Halloween...

As all of you know, today is Halloween.  But, do you know the history of Halloween? You can find some articles about it HERE and HERE.  




Just let me say that I am not judging you if you do celebrate Halloween. That being said, my family and I do not celebrate Halloween at our house.  My kids do not get dressed up in scary costumes and go door to door asking for candy. Nor do they watch all the Halloween shows and cartoons on television.  We also do not carve pumpkins (you can read why HERE and HERE). To us it is just another day. When my kids first started school they didn't understand why they couldn't trick or treat like all the other kids did.  But as they have gotten older they have realized that Halloween is a day to celebrate the evil in the world. In our walk with the Lord, we choose to only celebrate the light not the darkness.  The bible says: 

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them.
-Ephesians 5:11(NLT)

You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord's Table and at the table of demons too.
-1 Cor. 10:21(NLT)

After reading a blog post from HERE, I felt that I too needed to step out and share my faith and feelings on this "Holiday."  This post is not meant to judge, condemn or offend in any way.  If you choose to celebrate Halloween, then that is your choice.  If I have offended you I'm sorry but...




Don't get me wrong. I love fall!  My family enjoys going to local pumpkin patches and going through corn mazes. We buy pumpkins to sit on the porch and cut them open to enjoy the seeds. We love to go for walks through the crunchy leaves. We even go to the fall festival at school. We just don't condone the evil side of it. 



If you choose to take you children trick or treating tonight please be safe!

I Love Rainy Fall Days...

I love fall!  The leaves start to turn beautiful shades of gold and orange.

  We get blessed with wonderfully quiet rainy days.

I get to see these beautiful trees everyday when I leave to go take the kids to school and on the way back home. Sorry they are a little fuzzy.  I took them on my cell phone and I'm guessing the camera lens was covered with finger prints.

I have been crazy busy this week getting orders worked up and sent out.  I had a doll set that went out to Ireland and I just finished 4 little tooth pouches that will be off to New Zealand this afternoon.

I also fixed up a little basket that I donated to Boo's school.  It will be auctioned off at their fall carnival this Friday.  I was in such a hurry to get it together that I forgot to take a picture of it before I took it.  Maybe I can get one Friday night and post it later.  I hope all of you are having a great week.  I am off to get some more things done.  Talk to you soon.

Crafter's Blog And Shop Hop October 2013

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Monday Funday #54

Happy last Monday of the month everyone. 

Just one more week and Boo will get his cast of and everything can start to go back to our normal around here. We had a pretty good weekend.  Lulu has been a little hunter this weekend and shot not one but two bucks. She got her biggest one on Sunday morning. 

 It was her first 8 point. The one she shot Saturday was a 5 point. She was so proud because she got to shoot dad's Muzzle loader for the first time. We got tickled at her because she said there was fire coming out the end of that thing. Boo was a little disappointed because he can't go hunting for a little while longer. He was very proud of his big sister though because she "got more meat for the family".

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Crafter's Blog And Shop Hop October 2013

Welcome to the Crafter's Blog And Shop Hop For October 2013

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4. Hop around and visit some of the other blogs listed.  Who knows, you might make some lifelong friends in the process. Make sure to leave them a comment so they can visit you as well.

5. Please visit our sponsors pages also. 

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