Blog or Sleep

Hmmm.  Tough choice, but I obviously chose sleep last night.  I think I went to bed around 7:30!  I was sorely lacking and it had definitely caught up with me.  I was thankful that Scott was home for most of the day.  He took over quite a bit of the food and entertainment part of the day.  Here was breakfast:

Delicous Blueberry Pancakes! (I just noticed that the one on the right looks like a heart:).

Crafts for the day:

Tie dying a shirt for Kiersten.

Learning about the Phoenicians.

Making homemade snow globes.

They used coconut for the snow.

Wondering if others have good ideas for other pretend snow.

 

 

Making Pita Bread.

The pita bread was really good!  The kids wanted to fill theirs with tuna and Garrison used another one at supper time.  He put spaghetti in his:).  The snow globes were a big success.  Pretty easy to make, but looking for other things to put inside for the figurines and also the snow.  All in all it was a pretty good day.  I didn't take pictures of the devotions.  Scott showed the kids the fleece part of  Gideon's story.  The lights were off and on for night and day.  Then he had Garrison sneak into the Midianites camp and listen as they were talking about a dream the one man had.  He dreamt that a barley cake rolled into their camp.  The other Midianite told him that it was a picture of Gideon coming in and defeating them.  He was right and they were defeated by Gideon and a handful of men with God on their side.  They also lost most of their men because it was dark, they were scared and they ended up killing each other in the confusion.  Not a nice way to go.

A super cute Kiersten with her new favorite drink.

Kiersten is almost rash free now that we've switched her to rice milk.  She LOVES this stuff and it works great for her to have it with her cereal.  Now, we've just got to keep her from drinking the leftover from Caleb's cup.  She doesn't understand yet, that that is what gives her the rash.  She's doing pretty good though and I'm happy we've found something to substitute.
  Church today was quite good.  There was more snow on the way to church, but it doesn't seem to be causing too much trouble.  The temperature dropped to -26 after a week of pretty nice weather.  We had a pretty good crowd out for church.  Alan and Brenda were back from Hawaii and looking nice and tan.  They're only here til Tuesday though, then it's back on the plane.  They're heading to the Domican Republic for their daughter's wedding.  They're quite happy to be escaping the snow for several weeks:).  The man we were expecting this afternoon was delayed by an unexpected family thing.  Hopefully he will arrive sometime this week.  Other than that, we were able to enjoy spending the rest of the afternoon at home.  I skyped with some of my family and Elyssia actually got me sewing again.  Here is a picture of the progress I made on my quilt tonight:

There are 25 new pieces sewn together and the squares on the right are the completed blocks:).  I'm doing it by hand, so it will probably take me another couple months, but progress is good, right.  I think Mrs. Reid would be happy with me:).  I haven't worked on it since before I got married.  I have to admit that I started it while Scott was courting me.  I LOVE quilts, but I'd never made one before.  I got all the pieces cut out, sewed some together and can't remember why I stopped.  I should have started it up before we had Elyssia, but I didn't really do a whole lot productive during that pregnancy.  Time for a fresh start.  I'm thankful that I have all the materials already.  I paid about $60 for all the materials.  The ladies in our church that quilt say that they usually spend close to $300 on their materials and another $300 if they want someone to do the finishing part.  I'm putting fabric store on my places to stop while on vacation.  I should get enough material for the girls curtains, a couple dresses and maybe some extra for some block quilts.  Sharon and Brenda were telling me that the prices are still so cheap compared to up here.  Good time to stock up a bit.  Elyssia is already working on her next little quilt.  She's doing this one by hand though.  I need a refresher course on my mom's sewing machine, but haven't gotten it yet.  Sharon also wants to start making these little dresses and shorts for kids in Africa.  They sound really simple and it would be something that we ladies could do together.  The busy year is starting to look even busier.  Good thing I'm teaching on Mary and Martha at the next Bible study:)  I need to apply some of it to my own life.  Busy isn't always best.  Finding the right balance is what we need.  Another goal, but not a resolution.  We know where those go:). 
  Well, I'm thinking I should head to bed pretty soon.  I could've used a nap this afternoon, but didn't get a chance. I can hardly keep my eyes open now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...  Oh, was that me:)  Have a great week!