Muppet Character

Such fun!

You Are Kermit

Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know. You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems. Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green. Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!

The Muppet Personality Test

Four Blessings!

Credits: The good Lord!
Okay....okay...See it in my gallery here

All by Anita Stergiou at NDISB
Essentials Collection ~ Heart Beat Stitches
Essentials Collection ~ Ribbon Roses Pink Monogram and Papers
Essentials Collection ~ Ribbon Roses Blue Monogram and Papers
Photo filter: Virtual Photographer
Font: Mediavial Italique

Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,The fruit of the womb is a reward.

Sketches ~ Have you seen these?

Sketches for scrapbooking are very useful, especially when you've got a block about how to present a layout. This website also has some sketches for cards. Memory Makers

A Goofy Smile For You

This is my daughter with one of her goofy grins. She was sitting in her high chair and just being silly and the camera was nearby.....

Credits: Bloom Outside the Box at SOTB Rose Farver's portion.
Font: Doodle Cursive.

Protectors

Journaling reads: November 2003: A trip to the Ledges State Park for a picnic and a hike makes for an exciting day! Since only the kids and Mom went on this adventure, Caleb and Joshua were the protectors. They carried their “weapons” of choice with pride and were ready to be chivalrous.

Credits: Deep Woods - Designs by Kay at DigiscrapTreasures
Photo prongs by Anita Stergiou.
Fonts: Doodle Cursive & Geeker (title)

Love their expressions...

Falling Asleep in Grandpa's Arms

This is a LO that I finished over a week ago, but forgot to post. (We are in the midst of getting our house ready to sell etc.). My kiddos really enjoy being read to and will conscript any willing party! So when G&G were here, they requested all their books (okay..not all) be read to them.

Journaling reads: During Grandma & Grandpa’s recent visit, Caleb, Joshua & Peter often requested Grandpa (& Grandma) to read to them. This afternoon, Grandpa started reading to Caleb & Joshua, but Peter joined in quickly. For awhile all the boys were paying attention, but soon Peter’s head started bobbing and weaving. Finally, he fell asleep in Grandpa’s arms.

Credits: Essentials Collection: Ribbon Roses Blue by Anita Stergiou at NDISB.
Fonts: Teen and Doodle Cursive (my new favorite handwriting font)
In my gallery at 3 S

Memorization ~ John 1:39-42

39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).

In health and in sickness

The two youngest have had some sort of stomach/GI virus. DS#3 woke DH & I up at 4:30 one morning with some emesis, later dry heaves, and then later that day had a fever. He slept a lot for almost 2 days and then slowly recovered. Then DD had the same a couple of days later. So the washer and dryer got some extra work as did Mom and Dad. All seem to be well now. DS #2 had his 6th birthday last week; he opened his presents but we didn't have cake for a couple of days since that is when DS#3 was sick.

Any way, I did do some layouts. This first one is from just over 1 year ago. DH took this photo of three of our blessings with myself. I used the faux lomo effect tutorial by Anita Stergiou once again (it is so much fun to play with).

Credits: Far Away Love Scrapkit by Theresa Hernandez available at ACOT Essentials Collection: Heart Beat Stitches by Anita Stergiou at NDISB Fonts: Times New Roman & CK Man's Print

This next layout is using a photo of DS #1 and DS #3 just over 2 years ago. My have they grown! I love their smiles!

Credits: Monochromatics Collection :: Pourpre Étouffant by Anita Stergiou at NDISB
Font: CK Holiday Spirit and Times New Roman

Memorization ~ John 1:35-38

I'm a bit behind on posting our memory work -- and a bit behind on having this down perfect.

35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”
They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

Memorization ~ John 1:32-34

32 And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

A Long Time Away.....

Oh, I've been away from this blog for awhile. We've had a busy couple of weeks. But before I bore you with that. I wanted to share this.

For my knitting friends:
Blue set - 3-5 lb sized rolled brim hat with I-cord "umbilical cord" adapted for preemie size & booties - I can't remember the pattern. Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Needles: 4 US
White Variegated Set - Michelle's Hat and Booties sized for preemies 1-3 lbs. Yarn: sport weight I had Needles: 3 US
Bright Booties & Hat - Spiral Hat (5-7 lb size) Pattern is by Debbie I think -- I couldn't find the link but if you know it I will update; booties are same as white pair (larger needles due to larger yarn) Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Variegated Needles: Size 9 US

For my digital scrapbooking friends:
Scrap kit used: Auntie's Attic by Mirrand Reinhardt of Yeserday-Remembered
Fonts: Teen
See it in my gallery at 3 Scrapateers HERE

The Preemie Project has 2 chapters: one in Iowa and one in Michigan, although people all over the world knit, crochet, sew, etc. for the babies. Please check out the website HERE or HERE.

That's it for now. Time for dinner.

Eyes

This is a photo of DS#3. He was lying down on the carpet and looking up at me. I used the Lomo photo effect tutorial by Anita Stergiou on the photo then made it sepia tone. I did this layout as a challenge from 3 Scrapateers for the DigiScrappers Anonymous Chat/Crop for 2/25/06.

Credits: Something Sweet Scrapkit and Boing Alpha by Rose Farver at SOTB
Font: Teen

Memorization John 1:29-31

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

Candy Turkeys

I just downloaded these photos (from November 2005) from our older (2 MP) camera (so the quality was not as good -- and it has an unrealiable flash). But the candy turkeys were so cute! They had so much fun making them! I used my program to lighten them up...they were still a bit blurry, but hopefully you can see the cuteness!

Journaling reads:
Just before Thanksgiving, we got together with our friends the XXXX for a little history lesson and a craft. We sharpened sticks to make wood nibs, made ink from black raspberries, and created Thanksgiving cards. But the most FUN craft was making candy turkeys. Everyone was so creative and looked forward to eating the turkeys (after they were shown to the dads)

Credits: Simple Gifts by Christina Bartholomew at Three Scrapateers. I also used Christina's Corner Punch brush set for all the rounded corners (eraser tool). Font: Will and Grace

Memorization John 1:26-28

John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Nine Months Old - July 2005

This is my DD at 9 months old.

I used a sketch by Tatiana Erickson for this LO.

Journaling reads: You were not too sure about sitting on the grass outside. You did not like the prickliness of the grass on your skin, especially on your feet. July 2005

Credits: Autumn Evening by Mirranda Reinhardt of Yesterday-Remembered . Stitching by Christine Nash at SOTB. Font: CK Holiday Spirit

See this in my gallery at Three Scrapateers.

Memorization John 1:22-25

This week's Scriptures to memorize from John 1:

22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said: “I am
‘ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“ Make straight the way of the LORD,”’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

A Kiss

I just love the papers and wanted to showcase as many as I could with these photos of DH and me. I had seen a LO of Kristy Nerness's on her blog with strips of ribbons -- so I scraplifted.

Credits: Simple Life Scrapkit by Laura Burger of Three Scrapateers.
Font: LD Letter Home

Monkey Man

While our whole family went on this trip and enjoyed the zoo, I decided to focus on DS#1 in this 2 page LO. The photo for the 2nd page is one of my favorites! It really shows alot about my oldest monkey man. The zoo had a suspension bridge with this huge cable. He decided to hang from the cable and who could resist taking a photo. Evidently not me. LOL

All the boys wore yellow shirts -- easier to keep track of them. We enjoyed seeing the zoo so much that we stopped there on our way to Oklahome as well as on the way back from Oklahoma. Of course having a zoo pass helps as well.

Credits: Stitching on journaling tag is from Anita Stergiou's Bull's Eye Stitches Essentials Collection at Natural Designs in Scrapbooking (www.ndisb.com).
Scrapkit is Monkey Man by Mirranda Reinhardt at Yesterday-Remembered (www.yesterday-remembered.com). Fonts used: CK Holiday Spirit & Arial & LD Letter Home for the title (made from papers).



Journaling reads:
Journaling: A trip to Oklahoma with a stop at the Kansas
City Zoo made for an enjoyable mini-vacation for our family. We saw tortoises, parrots, leopards, hippos, and
so many more animals. We had one boy act like a monkey by hanging on the cable of the suspension bridge ~ Caleb, our Monkey Man.

By the way, he's really not that far off the ground.

Memorization John 1:19-21

Our church is corporately memorizing the first 4 chapters of the Gospel of John (NKJV). This week our portion is John 1:19-21:

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”

Bible Gateway John 1