The word is out ...

The other week I got to have Carri all to myself (with the exception of my 3 little munchkins of course) for a little bit and I couldn't keep it in any longer. I figured that she might be glad to know what I've been scheming. She knew I was up to something when I had to ask her back in December for her driver's license number and original issue date but I begged her just to give it to me without asking any questions. She trusted me and I think she actually forgot about it. As I told her about the donation account and how much I wanted to help her, the tears instantly streamed down her face. She was completely shocked and grateful beyond measure. Even though there isn't much in the account at this point she was thankful to know that people care and it helped her realize just how difficult it has been for her despite her efforts to forget. I want to say thank you to those of you who have helped so far through prayer, financial donations, and craft donations. It gave me so much pleasure to be able to tell her and see her face as I did. Part of why I wanted to tell her was so that I could put my blog links on Facebook so more people could know about it. I'm hoping that this is just the beginning and that she will continue to be blessed by family, friends, and friends of friends.

This past month has been a little insane in my household due to the fact that Aaron has been working on finishing his thesis. His thesis was due this past Monday and I graciously stayed up with him until the wee hours of the morning several nights in a row as he finished. While he worked on his paper one night I decided to get crafty and see what new toddler hair clip I could come up with using some more of my Grandma's antique buttons and a stash of bias tape she had. I really don't know what bias tape is or what it's used for but I think I like the use I made for it here :) I have pretty much any color you can think of in my stash and check out the price on some of those packages! Have you ever been able to buy something for .13??? Crazy. Here are my new creations .... the purple one was my first try so that's why you can see all the glue, I got a little better as I went along I think.