Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.
Margaret D. Nadauld
I love finding new and exciting things to do online. Here are some of my favorites from the past week. Link up and share yours too!
I love shabby chic and am always looking for an inexpensive way to do it. These decorated mason jars found here at Homespun with Love are so adorable!
I am known around the little man's school as the cupcake angel/diva/queen, so you know if says cupcake, I am ALL over it! Like this ADORABLE cupcake tile from Southern Fairy Designs.
Father's Day is next weekend, and I am always looking for great ideas, as I mentioned here a while back. I saw these maple bacon cupcakes and I think we have breakfast all taken care of that morning!
One of my favorite websites to drool over, with tons of GORGEOUS dresses is the Shabby Apple. They are amazing and beautiful dresses. These two are my favorites:
However, I am not one to spend that much money on clothes, so I am always looking for a cheaper alternative. I found a great tutorial shabby apple wannabe at Suburbsmama. Too cute and well done!
They both look amazing!
I grew up in Salt Lake City,
which explains a lot about me and some of the things I love. One is my avid love of jello. No kidding, in Home Ec in junior high, we learned to make jello about 100 different ways. This is not your home ec jello
I saw this and it made me almost want to run right out and do it. (I said almost) but this is such a great idea and a nice touch too.
I am in the process of re-imagining our bedroom. Its a little blah, and quite frankly, I am BORED with it. I saw this today at Target
and I REALLY like it. Its nice, and a bit of a compromise for both of us. I got wall art at Hobby Lobby today
which I can't wait to put up. Even though we have been married for like, forever, I still have the giddiness of a newlywed.
So I saw this and thought, wow what a great decor idea-it would go really well with the lettering and the new comforter that I think might come home next weekend.
Super duper simple too!
I do have a new project I want to try, so off to create
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
14But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o”clock in the morning. 16No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: 17‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 18Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 20The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. 21Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Song:
Mighty Wind, blowing within us,
Burning Fire, giving us life,
Word of God, calling us outward,
Cleansing Water, bringing us home.
I will pour out my spirit on all living flesh,
The young, the old, the slave, the free - none will be forgot.
I will show you my face and show you your own,
And you will know that you belong to me.
You will go out, make kindred of the stranger,
You will speak words that you don't understand,
You will go out, and carry my great blessing,
The same blessing which will bring you back to me.
Activity: Dramatic Play
Cast: Peter
The Wind
Narrator
Crowd
Prophet Joel
Narrator: When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
The Wind: 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Narrator: 5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7Amazed and astonished, they asked
Crowd: “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
Narrator: 14But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them,
Peter: “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o”clock in the morning. 16No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
Prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 18Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. 20The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. 21Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Game: blowing in the wind
Have some small items (bottle caps, pennies, feathers) and line up on a table.
Take turns trying to blow the items across the table. Which ones blow easily? Harder to move? Did any not move at all?
One of our favorite rainy day things to do is to have an indoor picnic.
You have picnic fare-I love my chips and sandwiches, and of course healthy stuff too.
My favorite picnic go to meals are sandwiches-I love roast beef, horseradish sauce and lettuce; Little Man loves cheese sammys and the Big Man loves lunch meat, period!
And you spread it on a lovely blanket on the floor.
I love fat quarter quilts, and I created a very easy pattern to make your very own fat quarter quilt.
I took about 20 fat quarters
1 1/2 yards backing fabric
binding
batting
normal quilting supplies
I sewed the fat quarters together, 4 for each row.
I then sewed the 5 rows together.
I then attached the backing fabric to batting to the quilt top.
Pin, and sew.
My usual quilting method is stitch in the ditch. Its fast and efficient.
One of our favorite rainy day fun activities is to go camping indoors.
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We build a pillow fort.
step one: select blankets and pillows
step 2: spread the blankets out
step 3: select friends
step 4: enjoy!
We tell stories, the scarier the better.
We may make a campfire.
We even make microwave smores.
To make the smores you need:
Graham crackers
Hershey bar
Marshmallow fluff
Take a graham cracker, spread fluff on it, and top with a piece of hershey’s and another graham cracker. Microwave for about 10 seconds on a plate until every thing is soft, goey and turned into melted bliss.
