striving to radiate Him always
We decided to forgo pumpkin carving this year. The girls want to make pumpkin pie with their pumpkins and I’m a bit under the weather at the moment. We plan digging into the pumpkins at a later time, when all are well. For now, I pulled out the paint.
Sparkles decided to paint the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sweetie chose St. Clare, of course.
Rose played it safe with her favorite JMJ design.
Papi took to a camouflage cross.
Check out Catholic Cuisine for more pumpkin creations.
St. Crispin & St. Crispian
Oct. 25
Sparkles eagerly requested that dad make an apple crisp in honor of St. Crispin’s feast day. She loves all apple desserts.
We used Charlotte’s recipe since Rose’s favorite apple crisp recipe calls for oats, which we did not have.
St. Crispin is a patron saint of leather workers and is often depicted with shoemaker’s tools. Thus, we found it only fitting to offer prayers for our dear old friend, Pietro a shoemaker. He is in his 90s and is still making shoes in his little factory. He made Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s sandals. God bless his humble soul.
Dragonfly is already 5 months old. We’ve enjoyed every second but would like the time to slow down.
He loves being outdoors.
He’s two bottom teeth are prominent and his two top teeth are swollen, ready to break through, soon.
Sweetie is our go-to girl for helping with Dragonfly. Her specialty is putting him to bed. She bounces him to sleep on the exercise ball or on the couch. She is a pro!
We have been attending our parish’s All Saints Day Parties for the past 5 years.
Here is a glimpse of the fun.
2009
the pumpkins were the creations of other saints from church
here are more pictures of…kids dressed up as saints….delicious carmel apples….pumpkin fun
2008
We participated in the Procession & Litany of Saints.
We hosted the St. Germaine’s Candy in a Haystack booth. We hid candy in the hay and each kid/saint was given an allotted amount of time to search for the candy.
Her appearance was such that her stepmother refused to allow Germaine to live in the house with her father’s new family and so she was quartered in a stable and slept on hay.
Saint Germaine died at the age of 22 alone at night in the barn where she slept.
2005
Rose ~ St. Lucy
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Today was a blessed day, Divine Maternity of Our Lady. We were able to visit the Pumpkin Farm with friends and family. We gave thanks for Papi’s wellbeing. He was in the hospital during this time last year with pneumonia in both lungs.
It was Dragonfly’s first visit to the Pumpkin Farm.
Rose was a sweetheart, as usual. 
Sparkles and Sweetie were especially fond of each other.
Sparkles was a hard worker; making a bail of hay, grooming sheep, inspecting eggs, brushing a horse and petting the goats.
Sparkles was night-n-day from the previous night when she was put on restrict. Her prayer to her Guardian Angel was fruitful.
Papi liked everything about the farm. Mom and dad liked the fact that it was gated and he couldn’t get far.
These are the days to remember!
Hi! I'm Lena, mama of JOYfilledfamily.
We are a traditional Catholic family striving to live for Jesus Christ in everything we do. We pray to completely surrender our will to His and to become His servants. Our mission of this blog is to share our JOY.
This blog serves as a journal of us making good memories, living the liturgical year, and our spiritual journey.