Ribbon Key Chains

This was a craft week - my favorite weeks are always craft weeks. I enjoy the speakers, but I love the crafts. We made adorable key chains with ribbons, buttons and other embellishments. How cute did they turn out? We each got to make two. One to keep and one to gift to someone else, but I suspect most moms will keep both.
"Each man's sacred gifts are his own..." Numbers 5:9

How Romantic

Our speaker for MOPS this week was Harbor's Associate Pastor Charlie and his adorable wife, Ms. Rita. They have been married for 60 years! Wow. They talked about good and bad times, raising 5 kids, retiring, and retiring again, (and again). Getting your relationship in order with Jesus and then your spouse. What great, funny advise they gave to us and faithful words of scripture to apply to our lives and relationships. They are truly an inspiration to many of our MOPS moms and we are hopefully better wives and mothers after hearing them speak. What true joy they get from one another and God. I hope we can all be as blessed.
Also there was a wonderful devotion from our mentor mom, Ms. Sue, about letting others see Christ in us and that God can provide all that we need.

"But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

Shake it Baby, Shake it

Wow, what a fun meeting we had today. We had some discussion questions from our mops book, a devotion and prayer time and then our lively speaker. It was the owner and two of the lead instructors from Flow Fitness. They gave several demonstrations of different classes that they offer. All the moms participated (well, most), some did better than others. It was a great time of laughter, music and dancing. It just goes to show you, exercise can be fun.
"A sweet friendship refreshes the soul." Proverbs 27:9

Wedding at Harbor

This past weekend, MOPS, catered a wedding. The only food that we did not have to do was the cake. Debra B. was our go-to-girl as wedding food coordinator. She did a fabulous job. Thanks so much Debra. It was a lot of work, but turned out so beautiful. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, the food was great, the bride was beautiful and the church was gorgeous too. Such a wonderful celebration of love.
"God has poured out his love into our hearts." Romans 5:5

Beaded Bookmarks and New Years Resolutions

What a fun, creative craft we made today at MOPS. Bookmarks made from (very) tiny beads strung on wire. We started with large to medium beads at the top of the bookmark filled the middle with small seed beads and finished the ends with more medium to large beads and a charm. How very cute they turned out. Also we played a fun game about finding out who did what for the holidays and made a few New Years Resolutions that we sealed in an envelope and not to be reopened until December '10. I will be interested to see how many will still be working on their goals and who will have already reached them by that time. We will see. Happy New Year MOPS Moms. I thank God for all of you and am praying that your New Year is blessed in every way.
"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Live Greenery Wreaths

This week was a live greenery wreath craft. We had a couple of the ladies load up thier cars with left over christmas tree trimmings (thanks Amy and Shelley) and bring them to the meeting. What a mess we made, but as you can see they turned out great. Some of the ladies made swags and some made wreaths. They all turned out lovely and smelled wonderful. What a blessing it is to have all of these great talented ladies as my friends this Christmas season and all through the year. Merry Christmas MOPS Moms.
"..Joy rises in my heart until I burst out in songs of praise to him." Psalm 28:7

Got Cookies?

Got Cookies? Boy, did we have cookies at our 3rd Annual MOPS Christmas Cookie Exchange. It was held at the beautiful Willow Glen Clubhouse (thanks Jen). We had 18 moms with 3 dozen (or more) cookies each. That makes a total of 648+ cookies. Wow. We ate some at the party and took some home to share with our family. Also there were several delicious appetizers. There was a contest for Best Cookie, voted on by anonymous ballot. There was a tie between Keely's Peanut Butter Balls and my Goodness Gracie Graham Cracker Toffee Cookies. What a wonderful time of food, fun and fellowship we had.
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift." 11 Corinthians 9:15