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summer challenge + a few recent pictures

summer challenge + a few recent pictures

A friend of mine emailed me the other day asking if I would like to join her in reading through the Bible in 90 days.
It’ll be fast paced, but so good! Wanna do it too?

We are reading through the Bible chronologically (which I have never done) and prepared to see God unfold His Word before us in a fresh way. It should be magnificent.


Here’s the first part of the schedule that we’re using:
Day 1: Gen 1-11; Job 1-6
Day 2: Job 7-23
Day 3: Job 24-39
Day 4: Job 40-42; Gen 12-24
Day 5: Gen 25-35
Day 6: Gen 36-48
Day 7: Gen 49-50; Ex 1-12
Day 8: Ex 13-26
Day 9: Ex 27-37
Day 10: Ex 38-40; Lev 1-11
Day 11: Lev 12-23
Day 12: Lev 24-27; Num 1-6
Day 13: Num 7-15; Ps 90; Num 16-17
Day 14: Num 18-29
Day 15: Num 30-36; Deut 1-4
Day 16: Deut 5-18
Day 17: Deut 19-31
Day 18: Deut 32-34; Ps 91; Josh 1-9
Day 19: Josh 10-22
Day 20: Josh 23-24; Jud 1-9
Day 21: Jud 10-21
Day 22: Ruth; 1 Sam 1-11
Day 23: 1 Sam 12-20; Ps 11/59
Day 24: 1 Sam 21-24; Ps 7/27/31/34/52/56/120/140-142; 1 Sam 25-27; Ps 17/35
Day 25: Ps 54/63; 1 Sam 28-31; Ps 18/Ps 121/123-125/128-130; 2 Sam 1-4; Ps 6/8-9
Day 26: Ps 10/14/16/19/21; 1Chron 1-2; Ps 43-45/49/84-85/87; 1Chron 3-5; Ps 73/77-78
Day 27: 1 Chron 6; Ps 81/88/92-93; 1Chron 7-10; Ps 102-104; 2 Sam 5:1-10; 1Chron 11-12
Day 28: Ps 133; Ps 106-107; 2 Sam 5:11-6:23; 1Chron 13-16; Ps 1-2/15/22-24/47/68; Ps 89
Day 29: Ps 96/100-101/105/132; 2 Sam 7; 1Chron 17; Ps 25/29/33/36/39; 2 Sam 8-9; 1Chron 18; Ps 50/53/60/75; 2Sam10; 1Chron 19; Ps 20/65
Day 30: Ps 67/69-70; 2 Sam 11-12; 1Chron 20; Ps 32/51/86/122; 2 Sam 13-15; Ps 3-4/12-13/28/55
And now a few pictures of Emma, just because she is sooooo adorably cute and precious:

12 weeks old yesterday

12 weeks old yesterday

Emma and I walked about 1/2 a mile to the soccer complex down the street yesterday. The soccer fields have a small grove of shade trees off to one side, and, since it was over 80 for most of the afternoon, the shade felt wonderful.
Yesterday was the first time that Emma and I have gone to a park alone and we just laid on the ground, enjoying the outdoors. Even though the busy street was close by it still felt quiet and peaceful. All that was missing was a hammock and a glass of lemonade!

Emma really enjoyed laying on her back and looking up at the leaves, branches, sky and the light playing off of it all. It was like one giant green mobile. She would get excited when the breeze picked up, “talking” and waving, sputtering bubbles and kicking vigorously.

quick and easy pizza dough

quick and easy pizza dough

I found this recipe on cooks.com last night, and John and I were both surprised at how good it was. It also was quite easy, with no “rise time” for the dough. I think we spent a total of 1/2 an hour in the kitchen (not including baking time, of course) starting with defrosting the tomato sauce and cooking the chicken and ending with washing the prep dishes.
It was the perfect meal for a warm evening.

dough:
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 c. warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 1/2 c. flour
cornmeal

topping:
Jar of pizza sauce or make your own
Grated Mozzarella (about 8 oz.)
1/4 c. Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. oregano
Any other topping you prefer – pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, onions, etc. We used chicken, bacon and pineapple.

Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Stir in remaining dough ingredients; beat vigorously, about 20 strokes.
Allow dough to rest (about 5 minutes). That’s all the time it needs. Really.

Heat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare topping/sauce.
Divide dough in half.
On lightly greased baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal, pat each half into a 10 inch circle. (Continue to flour fingers when patting dough into circles.) You may want to prepare the second pizza while the first is baking, allowing less time for the center of the second to “poof”.
Spread sauce on each circle. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and oregano. Arrange your choice of topping on top and sprinkle with Mozzarella cheese.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is brown and filling is hot and bubbly.
Makes 2 pizzas.

last night

last night


Emma was tired and cranky, but too tired to easily fall asleep. John held her and soothed her while I got dinner together (we had fajitas – so I didn’t really cook, just brought all the ingredients together), and when I looked up she was sound asleep. Safe, secure, and cuddled on her daddy’s chest.

I went outside to look at the little plants after the dishes were done, and noticed through the window that John was reading in our room. It was such a peaceful sight: his toes sticking up over the footboard, all in silhouette, with the curtain blowing in the breeze.

It was a peace-filled evening.

first field trip

first field trip

We went to the Cincinnati Zoo with some friends today – Emma must have loved it, because she was content in her stroller except for when she was hungry. Such beaming bright eyes! I’m planning on posting a few more pictures later so you all can enjoy them too.

abounding

abounding


just ducky, originally uploaded by Lizi Beth.

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.

“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
-II Corinthians 9:8,15

Yes. All grace. Abound. For every good deed.
Yes.

rainy day

rainy day

There is nothing better on a rainy day than a cup of cinnamon-laced coffee and a crowing baby. Other than having the baby’s daddy here, too, of course. But he’ll be back soon, and then we can enjoy the rain, the coffee, and our precious little baby together.

She is a little sunshine today, happy and cooing after a 12-hour night(!).

We are spending our morning nursing, listening to the rain through the open porch door, listening: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=313867933 (to the one on worry – good words, brought by Curtis Jones), nursing, napping (that’s Emma’s part), sewing and tidying up.

Oh, and trying to stay away from the cookies: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/ne-plus-ultra-cookies?lnc=ef2e802fb632c110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=cookie+of+the+day_recipe_b They do go well with coffee.