James 3:17-18 The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
Photo taken of the peonies ready to bloom in my yard
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.
Photo taken in the Muir Woods
Last week for Father’s Day, we let Mike pick what we would do :) We hiked Mount Monadnock and it was a slog!! It was fun, but being our first trip out this season, we were sore!! It was a GORGEOUS day!! Here’s a few pictures… I only brought my phone, not the big camera, and realized when we got home that I didn’t get any pictures of Mike (he was NOT sad about that, he hates having his picture taken). Usually, we walk at different paces, so one of the kids is with each of us… This time, we started out with me and Kathryn together leading the “pack” we’d stop and wait for the boys to catch up. Here’s Kathryn at a place we stopped to rest a few minutes.
The boys caught up with us, and I got this pic of Sean.
Look at that!! They’re both smiling :)
We stopped at one spot to build a cairn.
Girls selfie :)
Please ignore the floppy hat :) it was REALLY windy :)
Really windy :)
It was a lot of fun!! And, a good reminder that we need to get into MUCH better hiking shape before our big summer hiking vacation!!!
Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Photo taken in Yosemite National Park
Every year I try to make a little something “crafty” for the teachers at the kids’ school (links to previous gifts below)… As a teacher myself, I know how hard they work, and I like to share a token of our appreciation. I always chip in on the big class teacher gift… But that doesn’t cover the specialist teachers who work very hard too (says the music teacher :) ).
This year, everywhere you look, mason jars are “the thing” :) So, I found a cute printable tag (free printable here) and personalized it, cut it out, mounted on watermelon colored card stock and attached to these little 8oz mason jars that I topped with cut daisy lids and cute red/white paper straws. I filled them with some packaged drink mixes and some candies and the kids delivered them to school! That’s 24 adorable little gifts, just to show how much I love the teachers at the school!
Happy Summer!!!
Here’s links to some of the past end of year gifts I’ve made:
2013 end of year teacher gifts
2012 end of year teacher gifts
