Here are a couple of pages I made with Summer Treats by Cathy K, I have to say it is one of my favorite kits! Charli and I went to our VBS kickoff, she had a wonderful time! She especially loved Snow cones! I got a kick out of her crawling in the ice! I will be posting more pages from this, just running behind!

SOMETIMES WE NEED TO STOP AND ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT MAKE US HAPPY!

A Day with Charli

A lot of pictures I took of Les and Charli spending some time together after I picked her up yesterday! We went to the library, she loved the books and the puppet show. Then we went to see the topiary display they have put up getting ready for the Festival next week, I had the best time. Poor Les is really having trouble with his back again but some how he held her and L got the pictures. It was so hot my hair was wet so I did not get in any pictures this time. I learned something, Charli can make monkey sounds, I asked how she liked the monkey and she started doing the funniest noises, I did get pictures of that, too, LOL!

Lightning Bugs and ...

My first photo photo was of Charli and her first lightning bug, I am so glad I was standing there when they caught it, I so loved catching them when I was a kid! We had a Holly tree and they always seemed to be there. She was not afraid to hold it but the poor bug couldn't have made it after all the squeezes, LOL!


And for my news... I went to have dinner with the kids and Charli had on this shirt, I always notice what she had on but Les didn't. She tried to save me the Pregnancy test to take a picture of but the battery didn't last. I hope this one will be a boy.
The first time she gave me a pregnant Willowtree figure she is very creative and I love it! I wanted her to be able to tell my Mom first. I think I am going to wait and let her tell Jeremy, I would rather her let him know when he gets home in a few weeks than to just put it on Face Book or in an email. I never heard anything from my DIL to know if she got Alexis' birthday gift I sent. I really am not surprised though.

Got some good news but I am waiting to Blog when the people that need to know first are told, LOL, I hope I can post pictures tomorrow or so!
These pages are done with Connie's new kit. It is a new Collab from Connie Prince and Kandy Kane Creations
[URL=http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=22181&cat=335&page=2]FOR HIM[/URL] I don't have many pictures of Seth and these were taken last year for Mother's Day so he don't even look like this but I work with what I have!
The top one is for a challenge and I kind'a like it.
Things went smooth at work with the new kids, one was on vacation.
Oh, I enjoyed our Women on Missions Meeting! It is going to be a 'hands on' group where we may clean an elderly member's house or cut the grass or spend some time at the soup kitchen!
I am in charge of membership and fund raising. I already have a great idea. We are going to plan a trip for next summer so we need to have money put aside. The rest of this week is busy, getting Charli when I get off and keeping here until Trey gets off after 6:30. Next week I won't keep her but have Bible School and Festival of Flowers. Doing the Garden Tours and Park Seed. I will post pictures of the topiaries soon!

Well today is the first day with my new class, I did play with them awhile Friday and got some pictures but Yochih was not there. The parents of the kids that went up were not happy, I had them a short time, I know one or two were going to say something but that's the way it goes sometimes. I am about to leave for work early so I can do some things.
Tonight we are having our first Women on Missions meeting at church, it is something new and we will meet once a month and concentrate even more on doing missions in our community. Should be lots of fun, we always have a great time any way. Then we will eat with Gina so I can get the car seat put in my van.
Well off to work, have a great day!

After church Les and I went to eat at one of our favorite restaurants, Chinatown, we love all the Chinese ones here in town and he had to work today so that's what he wanted to do.
My little squirrel friend came to visit this morning and he has sores where he has been in a fight, poor thing, I have seen a robin take after him but he has places on both sides.
One more week until VBS, I have to get the crafts ready to go and I will be keeping Charli, going to Debbie's house, Trey's Mom, and getting her. They will be on vacation next week so I will not see her for a while so I am going to be sure I spend time with her. I did get my office cleaned up for her to come over, I might stop by Grandmama's too. The thing is I have a terrible time pushing the buttons to get her out of the seat!

Here is this week's Scripture Challenge at SBE

Continuing with our theme for the month of June, based on the concept of PURPOSE, the scripture verse for Week 19 comes from Exodus 9:16 in which God tells Pharaoh:
“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

** Be sure to read the General Guidelines to the challenge HERE, where you can find out what will happen each week. It will tell you how you can take part, what you will be receiving, where to post your submissions to, etc.

Here is a preview of your FREE Word Art for this week (the link to download the Word Art to use as part of your submission appears at the BOTTOM of this message):


* The deadline for submitting your creation for THIS challenge is midnight EST on Saturday June 20th 2009.*

I am just taking a minute to eat a piece of lemon pie and post this between cleaning so it is real quick. I don't want to stop long, I have things left to put up after the yard sale and reorganize so just a quick picture of my little friend to share.

Good Morning!
I finally decided the pictures and have them ready to take to the festival today. Actually I developed 2 of Charli and will see which one of those is best and did the one of the bird at the beach and the water lily, I hope you will wish me luck!
I did find out what is going on at work and my 3 oldest will move up, I am trying to keep Hunter, though because he won't be he much the summer since his Mom is a teacher and I am afraid he will have trouble adjusting. He is the one I initially had trouble with but I learned how to be a better teacher for him and I do not want that to be messed up. I haven't met the new ones coming up, either, I do know one is another of Shirley's grand kids and hasn't been at the center long.
These are zinnias from my garden, I love the speckled ones, they came from seeds I bout at Jackson. I will try more next year, I think. Well I had better hurry because I want to stop by Walgreen's before work!

The rain has really helped my herbs, I love going to smell them! The only ones not doing as well are the pineapple mint and the lavender. Les has plenty of tomatoes so far and some cucumbers and we have already has a little squash, we did lose some to slugs. Have a couple of peppers, too.
I was very proud of Yochih yesterday! Not only did she not cry or cling to me she played with the other kids and spoke. She talks Japenese to her Mom but keeps that paci in her mouth and has patted and pointed up to now. I am waiting to see what kind of changes are made, we had a note that classes were being combined and one of the teachers said I would have to move to another class, I am praying she was wrong!

My Butterfly bush is starting to bloom and my zinnias are showing out! Next year I need to plan better on them though, I need to figure out height better because I have some shorter ones in the middle. I have had good luck with these and my Verbena and my petunias are ok but the phlox, hummingbird rose and salvia are not as good. I know why though, Les mixed sand in the top soil instead of using potting soil and the soil is too hard, will remember that next year!
Yochih, my new little girl did not cry at all yesterday but stayed in my lap or beside me the whole time. Cai and mason were sick so had just 5 kids again.
When I got over to Gina's Charli was whiney! I had to laugh, she when into her room, got a blanket and crawled on the sofa before Gina even left! She went to sleep a few minutes after 2 and did not wake up until just before 5! Shae was in a fun mood then and we played until her Daddy came home. Got some great pictures of her dancing for me!

I forgot to say that I changed the photo at the bottom of my posts and added a favorite one from these!

Fun in the water! Charli gave me some wonderful shots Sunday! These are of her in the water, Look at that diaper as she walks up the hill, LOL!
My new children did really well, Yochih came in crying but after I got her Mom out she stopped after 5 minutes or so and stayed by me for a long time. She then started playing and was smiling and laughing, she is a beautiful child! The little boy, Cai was fine, just like he had been there. I only had 5 kids and it was nice. I should have all today and Thursday.
Had a meeting for VBS, it is coming up fast! The 20th we will have a Kick off with water games and a parade through local neighborhoods, that is a fun day. I will be getting all my crafts together and rearranging my class for it soon.
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

My friend Debbie gave me this wonderful award today. I do not keep up with a lot of Blogs to pass on this to and really mean it so here are the few I do enjoy because they keep up with the writing and make the Blog fun to read...

Zaroga who I so enjoy and feel as if I know! I hope you have a relaxing fishing trip!
Linda who shares her wonderful Word Art with us and is a great person!
Tammy who is one of my first and best digi friends and has two great boys to scrap!

Well those are my favorite I hope you enjoy them, too!

I think this is one of the best pictures I have gotten of Gina's family! Charli finally smiled a little, LOL!
I got some great pictures of her playing in the river I will post later.
Today my new kids start so it should be interesting, I will miss Livi and especially Kameron! She would even want me to put a band aid on her instead of her Mom, the other day she put a glove on and put it on my head and said, "it's alright Honey, I won't hurt." That made my day!
Hunter will not be there a lot because his Mom is a teacher so she wants to spend time with him, that's nice.

This is my FIL with Gina and Charli, he really did pretty good, I think. It was a big to do trying to get him there and he left early which I was not happy about because we got out of church early so we could follow them but, that's live with him right now...
He was hurting bad in his stomach last night, I keep wondering if he will make it through the month or if both Les and I will mourn our Dad's in June.

I will probably share several pictures from the Gary Reunion the week, these are Charli running and with Meagan Gary, Les's cousin Paul's youngest child. She is 3 days younger that Charli and one day older than Seth. She just wanted to hug Charli but Charli is not a very huggable baby and would not let her. I couldn't get a picture of Crystal's grandbaby who was born in April.

New Scripture Challenge up at SBE, come join us for Great WA by Rina as we share our Faith!

Continuing with our theme for the month of June, based on the concept of PURPOSE, the scripture verse for Week 18 comes from Romans 8:28 which says:
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

** Be sure to read the General Guidelines to the challenge HERE, where you can find out what will happen each week. It will tell you how you can take part, what you will be receiving, where to post your submissions to, etc.

Here is a preview of your FREE Word Art for this week


* The deadline for submitting your creation for THIS challenge is midnight EST on Saturday June 13th 2009.*

My Dad would have been 70 today. Three years ago we celebrated his last birthday and he passed away June 18, Father's day. It is good remembering him now, we spent a lot of quality time together as he suffered his last days of his cancer after years of hard feelings.
He was the smartest uneducated man I know. He only when to the sixth grade yet he mentally kept up with his checkbook and was a Master Machinist, making anything he wanted. When I tell people who my Dad was they usually say what a good man he was and I know he was a pretty good fellow, I can almost hear him laughing now, he did that a lot. I just regret that alcohol had to enter the picture when he was in his mid thirties, it changed the man that called me Sweetheart into a man I didn't like very much. I wish he could have been a man I wanted my kids to spend time with, Jeremy did not even invite him to his wedding and he never came to important things in their lives until Gina got married. That is one of my favorite memories! We asked the Grandmothers to all wear pink to her wedding and he told my Step-Mom to get him a pink shirt! Yes, real men do wear pink!
I love you, Daddy!

Now I am finished with my yard sale and made $132. I really got rid of a lot of scrapbooking stuff! I made bags of buttons, lace, stickers and little doodads and sold for 50cents and $1 and sold most of my paper to one woman 6 for $1!
We almost forgot tomorrow was the Gary Reunion in Elberton! Thank goodness Gina told me yesterday and Les is off! He is out trying to get a trailer to put the scooter on, now.
Well I had better get my craft room back to clean!!

I was so proud when I opened up my mail and found this! I have been featured by Christy Haig for this page! It was created by Miss Erin's Remember the Best Dreams that I gave the links for Wednesday.
Charli had a fun time while Gina and Trey went to the Graduation, I ended up keeping her here so I could work a little on my yard sale. A friend is coming to help me this afternoon, it rained and I didn't get things out of the garage yesterday, it cost over $ 9 to put an ad in the paper so I hope I can get enough scrapbooking and craft stuff to make more than that!