tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187460122024-02-28T08:19:32.105-06:00Our Army of SixThis is our family blog where we share all sorts of stuff from homeschooling to travel, book and product review and fun family recipes.Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-593371792850694542015-05-19T17:45:00.001-05:002015-05-19T17:45:04.318-05:00Second Place for the seasonAndy coached our u14 kiddos this season and that included Nathan. They finished out the season in Second place. Way to go Tigers!!"A wise man is strong, and a knowledgeable man grows in strength" Proverbs 24:5Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-77065890218455066332014-09-01T16:36:00.001-05:002014-09-01T16:36:01.421-05:00Game timeRecently, we played Risk with Connor and Grace. Connor loves games of strategy and challenge. He's very quick thinking and does well at these games. Grace loves to have fun and giggle. But she's also a very quick thinker so it's fun to watch her mind work. She began learning to play Risk a few years ago and has become quite a challenging player! Connor won Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-680870970009773322014-07-10T00:28:00.001-05:002014-07-10T00:31:43.886-05:00Lily recovery updateLily had a good day today. She slept well last night, seemed to have a lot less pain and finished her antibiotics. She only had a couple of spells where we believe she was uncomfortable. She is so much quieter now. In fact, she can even sneak up on us! We give God glory for her healing and pray she continues to heal and grow.Lily felt better today!!"Heal me, O Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-27069549911637542172014-07-05T17:41:00.001-05:002014-07-05T20:49:30.095-05:00Lily in the hospitalThis week Lily was scheduled to have a tonsillectomy, dental work & sedated hearing tests on Monday. These were to be somewhat routine & the plan was for her to stay overnight in the hospital for observation.Lily had enormous tonsils. They were touching each other and almost completely covering her airway. We could hear her breathing from another room. They had Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-90860546800381973342014-06-23T21:32:00.001-05:002014-06-23T21:35:11.345-05:00It's hot out there!Grace has been trying to improve her vocabulary lately. She's even looked at the 'word-a-day" sites to learn big words and then she tries to use them. Sometimes, much to our entertainment, she gets it just a little bit off. Today:"Momma, it's so hot, I see the delusionals of water!""Let the words of my mouth.....be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord." Psalm 19:14aOur Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-55122051470167204372014-06-23T20:50:00.001-05:002014-06-23T20:54:04.924-05:00Noah JackNoah Jack is our 6th child and youngest son. We met Noah the same day we met Lily. He lived in the same home with her. We arrived at the home and visited with Lily. She decided to take a nap. So, we played with Noah while we learned more about Lily.Needless to say, he melted our hearts and we adored him. During the visit, the caseworker and foster mom both Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-83104973645413829342014-06-23T20:20:00.001-05:002014-06-23T20:20:40.172-05:00Blessings with LilySusanna Lily-Ann Faye is our 5th child and youngest daughter. She came to us with the name Lily-Ann. Here's how cool God works things out and shows us His Will sometimes. Years ago, we had chosen the name Susanna Faye should God bless us with another daughter. Susanna is the name of Andy's Great-Grandma and also of his sister who entered Glory shortly after birth. Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-62184848500876785762014-06-23T19:58:00.001-05:002014-06-23T20:01:37.831-05:00No time for KetchupIt's been a long time, and those closest to us follow along on FB. Those who might stumble across this blog randomly might wonder why we are suddenly posting pics of different children. These are all our children that God has blessed us with so far. I just don't have much time to catch up on the last 2 years. So I'm just (hopefully) going to start posting short posts more Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-38916625271948934982012-07-07T14:13:00.001-05:002012-07-07T14:20:33.001-05:00Mission: GuatemalaHi Everybody,
Things have been busy around our home the last few months and our blog has taken a backseat. I apologize for not updating or keeping in touch. I promise to update as soon as I can and post pictures of happenings for the last few months. Today I wanted to post about something important in our house and this seemed a great way to do it!
Rachel and I are going Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-38867563423002262602012-03-09T21:44:00.001-06:002012-03-10T00:49:12.707-06:00This world is not my home...But oh, look at this beauty. This is where I grew up. My earthly "home". With moving so much in the military and other circumstances, I've not been able to get home as much as I'd like so that our children can enjoy God's amazing beauty that is the KJB Ranch. This IS beauty. Mom and Dad have worked so hard overhauling the place since they retired and have done an Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-67179357659829744792012-03-02T12:44:00.001-06:002012-03-02T12:49:36.069-06:00Harris Family - Missionaries to GuatemalaI am writing to you today on behalf of our dear friends, the Harris family. The Harris family originally surrendered to the mission field to go wherever the Lord led them to go several years ago. Throughout the last several years, He has taken them all across the midwest for service and training-ultimately His Work and His training to prepare them for their future in service.
They Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-87497426889856973612012-03-02T09:56:00.000-06:002012-03-02T09:56:52.931-06:00Book Report: Moses Goes to a ConcertI am teaching sign language in our local Co-op to a group of Middle and High school students. We have been using a free curriculum from Lifeprint and the kids and myself have really been enjoying it.
Yesterday in class I decided to read a book to the students. Even though they are older, they still enjoy having books read to them. I decided to read the book "Moses Goes to a Concert" by Isaac Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-5375822312370222902012-02-29T14:42:00.000-06:002012-02-29T14:42:15.203-06:00Eeeestriches?A funny for today. We were reviewing Phonics rules today in Grace's schoolwork when we came across the following picture.
I read the line to her. I read "The long sound for e is E like in......" and before I could say or point at the picture, Grace says excitedly "Ostrich!!" It was about 3 seconds before all of her siblings started laughing and then she realized there is Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-39942689922048244402012-02-27T10:58:00.002-06:002012-02-29T14:42:47.990-06:00Weekend Pics on my phone....Love seeing the kids enjoying spending time together.Rachel finds old, dangly clip on earrings at a local thrift store (no pierced ears in our house). Daddy says they look like little eye balls.Tornadoes win 1st place at the indoor soccer tournament.Making ginormous chocolate chip cookies with a whole oreo inside.Daddy and Nathan shaving together.(ignore the messy mirror)
"To every thing Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-24823491680063872472012-02-24T13:07:00.002-06:002012-02-24T13:15:48.283-06:00Called to FosterI saw this post over at "Called to Foster" and it brought back to memory a blog post I had typed up a couple months ago. I believe it was the first of November. At the time, it was too difficult for me to share, so I just put it away. But, maybe it would be helpful to share it now. Helpful for someone to see the reality of foster care.
You see, I have said my wholeOur Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-77095996100221774792012-02-24T11:52:00.004-06:002012-02-24T11:59:27.530-06:00January sewingWhen our bonus kiddos arrived over a year and half ago, Rachel and I were in the middle of several sewing projects and had even more sewing plans. Rachel had purchased her own simple, basic machine using her own babysitting money. Andy bought me a very nice machine to use. However, with the addition of the new children and soon-to-be-discovered strong needs, we had to Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-80557173918613696562012-02-24T11:04:00.001-06:002012-02-24T11:06:17.882-06:00Where've we been?!Hello all our blog followers (what few there are :). It's been a while since we posted. I have about 10 posts in the works to get on here in the next week or so. It's been a busy time since Christmas. We were unable to travel 'home' to Oklahoma but we still had a few wonderful visits with family that decided to travel up to see us.
We moved our 3 bonus Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-52219332395814643152011-12-19T13:45:00.000-06:002011-12-19T13:45:25.893-06:00It's beginning to look a lot like ChristmasIt's been a busy and challenging few months around here. Grandpa has been very sick and we've recently moved him here to Kansas to live near us. This has added a lot to our weekly routine. However, we are grateful for the opportunity to spend time with him. We've had lots and lots of doctor appointments, Andy's knee surgery, 2 cars breaking down with very Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-29000585981764724642011-12-19T11:00:00.000-06:002011-12-19T11:00:08.929-06:00Bethlehem RevisitedRachel and Connor were recently able to participate in our town's live walk-through Nativity. They were part of the Angel Choir that appeared to the shepherds. I took this video with my cell phone, so please pardon the quality. Rachel and Connor are both on the front row. Rachel is second from the left and Connor is on the farthest right.
"And this shall be a sign unto Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-33696559007258868082011-11-27T16:51:00.002-06:002011-11-27T17:02:47.852-06:00Thanksgiving Blessing through ServiceRachel and Connor have been part of a choir here this semester. It is with our local Homeschool Coop. Two of the members also attend church with us. This week, they were able to go to a local Nursing Home and sing to and with them. They were also able to present a song using hand chimes. This was their first experience with the chimes and they really Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-76054240452794386602011-11-12T20:40:00.001-06:002011-11-12T20:49:35.495-06:00Andy Knee SurgeryAndy has battled a meniscus bucket-handle tear in his right knee for a few months. He hurt it during PT back in August. Thursday, he had surgery to repair it. We thought they would go in and remove the loose part of his meniscus that kept flapping over and causing excruciating pain and his knee to 'lock-up'. When they got inside his knee, the damage was a Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-52834962961903608492011-11-01T11:17:00.000-05:002011-11-01T11:17:49.886-05:00A few more...
(yes, that's an army tank)(I love this one-it looks like an album cover :)
"And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up."Deuteronomy 6:6-7Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-31121392406097312372011-10-31T00:40:00.004-05:002011-10-31T00:53:23.955-05:00FallWe're enjoying a beautiful fall here in Kansas. Every day, when we take the little girls to their school we look out across the hills at the tall, glowing trees. I've said at least a dozen times how some of those trees don't even look real--they look like they've been painted in. They are just so bright and become a blur of yellow and orange covering the base of Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-4511348183204348322011-10-08T11:56:00.000-05:002011-10-08T11:56:35.100-05:00Our friends are here!Our missionary friends, the Harris family, are still raising support to head to the mission field. They have been openly praying and willing to go wherever God sends them. A lead came open for an opportunity to possibly serve the Lord in Guatemala for a while. So, Joey and CC are headed down there to take a look and seek the Lord's Will on location. Meanwhile, back at our Our Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18746012.post-38539693433030971092011-10-04T10:09:00.005-05:002011-10-04T10:39:43.903-05:00Turn Your eyes upon JesusOur pastor spoke of this song's history in his sermon Sunday. The story of this song and the quote that Pastor Wilson shared really spoke to me. I thought I'd share it with you.
The author of the song was Helen Lemmel. Helen was the daughter of a Methodist Pastor. Even though she was a very talented musician and could have used those talents to become famous, she insteadOur Army of Sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835096794408665192noreply@blogger.com1