Jun 30 2011
Boy, the preacher pricked my heart last night at prayer meeting. “Blessed be God, even the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. [...]
Jun 29 2011
Last week I detailed my VBS adventures with bats, snakes and penguins, and the grand finale on Friday was fish. Yep, fish. Friday at lunch my totally not-artistic self hand-drew a pattern for goldfish and whipped them together. I’ve discovered that there’s a simplicity of scale involved in sewing. Smaller is not always better because [...]
Jun 24 2011
My adventures with being SuperMomma this week are almost over! (Ha!) I’ve done fleece bats, sock snakes, paper penguins, and I’ve got to come up with 3 fish by 5 pm this evening, before I put my cape away for a while. To be serious for a moment, VBS ends tonight and while the kids [...]
Jun 23 2011
So we are running full steam ahead this week and I am whipping up bats and snakes (and now penguins! Pictures tomorrow…) at 100 miles an hour for my kiddos for their week of VBS and here it is Thankful on a Thursday and I need to take a deep breath… “Surely I have behaved [...]
Jun 22 2011
So yesterday I mentioned that the kids were supposed to try and find a bat (as in winged, cavern-dwelling mammal) to try and bring to VBS Tuesday night as part of their Treasure Quest program. It had to be stuffed, plastic, or an otherwise actual object–no pictures (and minus credits for bring a real bat!)–for [...]
Jun 21 2011
The kids have Vacation Bible School this week, so our routine (which is barely intact from the switch from school to summer anyway) is all whacked out again. At lunchtime, I run home, let Penny out, fill water buckets, and pack a cooler dinner for the kids before heading back to the office. Then at [...]
Jun 20 2011
We had a pretty busy weekend, but overall it felt rather relaxing. After Friday, anyway. Friday after work the kids and I headed out to a birthday party for a little friend of theirs from church and the Cowboy had a total meltdown just before we left. Total. The stereotypical kicking, screaming, flailing, yada, yada, [...]
Jun 17 2011
Yep, we had to move animals again. We had a cow break through a fence wire, so we had a tangled mess to clean up and sheep to move to new grass last night. Under dark, dark clouds (which is why some of the color in these pictures is so…interesting). But at least it was [...]
Jun 16 2011
It’s wheat harvest time around here. There’s combines and trucks and dust and noise down every road (and I mean every one–even the highways around here!) and it’s a fascinating process to watch. But as I’ve driven around this week watching it, it’s also rather…well…violent. There’s nothing soft and peaceful (or quiet) about it. The [...]
Jun 15 2011
Here’s my favorite way to get over creative burnout or project roadblocks–make pointless things for my kids. After getting totally frustrated with something serious I was sewing, I took a break to try some little tote bags for my kiddos. (Ok, maybe breaking my needle and running out of bobbin thread helped convince me.) The [...]
