Posted in Christmas, family on December 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We had a wonderful family Christmas at my sister, Sheila’s. Here is a picture or two of each person who got to celebrate together:
Sheila gave Brandy/Nora and Amanda/Lydia matching “Mommy and Me” aprons and kids’ cookbooks.
Jason was very excited about the mixer Darrell and I gave him!
David was excited about both of the gifts we [...]
Posted in Christmas, granddaughters, me on December 25, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Click here for behind-the-scenes details of this mission!
Posted in Christmas, birthday, me, teeth whitening on December 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Yikes! Yesterday, I turned 51! In honor of my birthday, let me post some pictures of my granddaughters at my family Birthday Brunch. Be sure to read this entire post, because at the very end, you will see me as you’ve never seen me before!
What sweet girls!
Ummm….Nora- that’s Lydia’s face you’ve got!
Nora….Grandmama can’t breathe!!
My birthday [...]
Posted in Christmas, Mexican kids, birthday, children's ministry, middle schoool, ministry on December 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Our final Christmas event for the kids in our ministry was the “Happy Birthday, Jesus” party. We played Christmas games, acted out the Christmas story complete with costumes, had a surprise visit from Vicki the puppet; aka, my daughter Amanda, passed out treat bags, sang Christmas carols, ate cupcakes and sang “Happy Birthday.” See how Miss [...]
Posted in Christmas, bijon frise, dogs, me on December 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We love our little Bijon Frise, Charmin(you know, squeezably soft like the toilet paper!) However, she has to be groomed on a regular basis, or here are the shaggy results:
Well, she got even worse than that, because another six weeks passed after these pictures were taken before we finally got her to the groomer.
Here [...]
Posted in Christmas, granddaughters, me, mission, secret agents on December 13, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Last night Papa and Grandmama took two Junior Secret Agents, Lydia and Nora, on a covert holiday operation (code name: Christmas Tree Lighting Party.) The name was changed of course to make sure the Junior Secret Agents’ parents would let them stay out after bed time!
While on mission, Jr. Secret Agent Lydia displayed a previously hidden talent: [...]
Posted in Christmas, Holiday House, Mexican kids, Square Peg Ministries, me, outreach ministry on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our main Christmas outreach at Square Peg Ministries this season is the Holiday House! Our kids earned “Christmas Bucks” during the last couple of weeks and were then able to spend them at the Holiday House. Well, thanks to some sponsors and donors and some wonderful volunteers- we were able to pull off a fun [...]
Posted in Christmas, Christmas ornaments, daughters, ohamanda.com on December 3, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I was inspired by my daughter Amanda’s blog and her contest to write about my favorite Christmas ornament…only I’m having a hard time doing that, because I am laughing too much. The ornament of which I am writing is probably Amanda’s LEAST FAVORITE, ever. Even though it is not going on my tree this year [...]
Posted in Christmas, family, granddaughters, grandparents on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Office Max got a great boost from their Marketing Department with their little Elf Yourself Holiday promo. My friend Staci surprised us with this cute version starring Darrell, Nora, Lydia and me. Click and Enjoy!!
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