Ladies Day!

Aprons- Tied With Love

This past Saturday I was blessed to be able to attend our Ladies Day. What a wonderful morning it was. Laurel Sewell spoke about our relationships with other women, our husbands, and our children. She is an excellent speaker and left us all with plenty to think about. She gave us an acrostic to help remember her main points. I'm not going to go into detail about each letter but I will share what each letter stands for. To go along with the theme she spelled out APRONS!

A- attitude of kindness (Colossians 3:12)
P- pure (James 3:17)
R-respecting and submitting to their husbands (Ephesians 5:33)
O- organized- workers at home (Proverbs 31:27)
N- nurturing, loving their husbands and their children (Ephesians 6:4b)
S- sensible, sober-minded

For Success in Relationships
1. validate One Another
2. Avoid being critical of each other
3. Do not show contempt for one another
4. Avoid being defensive. Don't bring up the past
5. Resolve conflict peacefully
6. Avoid assigning negative motives to the other person

The decorations for this year of course included aprons. I loved the tables which were decorated by different ladies of the congregation. Here are just a few of the tables we got to see. There were 21 tables and they were all lovely!

Each table was different and I know held many memories for the person who decorated it. I don't know who did these first 2 tables. I wish I would have gotten a picture of all 21 tables but I'm sad to say I didn't.




Chad's mom decorated this table.


My friend Becky decorated the coke table.


And to top off an already great morning..I won a door prize! I got to take this apron home with me!!

Frogs, Frogs, Frogs!!

This week here at the house the kids have been doing Frog crafts and activities. Here are some pictures of the things we've done.

On Monday we made a tadpole using a small paper plate painted green, streamers with a few strokes of green paint, wiggle eye, and paper for mouth. I found this activity online somewhere but I can't seem to find it again. Anyway it was an easy and cute craft!




Found this life cycle activity on this site....dltk-kids.com This is one of those sites I visit weekly! Has so many activities for different ages and even has a bible section that I love!!



This next frog snack activity was found on this site......makinglearningfun.com The kids really liked this and it was super easy and they could do everything on their own (I did color the cream cheese for them though) This snack uses english muffins covered in tinted cream cheese, banana slices and chocolate chips as eyes, and a fruit roll up for a tongue. Easy Easy!!




We also talked about the 10 plagues being that 1 of them was frogs! I came across this cute song on this blog. I have several different plagues songs but had not heard this one before. Thought I'd share it for those of you who teach young kids.

sung to the tune of "This Old Man"

First God sent, Plague number one,Turned the Nile into blood. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number two, Jumping frogs all over you. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!

Then God sent, Plague number three, Swarms of gnats from head to knee. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number four, Filthy flies need we say more? All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number five, All the livestock up and died. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent,Plague number six,Boils and sores to make you sick. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low.They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number seven, Hail and lighting down from heaven.All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number eight, Locust came and they sure ate.All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number nine, Total darkness all the time. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!"

Then God sent, Plague number ten, Pharaoh's son died so he gave in. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low. Finally Pharaoh let them go