Jacque | August 29, 2010
We have geckos. I am sure everyone in a tropical home has geckos or something harmless like them that you just get over. Like we have Daddy Longlegs back home. The geckos were strange at first, but now we think it’s pretty cool. They also chirp-a sound you get used to and come to expect [...]
Category: Daughters, Heart and Home, Just For Fun, Life in Costa Rica, Living Learning Moments, A Dixon Home Education |
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Tags: bugs, Costa Rica, Eric, geckos, Hannah, home schooling, Living Learning Moments, lizards
Jacque | August 8, 2010
We’ve been here in this part of Costa Rica for a little over a month.
Since we have been here:
We were greeted by a whole house-full of other Believers bearing food and ICE! and a whole lot of love.
Then, Matt painted the house for the owners.
He also reinforced the fence so the dogs that wander all [...]
Category: Growing in His Grace, Heart and Home, Life in Costa Rica, Living Learning Moments, A Dixon Home Education |
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Tags: chickens, Costa Rica, diet, goats, home schooling, Living Learning Moments, Me Myself, My Groove, Paul Nison, raw, Spanish, Tropical Traditions
Jacque | August 3, 2010
We shipped Matt’s Grandmother’s and my Great-Grandmother’s china here from the States. We just couldn’t leave it. I left mine… sob sob… then, later, after taking it to the consignment shop, the girls said, “I sure loved that set, Momma….” Ohhhhh, I just wished I had known that. Now I regret [...]
Category: Growing in His Grace, Heart and Home, Training Hearts ~ Parenting |
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Tags: brokenness, dishes, Grandmother's china, hearts, lessons, marriages, overreacting, Shabbat, Yehoshua
Jacque | July 28, 2010
Here are some of the things we have accomplished – experienced in the past week:
Ok, so we are a little worried about the bugs in Costa Rica!
A week ago, Lucy was playing near me on the floor, when I hear her say, “OOOHHHHHH!! That, That!!!”, pointing at the floor.
Wondering if she was overreacting or if [...]
Category: Better Blogging, Dixon Family Ministries, Growing in His Grace, Heart and Home, friends |
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Tags: 3G wireless, bus rides, Costa Rica, exit trip, family, Hotel California, HR5741, insects, internet, jewelry, LucyLillie, Matthew 24, Nicaragua, Paul Nison, Paypal, renew visa, routers, Shema, Tilaran, Torah, USB, watermelon
Jacque | July 20, 2010
I am so used to updating FaceBook now that I just feel like I don’t have time to write up a whole post here on my blog. At least that is what I guess my problem is. I don’t have my own laptop right now because I have a list to email my sister of [...]
Category: Are you Wondering If You Should Homeschool, Dixon Family Ministries, Heart and Home, Life in Costa Rica, Living Learning Moments, A Dixon Home Education |
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Tags: 3G internet, broadband, bugs, Caleb, Costa Rica, DFM, Eric, Espanol, Facebook, geckos, Isaac, Living Learning Moments, LucyLillie, MagicJack phone