In His Grip

gBay Treasures

Look at the wonderful treasures my hubby found on gBay for me.  gBay is what they call the on-line bulletin board for the employees at Garmin.  Jeff has always said that you can buy and sell anything on gBay and now I believe him.  I purchased these buttons from an  mechanical engineer, and I always thought engineer types weren't crafty.  He of course explained that he had purchased them as part of a box that he bought some years ago at an auction.  But being the engineer that he is, he researched them, engineers just can't help themselves they have to research everything, and found that they are vintage 1930 - 1940's.  I have some big plans for these buttons and will share them here when I have completed my project.

Three Word Thursday

You can help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Global Orphan Project from The Global Orphan Project on Vimeo.

What If The Church? Serve Day

If you have not yet signed up for the What if the Church? Serve day event you need to do it today.  Indian Creek Community Church, Gardner Campus will be serving at the Urban Scholastic Center.  To registar, click here, and follow the instructions.  We will be meeting at Wheatridge Middle School at 7:30 am on May 30th and will be riding together as well as sharing coffee and donuts on the way.  I look forward to serving in the urban core of Kansas City with all of you.  

Grilled Peanut Butter Banana Boat

We tried this great new dessert yesterday.  It was a trial run to see if it will make our new camping menu for the trips we plan to make in our vacation home this summer.  It was defiantly a winner and we will be making these at our campfires along with our standard Peep S'mores.  I just had to get a picture of our own Anna banana trying the Grilled Peanut Butter Banana Boat.  Here is the recipe if you too want to try this great grilled dessert.

Grilled Peanut Butter Banana Boat

4 bananas

1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/4 cup peanut butter chips

2 tablespoons peanuts, chopped

With a sharp knife, make a deep cut along the inside curve of each banana.  Press ends of peel open.  Fill each banana evenly with chocolate and peanut butter chips.  Wrap each banana in heavy-duty foil.  Place in campfire coals or on a barbecue.  Heat 5 minutes or until bananas are tender and chips are melted.  Sprinkle with peanuts.  Enjoy!

Great Extra Long Weekend

I love the start of summer. This weekend we made our first trip to the neighborhood pool, my yard looks great after spending a good part of Saturday making it a place to relax for the rest of the season, and our fridge is full of fresh watermelon.  I have to say I do love a good summer read in the hammock with a bowl of watermelon.  Now I just need to find that great summer read.  

Three Word Thursday

Make a difference!

 

Great Baby Gifts for Mom

This week I have been busy making up some baby gifts for the new Mommies that I know.  Although the baby is the one that needs the new things, Mommy also needs a pick me up as well.  Here is one of the custom pendants made by The Pink Porch.  Hoping this new  Mommy likes her new fashion accessory.  

Summer Has Arrived At My House

I know that Summer has arrived as we have gone from empty nesters to a full house.  Now that Ryan has moved back to town and has not found a place to live yet, he is at home and both of the girls have completed their classes for the year and are home now too.  We have made a schedule for the use of the laundry room and are getting some help around the the house.  But you really know that summer has arrived is when the bath beauties show up in the back yard.

Three Word Thursday

Flowers are here!!!!!

Handmade Mother's Day

This is one of the gifts that my kids gave me for Mother's Day.  If you know me at all, you know I love to garden and not only that, I like to have ornaments in my garden.  Jeff always wants to keep the ornaments to a minimum but sometimes he just gives in and chooses to loose that battle.  The three kids went together to Mad About Mosaics where you can come in and make your own mosaics and they made this wonderful stepping stone for me.  If you look close you will see the scripture reference of Philippians 4:6-7 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Wow, do my kids know me or what?  Not only did I get one of the best presents ever, handmade, they gave me something to hide in my heart as well.  Thanks, for a great Mother's Day!!!!

Cute Custom Soldered Charms

This week I received my first custom order for The Pink Porch.  Okay, it was one of my closest friends who placed the order, but she still needed some gifts for Teacher Appreciation week and thought of the cute soldered charms that I make and had me make three of them to give away.  There are some lucky gals at Prairie Creek Elementary School getting a great gift from a rock star parent this week.  You too can can be an owner of one of these great charms if you go to The Pink Porch and place an order or email me and you can get something custom for that special someone.

New Small Groups -- Gotta Love 'em!

For the next 8 weeks or so some gals from Indian Creek Community Church, Gardner campus will be meeting together for small group.  This will be the book we will be reading, Searching for God in a Bottomless Purse. We had our first meeting tonight and I can't believe how fun this group of gals is going to be.   We range from a couple of us being around Indian Creek for a while to those who are brand new with the campus launch.  I cannot wait to get to know these women and go on this new adventure together getting to know each other and growing in our faith journeys.  If you would like to join us it is not too late. We meet from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on Tuesdays in Gardner.  For more info on how you too can be a part, just comment here or email me and I can help get you connected.  Wow, I cannot believe how much this new campus thing jazzes me.  What a great boost to get me through the rest of my crazy week.

Haiti Video

Last night we went to a dinner with all of our team from our Haiti trip.  We were able to share with our friends and families about our trip.  Here is the video that was made to commemorate our trip.