MOMS go WILD

at Crop night.


Here are the pictures of our out of control group.


and our crop tour guide.
We must have been eating too much candy!




August has two MOPS crops nights. Join MOPS moms on August 8, August 15 or both! Dinner, a door prize and other give-aways are included in the price.

MOPS CROP? $15.00. Fun times with MOPS moms? Priceless

Retreat pictures:meet the steering team

Here is the 2008-2009 steering team:
Dawn & Kelly -- Co-coordinators
Natalie -- fundraising
Emma -- publicity
Stacy & Meredith -- creative activities
Nicole & Karla -- hospitality
Linda -- prayer & care
Krista -- finance
Sara -- discussion group leader
Josie -- outside activities
Stephanie & Melissa -- MOPPETS Curriculum


Here are some faces of our steering team as we planned away at Dawn's house. Some steering members were absent as they were on vacation.



Karla and Tracy, the creative thinkers







Dawn, our humble coordinator, leading from the floor with Krista, our financial guru next to her.



The motley crew. We won't look like this for most of the MOPS year because those tans will fade... Our enthusiasm will not fade though! Never you fear!

MOPS CROP SCRAPTACULOUS!

The MOPS CROP at Archivers was absolutely wonderful!



Natalie, Dawn, Sarah, Stacy, Josie, Emma and a friend of Josie's were at the MOPS table.

When we arrived we were given some scrapping goodies, then we hit the a dinner of chicken, macaroni, veggies, cookies and candy. One of the Archivers people did a demonstration for card making. We each had a chance to make the card before the evening ended.



Drawings were held hourly and Sarah and Josie won prizes! Whoo hoo!

It was great value for money, I got to chat with friends, and.... I got scrap booking done!






The date for the next MOPS CROP might be changed. We will be getting info to you soon.

1st MOPS park date a big SPLASH!

Lots of moms (10 + ?) showed up at Broadway Park on June 6 for our first MOPS Summer Park Date (TM).


Broad Ripple MOMS are invited to come back to Broadway Park on the Friday mornings we don't have official MOPS Summer Park Dates. ANYONE CAN COME! Not just the BR area moms. We will be there though.


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2008 End of Year picture

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MOPS MUGS

MOPS MUGSHOTS

Are you Feeling Rejunvenated?

I don't know about you but I was definitely rejunvenated, refreshed, renewed and refilled today! I think Pampering Day was a great success!! Thanks Veronica and Dawn for a job well done! It was nice to get fitted for the right sized bra without children clinging and screaming in the dressing room. I will enjoy some warm cocoa tonight and my hands and lips feel great! I appreciated Dina's challenge and words of encouragement!

I always knew Stacy was a beautiful but Hello Knockout!!! That was great fun and Stacy's face was priceless when her husband David was standing there. I love these pictures of her!!

Mops Moms Matching

Making Meaningful Memories

One Christmas tradition we have is our Advent Calendar. It is actually a set of small books that tell the Christmas story. Our family sits by the Christmas tree and we read the book for that day. Each little book also has a small ribbon on it that allows it to be "hung" on a tree and we have a small special Christmas tree that holds the Advent book "ornaments.” Once the girls were old enough to read, they started taking turns reading each night. Although the goal is to read one a night, in reality, sometimes we have to catch up and read a few days at a time. After we read the book, we turn off all the lights except for the tree and sit there for a short while. It is one of my favorite Christmas traditions because our family is all together and we take a few minutes each day to focus on the real meaning of Christmas

Gail Is married to Jay and has daughters Kelsey (18) and Kimberly (16 in January). Gail was born in Akron, Ohio and lived there until she was in high school and her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.








We have several very special traditions...but from the boys' perspective, they would definitely say that our annual "kidnapping" is the highlight. Close to Christmas, we tuck the boys into bed as usual. After about 30 minutes (with car running and loaded with plenty of fun snacks) we run into their bedroom, grab them and hurry them into the car. Then, while listening to Christmas music and eating snacks, we drive through the neighborhoods looking at all of the festive Christmas lights.

Dina is married to Miles. Her kids are Pierson (12), M.J. (9) and Evan (8). She is originally from Middlebury, IN.








We don't really have any Christmas traditions. We try to focus on Christ and the true meaning of the holiday and keep the season fairly low-keyed.
Sherri has been married to Ed for 19 years. They have three children: son, 23, Per; two daughters Hannah 16 and Rachel 15. Sherri was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on a morning with the wind-chill of -26 degrees. Sherri loves her family room because it is warm and cozy. It is her favorite place to sit and read, listen to music or just spend time with the Lord.

GAME NIGHT October 25, 2007. I can't wait until the next one