Our Week

Full of fun, projects and r&r. Loving it! Ella planted some sunflower seeds in May and they are starting to bloom! I made her a sunflower skirt from some scraps so she got to pose by her flower in her skirt. I have been busy getting ready for camp. It is only five days away! The pennant banner is for our cabin. It was really easy to make and is a really cute decoration! Strawberries were on sale for 88 cents a pound so I made freezer jam and bottled some strawberry lemonade concentrate. Bottling was a complete waste of time, next time I will do it in pint size jars instead of quarts. Ella and I have been goofing off just hanging out and going on some adventures to the beach. I am glad it's only July. I am so not ready for the end of summer!





I finally was able to make her two french braids look presentable. Lots of practice went into that!

Watch and laugh

Its kinda funny...

Prayers

Ella is pretty cute and sweet when she prays. We went to the zoo about a month ago. ever since she prays, Thank you go to the zoo...

We spent the last week house sitting for my fabulous sister in law Judy. Charles was able to just work from his laptop saving him a long commute. This meant that every time he had a break and during lunch he came out and played with Ella and the dog. They would go out into the backyard and roll around in the grass. Ella had a lot of fun. Charles has been working a lot so she hasn't seen a lot of him. After the first night she prayed all on her own without any help,

Thank thee my daddy stayed home and played today.

Such a thoughtful sweet girl!

Just a friendly hello

from your neighborhood spider girl.

The Echo

’Twas a sheep not a lamb
That strayed away in the parable Jesus told,
A grown-up sheep that strayed away
From the ninety and nine in the fold.
And why for the sheep should we seek
And earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger when sheep go wrong:
They lead the lambs astray.
Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,
Wherever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong,
It won’t take long till the lambs are as wrong as they.
And so with the sheep we earnestly plead
For the sake of the lambs today,
For when the sheep are lost
What a terrible cost
The lambs will have to pay.

C. C. Miller

Silly Ella

Last night we had just finished Ella's pre-bedtime routine, instead of hoping into bed like normal she sits down and says nonchalantly, So guys what do you want to do today?

Charles and I stared at each other and then started laughing.



Love this girl!

Good Morning!

Trek

The Youth at church are going to trek around in the wilderness of California for three days while dressed in pioneer era garb. I am making said pioneer garb. Here are the bonnets.
Charming, no?





Let me tell you those girls are going to be outfitted well!