Just popping in!

Hi friends!  I've missed you all but have been reading posts. I've gotten a few messages checking to make sure all is well here, so thought I'd put up a little post to share what's been happening.

First, we had a little getaway with Alaina and Ruby. We had a marvelous time and I'll share pics of that later.

The next week was VBS. Our theme was Psalm 23 and it was set in Ireland. We did lots and lots of work on the decor and here's a few pics.

The hallway had these areas with verses from Psalm 23

There were cute little sheep all over!

Here's the entrance.  Do you see the castle behind the table?

It's made of lots of appliance boxes, covered in plastic wrap that looks like stone. The kids loved going through it to their classes.

This was my job there for several days - and it was quiet.  Bob was doing security, something that's needed now and thankfully, it was quiet for him as well.

Nothing else was quiet though - and that's good.  The kids had fun and heard the greatest story ever. We adults had fun too!

And - this is the reason for the continued break.  I've been working on a family history book.  I have photos going way back, lots of documents and then these....  These are all letters my Dad wrote to my mom when he was in the army. I have all the photos and documents put into a book which will be printed. I had originally thought I would scan the letters to put in, but after nearly 70 years, they don't have the quality to scan. So, I am typing them up and it takes a lot of time!  I decided that unless I really buckled down and got to it, I would never finish. 

I'm making progress, but the blog break continues!  Thanks to those who checked in with me.

One more thing!  Happy 4th to my friends in the USA. I'm thankful for my country. It may not be perfect but I'm so glad to live here.

Hope to see you all soon!

Friday Funny

 

After today I'll be on a little blog break. We're doing a mini vacation with our two oldest granddaughters and after that I have a project that I need to finish and the busyness of life keeps stopping me.  So, I'm buckling down on it!
I hope to see you all soon!

Cooking Thursday

Bob and I like Chinese Food and our favorite is Orange Chicken. I saw this easy recipe to make it at home in the air fryer and knew I had to try it. It was so easy and really did turn out good. It's supposed to have green onions on top, but I didn't have any and instead sprinkled sesame seeds on it. If you like Orange Chicken, you need to give this one a try.

Orange Chicken

Chicken nuggets from the freezer section (do however many you want)
1 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
green onions, sliced
rice, cooked

Cook chicken nuggets in air fryer as directed on package.  (You could also do them in the oven).
While nuggets are cooking, stir the marmalade, BBQ sauce and soy sauce together and heat.
Stir nuggets into sauce mix.
Serve over hot rice and garnish with green onions.