Rethinking Christmas

We came across this short film from another blog Chris frequents by Justin Taylor. We'd encourage you to take the 10 minutes to watch and consider!

That's Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo.

Further, here are a couple links about. . .yup! You guessed it. . .Santa Claus!

Santa Claus with the Baby in Bethlehem (part 1)

Santa Claus with the Baby in Bethlehem (part 2)

All sewn out!

I feel like all I've been doing for the last two months is sewing, sewing, and more sewing. It's been fun, but amidst all the other happenings of life, it has been a lot. I had two craft shows--one here in Louisville and one in Michigan and many other orders as well. It was very exciting to see all of the inventory I had slowly start to dissipate and make a few bucks in the process. In fact, I made enough to buy myself a KitchenAid stand mixer, which I have wanted for a long time and am so excited to use! I have a few more projects to do for Christmas and then I think I will take a break for a little while. Don't tell the boys, but I am going to be attempting to make them some superhero capes for Christmas. I'll try to post some pictures if they turn out okay. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from my show here in Louisville. Thanks to all the ladies who purchased things from me!

This first picture is of my dear friend Bonnie who hosted my show in Louisville!

These next two picture are just a few of my products.

Snow Day!!!

This past Monday Chris had school cancelled because we got about an inch of snow! Being from Michigan, this still amazes us, but we don't doubt that the roads out by his school were pretty icy! Of course the boys view any snow as a chance to make a snowman and were just itching to get outside and play. Since the temps were only around 10 degrees or so with the windchill around 0 degrees, Chris and I had no desire to join them! They weren't successful in making a snowman, but had fun nonetheless. Here are a few pics documenting their adventures.

Give Me One Minute

Here is the hip-hop performance of the year (at least in our home) where Chris and the boys show us how it's done. . .or something! These make for precious moments spent as a family during the evening of our first blistery, snow filled day of the 2010 winter. Though my boys are not as polished as, say, Lecrae or Flame (I've put a sample of their music below as well), and our videography is a bit on the fuzzled side, I do thank God for the heart of worship shown here. Enjoy! (feel free to watch closely and listen intently more than once)




Lecrae comes with high accolades from my husband. Here is a sample!

Flame is another Gospel beating hip-hopper. . .he also goes to our church (that's fun!). Enjoy!