of buses, on the billboards, at the mall, in RCNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423112990189783902noreply@blogger.com0