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Weekend in Pictures-

Worked in the Garden-

Played with Grandchildren-

Made a Valentine's Banner from an old book- Thank you Pinterest. 

 

Went to Church; Beautiful weekend.

 

“Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us un-summoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves how to make room for them, to love them, and to live, really live.” 
-Anna Quindlen: A Short Guide to a Happy Life.

Stake Primary Leadership- "Choose To Teach"

The meeting-  Stake Primary Leadership- "Choose to Teach"

• Teaching By the Spirit:   Pam
• Proper Way to Prepare A Lesson:  Teresa
• Lesson Activity Ideas:  Lisa
• Teaching Children With Disabilities:  Beverly

 

 

1. Invitations- By Lisa 
2. Decorations- By Teresa-  Our Primary colors are 1, 2, 3 Red, Yellow and Blue
3. "The Proper Way to Prepare a Lesson" Hand out- Teresa {Wooden utensil's & red polka dot straws.}  Using object lesson-compared preparing a meal as steps to preparing for a lesson.

 

 Paper place-mats- used as a visual in my Lesson "The Proper Way to Prepare a Lesson."

The Set up-

 The Handout-

• Bev -made the Blackboard clipboards- adorable.
• Pam- made the candied apples- fabulous.

 

The meeting went well and it always so fun to meet up with all the Lovely Primary Sisters.

Happy Day

Paper Vintage placemats-

Wooden spoons-  Garnish

Fabric -  St. Helen Oregon Walmart

Memory Box- Footlocker

I found a wonderful little footlocker that will be used as a Memory box for the grand-kids.

I cleaned it up a bit added a little vintage map to the top and bottom to give it a little more character.

This little footlockers home is going to be on Tracey- 

I filled her with art supplies, paper and little blank notebooks for each of the grand-kids- to write their camping  stories in....the books will stay in the box.....also....eventually I plan to put books and games in her.

Another idea I had for this little Memory box; each time we take the grand-kids camping, I plan to add a picture of them with us to the box. {glued on the inside top and bottom of the box.}  so, eventually the whole inside will be  covered with pictures.

All ready for it's first adventure.

 

 

 

Sometimes I........

Sometimes I.......

Wish my children were still babies and I could hold and cuddle them like that.

Wish I had a personal chef.

Daydream about singing with Josh Groban.  =)

Want to run off to a private island with my husband.

Wish I could find a way to have all my grandchildren together more.

Wish the language fairy would touch me with her fairy wand....so I could speak Spanish & French.

Daydream about being a famous architect and being asked to design Temples for the Church.

Want to do something awesome....like see the northern lights.

Wish there was a way to hug my kids each day.

Want to slow dance with Dan in the soft warm rain.

Daydream about being in a C. S. Lewis Novel.

Want to go on a long journey and treasure hunt the whole way.

 

 

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Now it's your turn.

Sometimes I...............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the Winner is.......

Myrnie......

She said- " Rock star blogger! Love the quotes, what a fun class for you :). I so appreciate your happy voice!"

Thanks Myrnie I have enjoyed your blog too.   Email your address to me and I will get your prize off right away.

Thanks to you all for your sweet encouraging comments- you are the fun part of blogging.

Happy Day.

In a hurry this morning- will post pictures of the prize later.

P.S   the bunting is just part of the prize.

You can also find Myrnie here.

Here's a little look at the gift-

Happy Day

You were meant for this journey-

I'm taking an on line  class with art as my companion  called Creatively Made- Rediscovering the Beauty of your gifts}  and having so much fun with it- {Sam and Heidi's Christmas gift to me}

I love all the quotes she uses in the class-  Thought I would share a few today- from the setting of the oh, so... so....so quiet Cottage.

"Finally listening to the whispers that have been in my heart since I was a little girl."

"She made the choice to see the beauty all around her."

"I am exactly where I am supposed to be."

"I want dreams created for me in the heart of God."

"Follow the dance of your heart that leads you to the place you belong."

"I promise to follow my heart and to make time for my dreams."

What are you dreaming of?

Love this course- feels like Education week everyday.

This course is helping in one of my 2012 goals- find ways to learn something new everyday.

This post today marks 1000 post for my blog.

 I have something special to giveaway to one of you- just leave a comment and next Monday I will draw from your names.  

{Hint....you can see part of the giveaway in one of the pictures above.}

Happy Day

Holly Cow  One Thousand Posts!

 

 

Simple Book Nook-

Finally putting the vintage locker baskets I bought at Remnants of past to good use.  

Here is the little book nook ....on the stair landing.

I think every home should have a little area for little ones to sit and read.  Just books and a little stuffed Ottoman.  I plan to add a large blackboard when I find one or make it.   I also plan to have a little note book at this site- the kids can write down what they have read- just for fun.

"We read to know we are not alone." - C.S. Lewis

Choose to Teach-

The invitations-

Meeting information on the back.

 

Some of the decorations-

We have some great things planned for this meeting. More on this subject coming next week.

 

A week with the Grand-kids-

My last day there I took in some familiar sites and food-  =}  Good bye burgerville.

Just returned home from a week visit with Conner, Payton and Anna.

 Wonderful week of swimming lessons, school drop off and pick ups, special lunch, games, movies, cute conversations, shopping, reading Conner's book written by Conner and tons of wonderful moments.

As I was getting ready to leave I had a little "melancholy"  moment- realizing this will probably be the last time I visit them in  Oregon. - {they are moving to LV} 

I will miss the beautiful surroundings-

The Holly orchard across the street from their school.

The rolling hills and all the green.  I will miss seeing some familiar faces....that I consider friends too. [Paige, Jenn, Sheila and Nichole}

So happy that I got to spend time in Shannon's Oregon- it was beautiful.   Now looking forward to what wonderful things to come in LV.

The kids were great-

It always takes three tries to get a picture =)

Love these kids.

Happy day

 

 

Anna's surprise party for the boys-

Anna wanted to surprise the boys with a little party.  We gathered up what we could find in the house for the party.

• cupcakes
• balloons
• I gave Anna $15 to buy a gift for the boys. {she knew exactly what they wanted....all week she has been wanting to get something for Payton- today was her chance.

Preparing for the Party-

All the way to pick up the boys from school Anna was formulating a plan on how to surprise the boys.  Anna- lets have them stand by the door until we are ready and then yell for them to come in and then say SURPRISE!

As Anna was waiting for the surprise to happen her comment- "The boys are going to be so surprised and happy, they are going to love me so much....this is the best day of my life."

Surprise!

Anna's gifts to her brothers.

 

Anna wanted candles on the cupcakes- she said candles make it special.    When I asked Payton where the matches were he said ...."I don't know, I think Dad doesn't want us to know where they are because we might burn down the house."

So, Conner pretended to be blowing out the candle....but wait, Anna knows were the candles are.....Payton's comment- " Huh....Why does Anna get to know where the candles are?"

 

Happy surprise cupcake party- Love Anna

Anna crowned this the best cupcake- 

Anna- "Grammer, we need to save this for Mom, because she is the best Mom, so she gets the best cupcake."

Got to love that girl.

The kids played with their toys {side note- Anna didn't want anything for herself...but I couldn't let her go without something so I had her pick something out for herself....when she picked out something she made sure to get something small so the boys would be super excited about their gifts.....more love for that girl.}

After about a half hour of playing....it was time for homework, then cub scouts, then swimming lessons......then bed.

Happy Day

This morning I plan to do lots of sewing for the Spring Event- all 15 yards of it.