Brothers!! -1st Peter 5:8-10

I'm sooo proud of my brothers!!

Isaiah, 10, Eli, 8, Joe, 6, and Sam, 3, all memorized 1 Peter 5:8-10!!!

^{1 Peter 5:8-10}

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

⁹Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

~Emi

Peace....

I'm not feeling too well today, so I'll just post a quick verse.

Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Perfect peace... from trusting in Him.

~Emi

Shield of Faith & a Refuge

Hello again! :D

Our group had another local Bible Bee meeting this morning. It went well I think. The kids got to finish their treasure boxes and decorate shields. A cross was a popular design. :)

The Shield of Faith was our focus point for today... Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. [romans 10:17]

We also talked about some different ways to memorize verses and used two of the methods to learn two verses in small groups.

One of the verses was Psalm 9:9,

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

I like that verse... the LORD, our God, truly is OUR refuge in times of trouble....

The LORD our God, maker of heaven and earth, bless and keep you all!

~Emi

Bible Bee - Rejoice

The Bible Bee materials were released today! www.biblebee.org

Verses: 800, (from all over the bible). Focus Book: 1st Peter

I'll be posting some of the verses and things that I learn throughout the summer.

Here's the first one....

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

That seems pretty clear... :)

REJOICE!!!!

1st 2011 Bible Bee meet

We just had our first Bible Bee local group meeting tonight.

I'm so tired now, but it was a lot of fun.

Info: Place - Our church. Time - 6-8:30pm. People - 70+ in all, about 50 or so kids.

Mom and Dad were talking to the parents - trying to prepare them for the summer ahead :) - while Lyss and I took all the kids in to one of the larger rooms to make a craft. We had purchased a bunch of little cardboard "treasure boxes" for the kids to decorate and then use as a storage place for their memory cards. It was a bit (okay, very) crazy at first, but they all settled down, at least mostly. :) I think they all enjoyed it, which is good. I just hope the rest of the meetings go at least that well.

We'll all be getting our study materials tomorrow, so we're all very excited about that. I can't wait to find out what book of the bible we'll be studying this summer.

Well, I'd write more, but I really need to get some sleep....

Good Night, and God Bless You....

~Emi

A Storm and more....

So tired, but very glad it wasn't as full a day as usual.

Early this morning Mom woke everyone up to come downstairs since we had a tornado watch with tons of lightning and bad thunderstorms. Thankfully there were no tornados in our area.

We've had rain off and on all day. Our yard has turned a thick lush green... from weeds. :/ lol

Voice lessons got moved to Friday to accommodate my teacher's schedule, so I didn't have that at least. And due to the major storms last night and this morning soccer practice also was cancelled. yeah! :) (I'm always tired by the time it gets to practice time)

I did have my piano lesson however, and it went very well I believe. I've almost memorized all of "Fur Elise" for a recital in May. Eli might also be playing "Minuet in G Major" as my student! :D

I recently took my 11 college level test. I am now into my sophomore year! I think it's funny that I'm a sophomore in both high school and college at the same time. :)

This test was "Intro to World Religions", and was my first dsst test (rather than clep). Though it may just be that it was a higher level test than I had taken before, I did find the questions phrased more confusingly and more difficult to answer. I'll be taking another dsst test in a couple weeks so I guess I'll be able to compare them then.

One of our dogs, Beauty, recently had a litter of five gorgeous red puppies. Two girls and three boys. Bianca, Bella, Brewster, Bryce, and Brady. There will be some pictures of them on www.sugarandspicecockapoos.com soon.

Hmm, well, I think that's about everything, and I need to go take care of my dogs and puppies. :)

Grace and Peace,

~Emi <3

One Full Saturday + A Long Thursday

Wow! I finally just got a chance to sit down and relax today.

This morning Mom and Liss and I tried to go out to some yard sales, but the weather got really bad before we got too far, so we came back home. We did get some nice dog toys and stuff, and Liss found some nail polish -which we're both now wearing :) - so it wasn't wasted time.

Then we all cleaned and got things together for meeting my grandparents at Costco. Our nearest Costco is about 1 1/2 hours away from us, and 45 minutes away from them, so we like to meet there a lot. Anyway, then we drove there, dropped Dad and the boys of at Costco with Papa, and went Kohls with Nana. :) Found some nice t-shirts and new swimsuits... Kohls is so expensive though! Well, that was most of my Saturday...

Soooo, Thursday... As usual, I had voice, piano, and soccer. Voice lessons went pretty well. I've been having trouble with getting some sounds just right. I always enjoy going though, since my teacher, Mrs B, has horses. :) I like to bring apples or carrots to give them before and after my lesson. It helps me relax. :D

Piano was awesome. I've been learning several new songs and having so much fun. :)

Soccer, we all had fun, but we only had two other kids on Sam's team show up. Although, having just three kids there made it easier to give one-on-one attention. Joe's team didn't have a practice, but he and Isaiah got to join in Eli's practice, so everyone played.

Ok, I think that was just about everything...

En Christo,

~Emi