Blessed with Full hands: September 2014

7 Quick Takes - Schooling updates, happy mail and rare footage

Thanks, Jen, for hosting!!

1. I am clearly the mom who forgets to post first day of school pictures!

My boys started their new homeschool year almost a month ago and I have finally downloaded the photos from the camera onto the computer.

Although I would love to write a whole post on our new homeschool routine and why a tutorial has been a perfect fit for us, it will just have to be reduced to a quick take. The transition to the tutorial has been good and hard. Hard: carpools, packed lunches, lots of school work, and I miss my two oldest on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The good: structure, structure, and more structure, lots of work, quality time with Andrew, and the boys really rising to the occasion. My oldest will not totally admit it, but he likes it. He really likes it.

Sep

Run for the Little Flowers Giveaway items!

I have been remiss in posting about the Run the Little Flowers Giveaway. I have shared a few sneak peeks on our Facebook, page, but had not compiled the post.

Without further ado, here are this year's giveaway items:

1. Pale Blue Mountain Jade Stretch Bracelet made by Ike and Co Etsy Shop

2. Fuchsia dyed agate and crystal filigree stretch bracelet made by Ike and Co Esty Shop Won by Monica S.

3. $15 Gift Card to Starbucks Won by Susan S.

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Sep

Our Lady Undoer of Knots - Day 9

As mentioned in this post, we are praying the Our Lady of Knots Novena for our adoption. Please consider joining us in prayer. Please add your own prayer requests in the comments too. I would love to pray for each and every one of you!

(From TheHolyRosary.org)

1.Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.

Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you.

Sep

Our Lady Undoer of Knots Novena - Day 3

As mentioned in this post, we are praying the Our Lady of Knots Novena for our adoption. Please consider joining us in prayer. Please add your own prayer requests in the comments too. I would love to pray for each and every one of you!

(From TheHolyRosary.org)

1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again

.Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you.

Sep

Our Lady Undoer of Knots Novena- Day 2

As mentioned in this post, we are praying the Our Lady of Knots Novena for our adoption. Please consider joining us in prayer. Please add your own prayer requests in the comments too. I would love to pray for each and every one of you!

(From TheHolyRosary.org)

1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4.