Andrew's Wedding- Behind the Scenes

Just what you want your child to do at a wedding. Something dangerous!

Julia and Sydney, the flower girls, admire themselves in the mirror. Julia found snails, then Nicholas found one too.
Then Nicholas stomped on them. "That is what Grandpa said you are supposed to do to snails" he said.
The flower girls pick the flowers in the beds on the veranda. (a much better word than porch I think!)
The pillows the kids sat on had grapes sewn on the corners. Ella and Calvin tore them off the pillow they sat on.

Something tells me Calvin doesn't want to take anymore pictures.The rest of my pictures can be seen here on my facebook site.

Lots of Rain and a Roasted Pig

A couple of weekends ago we went to Georgia for a going away party for our friends the Laterzas, who were soon returning to China. It rained the whole way there and the rain continued during the party most of us stayed under the carport type area of the barn but Joe, Matthew and Anthony had to go fishing. This is Joe in his gortex which keeps him completely dry. He's as happy as a lark with his coffee and pole in one hand and a cookie in the other.

Matthew came back to the barn soaking wet.

Anthony is all business when he fishes.
Penny Sue and I walked down to see the pond and take the coffee and cookie to the guys.

Poor piggy! This is what was left of him- his head. But he sure was yummy!

A Tip For No More, Okay Less Ironing

Wow! It has been a long time since I posted. I actually have a ton of stuff to put on but have been busy. I was just thinking tonight about a great laundry tip I got from a lady at church. You may have already heard this but it was new to me. The key is to put your clothes (mainly I do dress clothes) in the dryer for 5 minutes (on high if you have a choice) then take out the clothes and hang them up. By morning ours are aways dry and I iron very little. It works on stuff that would normally shrink in the dryer without being ruined because they just steam for a short time. Just make sure you set a timer or you may do like me and forget. Then I get them wet and start over because I like this no ironing thing! It works great on all fabrics except linen but it does cut down on the wrinkles tremendously-it just doesn't do away with them. I guess I will find out if you already knew this (duh!) or it is new info to you (THANKS!) based on the comments you leave! HAHA!

Withering Grass and Vanishing Smoke

1Pe 1:24 ¶ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.
Jas 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Today I went to the funeral of a tiny little girl-only 4and half years old- who died from brain cancer. I was reminded that we are not promised tomorrow, or later on today, or the next minute for that matter. I so want my life to make a difference. I want my students, my family and even the clerks in the store to see Jesus in me. If only it didn't take such drastic measures to jerk me back into focus. Anyway please be in prayer for Carly's family. There are 7 brothers and sisters, her parents and many others in the extended family that will be very sad for a very long time.

Need A New Bra?

There is a company (Kepoo) giving away free sports bras. They are available in blue, white and black only and to US residents only. Sorry Karen! Just click here and fill in the info.

Super D Duper Deals!

Well, I have really gotten into coupons, CVS and Walgreen's thanks to Lisa. My hubby bless his scrawny neck that I would like to wring, said to me after my first trip. "That's great but you aren't as good as Lisa yet!" =) I wasn't mad, really I just laughed. I went to Walgreen's on my way home form Mom's house and got the free mascara which I do not use but when they pay you $2 to take it off their hands I will take it and give it away. (Thanks to Tasha at ComicalCouponCents for the heads up on the easy saver coupon-I had missed it) Well while I was trying to find enough things to use up my overage-they don't really hand you the money you have to get something else and get it for free- I found this Edy's ice cream on clearance. It was marked $1.57 each. So I stocked up. I paid for all this in the photo $15.30. I know I have seen it for $5 a tub before so I did very, very well!

By the way, we had some of the Hagen Dazs ice cream for lunch and the lid had a dollar off two pints coupon on it. I may just run back and get two more for a mere dollar. It is SUPER good.

A Teacher Funny

I found the following in Readers Digest:
These students reveal why teachers need summer vacation.
Q: Use baron in a sentence.
A: Mrs. Jones is baron and can't have children.
Q: What is an index?
A: What you wash windows with.

I also have a pretty funny one from my own classroom.
One of my students last week said to me: "Mrs. C you know how lions sometimes eat people (me-"yeah") well, are they mechanicals?" (me- thinking as quickly as I can-mechanicals? what do you mean) you know like when people eat each other." (me-Oh you mean cannibals?) "Yeah, yeah"! I am very proud of myself that I didn't laugh at her (at least out loud and right then. (The same kid asked me a couple of weeks ago while doing an English page what a Candy stripper was. I looked at the page and it said candy striper.