Posted in Adoption, Birthdays, China adoption, Christianity, Video Clips on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes, the Prairie Family had yet another birthday this week! Kara turned 6 years old on Sunday. She had a very special day!
A special friend’s mother remembered the occasion and brought cupcakes to Sunday School to celebrate Kara’s birthday–that was a sweet and thoughtful surprise! Then the pastor announced that it was her birthday, and [...]
Posted in Christianity, Family, Patriotism on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A common bedtime occurence in the girls’ room is nighttime chatter. They get snuggled in their beds, the lights are turned off, and then the chatter begins. Sometimes it’s serious, but usually it’s a bunch of silliness and teasing!
One night this past week, I had the privilege of listening in on one of these bedtime [...]
Posted in Adoption, China adoption, Christianity, Family on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Three years ago Huang Min Cui from Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, became my daughter. We changed her name to Kara Joy Mincui O’Brien because “Kara” means “pure,” and we were confident that God was bringing our family pure joy when He saw fit to bless us with her. He has truly done that, and I [...]
Posted in Abeka Academy, Christianity, Homeschool, Scripture Memorization, Video Clips on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kara had a couple more Scriptures to say before the end of her grading period later this week, so here they are:
Posted in Book Reports, Christianity, Family, Homeschool, Video Clips on September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Back in an earlier entry of The Prairie Family Chronicles dated June 9, 2008, I wrote a book review of Mandie and the Secret Tunnel . We enjoyed this book, and continued reading the first eight books in the Mandie series. I knew at the time that we read the book, that a movie was [...]
Posted in Christianity, Patriotism, Video Clips on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Abeka Academy, Abeka Academy Weekly Journal, Christianity, Homeschool on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love fall. It is definitely my favorite season of the year. I like the warm, but not hot, days and cool nights. I like the colors. I like the food…..
Another thing I enjoy about fall is the art projects that my kids do for school. This week Luke did one of my all-time favorite [...]
Posted in Abeka Academy, Adoption, China adoption, Christianity, Homeschool on September 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
From the very first day that Kara joined our family, she has heard us pray at meals and at family devotion time. Even before she could speak English, she would mimic our actions and take her turn to talk to Jesus. As she started to pick up some word, we began to understand how she [...]
Posted in Christianity, Family on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Luke has always been quite the theologian/philosopher. He has remarkably deep thoughts for such a little guy! He often surprises us with profound comments that he will make out of the blue about different topics.
He has had a couple of these “Lukeisms” during the past couple of days. Last night he was walking with me [...]
Posted in Christianity on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This summer I started teaching Kara’s Sunday School class, and I must say that I absolutely LOVE it! I have spent much of my adult life teaching young kids whether in Sunday School or Bible Clubs, but it had been awhile. About 2 1/2 years ago we changed churches, and we spent that time getting [...]
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