A Dollar A Comment!!!!

There are some amazing things happening with Starfish Cleft Foster Home.... I have their site linked on my sidebar. Please stop by and see all the precious babies in China, with cleft palates that they are helping.

Amy, whose blog you can visit HERE... will donate $1.00 for every comment that anyone leaves on her blog, under her "Thanksgiving post." All you have to do is comment on what you are thankful for!

Will you take a few moments to help these sweet children?

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you, Amy!!!!!

Feeling thankful...

I saw this cute idea online...

(Click HERE to see the website)

...and decided to do something to get my kids in the right frame of mind for Thanksgiving. Our goal is to fill our jar with blessings and things we are thankful for by Thanksgiving!
The kids had fun helping me dye the noodles... and I am thinking it will be fun to let them make necklaces and some art projects with all the noodles while we are cooking Thanksgiving dinner! It will keep them busy for a few minutes anyway!

11/11/07... A day I will never forget!

Two years ago, we were blessed with our daughter Naomi. I can not begin to put into words how God has worked in the last couple years, other than to show you pictures of our beautiful girl. She is a light and a joy to us. We delight in her strong nature and will, her hearty giggle and very stubborn streak. Naomi has taught me so much in the last two years... Here is just a tiny glimpse at the beauty of our sweet girl!

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Trick or treats...

Mummies and bats!

I really don't see how you can go wrong with googly eyes and chocolate! At least not in my house!

Feeling "batty"

I have been home sick with some sort of flu for over a week... and I am going "batty." I was bored and began looking up fun ideas for kids crafts and holiday decorations! The kids loved this one!

All you do is cut out black bats and tape them on to the inside of the lightshade. When the light is off, you can't even tell they are there! :) It is very cute! The look I got from Glenn as I was sitting on the couch cutting out bats, while the kids were asleep was pure crazy... Oh well! It was a great surprise when they flipped on the light this morning!

Can you tell the difference?

Fake smiles... They are tired of Mommy taking "just one more picture!"

NOT fake smiles... They are laughing at Mommy who tripped on a pumpkin vine, and thinking "Yes! Now, maybe we will be done with all these pictures!"

Fall fun...

Hope...

Because it has been awhile...

We spent the afternoon at a local pumpkin farm. We enjoyed fresh pressed cider, lemon- walnut pie(I could have licked the plate clean!), peanut butter cookies, chocolate-pumpkin bread... Yummy!!!! Oh.. and a hayride ALL to ourselves! This pumpkin farm is one of my favorite places! I love it! Every year I try to go as many times as I can while they are open!

Teaching JOY in giving...

Click on the photo-link above to read an amazing journey of a young woman, named Katie, in Uganda. Her story is awesome. She is such a reflection of Jesus in all that she does. Her ministry focuses on orphans in Uganda... and as I read her story, I knew I needed to do something!

My kids recently counted out their piggy banks... They had a good amount of combined money and they talked about how they could help children in need. We came up with lots of ideas... but when we talked about Katie's needs in Uganda, the kids got really excited to go shopping for "supplies!" So today, we headed out and filled a box full of goodies that Katie mentions on her blog, that she is in need of!


The kids are pretty excited to mail off their box!

Next... they want to "buy" chickens for families in Uganda! :) They thought that would be "cool!"

What can YOU do???? They need anything from colored pencils and paper... to sponsoring a child and more. I am so blessed today to see my kids truly experienced JOY in giving!