Crochet Sock Monkey Blanket

This image courtesy of redheart.com

Sock Monkey Blank from Red Heart

Happy Father's Day

Made a neat Father's Day gift that we found on Pinterest. Angel made the Tie Fighter cards to direct him to his gift. Enjoy the pictures.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Daddy was sent on a mission to ambush the rebel base.

Down the hallway . . .

Past the living room . . .

 

Mission accomplished!

Curly and Angel helped make the gifts. There is Yoda Soda, Leia Buns, and VaderAde.

The blanket was for Daddy's birthday last week.

Busy week . . .

Taken in my Grandparents' backyard around 40 years ago. FYI: I am second from the right.

Between home schooling, getting my oldest ready for Youth Camp, making the over 7 hour round trip drive to pick up my Mom, and helping at a garage sale for my daughters' American Heritage Girls, I have had a busy week. So, I thought I would post a picture of my Grandpa and my brother and sisters. Have a great weekend and a blessed Sunday.

Big Ol' Sweet Iced Tea

Star Wars Snowflakes

Star Wars Snowflakes written by Anthony Herrera

Go to his blog and check them out. 

They are totally awesome and guess what? You can download the templates for FREE. 

Check out comments to find more templates.

Note: banner is not mine.

It is from Anthony Herrera blog--I wanted you to see some of his awesome snowflakes!

Amazing Wonders Aviation & Tomorrow Clubs

At the end of this month, my church will be having their VBS.

My concern is that many churches and parents feel that VBS is a babysitting service.

VBS can be a wonderful outreach tool--many families will come to VBS that do not regularly go to church. I want every child who attends VBS to have a good time--but most importantly I want them to hear how awesome God is and that they can be saved from the punishment of their sins through the loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ. If nothing else, I want to sow the seeds of salvation in the hearts of these children--and by extension, their family.

That is why I choose the Tomorrow Clubs as the recipient of our mission offering.

Tomorrow Clubs is a weekly ministry that now reaches more than 11,500 Ukrainian children across the country by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. 70 - 80% of these children do not attend church. The ministry is run completely by local Ukrainian staff. Over 400 clubs operate on a weekly basis, staffed by 1,500 Ukrainian volunteers. Tomorrow Clubs partner with local churches in Ukraine to support and operate these clubs. When children and their parents become interested in attending church services, Tomorrow Club leaders connect them to local congregations.

If you would like to support Tomorrow Clubs financial, click here.

Please pray that God is lifted up during our VBS.

SOME OF OUR VBS Prep

We have been working hard to get VBS ready, I would like to thank the ladies who helped me with this 8 foot x 12 foot backdrop that is going to be in our kindergarten class. 

I love the jelly fish -- they were made by cutting a child's bouncy ball into quarters (could only use three of the pieces because of the bar code) and then used fancy yarns as the tentacles. The corals are Hawaiian leis. I printed out the fish and turtles from graphics I got on the internet and VBS clipart disc.

We were blessed to get a lot of these 8 foot foam boards from a local production company that was throwing them away. I forgot how expensive foam board could be! I would say that this entire project cost around $15 to make. (2 balls and 3 packages of leis from Dollar Tree = $5, Fish and turtles printed by volunteer = free, scrap yarn = free, blue tulle from JoAnn's = less that $10, used foam board from production company = free)

These are the boards I made for our mission offering. This first is information about the Tomorrow Clubs and the second charts how much money we have collected. The plane flies from our church to Ukraine as the collection increases.

Vintage Radio Show: You Are There

 

You Are There Vintage Radio Show 

Free at archive.org