Backstage with the Bible!

I am so excited about this year's VBS theme for BBC. I love the point the GoFish Guys make: it is Vacation BIBLE School - and we need to teach our kids why the Bible is important! Click here to see the preview trailer - I think the kids are going to love it!! And, if you are from BBC, please take just a second to vote on the poll right over there on the side of the blog!
http://www.gofishguys.com/cms/pages/vacation-bible-school.php

and....if you have never heard the GoFish Guys - they make some pretty fantastic kids music! (click the links for the videos - fun, fun stuff!)

Day Snips...

Roben-Marie posted about this on her blog, and after a few clicks, I ended up at The Simple Woman's Daybook - fantastic journaling/blogging idea - maybe it will get me going again (is it really again...or just going?)

FOR TODAY
Outside my window...
it is dark, and it has been breezy all day
I am thinking...
that i am not sure i can think of 33 things to scrap about to finish a scrapbook page
I am thankful for...
my sweet babies, the sweet new baby of a wonderful friend, and a sweet little baby in Macon
who is every minute reminding me of what an AWESOME God we serve - the true healer!
From the kitchen...
spaghetti was the order for the night - pretty good, even without cheesy bread ;)
I am wearing...
my clothes from work - skirt, sweater set, but absolutely no shoes
I am creating...
a blog post, a scrapbook page in my head
I am going...
to bed soon, i hope
I am reading...
an organizing book, the manual for my new floormate, and notes from school for the kids'
Easter parties
I am hoping...
that the weddings we are taking part in next weekend go smoothly
I am hearing...
les stroud on discovery channel, reed rooting around in his crib, and erynn trying to get comfy
on the sofa
Around the house...
the floors are half cleaned, the kitchen is half cleaned, the laundry needs shuffling - life is good!
One of my favorite things...
is the amazing reminder that Holy Week is of all of our blessings - from deepest sorrow comes
our most exquisite joy - my Redeemer lives, and his promises are perfect in their fulfillment!
A few plans for the rest of the week...
spend time with my sweeties, shuffle plastic eggs from one place to another, and spend Easter
with family, enjoying each other's company and the blessings that sit right there in the room
with us as we are together! Next week is Spring break, and then my sweet girl will be a flower
girl in a wedding - so exciting!
A picture to share...(okay, two!)

the Amazing Digi Scrap Race - #5

ADSR #5 is in week number four and has already been some really tough but fun challenges.

I spent February taking an awesome Tablet Class from Jessica Sprague; some of what I learned in her class is showing up on my pages. (mostly, I am including handwritten journaling on my pages, but I learned so many cool tricks in the class that are making life easier for all of my projects!)

AND...

Here is a March desktop from Roben-Marie Designs (shop here); you can pick it up on her blog by clicking the preview!

Miracle of the Moment

It's time for letting go
All of our "if onlies"
Cause we don't have a time machine

And even if we did
Would we really want to use it
Would we really want to go change everything

Cause we are who and where and what we are for now
And this is the only moment we can do anything about

So breathe it in and breathe it out
And listen to your heartbeat
There's a wonder in the here and now
It's right there in front of you
And I don't want you to miss the miracle of the moment

There's only One who knows
What's really out there waiting
And all the moments yet to be
And all we need to know
Is He's out there waiting
To Him the future's history

And He has given us a treasure called right now
And this is the only moment we can do anything about

Steven Curtis Chapman
Miracle Of The Moment

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I love it when just the right song plays at just the right time.
I love when God uses stuff my children say or do to give me a little heart-check.
I love that God knows me well enough to know I need reminding, and even knows how and when to remind me.

Just everyday little stuff, even stuff that is (almost) never said out loud - He sees, He hears, He knows.

Just thankful today for the miracle of this moment - and a great big God who just is.

if you give a mom a cookie...

she might just go to the computer and browse a bit. while she is there, she might read about this cool thing called 'digital scrapbooking'. (see, she has scrapbooked for a while now, but was trying to figure out how to deal with a two-year-old and the scrapbook mess at the same time.)

and if she reads about digital scrapbooking, over the next three years she might just buy a few (okay, NOT a few) digital scrapbook kits, from fun designers like this one and this one and this one, and if she goes there, she just might end up on those designers' blogs.

and if she goes to some blogs, especially this one she just might have so much inspiration for things to do with her family, and stuff to make, and pretty decorating colors, and pretty-pretty-pretty jewelry, and just plain-old cuteness, that she HAS to try some of it.

and if she has to try some cute projects, then she might need to go dust off her sewing machine, and go shopping for cute patterns, and pretty fabric, and maybe even a new sewing machine!

and if she buys all that, she might make a really cute dress, and then new ideas might fill her head and dining table with fabric, and she might have fun sewing and learning about sewing for hours at a time...

and if that happens, she might just need another cookie! Ü

Preschool Graduation in Quirky Park

Scrapped a little bit yesterday, using Roben-Marie's new page kit out today, called Quirky Park , at Paperbag Studios. This photo is one of several from Erynn's preschool graduation last month.

This month has just flown by - it seems like I have only made it here once a month for a while - working on doing better by trying to twitter just a little, and blog more often. We'll see, because it has already been a crazy fast summer!

Do you use twitter?

National Scrapbook Day

Yesterday (all of the weekend really, I guess) was National Scrapbook Day. I love the day – such a fun way to celebrate a hobby that is important to me (and hopefully to my family, too!).  This layout, posted by Janet Phillips at TheDailyDigi, pretty much sums it up for me:

and, another fun bonus about NSD is that there are bargains and freebies galore, challenges, chats, and fun things, like scavenger hunts and games!  I bought a few cute things, and there were (and might still be) some wonderful freebies on sites I hang out on, like Paperbag Studios (check out the blog).

Roben-Marie Smith (@ Paperbag Studios) put out a new, huge grab bag – these are some layouts created with two of the mini- kits in there (there are more and more and more items than just these in there – snatch this one up while it is a bargain!)

I’m telling you – go check it out!!  (p.s. – i am on a bit of a tan and blue kick, probably the results of our weekend at the beach. not everything in the grab bag is these colors!)

scooting out of here to get some mac & cheese going (that is one of the food groups, right?) and off to a VBS meeting/class.