Works For Me Wednesday

Recently, I came across this great blog, Rocks In My Dryer, that links many helpful hints for almost anything you can imagine! Today, and very timely to boot, I learned of a great idea... before sealing up your can of paint after a room is painted, pour a small amount of paint into a glass jar (baby food jar, etc) and label the jar for which room the paint matches. For quick touchups, you can simply reach into the cabinet and pull out the tiny jar of paint and voila... with a tiny little paint brush, your boo boo can be repaired in minutes without pulling out the entire large can of paint!

Also, in timely fashion, I learned from this blog, about a cool way to save money when eating out! I am not a great cook and we eat out ALOT... by buying gift certificates to favorite restaurants for a fraction of the face value, we could be saving money every time we eat out!

I do not have any creative ideas this week but will definitely be reading this one every week for great tips! I even learned how to better use HTML code today as well. Now, I can be cool like Michelle and Holly and cross out my words when I don't really want to say what I have to say be sarcastic!!!

Just you wait... this could be fun. Join in!

Favorite Foto Friday #47 - SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING!

DORA STYLE!!

Sophie got a Dora Dance Mat for her birthday from her friend, Gabriella, and she LOVES to dance on it, complete with the Dora outfit and maracas! She would dance every night if she could!



It takes immense concentration to shake those maracas at just the right tempo!



And every once in a while, you must check your foot placement on the mat!


Maracas do not make good sunglasses, but they sure look good!


And the look I get when I ask her to look away from the video and smile for Mommy - LOL!


Can't wait to see all those DANCIN' moves and everybody SHAKIN THEIR GROOVE THING!! And, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!



You never have to follow the FFF theme... if you would like to be included in FFF, just post your link into Mr. Linky below... it is fun to follow our FFF friends each week!

Now... for the MR LINKY FFF LINKING DIRECTIONS!! Go to your blog and click on the title of your FFF post - your post URL will appear in the address bar in your browser and it will contain the exact link to your post! Simply highlight the address, right click, choose copy and then paste it in the "URL" spot in the Mister Linky - just under where you put your name (you can put your name and the name of your child/ren in the picture). Don't forget to click the "Enter" button and voila... you are linked!

It is important that you are linking just your post and not just your blog web address so everybody can link directly to your FFF post!!



Next week's theme... RED WHITE & BLUE! Get out those cameras over the holiday weekend and post your favorite next week!!

Just Singin In The Rain & MAKING A DIFFERENCE!!

Sophie has been infatuated with the weather lately. She asks all the time whether it is sunny or rainy, cloudy or even snowing! As a matter of fact, she insists that it is "snowing up in the clouds" in the middle of summer and wants to wear her snow boots and mittens! It has been hilarious and at the same time frustrating, as you cannot reason with her that it really will not snow outside for another 6 months at least!! She gets very upset when you do not agree with her that it is snowing outside... so if you see her and she tells you it is snowing, please go along with it (if you don't want to witness a three year old meltdown)! You have been warned!

But, we were able to make her smile this weekend by letting her play with her umbrella in the rain. The pictures turned out so cute, I had to share some Bug cuteness!








On another note, please visit Angel's blog as she has written a tribute to a wonderful little guy that you do not want to miss.

There are some AMAZING people in this world and I am honored to call many of them my friends, whether I have met them in person or not. I love seeing how we all reach out to really make a difference. I am so proud of you Zoe, Angel and Kaitlyn!!



And, I was going to post later about a very special friend of mine, who is in Guatemala right now, making a difference as we speak! But, please go check out Juju's Global Orphan Team Blog and go with her as she finds ways to make a difference in a place so near and dear to many of our hearts!!! She and two other WONDERFUL ladies, Kerry and Megan, have joined together to make Global Orphan Team a reality!

I love you, Julia, and am so proud of you and your team to reach out to orphans everywhere that hold a special place in our hearts!!



BE THE CHANGE!

Favorite Foto Friday #46 - SUMMER LOVIN'

Reminds me of a favorite song from Grease... "Summer Lovin, Having a Blast"! I think that first line is pretty accurate for my kids this summer... no worries, no school, no job, vacations, friends, camp, swimming pool, parties, etc! Don't we all wish we were kids again?

Here are each of my kids enjoying their summer:

Morgan - Surfing Lessons in South Carolina (she is on the left)


Grant - Hamming it up at camp with new friends (the goofy one on the right)


And this picture just in (Friday afternoon)...


And Bug playing in her playhouse on the deck


Hope you are enjoying your summer too!!! Looking forward to seeing your FFF pictures!

You never have to follow the FFF theme... if you would like to be included in FFF, just post your link into Mr. Linky below... it is fun to follow our FFF friends each week!

Now... for the MR LINKY FFF LINKING DIRECTIONS!! Go to your blog and click on the title of your FFF post - your post URL will appear in the address bar in your browser and it will contain the exact link to your post! Simply highlight the address, right click, choose copy and then paste it in the "URL" spot in the Mister Linky - just under where you put your name (you can put your name and the name of your child/ren in the picture). Don't forget to click the "Enter" button and voila... you are linked!

It is important that you are linking just your post and not just your blog web address so everybody can link directly to your FFF post!!



Next week's theme is DANCIN' (or SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THING) - post your favorite pictures of your dancin' fools!

Wordless Wednesday

Prayers for Baby Alex Tuesday

Tuesday morning at 7:30 am, Baby Alex, who my friend Kim is fostering through COTA is having his bilateral cleft lip surgery. Baby Alex is a baby from Panajachel, Guatemala, that COTA discovered this past January during their partnership with Mayan Families. Please keep this beautiful baby boy and his skilled surgeons, doctors and nurses in your prayers as they delicately work to repair his lip and give him a beautiful smile!

Please keep Baby Alex's mami, Gloria, and papi, Manuel, in your prayers as well... I can only imagine their fear of being so far away from their baby during his surgery.

Please check for updates on Kim's Blog through the day.

Look at this sweet angel... the next picture we see will be of his brand new lip!

OFF TO CAMP!

Today, we dropped Grant off at camp for two weeks. He was so excited to be going and could not wait to get there! This is his fourth year going and he always has a great time!

We took some pictures of him and his doggies before he left today... here he is with Tucker.


And with Nacho.


And the obligitory picture in front of the sign, which is always embarrassing to my kids for me to take for some strange reason. Could it be because I stop my car and put my hazards on and make them jump out and pose while cars are coming up behind us? I don't think so...


Sophie and Grant at the water pump outside his cabin. She misses him already and keeps asking when we are going to go back and pick him up.


And a picture with his mommy... and, yes, he is taller than me... when did that happen?


Miss the little bugger already!