the last 11 days have been busy!!!

In 11 days, I’ve made:

1 of these

4 of these

6 of these

3 of these

1 of these

6 dozen of these

and 1 of these.

 

And he

turned 6!!!

(just one more birthday and a key lime pie to go before the weekend is done!)

 

 

     

Some Made-By-Us Valentines

Cookies!

More Cookies!

Embroidered Napkins for the Teachers

   

The Ultimate Love Story

True love. 

Complete, unfailing love. 

The ultimate love story.

If you are looking for chocolates, roses, and puffy red hearts, you won’t find them here.

Instead, let me tell you about True Love. 

The Love that makes this Mommy’s heart sing tonight.

A Love even truer than this one.

A Love that provides Hope. 

A Love that provides Healing.

A Love that never fails.

For God loved the world in this way:  He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 

(John 3:16-17)

That’s Love.

I’m not worthy of that Love. 

Neither are you.

Nor is my sweet, sweet little boy.

But there is good news.  Awesome really.

I can’t earn this Love.  You can’t earn this Love. 

Instead it’s a Gift.

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift (Ephesians 2:8)

That’s it—just a Gift. 

And it’s available to you, if you say “yes”.

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  (Romans 10:9)

My little boy said “yes”.

He came to me on January 12th and said these sweet words:  “Mom, I want to ask Jesus to come live in my heart.”

Then, tonight, on February 13th he followed in obedience through Baptism.

 

Thank you, Jesus, for loving me enough to die on the cross to take the punishment for my sins. 

And Jesus, thank you even more for dying on that cross for my sweet little boy’s sins. 

But most importantly, thank you for your promise that you will live with us forever. 

Amen

p.s.  I have to add one more thing to this post.  If you are a grandparent or a parent, and you already have experienced God’s amazing Love and Grace, don’t forget to share it, to pass it down.  Your legacy will change lives in ways you may never realized.  You should know, that January 12th is not only the day LM ask Christ into his heart, but also two of his Great Grandmothers’ birthdays.  And his baptism today—well, this weekend is the second anniversary of my grandpa’s going to be with Jesus.  All 3 of these folks, all three his great-grandparents, prayed for this child, as they prayed for his Mom and Dad. 

 

A Blushing Heart

This is what I did with our “not-so-snowy” snow day yesterday.

(Yeah, um, Mom and Aunt K, you can stop laughing now.)

I picked up a Moda charm pack of Basic Grey’s Blush on a whim Tuesday.

I used this link and a whole lot of graph paper to make my plan. 

I have the step-by-step pictures and instructions, if you are interested!

The Snow Day Tycoons

Last Friday, we had a snow day.

(We had one today too, but the snow never happened.)

Last Friday, we played outside a little

But our little mix of sleet and snow made our snowball fight

TOO COLD.

So, we headed inside.

I pulled out a game the kids have never played.

We played for about 4 hours on Friday.

And again on Saturday.

Can someone explain to me how my 5 year old tycoon beat me every time?!?!?!?

Tutorial: Clothes Pin Bag

 

Here’s a simple project that any sewist can tackle.