How can fathers involve their daughters more in their work and vision?

This is a short story from the book So Much More.

You ( Anna Sofia ) were about five or six. I ( dad ) never told you the ending of this story. One night we were entertaining a very important travel-weary political leader. He would be staying overnight, so he and I were in the living room, talking on and on. You came over, untied my shoes and slipped them off, as you often have. You then went over to our guest and said, "Mr._____,
would you like for me to untie your shoes?"

Several years later he said to me, "You know when I decided we should have more children?
It was that night your sweet little daughter helped me with my shoes!"

One simple act of hospitality had eternal consequences. How many hundreds of thousands of souls were affected by that one evening?

The point of these stories is that you understood one of the simpler parts of your father's vision: love people, be kind to them, and take care of them according to our family's traditions of bringing them into our home, and learning from how your parents disciple them. Simply helping enthusiastically is a very powerful testimony. It is a reflection of God's order.
~Scarlett~

The Burntley Sisters Video

I made this video of my bff's-sisters :) Here is the link to our blog www.lotsoflovesisters.blogspot.com

Trip to SD

Here is some pictures from our trip to South Dakota. Our friends hosted a 2 day WW2 reanactment. (http://www.livinghistoryadventures.org/) On the way back home we stopped at Laura Ingalls Wilders house in Mansfield, MO. I had a wonderful time on our trip!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035170&id=1372045013&l=6d0091979d

Bible reference of the Day

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those justified, he also glorified.

Romans 8:28-30 NIV

Quote of the Day

The most important part of our task will be to tell everyone who will listen that Jesus is the only answer to the problems that are disturbing the hearts of men and nations.
We shall have the right to speak because we can tell from our experience that his light is more powerful than the deepest darkness...
How wonderful that the reality of his presence is greater than the reality of the hell about us.

Bestie ten Boom

Monday ( Sept. 21, 2009 )

For Today

Outide my window... cloudy and windy

I am thankful for... getting to be home and being a keeper at home

I am wearing... black knee shorts and a pink and green shirt

I am hearing... Canon in D ( on my blog )

One of my favorite things... watching movies with my mom ( like Pride and Prejudice ) :D

A picture thought... My dad and I at Laura Ingalls Wilder house in Mansfield, MO.

Bible reference for the day

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

My Birthday!!

~ I'm 16 years old!!!~
Last Thursday ( Sept 10) I turned 16!!! We were in South Dakota whenever I had a wonderful birthday!! Have a great September!!

Pig in a Cornfield

Pig in a Cornfield

1/2 pound sausage
1/2 pound ground beef

2 medium onions, thinly sliced
4 medium potatoes, thinly sliced

1 can cream-style corn
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
1 can tomatoe soup, diluted with 1/2 can water


Combine meats, alternate layers of onions, potatoes, corn, meats, seasoning and soup in greased casserole. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 mins. Remove cover and continue to cook until potatoes are tender and top is browned.

Tips- I liked putting in more corn and meat.

Wednesday ( August 12,2009 )

For Today ( August 12, 2009 )


Outside my window...
It is raining very hard.





I am thankful for...
My mom. She is the most wonderful lady. My favorite time with my mom is when we read together and go shopping at thrift stores.





From the kitchen...
My mom is fixing steak and onion roasted potatoes for supper tonight.





I am wearing...
A sky blue skirt .





I am creating...
A notebook for a friend.



I am reading...
I've just started reading ZVI. Its about a miraculous story of triumph over the Holocaust.




I am hoping...
That it won't rain this weekend.






I am hearing...
The rain on the metal roof and listening to Adventures in Odyssey






One of my favorite things...
Chocolate ( at this moment )






A few plans for the rest of the week...
I start back to piano, violin, and a homeschool chorus group this Friday.






Here is a picture thought I am sharing...
My little dog Roy

Civil War and WW2 books

My mom bought me all of these books at the thrift store. They are all brand new books!! I love studying war history. Especially the Civil War ( or The War Between the States) and WW2.

Dresses I bought at a thrift store!

I bought these dresses at a thrift store for a $1 each!! My mom and I love going thrift shopping!! My mom has taught me how to shop at thrift stores. You never know what you will find at a thrift store. She calls it a treasure hunt :) I have a little white shrug that I wear with this dress.

I have a white wrap that I like wearing with this dress.