Finished all the sewing for the quilt- it is completely pieced together. I sent it off with batting and a sheet to be quilted together. Looking forward to our new kiddos handmade quilt!
Next up:
1. Making a SEMO license plate for my dad
2. Tweaking and painting/distressing the new twin bed
3. Starting on a small qulit for Avi Joy, it will be made out of her baby clothes.
I had the opportunity to do two watercolors this week. Both clients were giving them as baby gifts.
Baby Jaxsen Alexis...
Baby Sadie...
NHP kitchen tip. (I am sure many have tried this, but it was a new idea in my mind and it worked out great!)Our family tries to stay away from partially hydrogenated oils and high fructose sugar (at least 75% of the time anyway). We love our desserts and fast food, so we are not going for perfection here.
I have used/made several types of crusts, but they either didn't taste good or I could not get over the ingredients.
So... *idea*
When making your favorite Chicken Pot Pie- purchase two healthy deep dish pie crusts (mine come two in a pack) and flip one over. Bake as normal.
Turned out perfect! Yum!
VIETNAMESE LESSONS:
I read the most awesome article. Loved every word. Especially the part about their language. The people at our classes even disagree about how things are said because they are all from different regions.
Today was the churches/language school's 20th year celebration. All in Vietnamese, lots of games and food. They had not met Adam or Nehemiah yet, so that was fun. In the end (after lots of nerves and prayer) we sat down to eat (delicious authentic VN food, my first time to love the fish sauce) and so many people came over to talk to us and hear our story.
Our family lives by the motto... as a multi-cultural family you have to meet people from other cultures on purpose! It is hard and intimidating, but completely and totally worth it. I am falling for these people.
We went to lessons last week and they had asked the congregation if anyone would want to give us personal VN lessons. A beautiful woman named Kim Ahn offered to help us. Her sisters both adopted internationally. One from VN and the other from China. We had lots of laughs with our tones!
Have a beautiful week,
Natasha
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"One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that You, O God, are strong, and that You, O Lord, are loving." Psalm 62:11-12
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