Author Archives: Sonja

About Sonja

I am a wife, a mom, a homeschooler, a Christian, a scrapbooker, a cook, a baker, a reader, and a thinker. I am many other things, too, that are not so easily defined. Right now, God has been calling me to be faithful in what He has given me to do – to be the best wife, mom, homeschooler, friend, etc. that I can be. In essence, He has told me to “bloom where I’m planted”.

Our boys modeling their new clothes. We caught an awesome sale at the Disney Store. Notice that Jonathan is posing as Buzz Lightyear. 🙂 We got each of them a shirt ($3 each!!), Daniel a pair of shorts, and Nicholas … Continue reading

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Nicholas modeling his new Pluto shirt ($2 at the Disney Store!!) 

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the goofball brothers (now you know why we call them that!!) 

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Analemma explained

If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is … Continue reading

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~Analemma~

This very unusual photograph was recorded by Dennis di Cicco on a single piece of film that was exposed on 45 different dates throughout an entire year in a permanently mounted camera (44 images were of the sun, with an … Continue reading

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Praise the Lord (and continue to pray)!

Matthew’s test came back benign. 🙂 \o/ woo hoo! However, because it is on the same leg as the bacteria was, the dr. doesn’t think it is coincidental. So, they are waiting a month before they operate. Please continue to … Continue reading

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Please pray

Matthew, my nephew, is up in Seattle today. He has a tumor growing on his knee. They are finding out if it is cancerous (the dr. doesn’t think so). He will need to have surgery either way, and be in … Continue reading

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Pictures

Don’t forget to check out the pictures! They are after this really long Snopes article!!

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Reading Snopes.com is usually a good thing,

but sometimes it can make a person downright mad.Here’s an article Jef found on www.snopes.com. It is about New Orleans and the newly re-elected mayor Ray Nagin. Crushed Hopes Claim: The mayor of New Orleans turned down an offer for … Continue reading

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Say thank you

Heard about a new site – thought you all might like to visit it. It is called Let’s Say Thanks and it is a site that sends letters to our soldiers – both in Iraq, Afganistan and everywhere else (abroad) … Continue reading

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