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We have had a very busy couple of weeks and blogging has pretty much been put on the back burner. Here are just a few of the reasons I haven’t posted a week in review post in 3 weeks.
Two Saturdays ago we went to the state fair to see Julia’s sewing and child development projects. She got a blue ribbon on her child development and a blue ribbon plus a special merit ribbon on her sewing.
We had a great day walking around the fair and also going out to eat and to a Goodwill outlet. Lots of fun!
Last Saturday we spent the day getting ready to host a swimming party/baptismal service/cookout for our church. We had a great time with everyone here last Sunday afternoon and feel blessed to have the ability to enjoy time with our church family in this way.
On Wednesday my four oldest children went back to school. I now have a Freshman, a 5th grader, a 3rd grader, and a Kindergartener. I think they had a great first 3 days of school and I am praying they have a wonderful year.
It is never easy to send my kids out into the world in this way. It was especially hard to send my little Joseph to school. He has hardly been away from me these 5 1/2 years of his little life.
However, we are trying to raise our children to not only be followers of Jesus while at home and at church, but also to be the Light out in the world. I am so proud of these kids of mine and I pray God will draw them closer to Him each day.
In addition to all of the events I mentioned above I have been busy with canning some produce we have been given (such a blessing since much of our garden was a bust) as well as designing a few websites. Hopefully, I will get on a more regular blogging and crafting schedule soon.
Links I Loved
- Have you ever complained about the way you look in front of your daughter? (Guilty) If so, you might want to read this post about how to talk to your daughter about her body. (via Hope Avenue)
- Have you ever been so caught up in trying to achieve perfection that you miss out on the wonderfulness of your imperfectly perfect family? If that sounds like you then I encourage you to read The Gospel of Motherhood. (via Inspired to Action)
- Do you ever wonder how photographers take some of those awesome newborn photos? Check out this post for a really cool newborn photography trick. (via Photos By Lou-I designed her site. 🙂 )
- If you have a child who loves Legos then you need to check out this end table to Lego table makeover. (via Fussy Monkey Business)
- Even though I use cloth grocery bags quite a bit we still end up with a ton of plastic grocery bags. Sometime I will have to try this idea of turning plastic grocery bags into a pillow form for outdoor pillows. (via In My Own Style)
My Recent Posts
- My Garden This Week: Insects, Diseases & Weeds
- How to Turn a Dress into a Skirt
- My Garden This Week: Blackberry Jelly
- Summer Reading: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
- Sunday School Crafts: Naaman
- 5 Tips for Dealing with Bedwetting (& GoodNights Review)
I hope you had a great week!
