Scripture

Psalm 73:25 and 26 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

I am reading In Awe of Thy Word by G. A. Riplinger It is excellent.  She does a very good job of explaining WHY the King James Bible is superior to all other bibles and how it is the perfect Word of God for English speaking people.

Talk Like a Pirate Sale

school days

School is work and fun together. We have enjoyed the first few weeks. We are working thru book 1 of Mystery of History, we are around 435 bc at this time. Learning about Athens, Pericles, and the Pelopoponesian War. We have gone roller skating and had 2 yard sales. Caleb is starting Algebra 1/2 wow.....Andrew is starting Math 76 and Abeka History of the World. We are studying Spanish as a family and some of us are doing piano and guitar.

Currclick is having a special for Talk like a Pirate day, so take a look at their site.

Emily and Jonathan are having fun with Science, learnig about rocks and shells and using a microscope.

Hiking at Tubbs Hill Cda Idaho

Heron Mt in May 2010

Emily

Caleb, Andy, Jon

Ady

Caleb and Mo

Emily and new baby Ivy

Andy

Mo in disguise (alias Wishbone , alias Davy Crockett)

Emily and Jon doing school work

Banana bread we made today. yumm

Summer

very busy. that is what this summer was. I say was because after the Fair, it is over. Back to school, back to cold weather...
I will post some of our Summer pictures...
I am getting started reading anew book, by G.A. Riplinger, In Awe of Thy Word.

Jon caught his first Rainbow trout

Emily and Lucy wearing their fancy nails.....

Caleb and his friend Jared. Both were called to Preach at Summer camp 2010

Tina and I at camp.

Emily with long hair

Emily with short hair, donating 12 inches to Locks of Love to make wigs for children

Emily in her Colonial dress

Yes, I made this dress for her. With a lot of prayer and help from the Lord Jesus Christ it turned out pretty nice...

Andy at a farm

Emily riding a pony

Jon riding a pony

Jon and Molly- he just LOVES Molly..so sweet!

Emily and Jon in Josh and Lacey's wedding
June 19, 2010

The Stedman men

Rachel 3 x a gift table girl, but not yet a Bride LOL

4th of July- when you want to go fishing, you gotta go where the fish are

Our church went out to the streets of Coeur d'alene Idaho on Sunday July 4.

Getting the Gospel out to the people of Coeur d'alene Idaho. The Parade was at 11am on a Sunday morning. We met at the church and prayed before we went out. It was a great day for the Lord. The float represented that we are thankful for the USA, the soldiers who died to keep us free, and for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who died for our sins.

We gave out gospel tracts to the people and then had a picnic at the Havemans afterward.

What a blessing!

Summer Reading ...and God speaking

My Summer Reading program

What I have been reading the last few weeks:

1. Curriculum catalogs
2. Learning All The Time by John Holt
3. As For God His Way is Perfect by Joshua Thompson
4.The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by the Moore's
5. Versus.com daily tracking the Tour de France- Go Lance!!!!!!!!!
6. my Bible

I prayed for God to speak to me in a special way and He did.
Today I was reading Psalm 108:1 O God , my heart is fixed.
As I read this I was thinking about a man in our church named Matt who needs a heart transplant, that someday his heart would be fixed.....I began praying for his heart to be fixed, and believing that God would answer my prayer, that God would either fix his heart here on earth or take him to heaven and give him a new heart and body ..........My phone rang. It was my husband calling to tell me that Matt had passed away last night in his home. His heart is fixed now. He is with Jesus. When I told the children, we all cried, but we know that Matt is not having any more heart trouble. I reminded them what Matt did while he was here, he read the Bible and followed what God wanted him to do. He was a good example. This is a good thing for us all to remember and do. We will see you again someday Matt!!!

why am i here

Psalms 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God, he is  the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
vs 12....He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world  by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Thank you Lord.

Spring in North Idaho

These flowers remind us of Grandpa Preston Stedman. He never lived here in Idaho. After he died, we received some mail with his name on it. One of the envelopes said FREE $25 in flower bulbs. So I opened it and sent in the coupon and received all these lovely bulbs in Grandpas name. So every Spring when we see the flowers, we think of Grandpa Preston in heaven.

The garden spot on the side of the house.

We are extending the garden to add a spot for strawberries. Gotta go get some soil for it.....