{"id":10046,"date":"2014-10-18T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=10046"},"modified":"2014-10-18T20:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T03:50:49","slug":"happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just a smattering of thoughts today, readers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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These super hero prints were a gift to the kids from the artist, Josh Talbot.\u00a0We bought my new violin from his wife.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I love pumpkins, and pumpkins from a friend are especially nice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Welcome to our house!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Photo is from Halloween 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are fewer costumes to get ready for Halloween this year. When\u00a0I think back to the years when we\u00a0coordinated costumes for the kids, I feel thankful that we made those memories. Super Heroes, The Wizard of Oz, and Star Wars were my favorite themes. I spent a little time sewing\u00a0Halloween bunting over the fall break. Mark has been my helper to decorate the house. One day he spent an hour wrapping little skeletons in t.p. so they would look like mummies. He emphasized to me that the mummies are NOT for the house, but special for his room. Mark and I found this to be a\u00a0mutually agreeable use for the mummies.<\/p>\n

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Mark told us that he didn’t need help with his tie. Okay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The kids had a piano recital this weekend.\u00a0Paige played the Mendelssohn Concerto in g minor op. 25, 1st movement. Daniel played Maple Leaf Rag<\/em> by Joplin and a nice contemporary concerto called\u00a0Concerto Bravo <\/em>by Olsen. Timothy played Bach’s Solfeggietto<\/em> and a piece called Frenzy<\/em>. Mark surprised us again with very expressive dynamics in Spy Bot<\/em>\u00a0(He’s a real showman!) and amazed us with his speed at playing Cinnamon Popcorn<\/em>. The older kids who played concertos were accompanied by their teacher, who spent a lot of extra time working with them on their pieces. She’s in the photo with the kids.<\/p>\n

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Mark’s measurement robot. I can’t tell you how many times this robot\u00a0comes to my mind when I am working in the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Home school with Mark is comfortable, sweet, and a joy. I’m savoring the time with him. Our studies follow a familiar path through ancient history, math facts, science, and writing. With each child, however, there is zeal for different favorite subjects and I enjoy\u00a0seeing Mark’s\u00a0personality and strengths\u00a0emerge as we work on\u00a0projects. Mark is good company, and we have the best\u00a0conversations, and by that I mean we talk through a depth and breadth of his thoughts about super heroes, Star Wars, planets, Calvin and Hobbes, and Harry Potter. I write down some of the things he says as a keepsake of this time together.<\/p>\n

On another front…<\/p>\n

I find sharing my\u00a0faith on Facebook to be very tricky. I admire people who can share concise, genuine statements about their testimonies. One thing I am\u00a0thinking about is how to convey my testimony more effectively (online, among friends) without sounding like a Puritan or shaking so much in my boots.\u00a0I posted the following paragraph\u00a0on Facebook, but didn’t get any “LIKES” from my friends of other faiths. Does this mean I sounded like a Puritan to them? Who knows.<\/p>\n

The LDS missionaries in our area needed some teaching practice so they picked our family. I loved how they taught and shared their love for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I wish I had invited someone to join us. Next time you see the missionaries, consider listening to their message with an open heart and mind. It will make your day. Their message is the most important part of my life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you have thoughts about sharing your faith online?<\/p>\n

I write this as the missionaries sit outside with Richard at a correlation meeting. They are around our house a lot. I am NEVER prepared when they come. One day I walked into the kitchen after showering, looking for a hair brush in my purse. It wasn’t until I had loaded the dishwasher while sporting wet, messy hair that I noticed that the missionaries\u00a0were in the next room watching me make a fool of myself. Today they have to sit outside because every living area in the house is full of toys and friends. I just never know when they are going to show up.<\/p>\n

This is probably one reason people respond well to online missionary work. I just need to learn how to do it better. Really, do you have suggestions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are fewer costumes to get ready for Halloween this year. When\u00a0I think back to the years when we\u00a0coordinated costumes for the kids, I feel thankful that we made those memories. Super Heroes, The Wizard of Oz, and Star Wars were my favorite themes. I spent a little time sewing\u00a0Halloween bunting over the fall break. … Continue reading Happenings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8,13,21,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-church","category-family-time","category-home","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10046"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10067,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10046\/revisions\/10067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}