Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

We have been doing alot of cooking this week but without leaven. Monday evening we celebrated Passover. And then Tuesday began the Feast of Unleavened Bread which lasts for 7 days.
In scripture leaven represents sin and since this week we can eat no leaven, which means, no baked goods or breads, cobblers or cookies etc, it has caused me to think upon sin in my life. And it has caused me to truly appreciate what Yeshua did that day long ago on the cross!

Everyday we have made something unleavened to eat...

'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses ; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.  'On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day ; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you
'You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt ; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance. 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread,until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.  'Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses ; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.  'You shall not eat anything leavened ; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.' " ~ Exodus 12:15-20


Passover

 Unleavened bread; which represents Christ as he was without sin and unleavened and the bread the Hebrews ate as they fled Egypt in a hurry. They didn't have time to use leavening in their bread as they were fleeing.

 Haroset..which represents the mortar the Hebrews used with the brick in Egypt where they were slaves

 making noodle kugel; a traditional Passover food..

Unleavened chocolate cake..


What we have been making this week during the Feast of Unleavened Bread..

 Popovers ready to go in the oven..

 Unleavened Carrot Cookies..really yummy!

Popovers after cooking..all ready for Shabbat tomorrow..

And this is Tunnel Fudge Cake; Unleavened...I am making this for my son Josiah's Birthday today! He is 15!! 


Tonight we are having Matzah Pizza! I am getting hungry just thinking about it!! 


Shabbat Shalom everyone!! 

sickness and a new dryer

This has been a hard week..
My children have been sick with a tummy bug. My babies are still sick with it although they are keeping down breastmilk now.
We bought a new dryer on Sunday and then Monday night when we went to use it it wasn't heating so the clothes weren't drying. Thank goodness my dh and oldest son were able to figure out what the problem was and now it's working great! You can imagine how my laundry piled up with all the vomit..:(
Our new dryer..

I also was able to find a train table for my little guy JaidenNoah. We purchased it from another homeschooling mama in the area.

 And just a pic of my baby..He is such an adorable little man!

I am not...

I am not very eloquent with my words..I mess up when I speak and in this computer age when I type..

I am not a very good friend or mama..I am imperfect. I am not a very good wife..

I get hurt and angry and lose my temper..

I hurt others and say things I shouldn't..I hold grudges and forget to forgive..

....but something a lady at the community bible study said today keeps running over and over in my mind:
That compared to what Christ Messiah did for us on the cross; what He went through, all our troubles and grievances against others are so petty...so unimportant...
I needed to hear that today..I needed a reminder to forgive and walk in love toward others.. I needed to be reminded about what life is truly about and what really matters.  I needed to focus on this and not what he or she said that hurt me...not what life hands me...

Let my life be all about You Father...Let it shine for You and Your glory!

Jordanian Lapbook

Today we finished our lapbook on the country of Jordan! We have learned alot of new things. Before we move on the children are going to make some Jordanian recipes and share their creations with the family. I love trying new foods!

Quentin with his finished lapbook...

Goat Milk Butter

A friend of mine is supplying us with fresh goats milk. My dd ZaraLayna is lactose intolerant so the goats milk is truly for her. She can digest goats milk and she loves it! I love seeing her smile with a creamy milk moustache..

Yesterday my dd Morgan-Britney and I made goat milk butter together. It was the first time we have made butter with goats milk. It turned out great! It's a creamy white color and ZaraLayna said it's yummy too!

The goat milk and the cream we separated from it in the container with the green lid.

  After we whipped it in the mixer we put it in the here to strain all the buttermilk out of it. You turn the butter over and over and press again and again until the buttermilk is all out of the butter..

You can see all the liquid in it..the buttermilk..

After much pressing and turning..the creamy white goat milk butter..

and here is the buttermilk...

Our next step in this journey is cheese making..goat milk cheese!

Helpers and Strength

Last week I got a fabulous set of tools to help me with getting my home, children, myself & homeschooling organized!  It has already made a huge difference in our home! My helpers..

This week I am spending my time, well alot of it focusing on getting myself and my schedule back on track. I feel so off kilter spiritually, physically & mentally. I know our move has thrown me off and not being in the Word from the move and well, just all of it...
I have such a hunger for the L-rd and His word in my heart! Times like these I see just how much I need Him. I come to the end of myself and there He is. It is only Yeshua who satisfies..

In between doing this:  

 I am trying to find some time to think and schedule and be a mama that honors Father. That loves her dh and nurtures her children. I have no strength for these things on my own. I have to find my strength through Father..
I grow weary and tired but the L-rd, He will carry me!  

4H

Sunday afternoon the children went to their first 4H meeting here in Tx. They learned all about geocaching and compasses.

Daddy helped the younger ones as they went around the room reading the compass..

the older ones worked on their own..

They had chocolate chip cookies when they were done!  

Lapbooking...

We just finished our first Lapbook! It was really fun and we all learned alot!

Since we were studying Africa we decided to do our Lapbook on Elephants.

 I think for our first one we did good!!
Now we're studying some countries in Asia. Our first Country Lapbook will be on Jordan..more pics coming once we're finished!

*We used homeschoolshare.com as our resource for this lapbook.