He Leadeth Me

Nana Cousin Camp this week had a cupcake theme. For dinner we ate  delicious Marco's Pizza (David told his mama that Nana always cooks the best food for Nana Camp--Do I have him fooled or what?) Then the cupcake decorating started in earnest. Caleb's creation The eyeball decorations were a huge hit. Cora was VERY focused on her decorating and went heavy on the sprinkles Aaron was the first to eat his decorated cupcake. Let's show off our handiwork. Speaking of handiwork, I tried to make egg free cupcakes since Cora has egg allergies. This is how they turned out. High altitude baking is NOT my friend. So, I next resorted to a good old-fashioned cake mix and Cora's mama said a little egg wouldn't hurt her. Whew! As you can tell, Nana didn't just fall off the turnip truck.  When using sprinkles and lots of frosting, you do the decorating outside on the deck. You might remember Anna Kate from previous year's Cousin Camps. Her...

This is probably the most famous photo since I have shared it and it is now my FB profile picture.  The Little Princess with her loyal subjects. I thought it would be fun to give a little background on our recent family photo adventure. Several years ago, our three families decided to do "something different" for Christmas gifts because we didn't really need any more "STUFF." We still buy for the children but for the adults, we have done a variety of things. One year we all bought gift cards to restaurants  and other places  and then we all picked our favorite gift cards  as gifts. For another couple of years, the rule was that you had to buy your gifts at a yard sale or thrift shop.  Lots of fun with that one. This past Christmas, each family drew a season, and we were in charge of planning an event for the entire family for that season. So the event from David and I to the e...

Today's Nana Camp was probably my favorite of all time. And, yes, I might say that a lot, but this time it is really true.   I came up with the theme several months ago when I found these cute little globe balls at Dollar Tree. We had two wonderful books to read. We also listened to Louis Armstrong's rendition of the song. Kelly had this book that she kindly volunteered for use.  We sang the song several times and all during the day, I would hear one or more of the kids singing, "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands." We talked about how God loves us all regardless of our skin color, our jobs, our background. Using ziplock bags, we filled bags with goodies, like a water bottle, small kleenex, hand-wipes, granola bars, cheese crackers, and cookies. I got this idea from the wonderful Children's Ministers at our church who did this earlier in the summer at our Family Bible Sessions. We then headed out to see if we could find...

As many of you know, David and I, along with  my siblings and their spouses  try to take a trip each year together.   This year the trip was to Alaska. Unfortunately, my brother Lynn and his wife Terry were not able to get away from jobs this year, so they didn't get to go with us. I am definitely not the pro-photographer of the trip.  That distinction goes to my brother-in-law, Randy. But here are a few of the highlights from my camera. Note:  The pictures loaded in a crazy order, so I will jump around with the highlights. A huge highlight that happened early in the trip was the actual sighting of Mt. Denali. I know it says Mt. McKinley on the sign, but the name has officially been changed to the Native American name of Denali. We were told that 70% of visitors never see the mountain because it is usually veiled in clouds. We felt blessed to be in the lucky 30%. This picture does not do it justice. It was an awe inspiring sig...