Weekend Wrapup

Hello Monday, Hello 3-day weekend! We are enjoying an extra day off this weekend, with no big plans. Here's a look at some highlights from the last few days...

Last Thursday, Grace and I went to the science museum with our friend Annabel. We saw the Body Worlds exhibit, ate lunch at the park, and had a cupcake on the way home.

Grace has been working on this miniature book store project. We bought it from Hobby Lobby, but you can find similar here on Amazon. (better price at HL)

This Bible verse came up on my app this week. I immediately started singing a song from Seeds of Courage in my head. Did anyone else listen to these cd's with their kids? They are a great way to memorize or become familiar with scripture verses.

I have been going through some old pictures and organizing. Look at this blast from the early 80's. Notice the tv - powered by antenna and no remote!

I loved the metal ornaments I ordered from Shutterfly last year, so I decided to get some for all our recent Christmas tree photos. Each ornament has our Christmas tree picture, another photo such as the one from our Christmas card, the year, and our street name for that year.

You can see the two that I ordered last year at the bottom left. They changed the ribbon color for this year to red, so I might go back and change the two tan ribbons to red. Also, I used a variety of shapes and patterns. The one in the top left is classified as a "gift tag," so I guess that is why it is so much bigger. I thought they would all be similar sizes.

We celebrated Albie's 6th birthday with a Sonic hamburger.

My camellia buds seem to be struggling to open this year. Usually they are in full bloom by the first of the year. This year they are all tight buds. I hope they will open eventually!

Jack has been working on his bass guitar kit.

He made a pattern to cut out the end of the guitar, then cut it out with a saw.

Michael and I saw a pileated woodpecker behind our house on our walk. It was HUGE and looked just like the photo above from the Houston Audobon Society.