Elizabeth @housefull ?

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Field trip Friday was fantastic! We went to a place we’d never been before. I volunteered our family to help out with the annual “Special Games”, and though they didn’t end up needing our help on that day, we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly watching the goings on. The Special Games are put on by the local Kiwanis group, and the games are […] View
  • Last night we walked the Red Carpet.  It was a wonderful evening full of stars, awards, and fun.  This past year we participated in the theatre production “Alice in Wonderland”.  The actors and actresses were all […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, , on the site House Full of Joy 3 days, 21 hours ago

    Today was a full day for us.  We went to Neko’s school and enjoyed the year-end carnival put on by the staff.  There were pony rides, art projects, bounce houses, games, a playground, and raffle prizes.  We didn’t […]

  • Our homeschool group has a park day on Wednesdays.  We rarely get to go for one reason or another, but have gone twice in the past few weeks.   Today the weather was warm and there were lots of friends who joined […]

  • We have a friend who is leaving tomorrow morning for a tour of duty in Iraq.  This is his 7th or 8th.  I can’t remember because he has had so many.  You can say whatever you like about our country’s war on Iraq […]

  • My family surprised me with a yummy breakfast this morning.  They sliced strawberries, and cooked eggs and sausage.  Will brought me a big bouquet of tulips and the kids had each made me a cute little card with […]

  • Busy day…the big excitement for the day was turning in the paperwork and registering for “Aladdin” tryouts.  Turns out, my children love performing.  For anyone who knows me, this may come as a total shock…OK, […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, motor room, on the site House Full of Joy 1 week, 5 days ago

    Neko is part of an early start program.  Charity was also part of this program until age three.  Neko will be three in October, but until then we have physical, speech and occupational therapists.  We also get to […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, , on the site House Full of Joy 1 week, 6 days ago

    We were thrilled to find out that Harrison’s kidney function is improving with each year of his life.  Each time he has an ultrasound, we find that his one and only kidney is growing as it should be, […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, reading, on the site House Full of Joy 2 weeks ago

    My children love books.  Even the not-yet-readers…We like to get to the library as often as we can and we usually come home with far too many books for one house.  We needed to use our laundry basket to keep […]

  • Our church has changed things up a bit.  We were formerly meeting in the mornings – on Sunday, but as of about two months ago, we are meeting in the evenings.  We are also meeting in a home now, instead of in the […]

  • Today was a particularly full day for our family, but it ended with a little vacation for me.  A good friend called earlier in the day and wondered if I was free in the evening.  It turned out that I was.  After […]

  • Ever since I was pregnant with my oldest child – who will be 15 very soon, I have been a big fan of strawberries.  I think it began right around his due date.  He ended up coming up about two weeks late, and in […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, , on the site House Full of Joy 2 weeks, 4 days ago

    This evening, Chloe and I went to a special needs community mixer – having never been to a mixer before, I had no idea what to expect.  We had a great time drinking our water and tasting the yummy foods.  The […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, May Day, on the site House Full of Joy 2 weeks, 5 days ago

    Yesterday was May Day.  Did you put together little flower bouquets, drop them on your neighbor’s porch, ring the bell and then run like crazy….just for fun?  We did :)

  • For some reason, this year has been the year of the non-existent schedule.  Sure, it may not seem like any big deal, but when there are six children, meals to be made, laundry to be washed, school to be […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, Walk for Life, on the site House Full of Joy 3 weeks ago

    Saturday morning was our walk for life and it was a wonderful morning.  We arrived about 9am and began hearing music as we came closer.  A group of about 6 gospel singers were belting out praise and worship music […]

  • We have just had such an indescribable time this weekend that I am afraid that it would be impossible to tell.

    Friday afternoon, Neko’s birth mother (we call her M&M) flew into San Jose to join us for a weekend […]

  • We got to enjoy the afternoon at the park.  My children did a fabulous job giving their presentations.  I think they all might have a future in acting.  Neko and Charity loved playing on the toys and following […]

  • Tomorrow we get to do a mock co-op for our homeschool group.  A couple years ago we were part of a group that was studying the 50 states.  It was an interesting and very educational experience.  In order to help […]

  • Elizabeth wrote a new post, yummy salad, on the site House Full of Joy 4 weeks ago

    So the downside (or perhaps it’s the upside – depends on who you’re asking) to eating salad that is straight from the garden is that sometimes you have extra little friends present.

    My boys went and picked […]

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