Christmas in pictures!

Had to share..My daughter's Christmas card!

Merry Christmas

So many things have happened this month alone. So much to be thankful for.

Tonight however my thoughts have me thankful for the birth of a sweet baby named

JESUS

born so many years ago. A baby who grew to be a man. Who paid the

ultimate sacrifice by dying on the cross to forgive me. to forgive you. a sinner.

What a better gift than eternal life! The ultimate Christmas gift!

Wishing everyone a blessed Christmas

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving in Sacramento with my Folk's, my Sister and her family drove in my Utah and my Brother and his family live right in there Roseville.  It was so nice to have almost everyone there..missing was Cassie and her family. The grand kids now range in age from 24 to almost 7. I have the oldest and youngest in my family. Ooops..David would be the youngest now at 15 months!

Anywho..we made a lot of great memories with the kids. A great day of fun, food and games on Thanksgiving and over the next couple days we took them to see Tangled, went bowling and took them TP'ing! That is by far one of my kids favorite parts of the weekend. My Dad was a wreck thinking about us doing this..we tp'd a church members house..mind you this church member is someone my sister and I were in youth group with and he LOVES to tp houses! We had a blast and left a note..which James enjoyed finding out it was us.

And Here is Thanksgiving in a picture collages..enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for! Just yesterday Jeffrey had a dentist appointment and dental bills can be expensive with insurance but without Yikes! So I get to the counter to check out and someone had paid the bill in full! I was so blown away! I couldn't bring myself to speak it at first because I just cried. Thank you Lord for special angels you place in our life!

This past Sunday one of our pastors had challenged our congregation to make a list of 50 things that we are thankful for. We will be making our list as we travel down the road to Grandma's house. We want to encourage you to do the same.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Prayer list

I came across this list of things we can pray for our children. I know there is a bigger one out there and if you have it could you please email it to me? Thank you!

*Know Christ as Savior early in life. (Psalm 63:1, 2 Timothy 3:15)


*Have a hatred for sin. (Psalm 97:10)

*Be caught when guilty. (Psalm 119:71)

*Be protected from the evil one in each area of their lives: spiritual, emotional, and physical (John 17:15)

*Have a responsible attitude in all their interpersonal relationships (Daniel 6:3)

*Respect those in authority over them. (Romans 13:1)

*Desire the right kind of friends and be protected from the wrong friends. (Proverbs 1:10-11)

*Be kept from the wrong mate and saved for the right one. (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)

*Be kept pure until marriage (as well as the one they marry). (1 Corinthians 6;18-20)

*Learn to totally submit to God and actively resist Satan in all things. (James 4;7)

*Be single-hearted, willing to be sold out to Jesus Christ. (Romans 12:1-2)

*Be hedged in so they cannot find their way to wrong people or wrong places and that the wrong people cannot find their way to them. (Hosea 2:6)

What I'm thinking about this morning...

I find it so important to be praying for our children. I am trying to instill the importance of prayer with my children and they love to pray.. many times we all pray because they both have things on their hearts. We have a carpool and it's funny..when it's my week to drive one of the five kiddos always chimes in telling me "We need to pray"! I love that!

Sunday night we had a prayer meeting for Orphan Sunday. Let me paint a picture for you...The adults were sitting in a chairs in a circle and in the middle of that circle were about thirteen children. They were each given a name of a child at the Redeemer House Orphanage in Uganda and one by one they lifted that child in prayer. Oh my goodness it brought tears to my eyes.

And then today which is what spurred this post. As I dropped off the kids this morning some very dear friends were in their car praying for their child before school. Once again...this gal was crying!

So the moral of this post..Please pray for your children. Train them up in the ways of the Lord. As parents we want the very best for them. What a better gift to give your child than training them up in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7, 18


These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up....Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers,

Ephesians 6:4


Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Matthew 19:14


Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."


1 Timothy 4:12


Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.

Prayer Request

Please pray for this family as they head to court tomorrow to hopefully finalize their adoption.

Seeing Stars!

I have been very busy crocheting lately. I think it's the Fall air that put me in the mood. That and all the babies that we have coming. Here are a few projects...

This one is for a little guy that is coming home from Africa very soon with his forever Mommy and Daddy.

This one I did a couple of years ago for David..but it needed to be bigger so I have added a few rows..like the one above it's 36" ..nice size!

And this camo blanket..sadly I started too long ago and just finished for a sweet brown eyed Hunter V..it finished out about 3x5..nice size. At that time I would have had only one other blanket to make for the kids..since then Isaiah has joined their family. So two more to go! Unless the Lord knows something I don't..better get to it!

Punk Rock Day

Crazy Hair Day

It's theme week at school and actually we have another one next week for Red Ribbon week! Today was crazy hair day..so glad I have not taken Jeffrey in for a haircut or we would have had nothing to work with! It's hard to tell in the picture..but Grace had six different brades and/or pony tails going on..very cute!

Moo!

Ahchoo!

This house has been hit by Fall Allergies! And let me just say they are no fun! Thankfully they are not bothering Jeffrey but Grace and I just want to climb under the covers and sleep through them! We are going through the Puffs! Grace had left for school the last two days with tissue box in hand. Praying that the allergy meds I am already taking pick it up and they go away!

I don't think it's a coincidence they have knocked me out the last couple days..I am going to an AWANA ministry conference this weekend and Satin does not like it when we strive to be closer to our Lord and Savior. So today I am resting and praying that I feel wonderful tomorrow and ready to take in what is being taught. Have a blessed Friday!
Isaiah 40:29-30 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

At the next Crafty Chatter....

We will be making these cute Fall Monogram Tiles! The key to these is Mod Podge! I think it turned out cute! I made this one for Cassie's house.

Items Used:

6x6 tile
burlap, or you can use scrap paper
artificial leaf..($ store)
chipboard letter
Mod Podge!

Pumpkins!

Here is another craft I just completed..Pumpkins! I will try and find a good link for the tutorial.

Book Wreath

I don't know if you have seen these or not but they are becoming quite a hit and expensive to buy! So I sat down one Saturday and made my own! I found this blog and I was off and running with my glue gun! I decided to use a couple of Jeff's old books and was thrilled when I found one one he wrote "X-Man" (for Chrisman) in! Here is my finished project and by the way I LOVE THIS WREATH! It hangs above my desk and I have not tired of it yet. By the way I tucked the xman in where I could always see it. Oh and the reason the cost is high to purchase these is that they are very time consuming but well worth in the end.

Blessings

So this weekend I got to spend time with the Vaughan 5 while Shauna and Justin were on their way home from the Together for Adoption conference in Texas. And then they blessed the kids and I with these treasures! Anyone who knows me ..knows I love Christmas and love love ornaments! And have you ever seen such big jelly beans? The were a hit with the kids! Thank you Vaughan's! We love you!!

Fun Weekend!

Jeffrey was invited by The Horne's to spend the weekend with them out at the R-Ranch for a time of camping and fishing. Well, he made it one night and day and even though we were going to be out there on Sunday he wanted to come home Saturday night. So of course this mama went and got her boy! The high note for him is that he caught his first fish! Thank you Greg for spending time with my sweet boy. He is at the age where is has such a need for that now. And thank you for the new fishing pole. I believe we will be hanging it up in his room..he love it! Christie thank you for all the great pictures! Here is a collage of those!

So while Jeffrey was enjoying some much needed male bonding. Grace and I enjoyed some time just the two of us! We slept in on Saturday morning and then headed to Medford and had a great time making free bookmarks and pendants at the craft store. After spending nearly three hours in the craft store..Grace was determined to win the contest they were having...we finally gave up and headed to Red Robin for great lunch and then saw the movie You Again. Not often you can find a PG movie and it was cute to boot! It was then we got the call that Bub wanted to come home so we picked him up on the way home.

Sunday we headed back to the R-Ranch and had a great time with our dear friends The Horne's, Peacemaker's, and Williams. The kids were nearly non existent as they entertained themselves with the great outdoors!

Crafty Chatter

Let me start off by explaining what Crafty Chatter is. Crafty Chatter was born out of my friend Christie and I's love of crafts and desire to create a time of fellowship for other women. Our monthly goal is to create a craft under $5.00 something that one would want to display or gift and most important to be a Light for our Lord and Savior. Our first craft was a Fall Rag Wreath...here are a few pictures. We had a great turn out and we are looking forward the next one!

Blog catch up..September 24, 2010..Annual Montague Balloon Fair 2010

We are so fortunate to have these balloons go up right out our front door! The kids are always so excited. We look forward to it every year.

Blog catch up..September 22, 2010

While Christie, Kari and I prepped for our first Crafty Chatter the kids needed to craft also! Here are Lucy and Lily making necklaces..one of their favorite things to do when they are here.

Lily, Isaiah, and Lucy girl having lunch and watching Ice Age! Love these three...3 year olds!