Monday, August 4, 2008

Marriage Monday *Recreation*

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Daddy and kids made a film this weekend.

click on picture to watch video

We seldom do Dates just the two of us.
We were married 16 years before we adopted the children.
We spend our time together as a family.
We are the support for one another and the children.
Once and a while we get to be alone together. We wold most likely go for a drive.
Having fun on a tight budget.

We are creative, using ideas rather than money.
We found some mitts and baseballs (t balls).
We go to the park and play together.
Friday night is our family movie nights. We do series, presently we are doing "The Young Indiana Jones". We have done the Walton's, Little house on the prairie, Chronicles of Narnia.
All movies with a moral to the story. We talk about it and the children will play it out. We make props or costumes for them and they internalize the lesson by playing it out.
History is also a big one at our house.
We invest in the DVD'S.
Rarely do we go out to the movie. We like the food here and being able to pause it. It is often cheaper to wait and own the DVD.

We have little funds for travel. Our daughter gets very car sick, our son does not like travel much either. Everyone here loves being home.
During our first 16 years we traveled Arizona almost every weekend. We camped and such.
We do not have dates very often, yet we are in love and enjoy time together in each others arms..
We (as a couple) hide out in his office when the kids are asleep and watch "The Office". We would love to travel and go on dates a lone, but we count it loss while we spend this time raising the children and taking care to meet their special needs.
We enjoy building and creating, drawing with and for the kids. History is a real important hobby for both of us. We often watch travel shows together.


9 comments:

Photo Princess said...

That was totally awesome!!!! The kids and I watched it this morning!!!! Great job!!!!!

JUST A MOM said...

HAHAHHA THAT IS GREAT go Steve hahha that was too funny!!!!!

Andrea said...

Oh my goodness! That was a great video! My daughter who is nearly 4 was also greatly amused by it!

I loved reading about how you spend time together as a couple and as a family1 May God continue to bless you all!

~Bren~ said...

That is SO cute!! I LOVED it!!

Denise said...

I loved the video, thanks for sharing.

Susannah said...

It sounds like you have a full and satisfying family life together. Keep up the fun!

Thanks for joining us for Marriage Monday today, Donetta. ((Hugs))

Unknown said...

Hi Donetta,

What a hilarious video. Now that is awesome family time. I am going to have to do something like that.

Thank you for the idea. Hugs, Lynn

Amrita said...

That vas hilarious Donetta.

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Julie Arduini said...

What a blessed life you guys have, your movie idea is perfect. we do a lot of audio books while traveling that way.

Older women likewise teach the younger women...

• how to love their husbands
• how to love their children
• how to be self-controlled
• how to be pure
• how to be keepers at home
• how to be kind and submissive (not subservient) to their own husbands. (See Titus 2:3-5)

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