We had a great turnout for the 4th Annual Casserole Crawl this morning. Over 30 people braved the cold weather early this morning & walked/ran/biked the 3.1 miles back to the entrance to the Ranch. We had a great time! (pictures to come later.)
In the meantime….here’s a list.
We are thankful for:
-grace & forgiveness from our Savior.
-loving friends & family.
-creative outlets for ourselves.
-a fun community to live in.
-laughing together.
Well, We had sort of a crazy week last week, which ended with our very first craft sale. Here are a few pictures of our super-cool booth. Notice Ben’s artfully displayed photos for sale hanging on the wall.
[our booth]
[my cards]
[some people brought those long white plastic tables. we brought our furniture from home.]
[see that empty space on top, next to the white frame? that's where 1 of leah's frames sat. until she sold it!]
We had a really good time setting up our booth & at the actual sale. Though we didn’t sell much, we still had a good time, and would like to try it again, so that’s encouraging. And it was a good goal to have to get our stuff up on etsy.com. We saw several other vendors at this sale that use etsy, so it was encouraging to know that lots of other crafters use that site & it works well for things like this.
Tomorrow we’ll be participating in our 4th annual Casserole Crawl 5k here at the Ranch, having brunch with Ben’s parents, and figuring out what we want to do this weekend. Camping…hiking…who knows!
Im sitting in my office working on the next issue of the New Life News and ran across this picture i took during an OE Camp:
I forgot to mention that Ben is also participating in this craft fair. He printed up some of his pictures to sell, and they look GREAT! I’m really excited for him. Check out his stuff at: www.poolhouseblack.com
Well, I am finally doing it! I’ve been wanting to try my hand at selling my hand-made cards for awhile now & I have an opportunity to try it out this weekend. My friend, Leah, & I will have a booth at the Bella Vista Christian Church MOPS fundraiser. We are pretty excited to see if anyone will actually want to buy our stuff. I created a website & business cards & everything! (With the help of my marketing-savvy husband, of course.) Here’s where you can check out some of my creations: www.seedsofhope.etsy.com
i always end up with a lot of water bottles on my desk. Right now there are 3 half full water bottles, and only one with water in it that im willing to drink.
We took a little trip to the Windy City a few weekends ago. It was windy. And it was a big city. And we had a fabulous time. Some highlights…
1. Staying with Doug & Danae…the newlyweds. They were great hosts. And Doug brings home lots of treats from Starbucks…like coffee & apple fritters.
2. Visiting the Art Institute.
3. Seeing the “bean.”
(view from inside the bean.)
4. Deep dish pizza!
5. Lunch with Jon & Tara (one of Beth’s college roomies.) We ate at the Weber Grill Restaurant…very tasty! And we all took a little trip to Ikea after that…quite an experience! We were able to find our traditional “vacation” mug while we were there though. (We collect mugs from our trips. We have one from San Antonio, 2 from Colorado, one from Branson (a gift-but we have been there.), & now Chicago!
6. Dinner with Adam & Karen (more friends of Beth’s from college). We got to meet their daughter, Marilyn, for the 1st time! What a cutie! And we had some great conversations with Adam & Karen-so encouraging. Thanks, guys!
7. Seeing the city, especially at night. It’s a beautiful city…one of my very favorites…so many cool buildings!
We had a great trip. Plenty of good conversations with friends (& each other), good food, fun time in the big city, and a great road trip there & back.
