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An Inexpensive Gift – Apple Baskets
Trees weighted down with apples that are sweet but with a hint of tartness. Offered for free to anyone who’s willing to pick. Oh, yes! You bet I’m interested I was so thrilled to hear from my cousin about apples that were free for the picking. So this week our family loaded up and headed for the golf course where the trees are located. In about an hours time we had over 400 lbs. of apples. A “sampling” of our bounty. The best apples are always the ones out of reach, right? The boys didn’t let that stop them and up they scaled the tree. Audrey was able to reach a few by herself. Ever…
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Week in Review 9/19/10
Yesterday, the last of my house guests left. We had a such a wonderful weekend with friends and excellent anniversary meetings at our church that blessed everyone. We had a pot-luck at our house on Saturday so there was lots of preparation for that. A large event is good for us to have once in a while because it helps us stay on top of the yard work instead of neglecting it. With my boys and Russell working around here it felt like we had our own yard maintenance company! Zachary himself spent almost a week getting things in order. Some of us had it easy. On Saturday we ended up feeding almost 200 people. The…
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Tea in the Tropics
My daughter hosted a Tea in the Tropics for her tea party club. What fun we had putting together this theme! Even our old and ugly orange chairs were right at home in this colorful setting. The napkins came from tableclothsfactory.com. They have a wide selection of colors and I think their prices are very reasonable. Including shipping, the cost of each napkin was $.75 and the shipping was fast. The “tablecloth” was material that we found on clearance. I paid $20 and the material covered 3 tables. The centerpieces were fun to make. I took jars I had around the house, filled them with water and added shells from the Dollar…
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Review: The Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History
The Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History Authors: Rob & Cyndy Shearer Publisher: Greenleaf Press Rob & Cyndi Shearer write in the introduction to Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History, “…we have encouraged families to make the history of Israel, the Old Testament, their children’s first history.” “As a people, we do not really know the Scriptures very well. And we have forgotten that God has commanded, not merely suggested, that we pass on these things (these Old Testament stories) to our children.” “As we have read through the story of Israel… we have been most struck with something we already knew – but have seen again. We have…
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Week in Review 9/12/10 – Reunion!
My two oldest boys arrived home Tuesday. Finally! Seth was gone to Ohio for 2 months and Zachary to Manitoba, Canada for 6 weeks. They both flew home on the same day with connecting flights in Minneapolis. Neither one knew the other had a layover in Minneapolis since we had purchased their tickets here at home. Russell arranged for them to be on the same flight together and to even have seats right next to each other. How could it go wrong you may wonder… Well Seth, our firstborn, acts like a typical firstborn! We had already imagined that he would be one of the first on board and we also…
