How do you say "she's one of my oldest friends" without sounding like you're calling her old? Oh well, we've been friends for over 30 years. And it's been about 4 or 5 years since we last got together. Even more fun, it happened to be her birthday! :) Happy birthday, Debbi!
November 29
The kids got invited to a sleepover at the last minute. So what do Charlie and I do? Stay home with his parents and play Acquire. Lol
Hannah made veggie-BLT sandwiches for dinner. Well, breakfast strips, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, avocado sandwiches.
I've been stitching, sewing, crocheting, , etc., for days! Hannah & Sarah were invited to Sarah's best friend's birthday party, and it was a costume party. Sarah and her friend both love a line of dolls called Lalaloopsy, so that's what Sarah decided to be. Hannah wanted to be a sock monkey.
When your daughter has a costume party to go to, and you don't want to buy a costume, or pay the crazy prices they want for sewing patterns these days, you improvise.
A shirt that fits well to use as a pattern. Internet instructions. Packing paper. And a sharpie. Go!
Today as we were driving around town, I was listening to Hannah in the backseat, singing along with our choir practice disc. The song that caught my attention as she sang along was Gloria in Excelsis, in Latin. I was so proud of her! She took on the task of being in the Christmas choir, wholeheartedly! She's never been in a choir, other than singing with her class when she was at the church school. So for her, at age 11, to join the choir that is comprised of 55 or so adults, and 5 pre-teen girls, is a big deal, in my mind. We're singing in Latin. We're singing the Hallelujah Chorus. We're singing a couple songs a capella. And she's right there in it.
We got word tonight that Better Life Television will be recording the concert again this year. So it will be online for anyone who isn't able to make it to the program.
Today's picture is Hannah, at choir practice, singing Gloria in Excelsis.
November 17
Lol the only picture I took today, to show Sarah how her hair looked after she sat with her head in her hands, pushing on the headband their friend Lucy made for her.
Funny how a trip to the craft store always ends up with more in the cart than you planned on.
November 13
Lol the *only* picture I took Thursday was of the Knight armor the Dollar Tree had. The girls are going to a "Knights and Princesses" party this weekend and we were looking for princess accessories.
November 12
Sarah made veggie-BLT sandwiches for dinner. With cucumbers, avocado, and sprouts, too. Yum!
Happy birthday to my friend Lanee! Her sister threw her a surprise party this evening. So much fun to celebrate with friends!
Willing Heart. Our name is in lights for the first time!
We enjoyed so much our time of worship and praise with the kind folks at the Lebanon SDA Church this afternoon.
November 7
Willing Heart is in Lebanon, Oregon for a concert tomorrow. We are sleeping in the youth room at the church tonight. They have this really interesting art hanging over the staircase.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the Carl's Jr.
The kids and I were running through the drive thru today to get bean burritos from the Green Burrito at Carl's Jr. , and this chicken came wandering out from behind the building and crossed the parking lot!
