Today my Mom turns 67 years young!  While my husband and son travel back from backpack camping with their Boy Scouts Troop, my daughters and I went to Mass with my parents and then we had a birthday breakfast at a local restaurant.  Here are a few pictures we took of the birthday celebration.   We love you Mom!


Another type of celebration is going on in blogland!   The blog hop that I co-host, No Ordinary Blog Hop (NOBH) has been up and running for 3 years and to celebrate we are having a giveaway over at NOBH?  I hope you all will go over and enter to win one or more of the $10 Amazon.com gift cards!  We have five to give away, and at this time of year who doesn't need a little help with Christmas shopping?  Click the button below for details and to go over and help us celebrate the NOBH Third Anniversary!

 



 

Another All Hallows (Holy) Eve or Halloween has passed and today, November 1st, I hosted an All Saints' Day party at my house for our homeschool group.  These past few days have been alot of fun full of festivities....

Carving Pumpkins with Dad...

 Each Halloween my parents come for a visit and bring some goodies and treats for my cupcakes...

All Saints’ Day Party Ideas for Kids

All Saints' Day Pumpkin Art

 



 


 

 

 
Happy All Hallows Eve! Did you know that the word Halloween itself is a shortened form of "All Hallows Eve," the day before All Saints Day?  

Here are two articles that have some great Halloween History that I wanted to link to for my own reference and to share with my readers:

How Halloween Can Be Redeemed

The Catholic Defender: Halloween




And here's how our family celebrated All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day last year:

All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day Celebrations 


 



 

I first heard of "Reformation Day" a few years ago.  I didn't know exactly what it was, but my initial thought when I first heard of it was a feeling of sadness since I gradually realized that "Reformation Day" is a day people celebrate being in protest against Christ's one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. 

But, do those who celebrate "Reformation Day" and Luther's separation from the Catholic Church really know what he was against and what doctrines of Catholicism he agreed with?   Below is a post written by Tiffany at Catholic Sistas, who was once a Baptist and converted to the Catholic faith in 2009, that clears up some misunderstandings Catholics and non-Catholics alike may have about Reformation Day.   

I hope this post, written so beautifully by Tiffany, will give all of us a deeper understanding of Church history.


Click title of post below to read: 

Reformation Day: What the Original Protestant actually Taught


 

11 years ago today, our bouncing baby boy blessed our family, friends, and all those he meets with his adorable personality, beautiful smile, his dark curly hair, and above all the special way he nurtures and loves all of God's creations!  I found some of my favorite pictures of our son from the past when flipping through our photo albums:

This is so fun to watch!  It's about 9 minutes long and even though I didn't recognize all the video games they featured, it's awesome!  I especially liked what the Ohio State Band made starting at  minute 6...Wow!   Enjoy!