Entries Tagged as ‘Life at the Lambdins’

November 2, 2009

Birthday Blessing to my love

Dearest Dan,
 I pray that your special day is blessed beyond measure!

May the Lord your God pour out to you His abundant love, grace, faithfulness, joy and peace.
May your students both near & far affirm your calling to young people and the influence you have had in their lives.
May your co-workers at JECHS encourage, support and [...]

November 1, 2009

Oh Happy Day!

Today is a happy day!
Sixteen years ago today, my eldest daughter Michelle attended a children’s outreach service at our church and at the end she walked the aisle and gave her heart to the Lord Jesus as her Savior & Lord.  I can clearly remember sitting with her in the back of a dimly lit sanctuary [...]

October 31, 2009

All Hallows Eve

Ok, so we don’t “do” Halloween…
Now before you get all stressed out that I am depriving my kids of fun (or candy) I am just a “stick in the mud” or that I am somehow condemning or judging those who do choose to observe Halloween…take a deep breath & RELAX.

I really have no opinion [...]

September 20, 2009

How does your garden grow?

This summer my sweet 10 year old Grace decided she wanted to start a garden.  Being the homeschooling Mom that I am…I said,  ”Great! This can be your summer science project.”  (my motto – everything in life is school!)  With that she began to research what might grow best in our backyard, purchased all the [...]

September 14, 2009

If you give a mouse a cookie….

….he will want a glass of milk!
If you decide to be handy and put up shelves in your wife’s garage laundry room…

….she will want you to paint the walls first

If you paint the walls first…

….she will decide that you might as well finish the floors

If you finish the floors…

….you will have to move everything out of the [...]

September 13, 2009

What I am….and what I am not

I so wish that I could have been in Washington DC for the 9/12 March yesterday.  In fact just last Sunday I was looking at airline tickets and trying to figure out a way to come up with the money to fly out there. In case you are unaware of what the 9/12 March was…let [...]

September 11, 2009

We will never forget

September 11, 2001
I was actually in the Washington DC area on a business trip on that fateful day in American history, along with my then seven year old daughter, Kristen. (she is now 15!) We were getting ready to fly home on that very same morning those planes were flown into the twin towers. 
Here is an [...]

August 27, 2009

Life Lessons Behind the Lawn Mower

This week, in the midst of getting prepped & ready for another year of homeschooling my K-8 crew, I realized that the back yard needed a bit of attention.  Ok, so maybe it needed a lot of attention.  The grass had grown to a point that it was two feet high in some areas and [...]

August 25, 2009

Where there is a will…there is a way!

I grew up in a family who ate dinner together….
at the table…
with the TV turned OFF…
every night…
at 6pm. 

My Mom and Dad raised four children who were active, healthy, drug, alcohol & tobacco free, high academic achievers, student leaders with solid moral standards and a strong Christian faith.  Now while I don’t think that eating dinner together regularly [...]

August 13, 2009

Dedications, Commitments & Forever Church Families

This past Sunday was a very special day.

 We dedicated our dear Christiana to the Lord during the Sunday morning service at our church. As our entire family stood along with our pastor and his wife before our church family and dedicated this newest blessing back to the God who gave her to us I was [...]

July 16, 2009

Oh what a beautiful baby!

Oh what a beautiful girl!

I can’t believe that it has been seven weeks since I have posted anything on my blog!   It certainly hasn’t been –

for lack of anything to say (this girl ALWAYS has something to say)
and it hasn’t been because I am sitting around eating bon-bons (although I have been eating a bit too much [...]

May 23, 2009

Adoption Update: God’s Providence & Provision

There are some amazing circumstances surrounding our recent adoption that are evidence of the providential hand of God in every detail of our lives.  Let me share them in “bullet” form so that I can get them out quickly in the limited time frame I have.

Many have asked about her name.  Yes, it is her [...]

May 23, 2009

Adoption Update: Placement Ceremony

Sunday May 17 was an amazing day!  It was the day that the Lord placed into our loving arms, through the miracle of adoption – our newest daughter – Christiana Michelle Lambdin.  Unlike the days our other children came into our lives,  I was actually all  “showered, shampooed & shining” for this momentous occasion.  We [...]

May 5, 2009

Life at the Lambdin’s Update

My last post indicated that I was in a bit “over my head” especially with our big annual dinner auction fundraiser at Jim Elliot Christian High School.  Since that post on April 15th…I literally worked ’round the clock on this spectacular event.  And it was fabulous! You can read about it and see photo’s here [...]

April 15, 2009

So what if you don’t have the time….just do it!

To say that I don’t have time right now is like saying that Bill Gates just has a little extra “walking around money”. Yes that would be an understatement.
Besides the regular routine of  mothering, homeschooling, household management, my home based business and my “part time” job (yada yada)… I am working ’round the clock on the [...]