Craft Patterns Better Homes and Garden 2007 Christmas

I saved this photo from Pinterest because I planned on making these little felt skates and gifts/ornaments. I started to make them and have not been thrilled with my own skate pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I was taking down the Thanksgiving decor and getting it all put away when I spied a stack of magazine. They were craft magazines!

And what should I see on those pages?  The very skates I saw on Pinterest and have been trying to make! I Scanned the page for all to enjoy. (Right click each scanned page to save.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men Read What you Write with Your Deeds

Japan- Great Relief, but So Sad

For the last two summers we have opened up our home to Japanese exchange students. This fall we will have a student for the entire school year.

We have now heard from all our friends in Japan. Everyone is fine. But watching the news is heart wrenching. It was also heart wrenching watching New Zealand, Australia, and Haiti.

But we have a connection with this far away land. Our prayers are will the dear people of Japan.

With Grateful Hearts We Thank Thee

It was a very nice day with the family. Good food, lots of help, family time and rest.

My dear husband was absent on turkey carving day in school. It was however moist and yummy.

Back To School and End of Summer

We never really had a summer as we usually know it. The temperures have hardly gotten above 95 the entire summer. The news is saying this is a problem for the many crops here in the valley because they need the very warm weather for proper growth.

Hot weather or not, summer happened just the same. Our family had its busy weeks of outings and fun and we had a few weeks of sitting around blissfully and not doing much at all. We again this year had a homestay student from Japan. Our family enjoys and learns so much every time we do this.

And now it is back to homeschool for the younger kids and back to college for the older kids. I make every effort to count the days and “ Live purposefully and worthily and accurately” Ephesians 5:15. I try very hard to not let time fly by me and savor my time with the family. But when these big shifts happen, like the kids going back to to school, I do see time has clearly elasped, and just a little too quickly, inspite of my efforts.

Roller Skating with friends.

Trip to San Francisco Wed.

It was a long but fun day.