Chilson Family

It is 6:30 in the morning.  All six scholars are up, beginning their third week of school.  All six are doing school.  Three have been up for a little over an hour. Hubby and Daughter #2 have been up for at least thirty minutes preparing for work.  Daughter #6 realizes that the house is as quiet as it is when we all are sleeping.  She's right....weird. On a different thought....since I am the keeper of the clock in the morning, getting everyone up at their appointed time....does that make me a "time lord"?   (i am guessing if you are a 'doctor who' fan you will get it) :) It is going to be a great day!!!! *big smile* ( okay, it is too early to be funny )

We have slipped into another month and I am afraid it is going to take wings and fly!  Yes, only four days into the month, but it will be Labor Day before we know it. Well....this post is a milestone...number 400!  I know my blogging has been lacking.  The past twelve months have been rough, trying and faith stretching.  Today Hubby started a new job.  He has been unemployed since mid-August 2014.  He taught an English class and did a bit of substitute teaching the second semester of the 2014/15 school year at the Christian academy that is a ministry of our church.  His new job...teaching at the Christian academy again!  He is not full-time, but is there for all but one class and homeroom!  It has been an answer to prayer. I want to share some cards that I  have been working on.  I have heard that I never take pictures of what I create!  That's not totally true, I do take pictures...most of the time.  Okay, s...

What a month!  This July has flown by so quick.  It is hard to believe it is almost gone. While we did not get to vacation as a family, we kept busy.   The first full week our teens enjoyed six days at camp CoBeAc in Michigan.  Our youngest enjoyed five very full days at Camp Assurance in Illinois the second full week.  Last week two of our young adults enjoyed three days at Eljiah' s Harbor in Tennessee with the single adults from our church, while our oldest nester in the house enjoyed a full day canoeing and relaxing in the water in southern Indiana.  However, the swimmers ear afterwards was less than fun. Yesterday Hubby and four of our adult/young adult sons went to see the Manchester United soccer team play in Chicago.  They got home about 4 o'clock this morning.  Of course that means yours truly did not sleep well.  I was up about five times from 11:00 last night until 3:50 this morning.  I finally decided to stay up and get ...

Today ends June.  It has been a quick month.  It has had ups and downs.  But through it all we have been blessed. Grandson B turned 5 on the 25th.  We celebrated on the 27th and had a wonderful time! GRANDSON B,  I TRUST YOUR FIFTH BIRTHDAY W AS A HAPPY ONE! YOUR PAW PAW AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! WE ARE GLAD GOD BROUGHT YOU INTO OUR FAMILY! HUGS AND KISSES! LOVE, MAMMI AND PAW PAW

The end of May and June, so far, has been very busy.  We have had Son #5's graduation reception  over Memorial Day weekend, celebrated my dad's birthday-- 86 on June 14-- celebrated Son #4's birthday-- 25 on June 15-- Son #2 and Daughter-in-love's anniversary --6 wonderful years on June 20-- Father's Day and Daughter-in-love #3's birthday today!  (Thrown in there was a total knee replacement for my younger sister!)  So... YAY! YOU DID IT SON #5! YOU COMPLETED YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION AND WE CELEBRATE YOUR HARD WORK! xo    HAPPY 86th BIRTHDAY DADDY! WE LOVE YOU!! YOU ARE THE BEST! xo     HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY SON #5! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU! HOPE  YOUR DAY WAS GREAT! xo     HAPPY 6th ANNIVERSARY SON and DAUGHTER-IN-LOVE #2! WE LOVE  YOU AND ARE SO THANKFUL FOR GOD BRINGING YOU TOGETHER! xo     HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAUGHTER-IN-LOVE #3! MAY YOU...

Back in February or so a friend asked me if I wanted to share a table with her at a craft fair.  She had never tried selling some of her paper goods and tea cup candle holders before and thought it would be fun.  So I decided to do it.  I had so many good intentions to get a "zillion" items crafted.  But you know the best laid plans NEVER go as planned.  I had so many things on my plate and ended up not getting as much crafted as I would have liked.    Below are some of the cards I created to sell.  I made at least four of each card.  The lemon card was one that I created for a friend, so this was the one and only of it.  All stamped images are Stampin' Up! stamps along with almost all the paper.  One or two scraps came from my scrap box that may have come from a big box store.    I also made a several tags.  However, I see only two are posted.  Not sure what happened to the others.  ...

Is it really that time?  My days since mid-March have been a big blur.  It seems one day becomes another and soon I am unsure of what day it really is. Today though, is a very special day!  Son #5 graduates this evening. It seems so unreal!  There must be some mistake...I am sure yesterday he was in his crib, not preparing his speech for this evening. CONGRATULATIONS SON! WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU! MAY THE NEW ROAD YOU WALK FIND YOU WALKING IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF OUR SAVIOR, FOLLOWING HIM IN THE LIFE HE HAS  PLANNED OUT FOR YOU! Love, Daddy and Momma