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Christmas Countdown~ GingerBread Boys

Posted by Holly Nelson on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 
I read the Gingerbread Man book the other night and the boys begged to make these. So,the gingerbread village will just have to wait...again.

Gingerbread Boys:
1 package gingerbread cookie mix
icing/frosting
gingerbread cookie cutter
flour

1. Make cookies as directed.
2. Let cool then ice as desired
* Cake frosting is softer and does not decorate with fine lines

In Pictures:

Gather ingredients


Mix ingredients. It will seem dry, but will be fine.


Scrub, scour, sanitize your hands. Then form into a ball.


Ro...
Continue reading ...
 

Christmas Countdown~ Gingerbread Village

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 6, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 


 Saturday on facebook I said we would be making a gingerbread village. We got too busy after coming home from the parade that we didn't get a chance. So, today this is what we will be doing!! I can't wait to show you pictures of the boys creations! There is a little house for each of them. Jack is still too little to make one. He can watch and eats his puffs. ;) 

Continue reading ...
 

Resurrection Eggs

Posted by Holly Nelson on Thursday, April 1, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 
This is an important part of Easter in our home. These are simple eggs filled with tiny items that describe what Jesus did for us. It is so important for our children to know the real meaning of Easter: it's not bunnies, cute chicks, and candy-filled eggs.



This is what I purchased at the Christian Bookstore. But, you can make you own by letting your child paint an empty egg carton and collecting colored plastic eggs and items.

 

On the inside, labels of the egg color and what is inside the egg. ...
Continue reading ...
 

Baking and Making Homemade Gifts

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 14, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This week is the last week of school for the boys. Friday are the school parties. I am baking goodies and making bookmarks for teacher gifts. I will try to post with pictures everything I will be baking.
 But, for now, you can check out the Christmas page and click on the recipe pages, scroll down.

I will be adding to these pages all week. 

 Christmas Candies and Desserts 
 
Homemade Christmas Ornaments (You can make a round ornament, with kids picture decoupaged on. or just painted)

Homemade Gifts...
Continue reading ...
 

Birthday Party and Christmas Lights

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 11, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today is my second sons 11th birthday!! I love birthdays! I love any good reason for a party! So, today we aren't really doing anything "christmassy". He and a few friends are going to play laser tag, and come home for pizza and apple pie. He doesn't like cake, so I'm making his favorite- apple pie! 

Saturday night we are taking all the boys to Shelby Farms here in Memphis. They have the whole park decorated with Christmas lights. I heard this year is fantastic. It's the first year back many y...
Continue reading ...
 

Nativity Treasure Hunt

Posted by Holly Nelson on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This idea was taken from the An Advent of Ideas from Christmas Sharing, Product Concept , Inc.

"We saw a star in the East and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2

 There has often been confusion over these three men who came to visit Jesus. Were they Kings? Magi? Did they visit Jesus on the night he was born or when he was a toddler. What about the strange gifts they brought? Such questions make for good family conversations.

Read Matthew 2:1-12 to learn about the story of the "wise men" who t...
Continue reading ...
 

Luke 2 & the Nativity Scene

Posted by Holly Nelson on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 


Today is very simple. We are going to lay the Bible, open to Luke 2, beside the Nativity Scene. It is a tradition that my husband reads Luke 2 on Christmas Eve. So, either my oldest son or I will read Luke 2 today. We are also going to watch Christmas movies tonight. I suggest the Nativity Story.

Oh, do you see one of the wise men?  He lost his head. He wasn't very wise last year and let my youngest play with him. I'll be super-glueing it today in case you were worried for him.

Continue reading ...
 

Countdown to Christmas Bible verse chain

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 7, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I are making bible verse chains. When we are done making them, they can put their own in their rooms. Sometimes we hang it as garland on their tree, around the door frame(on the inside), around the headboard, or around the dresser mirror. 

Countdown to Christmas Bible Verse Chain

  Write down the words.

  Loop the loops

 All done! Put on fridge!
 
 What you need:
 Desired colors of construction paper
 Marker
 Bible

What to do: 
1. Mark in the Bible 1 John 4:10, Matthew 1:21, 2 Timothy...
Continue reading ...
 

St.Jude Presents, Parade, and more

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 4, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This weekend will be busy so I'm posting this early. And I thought it was so great I had to share.
 Saturday's Agenda:
1. Ian's Basket ball game
2. lunch
3. Take Christmas books, coloring books, and crayons to the St.Jude kids.
4. Go to new Salvation Army, Grand Opening Saturday.
5. Christmas cards
6. Arlington's Parade at 4:30 with hot cocoa!*
*I can't find my very warm coat!!

Sunday's Agenda:
1. Worship
2. Afternoon of making large batches of ornaments- Salt Dough and Spice Dough.
* Make a few large, f...
Continue reading ...
 

Jesus' Birthday Box

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 4, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I are going to make another birthday box for Jesus. Yes, I did mean "another" because the one we have now is falling apart. It is a beautiful Gold wrapping paper to represent Jesus being King of Kings.

 TO MAKE:
 *This is very simple, even for little ones to help.
~ 1 small shoe box
~ wrapping paper
~ pieces of paper
~ pencil
1. Wrap the box in wrapping. Make sure you wrap the lid separately. And put the paper and pencil inside.
2. On the top of box, or on a pretty gift tag write
 M...
Continue reading ...
 

Dec 3- Start Jesus Tree

Posted by Holly Nelson on Thursday, December 3, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I will start our Jesus Tree. It is also known as the Jesse Tree. Many years ago a bible study teacher invited me and a bunch of girls to her house to talk about the Jesus Tree. At that time I had never heard of it, but now I can't even imagine a Christmas without it. 
Jesus has many names in the Bible. If you study the Bible you will see He is in every book. To start your tree, I suggest 
Adornaments(go here to buy it!) from Family Life.(This link will take you to their Chris...
Continue reading ...
 
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About Me


Holly Nelson "Let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a quiet and gentle sprirt, which is precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:4 - "An excellent wife,who can find? Her worth is far above jewels." Proverbs 31:10 ~~ I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have six wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.

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Christmas Countdown~ GingerBread Boys

Posted by Holly Nelson on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 
I read the Gingerbread Man book the other night and the boys begged to make these. So,the gingerbread village will just have to wait...again.

Gingerbread Boys:
1 package gingerbread cookie mix
icing/frosting
gingerbread cookie cutter
flour

1. Make cookies as directed.
2. Let cool then ice as desired
* Cake frosting is softer and does not decorate with fine lines

In Pictures:

Gather ingredients


Mix ingredients. It will seem dry, but will be fine.


Scrub, scour, sanitize your hands. Then form into a ball.


Ro...
Continue reading ...
 

Christmas Countdown~ Gingerbread Village

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 6, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 


 Saturday on facebook I said we would be making a gingerbread village. We got too busy after coming home from the parade that we didn't get a chance. So, today this is what we will be doing!! I can't wait to show you pictures of the boys creations! There is a little house for each of them. Jack is still too little to make one. He can watch and eats his puffs. ;) 

Continue reading ...
 

Resurrection Eggs

Posted by Holly Nelson on Thursday, April 1, 2010, In : Holiday Ideas 
This is an important part of Easter in our home. These are simple eggs filled with tiny items that describe what Jesus did for us. It is so important for our children to know the real meaning of Easter: it's not bunnies, cute chicks, and candy-filled eggs.



This is what I purchased at the Christian Bookstore. But, you can make you own by letting your child paint an empty egg carton and collecting colored plastic eggs and items.

 

On the inside, labels of the egg color and what is inside the egg. ...
Continue reading ...
 

Baking and Making Homemade Gifts

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 14, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This week is the last week of school for the boys. Friday are the school parties. I am baking goodies and making bookmarks for teacher gifts. I will try to post with pictures everything I will be baking.
 But, for now, you can check out the Christmas page and click on the recipe pages, scroll down.

I will be adding to these pages all week. 

 Christmas Candies and Desserts 
 
Homemade Christmas Ornaments (You can make a round ornament, with kids picture decoupaged on. or just painted)

Homemade Gifts...
Continue reading ...
 

Birthday Party and Christmas Lights

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 11, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today is my second sons 11th birthday!! I love birthdays! I love any good reason for a party! So, today we aren't really doing anything "christmassy". He and a few friends are going to play laser tag, and come home for pizza and apple pie. He doesn't like cake, so I'm making his favorite- apple pie! 

Saturday night we are taking all the boys to Shelby Farms here in Memphis. They have the whole park decorated with Christmas lights. I heard this year is fantastic. It's the first year back many y...
Continue reading ...
 

Nativity Treasure Hunt

Posted by Holly Nelson on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This idea was taken from the An Advent of Ideas from Christmas Sharing, Product Concept , Inc.

"We saw a star in the East and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2

 There has often been confusion over these three men who came to visit Jesus. Were they Kings? Magi? Did they visit Jesus on the night he was born or when he was a toddler. What about the strange gifts they brought? Such questions make for good family conversations.

Read Matthew 2:1-12 to learn about the story of the "wise men" who t...
Continue reading ...
 

Luke 2 & the Nativity Scene

Posted by Holly Nelson on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 


Today is very simple. We are going to lay the Bible, open to Luke 2, beside the Nativity Scene. It is a tradition that my husband reads Luke 2 on Christmas Eve. So, either my oldest son or I will read Luke 2 today. We are also going to watch Christmas movies tonight. I suggest the Nativity Story.

Oh, do you see one of the wise men?  He lost his head. He wasn't very wise last year and let my youngest play with him. I'll be super-glueing it today in case you were worried for him.

Continue reading ...
 

Countdown to Christmas Bible verse chain

Posted by Holly Nelson on Monday, December 7, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I are making bible verse chains. When we are done making them, they can put their own in their rooms. Sometimes we hang it as garland on their tree, around the door frame(on the inside), around the headboard, or around the dresser mirror. 

Countdown to Christmas Bible Verse Chain

  Write down the words.

  Loop the loops

 All done! Put on fridge!
 
 What you need:
 Desired colors of construction paper
 Marker
 Bible

What to do: 
1. Mark in the Bible 1 John 4:10, Matthew 1:21, 2 Timothy...
Continue reading ...
 

St.Jude Presents, Parade, and more

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 4, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
This weekend will be busy so I'm posting this early. And I thought it was so great I had to share.
 Saturday's Agenda:
1. Ian's Basket ball game
2. lunch
3. Take Christmas books, coloring books, and crayons to the St.Jude kids.
4. Go to new Salvation Army, Grand Opening Saturday.
5. Christmas cards
6. Arlington's Parade at 4:30 with hot cocoa!*
*I can't find my very warm coat!!

Sunday's Agenda:
1. Worship
2. Afternoon of making large batches of ornaments- Salt Dough and Spice Dough.
* Make a few large, f...
Continue reading ...
 

Jesus' Birthday Box

Posted by Holly Nelson on Friday, December 4, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I are going to make another birthday box for Jesus. Yes, I did mean "another" because the one we have now is falling apart. It is a beautiful Gold wrapping paper to represent Jesus being King of Kings.

 TO MAKE:
 *This is very simple, even for little ones to help.
~ 1 small shoe box
~ wrapping paper
~ pieces of paper
~ pencil
1. Wrap the box in wrapping. Make sure you wrap the lid separately. And put the paper and pencil inside.
2. On the top of box, or on a pretty gift tag write
 M...
Continue reading ...
 

Dec 3- Start Jesus Tree

Posted by Holly Nelson on Thursday, December 3, 2009, In : Holiday Ideas 
Today the kids and I will start our Jesus Tree. It is also known as the Jesse Tree. Many years ago a bible study teacher invited me and a bunch of girls to her house to talk about the Jesus Tree. At that time I had never heard of it, but now I can't even imagine a Christmas without it. 
Jesus has many names in the Bible. If you study the Bible you will see He is in every book. To start your tree, I suggest 
Adornaments(go here to buy it!) from Family Life.(This link will take you to their Chris...
Continue reading ...
 
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