Make Magazine Messenger Bag

Make Magazine Messenger Bag
Originally uploaded by Jeff Dowdy

Lucy is posing with the messenger bag Amy and I made a couple of weeks ago. It's made entirely out of plastic bags. We learned about the project from the Make Magazine video podcast. You iron the bags together to form a more durable plastic and then stitch them together. Click on the picture to read our notes from our work of art.

Simon's Circus Box

Simon's Circus Box
Originally uploaded by Jeff Dowdy

After Simon did the cutting and coloring, I helped him add in these circus characters from a mobile we were going to do a while back. He later added in the lion, which we figured looked best busting through the wall. Be sure to click on the picture to see Simon's notes from each item.

Braden's Mad Scientist Box

Braden's Mad Scientist Box
Originally uploaded by Jeff Dowdy

Braden has been working on this box for a while now. Just today he got the foam and made space for the scientist. Click on the picture to read Braden's description for each item.

sou deus

tea party

Lucy and Kayla share a happy, tea-party moment.

soccer fest

[pictured: (back row l-r) Ethan, Simon and Duncan; (front row l-r) Pedro, Andrew and Braden.
Saturday, Braden got to invite two friends to come play with his soccer class (usually 8 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday). He invited Duncan and a new friend, João Gabriel. It was fun watching Simon play (invited by Ethan), clueless to the rules but going after it. João Gabriel didn't make it in time, but Braden and Simon went to his English class yesterday. Braden even read a story to the class.

worldwide blog

Pretty cool that my blog received visitors this past week from all over the world. Even though they didn't actually mean to visit my blog.

aúdio da palestra

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what we don't see

The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd. By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's word, what we see created by what we don't see.

b'day pics

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