Do everything Unto the Lord

That is what I was doing this weekend. Our church is small..but old, and filled with lots of broken things. Around Easter time, the Lord put on my heart to step up and get some things done. :) Don't you just love when the Lord leads you to doing things.

 

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So Friday, my kids, hubby, aunt and uncle and me, headed over to tackle on of the childrens rooms. It is a room that has all the craft things in it (ahh my heaven)

BUT it had been used as an "oh just throw that in there for now" room.

It took about 3 hours to clear, and organize it.

No one quarlled, no one complained, we all worked together to accomplish this task.

Saturday evening, we went back over (minus hubby he had to work) and tackled the other 2 rooms.

Although the place looks wonderful, and clean, and everyone complimented on how great it looked..WE did it for the Lord! As humans its hard sometimes to do things just because the Lord asks us to. 

Remember in ALL things..we MUST do it unto the Lord, for his Glory and NOT the praises of man.

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YOYO's

Just a quick post here. I have been working on Americana things to sell on ETSY. The 4th f July will be here soon, and I want to be able to get them out to everyone as soon as I can. I was busy LEARNING how to make yoyos...yes I said learning LOL.

My friend MJ was teaching me..I made this tight and prim. 

RED, WHITE, and BLUE. I didnt leave a hole in the middle of these.

I will be doing a giveaway soon..youll have to wait and see what I am making with these.

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Think on These Things

I love spending time with family and friends. I always have. But I must admit, it is usually at someone else's house and not at mine. Less stress, less mess. God has been putting on my heart lately to be the Host and NOT to grumble about it.

The bible says:

 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.~ 1 Peter 4:9

So today..we had some family over for grilling. Here is my hubby..with LOTS of smoke :)

Here is my little 5 year old cousin Jordie. He LOVED the pool! It was 103 today...pool was nice and cool!

I am linking up with With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart....go look see

Spring cleaning...in the yard

Today was a very nice, cool, but windy day in Arizona. Enjoying our clouds because the heat is coming. :)

Hubby spent the morning cleaning out pool area. 

Next we decided to take out an overgrown, bee attracting, ugly bush! Here the guys are powering up the tools. Our pooch Molly has that..oh no look!

Here is the bush half way gone! it sure is a mess! It ended up being 2 bushes grown into one big ole mess!

I am so thankful I have these 2 boys and hubby in my life, I am unable to do yard work because of my allergies! So they are always willing to help.

For sale Mini Album

I have been busy creating again. This time..A romantic mini album. This thing is loaded with tags, and places for pictures. All inked and vintaged up! 

It is for sale in my ETSY shop.

There will be fibers added to the rings..your choice in colors.

look at all the yummies

 This is the little bag that comes out with 3 tags inside. So cute!

 

Look at all these tags for photos and journaling. 

I have so much fun making these little mini albums.  Lots of vintage lace and flowers used.

Mother's Day is coming up...what a great gift! I can even personalize it for you.

 

Swap Thank You's

One of the amazing benefits of having a blog, is getting to do SWAPS with people from around the country. 

First swap I did was a towel SWAP from Kendra at thestonehouseprims I had so much fun with this swap. It was a secret swap. I got a towel from Gina at catnapinnprimitives. Can I say I am in LOVe with my towel!

2nd SWAP was not a secret and was hosted by Tammy over at A primitive PLace My swap partner was Allison at Sew Many Girls Oh did she spoil me!! I love everything I got! :0)

I have a few more swaps I will post them tomorrow. I LOVE SWAPS..you get to know so many people.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THEIR EASTER WEEKEND!

Palm Sunday

Being a "new" serious Christian, I never knew what Palm Sunday meant. After attending church this morning, I learned what it meant. Today at church I was filled with the need of Thanking God. It was very over whelming this morning.(it is a good thing we have LOTS of  kleenex) Getting to know My Savior is so important to me..and Giving Thanks to him always...

My Savior brings me such comfort, and Joy. I can never Thank Him enough for what he has done.