From The Mouth of Babes Part 8

I love Saturdays.  I look forward to spending the whole day at home watching movies, playing board games, watching our family videos and looking at old photographs.

Last Saturday, we spent the night laughing our hearts out as I read aloud the  "quotable quotes" from our kids.  You can find them here:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7


Here are some new ones:

March 13, 2011
Aethan: Dad is so  funny! Even when he sleeps , he is still doing a lot of things!
(You can actually talk to my hubby even when he is sleeping.  Do you think that would be the best time to ask for shopping money?)

2012
Michael:  Someday, I will be a homeschool Dad too.  I will stay at home and teach my kids while my wife works. ( I think we need to give my son a lesson on God's design for marriage). :-)

March 19, 2012
Mom:  What do you like most about Dad
Aethan: Mommy, I know!  Dad leaves his work to go to our birthdays! When I grow up, I would take a leave from the office to attend Mom and Dad's birthday! (Birthdays are considered a holiday in our family)

June 14, 2012
Aethan: Mom, when Dad sleeps, it's like he will be swimming (then Aethan acts it out --- blowing with his lips -- pfft! pfft! pfft!)
(I wanted to upload the video of my hubby sleeping but he might kill me) ;-)


August 15, 2012
After Habagat which left lots of communities flooded, we were praying for a way to help our brothers in our adopted community in Balubad, Marikina.   God orchestrated everything so it would be possible to deliver 5 boxes of Davao Bananas and boxes of pandesals --- all given to our Dgroup for free! My kids could just exclaim in awe: "Mommy, it's just like the way God provided  for George Muller!"

Oct. 17, 2012
Riel:what if we have 3 more sisters and 3 more brothers?
Aethan: What if we have 3 more brothers first before 3 more sisters?
Riel: What if we have 10 brothers and sisters, it will be difficult for mom!
Aethan: Why kuya?
Riel: Because we will be like the ancient Roman schools with 10 students!

Aug 2013
Riel: (talking to her grandma) Lola, what's the english of manananggal? (It's a mythical creature in the Philippines capable of cutting its body in half)
Lola: (serious) Cut Woman
(Lola reads too much DC comics - hehe)

2013
Michael:  Mom, can you homeschool us until college?
... Precious words to me ... who wouldn't want to hear that from their kids?

May 22, 2014
Me: have you ever heard God's voice in your heart (explain why)?
Michael: Mom, during my quiet time, when I was done praying, God said in my heart, spend more time with me (teary eyed) and so I prayed more.

June 2014
Aethan loves to eat while we are homeschooling.  One time, as I was cooking Champorado for snacks, Aethan recorded this phrase and repeatedly played it for around 30 minutes until I finished cooking
"Mom, I'm hungry."
(Aethan ate all his champorado in less than 5 minutes)

July 8, 2014
I have this weird looking blouse that I call "Jane-y" because it looks like Jane's (Of Tarzan). I wore it this evening and when Michael saw me, he said, "Mom, what happened to your blouse?!!! Why is it torn?"
** Michael is the one who is always concerned about what I wear. He would tell me if my blouse is too low or too fit...

April 2014
Whenever Michael and Aethan would do something bad, I would send them to their room so they can pray and ask forgiveness from the Lord.  Most of the time, Michael would go down after a few minutes carrying a "special message" in his heart. I have collected a lot of songs  which he made after his "quiet time" with the Lord. Here's the chorus  of one song:

"God showed me the way to Heaven.

God showed me the way to the light of the day

God showed me the way to life.

God gave me an escape out of my sin."

... Precious, precious words from the mouth of babes.


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P.S.

I also spend my Saturdays scrapping my heart out.

I have been wanting to scrap one set of photos taken in 2007 and Leaving A Legacy Designs' just released a perfect kit to scrap it with - PUDDLE JUMPERS.  Kit contains 24 pattern papers, 69 elements, 3 alphas and a bonus paper pack! There is also a word art pack and journal card pack.  Each part is 30% off and the bundle will be 50% off the first week.

Here's The Scoop and Painted Love is also on sale today (Saturday, EST). Grab it HERE.

The first half of 2014 is behind, and we are full-swing into summer. July is a fun and exciting month in the United States as its Independence is celebrated throughout the country on the 4th. The first of July is also a big day for our neighbors to the north, as they celebrate Canada Day. In honor of these patriotic holidays, the designers at Scraps N Pieces have an awesome monthly collab.

Introducing This is My Country...

This month's CU Grab bag has gone metal, and is 25% off.

This month's Bits N Pieces' colors are so soft and pretty, and the participating designers rocked the color palette with such creative themes. Remember, each piece is $1 each during the first week. Grab some and be sure to participate in the monthly BnP challenge for forum points.

Have a couple hours free time? Who does really? But in case you do, be sure to jot down the July speed scrap dates. Join in to complete a layout and earn a participation prize.

Leaving A Legacy Designs' Kiss the Cook will be 30% off the first week, bundle 50% off. All American BBQ is July's feature kit and will be $2 all month long. 

Father's Day Super Saturday Sale!

Looking for Father's day kits? Head to the store and grab these kits -- for $2 each today.

Happy Scrapping!

Super Saturday Sale!

We never run out of homeschool photos to scrap so I am always on the lookout for back to school scrapping kits.  Isn't it perfect that Chalk Talk and Hall Pass are on sale today? :-)

Grab them now at bit.ly/1eHtuuo

The Story of Ernie

     Ernie was handed down to Michael by his uncle Johlo when he was around 3 years old. Since then, he wouldn't sleep without it because he felt Ernie would feel abandoned and sad.  Michael would lovingly put it on his head and cover his eyes with it.  He would always ask us to bring it when we go out of town.

     Michael cried when Ernie got all worn-out.  I had to sew it several times and we even bought a new shirt for it (which we got from a pet shop) just to cover the stitches.

     Aethan, on the other hand has a small hotdog pillow which he fondly calls "pompom".  Like his brother, he would hug it at night.  He would hold a part of it between his thumb and forefinger and rub it until he falls asleep.

     In January 2014, a few months after Michael turned 10, He finally asked me to keep Ernie. He was teary eyed when he did this.   He said, it was because he wants to preserve it so that If God will give him a son in the future, he can also enjoy playing with it as much as he did.  After 2 months, Aethan followed his kuya's example.

My boys are not babies anymore :-(

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Layout credits:

The Story of Ernie was created using Leaving a Legacy Designs' GOT CARROTS?

Though created to perfectly match your Easter egg hunt and spring photos, its warm earthy colors would work well using any other theme. The kit has 116 elements, 24 pattern papers, 7 cardstocks, 7 burlap solids and 2 full alphas (my favorite) with numbers and symbols.  Be sure to check out the graffiti and journal cards too! GOT CARROTS? kit and BUNDLE are on sale this week. Grab it HERE.

He Loves Me

Love is in the air, and it seems that most of what we see are the colors red and pink.  But what about those men in our life, our main squeeze and wonderful sons?  Kimberly of Leaving a Legacy Designs and Tammy of Memories by Digital Design have collaborated to bring you a kit and bundle full of love, perfect for the leading man in your life.  Introducing He Loves Me...with lots of blues, greens, browns, and just a hint of pink, these will be perfect to complete your manly layouts.

Grab the kit, journal cards, and cluster pack (or the bundle for an even better deal) while they're on sale at 50% off through 2/19.  The kit contains 27 pattern papers, 7 cardstock, 7 glitter sheets, a full alpha, and 91 elements.  The bundle includes the kit, 6 journal cards, and 6 clusters.  Previews are linked to Scraps N Pieces store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Need some inspiration?  Check out what their amazing creative teams did with He Loves Me.

Have a great day!

Love Ya To Pieces

Feb. 10, 2013

This morning, hubby's hug was different.  It was something really special. I felt so loved that tears started falling.  I whispered a prayer to God and I said, "Lord, I really, really, love this man.  Thank you for the circumstances that led me to meet him. Thank you that I knew You through Him".

To my dearest hubby:

I thank God that He is the one writing our story
... that he meant for us to meet,
to fall in love,
to start a covenant with Him,
to build a family,
to serve & worship Him ,
to be filled  & be satisfied in this life
& together look forward to a  glorious future with Him.
I thank God because He chose you to be my lifetime partner.
I love you & I will love you forever.

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layouts created using LEAVING A LEGACY DESIGNS' Love Ya To Pieces.
Love Ya to Pieces is the perfect kit for preserving special moments with the people that you love to pieces. Inspired by puzzle pieces this kit is great for scrapping Valentines, game time and everyday sweet moments. Kit comes with 2 alphas (red puzzle pieces and blue puzzle pieces), 61 elements, 18 pattern papers and 6 solid papers .

Additional credits: andrea gold template 770, Ang campbell

Grab Love Ya To Pieces HERE:

Creating for Leaving a Legacy Desigsn

Leaving a Legacy Designs Sale and Speed Scrap

Leaving a Legacy Designs is the featured designer for the second half of February!   Join us in the store for a 40% off sale, visit her blog for daily freebies, RAKs and more!  Visit Leaving a Legacy Designs Blog for more information!

 

Here's a sampling of the awesome kits you can find in her store:

Join her also on February 13th, 8pm CST for a fun speed scrap and chat HERE.

Head on to the store now and scrap your heart out!

Love, Love, Love

February is love, love, love month for hubby and me.   This month, we will be celebrating our 12th  wedding anniversary.  Yay! The Lord has made these twelve years, the best years of my life ... and I believe that the "best of the best" is yet to come.

Love this quote by John Piper:

"Love     

can't be equated with any action.

Love is the overflow of joy - in God.

It is not duty for duty's sake

or right for right's sake.

It is not a resolute abandoning

of one's own good with a view

solely to the good of the other person.

It is first a  deeply satisfying                           

experience of the fullness 

of God's grace, and then a

doubly satisfying experience

of sharing that grace with

another person."

12 years ... without God's love, Alvin and I wouldn't be able to love each other unconditionally.  Without God's love, we cannot forgive and overlook irritations.  We are not a perfect couple but our marriage gives us a "deeply satisfying experience" which is but an "extension of our joy in God".  Whenever we serve God together, we feel the fullness of this joy.   What greater intimacy is there when even our soul and spirit unite?

12 years and counting ... We are looking forward to more wonderful years together.  I know there will be trials and tests but there will also be victories. The Lord is faithful and because He is, we can rest in His love ... together.

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Here are some layouts I made using LEAVING A LEGACY DESIGNS' PAINTED LOVE and HE LOVES ME kit

PAINTED LOVE  is part of the Scraps N Pieces Bits N Pieces Collection.   I love, love, love this watercolor painted kit!!! The paper, elements, alpha and journal packs are $1 each this week!

created using Painted Love by Leaving  A Legacy Designs
Grab it HERE

HE LOVES ME is a collab by LEAVING A LEGACY DESIGNS and TAMMY OF MEMORIES BY DIGITAL DESIGN.  With more blues than pink, this kit is perfect in scrapping the memories with the special man in your life.  :-)

HE LOVES ME - grab it HERE

PREVIEWS:

PAINTED LOVE
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HE LOVES ME BUNDLE PREVIEW
30% off!!!
Kit includes: 27 pattern papers,
7 cardstocks, 7 glitter sheets,
 a full alpha with numbers and
some symbols and 91 elements!

Fresh Start - Project 52

Happy new year!!!

So excited to start scrapping this year.  I just joined PROJECT 52 at Scraps and Pieces. It's a year-long weekly project where I would have to scrap my life - weekly! Yay! I have always wanted to do this but never found the time. I  will be doing a gratitude album where I would scrap the things I am grateful for.

The Bible says, "Give thanks to Him, bless His Name, for the Lord is good, His lovingkindness is ever lasting and His faithfulness to all generations". (Psalm 100:4b-5)  We give thanks to God not just for the blessings we receive everyday but simply because of who He is ... His goodness, lovingkindness and faithfulness are enough to generate praises that would last our lifetime.

I also truly believe that grateful people are joyful people.    I love this quote from Ann Chan, "Joy is a grateful response to God for who He is -- our loving, faithful Creator. It is a deep contentment in God such that no matter what happens in life, there is every reason to give thanks". This year, I will choose to see the beauty in the 'simple everyday-things' that happen in my life.  I will choose to thank God  in everything. (Phil. 4:4).  I will choose to be grateful.

created using ALL WRAPPED UP and LIFE'S A BEACH by
Leaving a Legacy Designs

This week, I want to thank God for:
1. Family ties, Vacation, fun - We enjoyed every minute of our stay in Ate Aileen's house. I thank God for the chance to rest and enjoy this vacation with our kids.
2. I thank God for giving the kids a lesson on faith.  It was Michael's first time to ride the Super Viking. He was terrified but he was with his Dad & for him, that was all  that mattered. I call that faith.  Michael trusted his Dad because he knows he'll take care of him and he won't let go.  In the same way, in the midst of fear or problems, we need to trust God because He will never leave us nor forsake us.
3. When we were back home, the kids were a great help to me.  They helped me cook, wash clothes, clean the house, etc.  And they did this joyfully (with my eldest even whistling all the time). I thank God for giving me two wonderful, obedient and joyful boys.
4. I thank God that we were finally able to get a follow-up x-ray on Alvin's back. I thank God that we found friendly doctors near our place who patiently and clearly explained possible reasons for Alvin's back pain. I thank God for Alvin's health card. We didn't have to pay a single cent.

created using FRESH START
by Leaving a Legacy Designs

Praise God for a FRESH and wonderful START!

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p.s. very timely .... Leaving A Legacy Designs has a new kit  - FRESH START - perfect for scrapping P52 projects, new year's resolutions, and special everyday moments. Get the pieces for $1 only  until January 7.  Full kit with solid papers will be in the store by January 8 and will be 30% off until January 12, Sunday.

My son, Michael, 7 years ago

created using FRESH START by 

LEAVING A LEGACY DESIGNS

The Paper Packs:

The elements

Grab them HERE - FRESH START