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Praise His Holy and Righteous Name! I pray you all will have a Blessed Day of Remembrance and Rejoice in what the Most High has done for us out of His Love. Happy Christmas 4 Sweet Sisters Julie

When the Lord takes over!

Good morning! It's a wonderful crisp day.....but unfortunately we are in for a hot Christmas. I mean the kind were the girls are wondering if they can go swimming. Ugh... Oh well, I keep trying to remind myself it doesn't matter what the weather is like. What are we celebrating? The weather...I think not! I started a Christmas present for the Little Chef a couple of weeks back and didn't like were it was going. The fabrics were all wrong for what I was making. I was in a conundrum ...what to do? I wanted this project to be whimsical and fun. But I had no moola for it. I prayed as I was walking through my daily activities. Guess What? The Lord directed me to this old duvet cover I had! Yippee ! I just love it when He takes my best offering and goes way beyond whatever I could have come up with! A fun Puppet Theater! I can't wait to try it. I hope she'll let me play and not j

Simplicity

It starts with a Big Bowl of these..... Oh so sugary sweet and unhealthy! Then add a Little Chef who sees and tastes all the value of this delights. Some patience and perseverance................ Wa La! Christmas Breakfast Necklaces for everyone! Breakfast, do it yourself Christmas presents and a Smile. The Little Chef was very proud of herself. This year she wanted NO help in creating her gifts. Every time someone would walk into or near the kitchen she would start (politely) yelling, "no Peeking, no Looking." This made it very hard as she wanted us to be with her the whole time she was creating! I see crafting and order in her future. Merry, Merry Christmas! Julie

The Year of the Gingerbread House

Good Morning my Bloggy Friends! I'm still working at break neck speed to finish up a couple of projects. Over the past several years I've gotten really good at keeping our schedule very light during the holidays. It gives us an opportunity to help out in some extra ministry opportunities and just be spontaneous and peaceful(?) LOL . But this year I was blogging and saw all these creative things I wanted to try. So that's how I got into my predicament! I will start posting over the next week some of the gifts I have made these last few months to hours. In hopes that it will inspire someone for next year. Don't be crazy like me! 337 Gingerbread Houses and Counting! We have been very blessed again this year to be apart of Isiah's Inn. They help children and families in our community with school clothes, Christmas needs and much, much more. Each year our church helps to host a party for the children and their families (roughly 500 people, but I could be off). The da

What we are up too!

Well first off...I got a new camera! Thank you Grammy and Poppy! Grammy got a DsLr and I got her old one. My old one was 3mp and hers is 8.1mp. and the flash doesn't go dead after every shot! The only downfall at this point is how much longer it takes to upload a picture. I'm not sure if that has to do with the mp or the high speed card? Anyone? The biggest project has been the children's Christmas play. Lots of costumes and time! But so worth it. They did a beautiful job. This years play was about a spelling bee, where the contestants had to correctly spell the names of Jesus to be apart of the nativity. In turn everyone including the audience learns the different names and meanings. The children worked so very hard! Each week they would look up names to take in and share. My chickadees learned alot . All of our chicks participated in one form or another. The sheep on the right and Mary are ours. Mary is quite the actress!

Priceless...........

66 lbs. of cucumbers ($11) 1 1/2 gallons apple cider lots of garlic and chilli peppers 28 quart jars 10 pint jars Splatter burns and back pain from a day of canning..... The look on my daughter's faces as the enjoy the fruits of my labor...........Priceless! Some of the reasons I'm so thankful!