solomon islands {missionaries!}

Hello, friends!

Look at this amazingly gorgeous necklace

that my friend Gayly's daughter made!

She is selling them to raise

money for a missionary

family who serve in

the Solomon Islands, translating the Bible

into their language.

Isn't that GREAT?!

Please hope over to

Gayly's blog for all

the details!

cheesy and delicious {loft bed and cute friends}

Yesterday afternoon K-man drove to B's college to
deliver the loft bed he made for him.
Don't you love it?
It even has a fluorescent light and a power strip.
It's the ultimate college loft bed.

And don't you love the $20 couch?
It's disgusting.

So the kids and I were home for the evening.
And we had two very lovely visitors stop by!

My dear friend Gayly and her gloriously adorable daughter Clara
were in the area and came by to see us!

And when I broke out the camera, Clara put on her cheesy Chinese face.
She's rather clued in to the fact that she's delicious.

Umm, how cute is this?!

My, oh my.

Have you ever?

We had such a wonderful time!!

so funny, so fun!

There is nothing quite like watching
Chinese children watch slap-stick comedy.

Oh my stars, do they laugh!

Thanks, Home Alone movies!



And if that's not fun enough, my dear friend Gayly
is on her way over for a quick visit!


Such a fun Friday night!

gorgeous!

Isn't that a gorgeous necklace?

My friend Gayly is making them!

And right now, if you buy one by November 17,
some of proceeds go to help
my friend Connie.

Go to their sites to get all the details!
(Click on their names)

Buy one for yourself...and do some Christmas shopping
while you're at it.

Enjoy!


But hurry cause they're selling fast!

great opportunity to help!

Hey, ya'll!

My dear friend Gayly is leaving next week for China
to meet her sweet little girly Clara.

But first she is going to spend a little time at
Morning Start Family home!

She is working hard to fill up two big suitcases of
much needed supplies to bless them with.

Please swing over to her blog to see how YOU can contribute!

Thanks!

cell phone pic saturday {and lucy-bug has a bug}

Lucy-bug woke up with a bug.
Ugh.

The first thing she said to me this morning was,
"I can't see! I can't see!!"

Well,
I was a tad panic-stricken wondering what could have
blinded my baby in the night.

But uhhh, then I realized that her little almond-shaped eyes were
filled with glue-like sleep.

Poor little darlin'.

Fever.
Achy legs.
Cough.

Shivers.
Me...I have the shivers with the thought of
my little drama queen
having the flu
over the next few days.

No, it can't be.
It is just a 12 hour bug, right?
It must be.
It has to be.

Ok, so while she's asleep on the couch at the moment,
I thought I'd post something.

But what?
I do not know.

So I skimmed through my cell phone pics to find anything
the least bit interesting.

Didn't find much.

But here ya go.



This was a few months ago when Nick and Lucy discovered the ground
moving across the yard.
A mole, no doubt, caught in action.
They were both fascinated and picked and prodded at him (or her).
They never actually saw it but had fun anyway.

And here is a pic of me cutting my bloggy friend, Gayly's hair.
Sorry, Gayly...but I thought it was a cute pic
that Lucy took of us as she looked into the mirror.
Gayly lives just a couple hours away from me and we were tickled to
get a chance to get together and chat (and get a new do) over Christmas break.

Well, that's all, folks.

Happy Saturday!

check it out

Remember my bloggy friend Gayly that I met in person
not long ago?


She's doing a fun giveaway on her blog.

Check it out!

blog friend visit!!

Today was super fun because my blog friend Gayly and her PRECIOUS little guy, Nate, came for a visit!!



Be still my heart...is he not the cutest thing ever?!!


It took a while but Lucy and Nate finally clicked and boy, did they take off! They had a blast and giggled relentlessly.




Seriously, this little guy made my heart mushy. Oh dear...what might that mean?