Rinn Reflections

Pictures from March 2017

Isaac added up all his coins and dollar bills as part of his math lesson one day!

Dave started teaching Josiah how to run the "digger" in the rock box.  As I type this, Josiah is going on one hour of playing in the rock box.  He absolutely loves it.  :) 

Emma and Amanda watched Isaac in "Kid Celebrate" at Keystone Church.  Isaac was on the "Orange Crusher" team and his all-orange outfit is still his favorite.  I was a little behind getting his outfit, so we quickly ran into War-Mart one day with a few minutes to spare.  We grabbed everything athletic orange in his size that we could find, ran into the dressing room, and found a top and shorts that worked.  Isaac wanted to wear his new shirt & shorts for the rest of the day, so we had to be escorted to the checkout.  It's still his favorite outfit, and he often comes to the laundry room to see if it's clean yet. :)

"anything I face, He will be my strength"

My sweethearts!  I always say that matching outfits are one of my love languages!  

Emma had her PreK open house and was so proud to show me all of her artwork and projects.  She is very excited to homeschool next year and have me as her teacher, but we will miss PreK for sure.  Her teachers are absolutely fantastic.

Grocery shopping squad!  And I didn't notice until later that Isaac is busy checking out the candy. :)

My dear friend Tiffany couldn't believe I had never been to Buckees, so she took me on a grand tour of the new one on 35--I even ate "beaver nuggets."  :)  The funniest part was when the Buckee mascot walked into the store!  We were both laughing so hard, and we still laugh every time we think of it.  :)

It was a bit chilly, but both Isaac and Emma jumped into the pool for the first swim of the year on March 19th!  

These silly girls were "doing hair" in their class at church.

I took my boys and Isaac's buddy from CC on a field trip to the zoo.  Isaac wanted us all to wear orange to match his favorite orange outfit.  My phone died (of course, ha) within the first few minutes of arriving, but I did take these adorable pics of Isaac telling Josiah all about the gorilla.  Isaac is so patient with Josiah--it melts my heart. 

Josiah loves helping anywhere and everywhere--laundry and dishes!

We bought new bunk beds for the boys.  We went to pick them up at the store, and I ended up moving carseats to try and make space for the boxes.  Emma ended up with the jogger stroller on her lap, and Isaac had to sit like this!  A few miles into our drive home, we pulled over and reconfigured everything.  The boys were (and still are) so excited about their bunk beds. 

a smiling boy and his smiling plate of breakfast :)

This little mommy woke up early one morning and was busy feeding doggies and babies!  It made me smile how Emma filled the dog's bowl with cereal.  

One of my favorite parts of homeschooling is seeing Isaac make associations across different subjects.  We were working on math one day, and Isaac was entering 900 on his abacus.  The number 900 triggered his memory to one of our Classical Conversations history songs about Russian history from the fall, which includes the year 900.  

(Josiah on the left, Isaac on the right--both at 2 years old)

Dave and I have been working harder to have regular date nights.  We couldn't find a sitter one night, so we had an at-home date and had fun playing Rook (a throwback to our newlywed days).  :)

cuties loving their ice cream at Dickey's!

Isaac and Emma were so excited about Valentine's Day!  Isaac had a Valentine celebration during snack & presentation time at CC, and Emma had a Valentine party at PreK! 

Isaac has started making scrambled eggs completely on his own. He calls them "flash-fried eggs," just like his dad.  :)

This silly girl was happy to eat her meal in her doll's highchair!

There's nothing Josiah would rather do than read books.  If you come to our house, I can guarantee Josiah will bring you a book and won't give up asking until you sit and read with him.  It's so special to see Isaac read with him!

We had an incredibly mild winter and have enjoyed being outside so much!

There's a little stream near the bike path, and Isaac calls it "Isaac's Pond." He loves to look for rocks, bugs, snails, & frogs in it!

Isaac's big Christmas gift was tickets to see the Kratt Brothers Live in February!  My parents kept Josiah, and the rest of us left early on Saturday morning to drive to Muskogee, Oklahoma for their show.  (Who knows why the Kratt brothers went to Muskogee, but not the Metroplex, for their tour?!?  Ha!)

so excited and waiting for the show to start!

It was such a fun show and so worth the drive!  Chris and Martin were fantastic and Isaac loved every minute of it.  My favorite part was watching Isaac on the edge of his seat!  Isaac knows a lot about animals (a LOT!), so whenever Chris or Martin asked the audience a question, Isaac was always shouting the answers out (along with hundreds of other kids!).  It was a great day.

Isaac received an award at CC for having one of the best maps of the week.  In the picture on the right, he's giving a presentation about mallard ducks. Before we started CC, I really wasn't so sure about the weekly presentation portion of CC, but listening to Isaac give his presentation each week is now one of my favorite parts of community day.

"The builders of medieval cathedrals knew what it meant to work their entire lives to please God without ever expecting to see their work completed.  Many cathedrals would take more than a hundred years to build--more than the span of a man's lifetime.  I once heard a story of an artisan who worked tirelessly for many years to carve a beautiful bird into the wood of a portion of the cathedral that would be covered up.  When someone asked why he was working so hard on something that no one would see, he replied, 'Because God sees.'

God sees your little wooden bird too.  Just as the artisans and carpenters of old built beautiful cathedrals for the glory of God, so do you.  Yes, you--you who work tirelessly day after day over a geography lesson, a math test, a laundry pile, a kitchen sink.  Those are the moments wherein you build cathedrals for God." 

 Right now my life is full of math lessons, laundry piles, and many dishes, which are all signs of the Lord's goodness to me!  Three precious children, a godly husband, strength for each day, and joy in my heart.  So many answered prayers.

Praise the Lord!