Thursday, February 25, 2010

Studying Archaeology

Yesterday during our lesson, we talked about archaeologists and what they do.  The curriculum suggested hiding objects for the students to dig for, pretending to do their own archeology.  So, we did...and they loved it!  It's amazing how something so simple can be so fun and inspiring for them.  My goal is to focus more on these simple things, even though they seem trivial to me; for these are the things my little ones will remember us doing together.  It was a great day!

Dress a Girl Around the World

I recently became involved with the organization Dress a Girl Around the World, which is a division of Hope 4 Kids International.  My friend Tricia started a chapter here in Lake Charles.  Our mission is to sew simple "pillowcase" dresses for girls around the world.  I made two at home, then we had a sewing day last Saturday.  We did assembly line style dress making.  It was a lot of fun and we made lots of dresses.  It was a blessing to be involved!
 

Friday, February 19, 2010

My New Favorite Cake!

I know I have a dedicated cake blog, but this cake is worthy of posting here as well cuz it's so darn cute!  Enjoy!

Say cheese!  Jenna got a shot of me with my new creation!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Shannon's Cake Blog

For those of you who don't know, I have a blog dedicated to my cake decorating.  Please check it out if you are interested.
http://shannonscreativecakes.blogspot.com

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

I think I am back!

So, after a couple of months of time off from family blogging, I have decided to pick it back up here on blogger...I think. I still haven't made up my mind for sure, but I will post a little here in the meantime. As I look at the wordpress blog, I realize how much I have missed blogging about our lives. And hopefully there are a few followers out there who have missed it as well. Maybe not though. Hey, I never claimed to have an exciting life! LOL! Anyway, I just wanted to take some time to say hello and post a couple recent pictures. Thanks for reading!

These are our Christmas pictures taken in December by Double Take Photography.