First Round of Pillowcases

On Saturday, a friend of mine and myself got together to make our first round of pillowcases. We originally got the idea from an organization called Conkerr Cancer. This is a wonderful organization. You basically just make these bright and fun pillowcases for children with cancer. Our Joyful Stitchers Ministry is going to meet tomorrow to learn how to make the pillowcases. It is our hope to put a little extra smile on their faces during the difficult trials of their lives. So I was looking for a local drop off for our pillowcases. They only have 2 locations in NC and we were really hoping to possibly do something locally. We may branch out later but for now I think we need to just get our feet wet. So I contacted our children's hospital locally and they are very excited about our project. She even said that she would let us take a tour of the children's hospital on the day of our first drop-off. I am so excited and can't wait to start making more pillowcases!

Photo Fun

Hooray for warm weather! We have had some beautiful days this week. We took advantage of this nice weather before the rain rolled back in. I had a lot of fun taking pictures of Mattie. She is such a ham. I had a hard time deciding which ones to post. She gave me so many cute shots sitting on the porch chair. Here are a few of the many shots I took.

Purity Ball

A couple of weeks ago, Abby went to her Purity Ball at church. What a special night it was for her.....and her parents too! We had a wonderful dinner complete with a chocolate fountain. Every girls dream come true. All the girls also were given a purity ring as a reminder of their commitment to stay pure. The dads were given the honors of putting the rings on their fingers. The girls were also given a china plate and a letter of encouragement from women within the church. They ended the night with lots of dancing and giggling. I made a smilebox below of the evening. You can click on the photos to get a better look. We had a really great time and would like to thank all the volunteers for all their hard work!

Create your own digital scrapbook

Wordle

Wordle is a website I learned about in one of my technology workshops. I love this site. It takes a passage of words and and jumbles them all up. The more the word is used the larger the word becomes. You can change the color and directions of the words also. Hop on over and have a little fun with this website. Here is a Wordle I did with the Down syndrome Creed. You will have to click on the image to see it larger. I can't seem to figure out how to post it large.

Abby made this one on softball.