Today

I am LOVING the "28 Days" class I'm taking. Above are the 2 latest projects I've done. Basically, we have one photo assignment per day and one project per day for 28 days. It really helps me be creative....even when I'm busy and overrun with other things to do. Like today....I had to take Matthew for a surgery consult. Fortunately, the doctor doesn't recommend surgery, and he does NOT believe that he has a dermoid cyst (see April post here.) He thinks it is a "subcutaneous hemangioma." Not sure if I spelled that right. Basically, it's a blob of blood vessels below the skin. When they fill up with blood, it looks swollen, but ordinarily, it's just a slightly bit more prominent than the other side (his head above the eyebrow). So we're just going to "watch" it. Hopefully it will do as he thinks it will and just go away over time. After the doctor's appointment, we went to lunch and Toys R Us. Matthew wanted to spend his birthday money...and he did for the most part. He has been playing ever since we got home. Made dinner and had to photograph it (yep...for my class). I've gotten a little behind with the projects and have been playing catch up after the boys go to bed. Well...that's about it for today. Hope you all have a blessed Thursday.

Praise

This morning while getting ready to go to school, my older son, Jonathan said, "Ya know what my favorite verse is?" I said, "No. What?" He said, "If they remain silent, then the rocks will cry out." He even explained to me what it meant. So glad to hear words like this come out of my child's mouth. I think that this boy of mine will continue to praise God, because he knows that if we don't....the "Rocks will cry out." I believe this verse comes from Luke 19, where Jesus is riding into Jerusalem. The Pharisees wanted Jesus to rebuke His disciples for noisily praising God as He entered the city, and Jesus told them, "If they remain quiet, then the rocks will cry out." I love that!

Something else I love right now...I am taking an on-line class called 28 Days through Big Picture Scrapbooking. It is awesome so far. Each day for 28 days we take photos, do layouts, and other crafty things, and it's a whole lot of creativity! Here are a couple of projects I've done within the first two days. (Click photos for larger view.) The first is a journal that I altered with my own paper, rub-ons and stickers. The second is a mini album to put all the photos from this class in when I'm done. I just hope I can keep up the pace!