Today is the day for every kid in our neighborhood have been waiting for! The day for them to have candies as many as they can. I know our daughters can’t wait to go out there, don’t care if it is cold, to get candies!

The Big Girl was super excited when she got off the school bus and she chated, “Today is the day! Trick-or-Treating day!” The Little Girl was way to excited last night she wanted to go to sleep with her costume. This morning she woke up worried because she did not see her butterfly wings.

Trick-or-Trick is fun. We love to do that together with our friends and our neighbors are super nice. Some of them dress-up and decorate their houses for fun.

We had fun taking the girls out trick-or-treating and I had problems keeping up with their speed! LOL! They were worn out by the end of the walk and for sure they had quite a lot of candies.

The Big Girl will have her school Halloween party on Friday and more bags of candies when she came home. You can see here, CANDIES is the theme of our week.

We ended the day with thankful and joy, though all of our feet and legs are sore 😄

Happy Monday! It is the day to announce the winner of my blog candy giveaway from Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop post.

And the winner is….. (drum roll………) Hélène from Lotsa Scrap from 2amscrapper!

CONGRATULATIONS, Hélène! I have sent you an email.

I would like to THANK YOU ALL for visiting my blog posts in the last few days and taking lots of time to read, leave comments, follow me on any Social Media and sign up my newsletter. I appreciate all of your sweet comments, they encourage me to keep on learning and creating beautiful things! THANK YOU for sharing all of your creations, they have inspired me, too!

I found this free printable from Lost Bumble Bee blog. You can find LOTS of fun coffee and non-coffee free printable.

Hope you start your week with good, strong coffee and wise weekly plans!

I am thankful for last weekend I could spend with the ladies from my church and many ladies from other churches at the Rejuvenate Ladies’ retreat at Scioto Hills Camp.

This ladies retreat is one of the camp programs from Scioto Hills Camp that I have been going since 4 years ago. I missed one time because I was delivering our second daughter 3 years ago. At this retreat, I met new friends from other churches there and also we got to spend time together to study God’s word, prayer time and also do activities together. They have camp program all year long for you, your family and even the whole church. Check them out here for more information.

I always came home rejuvenated, refreshed and blessed!

The location is at a beautiful camp where every path we walk declares the greatness of God. It is a peace retreat place.

This friendship I treasure in my heart forever! I thank God for every friend and sister he brought into my life. I count them twice when I count my blessings 🙂

Photo by: Stacy H.

Photo by: Patty A.

Time with God’s word is special. I learned how to delight in His word and presence through the reading, learning from the preacher and writing His word in my note book.

They always have so many activities, indoor and outdoor. This weekend we got lots of rain and quite cold to be outside. I chose to be inside. They had craft activity and learning about salt and herb. I made this cute little tin box as a gift to a dear friend and my friends made cute boxes for themselves, too.

When the rain stopped in the afternoon, we had chance to go outside and I bundled up for sure! The beautiful wild flowers sprung everywhere. Butterflies took chances to enjoy them. And for the first time I saw spike-ish acorn!

Friends and nature are the best this moment!

We did an outdoor activity together, too. This time we did archery. It was my first time and I liked it! Watching the Hunger Games, The Hobbits and The Lord of The Ring kinda give me the idea how to do it… LOL! 😀 Just kidding! The instructor gave us specific interaction how to do it and some ground rules that we have to follow, or get hurt! No kidding, there are steps to follow.

Photo by Patty A.

Photo by: Stacy H.

Photo by: Patty A.

Photo by: Stacy H.

The meals we had are AMAZING! The cook and the kitchen team did their best to provide delicious meals and snacks for us. They blessed us!

You can see how much God has blessed us at this retreat with His presence through the nature, wonderful friendship and His word to ponder in our hearts. I am thankful for my husband who encouraged me to go and had the girls while I was away.

Set aside some days or weeks just to be with God alone in His word and prayer time is just what we all need. I need it, not only once a year, but more than one.

Do you have Sabbath time every year? How many times do you take Sabbath time with God in a year?

I would like to let you know the retiring items this season at Close To My Heart, from Accessories, My Reflections paper packets, Complements, Cardstocks, Picture My Life collections, Ink Pads, Pigment Ink Pads, Stamps, Workshop On The Go kits, gems, My Crush books, My Crush Assortments, Washi Tapes, clothespins, die cut shapes, boxes, Base and Bling, Home Decors, and many more…. Here’s the sneak peek:

Check the whole list of Retiring Items here. And you have until August 31, 2015 to buy them. And when you put order of $50 or more, you can get the August Stamp of the Month, Framed, for only $5 (regular price $17.95).

THANK YOU for visiting my shop!