Joy joy joy!

Well here I am...this is what I did on Friday evening and Saturday (9am-5pm!!!). Yup, scrapbooking at church with "Scraps of Joy" - an area of our Women's Ministry. It was fun...I worked on Asher's hospital scrapbook and got quite a bit accomplished. I will have to finish it up this week so I can get organized for my next project and this next week away at Scrap Camp (they just so happen to fall 2 weekends in a row that I get to scrapbook...that has NEVER happened before). I am happy to sit on the Scraps of Joy committee, which really just means that I "help out." Our community service project for the Fall is to make some cards and leave them for use within the Women's ministry, so these are the cards I made:


Ooops, not sure what happened to that last card photo, it is all turned around. Anyhoo, I was very excited to make cards again!!! I just love scrapbooking and card-making!

I see that while the cat was away the mouse did play and wrote a little note in my blog. My husband has been home all week because of his injured ankle, so he is becoming like Mr.Mom and he even told me that he ENJOYED writing in the blog today (yes you said that dearie) and could see how I like to do it too :) What a blessed woman I am aren't I??

Mr. mom for a day and change!

Well..... In case you haven't already picked it up from the title, this is Mr. Shutterbugg Mom.
I thought I'd throw my two bits into this blog thingy, you ladies really like doing this stuff don't you. I personally can't see what the big deal is, but whatever!

My wife! Where do I even begin.... I suppose a more appropriate title like," The bestest mom/wife in the world", may suit this blog entry a little better. I so appreciate my little shutterbugg mom and the wonderful job she does as a,"Shutterbugg" mom, sister, daughter and especially wife! I have the privilege of watching our boys on a solo mission, last night and all day today. I call it a privilege because It`s not often I get to taste being,``The Lone Ranger``. As trying as it can be, it`s still a privilege. However, I think the best illustration of watching are little boys without backup is like getting thrown into a deep lake, without a life-jacket and you can't swim either! If that doesn't paint the picture for you, I'm not sure what will. The point I would like to make is.... there's no way I could do the job you do sweetheart! Thank you, thank you, thank you.......Thank you for being the most under paid-over worked person on the planet. (hmmm, not much of a complement is it!) Thank you for getting up at all hours of the night and still having a smile on your face in the A.M! Thank you for being able to laugh at Addison peeing all over the rug! Thank you for being okay with puke all over your shirt. In short, You're da bestest!
I don`t know if I`ve said that enough to you. Countless times I think it, just not sure if I communicate it.

So to wrap up my little blog entry, us Mr. Shutterbugg`s do appreciate you Mrs. Shutterbugg`s out there! It may take a,`drowning experience` ,but we do. Thank you to all momma`s out there. We love ya!
Have a wonderful weekend scrapbookin` I can`t wait to have you home!
mwha
P.S. Addison thinks peeing on the rug is fun!

Dedicating Asher

On Sunday we had Pastor Barry Oram from our church dedicate Asher to God in a nice little ceremony at MacKenzie Trails. We had some family and friends join us and following the ceremony we had a yummy lunch and some play/picture time :) The weather turned out so lovely as the forecast had been calling for rain all week. Thank you Lord! God knows how stressed I would have been to have all those people in our house and He prevails! :)

As we approached the Dedication, we faced many attempts by the enemy to reschedule this dedication again. We did have Asher scheduled to be dedicated months ago but Asher ended up in the hospital with broncholitis and was discharged only 2 days before the service so we decided to reschedule. So, we did it this past Sunday and DID NOT let the enemy have a say in our lives. Asher ended up in the Emerg again a week before the service because of wheezing and fast/laboured breathing (turned out to be a reactive airway something or other to the cold he had.) So a puffer and steroids were prescribed. And then...on Friday night Wes was out at Camp Caroline to go to the Men's Retreat through BOB and he dislocated his right ankle. I wasn't sure I could pull this off with him out of commission but all turned out so well. All Wes had to do was hobble around on his crutches and stand up with our family. I did have to let some things go and I did ask for help and I prayed. God filled me with His grace and the ceremony was a success!!

Thank you to all the friends and family who supported us in this.

The Bible tells us that Mary and Joseph presented their son Jesus back to God in an act of worship and dedication. "Then it was time for their purification offering , as required by the law of Moses after the birth of a child, so his parents took him to Jerusaleum to present him to the Lord ...There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom and God's favor was on him."

Luke 2:22, 40