Val the Crafty Gal

At the end of the year, the student with the most 100's, gets to take the 100 Sticker Chart home...Lily was the proud recipient this yea...

Smile for me! Lets eat! Time to open all those gifts... A New Batman Belt! I'm dressed and ready to save the world!

Sawyer with his Birthday hat from Preschool... A package on the front porch with his name! Whats this inside? Looks like a robot... How Does...

Brian let me sleep in and the kids brought me breakfast in bed...and they made cards and pictures.Brian's working on the cabinets-trying...

Brian picked up the kitchen cabinets this weekend...They are all over the house, until he gets the floor grouted. Sawyer keeps trying to cra...

The kids were drawing while I was getting dinner ready...Their individual interests & personalities showed in their drawings...Levi-mili...

Ive started walking first thing after the kids go to school.I've been parking by the grocery store,walking for 1 hour,then doing my shop...

Sawyer's school had a curriculum fair-and each class showed their work.Sawyer made a crab,octopus ,starfish ,and fish.He ripped the fish...

Ive been busy looking for shelves and racks to put my stuff on, because Brian ripped out the cabinets...We're getting new cabinets this ...

Early Easter morning, our neighbor came over, and left a bunch of eggs all around the yard. Levi & Lily knew about it, but Sawyer,well, ...

Our tile isn't finished in the hallway-so I let Sawyer do some chalk art.One drawing reminds me of a prehistoric fish.

I went in Pier Imports to buy a white candle for my room,but found the Easter merchandise 50% off,and I got some little houses I'd looke...

This is the title of a movie we just rented from Blockbuster, and that is what I first thought...Huh?? However ,it was EXCELLENT!!! If you r...

Here's little Ryan watching his daddy,learning techniques!

My niece tried seeing what comes up when you search your name with "Fortunately"... here's what came up for me! Fortunately Va...

OK I should be resting,or doing dishes...but I read this silly fun thing to do..type in Unfortunately,then your name in quotation marks on a...

My verse for today... For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... Ecclesiastes 3:1 Change is going to happ...

With all the new technology out there-I still prefer the radio.I love to listen while I'm driving to and from places in the car, when I...

I spent yesterday with a bucket of bleach water,going through my home, washing every surface.It smelled like a swimming pool in my house and...

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the s...

OK, OK, I have to admit I have set things I like to do,a sort of Monday,beginning of the week schedule, of "things I'll do when kid...

Today is a great day to rejoice! Death has no power-Jesus has Risen! Happy Easter to all!!!!

My lovely grandson (yes, I do have one!) is 6 months old.Check him out -I want to kiss that face!

"In Praise of Stay at Home Moms"-by Dr.Laura.She was on Focus on the Family today -and it was so refreshing.The encouragement,the ...

I did not want to clean,or do laundry or any kind of House "work" today...I prayed -asked for motivation and put Kirk Franklin on-...

Sawyer was real quiet-when I found him, he was playing away with this "old school" set of plastic figures.

I had previously taken a pic of my painted tables -for $15~ and my lamps-for $8! but it didn't show up well on my blog-here are a few be...

I was so bored yesterday-cleaned the house ,made dinner,washed laundry-regular ,nothing day..so I went in my craft room and started playing ...