A Short Post and a Freebie...

Jason went in early today (his second to last day!  YEA!) so I am on "kid business" as we call it around here.  Usually I have a few hours in the morning to blog, catch up on emails, and other job related stuff but not this morning.  I spent the little bit of time I had this morning (while Dora was doing a good job of occupying the children) talking to a dear friend of mine that has BIG news. I am actually giddy today!  I've come a long way from a disgruntled teen who couldn't find happiness in anyone else's happiness, even if it didn't affect me in the slightest.  I am amazed at how genuinely and completely HAPPY I can be for someone else.  God has done such good things in my heart.  I have prayed that He would teach me to love as He loves and I am beginning to see Him moving my heart in His direction.  To see people the way He sees them, to love them for who He made them instead for who I want them to be.  Yep, He is good.  And He seems especially good this morning as I "rejoice with those who rejoice."

The kids are happily enjoying some Thai sticky rice, a favorite (but special) breakfast around here.  It is a glutenous rice that is steamed and then mixed with a coconut milk/sugar mixture.  Then, if you need MORE sweet, you can add some sweetened condensed milk over top and finish with sliced mangos.  Yummy.  The kids are inhaling it.  Love making them happy with the things of Asia that they are used to.  You should have seem them the other night when I made Indian food.  They couldn't get to the table fast enough...Caleb was swiping pampadam off the table and trying his darndest to get to the rice.  That makes me happy.  We miss Asia, a lot, but it is nice to be able to get a taste of it (literally) once in a while.

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Don't ask about packing yesterday.  You would NEVER know by looking at my house that it will be mostly packed up in five days. Ugh.

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So, the other day I got out those trusty paper supplies I have started to accumulate. I had a gift certificate to give someone but I didn't want to just stick in an an envelope.  So I made a fun card, gift cert bag, and bag to put them both in.  I am loving this kind of stuff.  Such a different feeling than digi. There is a place in my heart for both :)

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I got to scrap a bit last night!  So fun!  Here is one I posted at DST last night...

Credits can be seen HERE

I also realized last night that it had been quite a while since I did a freebie for my blog readers.  So, here you go!

The links are all the same so please only DL once...and DO NOT share this file with ANYONE.  You can send them to my blog if they would like it.

DOWNLOAD LINK 1
DOWNLOAD LINK 2 (if link one is expired)
DOWNLOAD LINK 3 (if link two is expired)

And here is the page I scrapped with it:

Credits can be seen HERE

ENJOY!

Okay, gotta run.  Alaina has chopsticks in her hand and Levi seems to think that the syrup bottle would make a good toy.  Gotta love being a mom!  LOL!

Comments

[Laurie Garza]

Thanks for the template Janet! Thanks also for sharing your stories of how God is working in your life- I think we need to encourage each other more like that!

Awesome LO and great job on the GC gift!

I pray that all goes well during this busy time for you!

God bless!

[Dawn]

Thank you so much for the template! I just love your style!

[Bobbi]

Thank you for the great template. The layout you made with it is beautiful. I love her expressions in the photos.

[joyce]

Thanks for the great template!!

[Jodi]

Thanks for the template! I just love yours! Hope your packing goes smoothly & quickly. Your gift/card looks great, it's fun to play with glue & scissors sometimes. :)

[Kait]

Wonderful layout, Janet!
Thank you so much for the template.

[Julie Marie]

Very very cute template! Thanks for sharing

[Laurie]

Thank you so much for the template Janet!! Love your LO with it too!! :)