That's how much we made in our Church Bake Sale today! Wa-Hooooo! And to think, all week I've been having all of those unfriendly thoughts toward Tammy for roping me into this. Even last night I was thinking, "This is SO MUCH WORK!!! It can't possibly be worth it!" But today was so fast and easy and fun! And now we've got over $200 to help pay for Camp tuitions this summer. Praise God! And Tammy, I apologize for all of the negative thoughts I had but didn't tell you. I now appreciate your wonderful (not horrible) idea and I'll be quite ready to help next time. As long as it's not this month! :-)

That's about all the news from around here. We worked REALLY hard on the bake sale, as there were only three of us to do the baking. We had lots of great stuff and, thanks to Sue's donations of ribbons and bags, everything was packaged SO CUTE. I really think that helped the sales big time. That and the great names we had for everything! Tammy Sue's Banana Bread, Katie Rue's Blueberry Muffins, Mosey Joe's Magnificent Brownies, Granny Sue's Peanutbutter Fudge, Stacey Jayne's Chocolate Cupcakes, Betty's Best Snickerdoodle Cookies (Betty Crocker, that is, although we didn't specify on the tag!), Mammie's Deluxe Chocolate Chip Cookies (don't ask who Mammie is -- it was James' idea), Mama Smith's Poppy Seed Bread (thanks for the recipe, Mom!), Aunt Becki's Perky Pineapple Punch (although it was too cold so we didn't even mix the punch up!), Uncle Sam's Rice Crispy Treats and WHO KNOWS what all else! It was fun -- and we had terrific business.

Brother Sam just e-mailed me some pictures from today! Here they are...

We couldn't find matching table cloths, but aside from that, everything was perfect -- so pretty!

Here we are!

As you can see, Sammy was a lot of help at the sale. Brother Sam happened to catch this moment on film for us. Sam was trying to climb the wall, but got stuck. We never would've known, except for a passerby who pointed out his predicament. It was at about that same moment when Sam realized he was IN a predicament and began voicing it quite loudly. Anyway, it was a great day, a great sale, and great fun!

That's it from here. There's lots to do to "recover" from the sale and then I've got a WMB service and Sunday School class to work on for tomorrow. Until next time...

~Becki~