Sentences with phrase «opening gifts from»

The look of surprise and pure glee of opening gifts from my family members and friends on the day of Christmas brings enjoyment to me each year.

Today we are having a quiet day at home, opening gifts from Santa and just enjoying our little girl's first Christmas.

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Here is Cari a couple of years ago at the party celebrating her receiving her Master's opening a gift from me of measuring spoons (why?

Last Christmas, when Baby Diva opened this gift from her great grandmother, I just gasped!

Then the mama - to - be opens gifts from a registry list that she probably agonized over for weeks, without really knowing what she needs.

Open this gift from bestselling author Jasinda Wilder to find out if a single mother of two can let herself fall in love with her sexy - as - hell workaholic boss...

We made sure that she was on the phone while he opened his gift from her, so she could hear him squeal, though!

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Just two weeks or so before PICI's debut, Johns Hopkins opened its own institute for cancer immunotherapy, with a $ 125 million gift from donors, including billionaires Michael Bloomberg and Sidney Kimmel.

When tax season opens, they eagerly anticipate a big refund as if it were a gift from some benevolent uncle (that is, Uncle Sam).

Giving lies in our very nature, certain in our hearts that none but the gift passed from an open hand will multiply as those we help better themselves, those they love and, at length, the country they call home.

If you're eligible, you could receive a «gift» (grant) from the state of up to 3 percent of your opening mortgage balance.

Again, from Scruton: «[A] vow is a self - dedication, a gift of oneself» — open - ended in its commitment to a shared destiny between parties.

It insists throughout that the body is a gift from God that opens us up to wonder, both in the natural world and in other human persons — and, ultimately, in God Himself.

Over the years, I have observed the bulk of the Evangelical fleet drift — and then in desperation for some greater motivation, change fuels — from the open - arms gasoline of evangelism meetings, to the super-sparks of charismatic gifts, to the sluggish - diesel of homogenized Biblical theology, to the stuttering - and - sparkle fuel of Christian music, to the nitro - flamed - fuel of hating gays, and now to the turbo - charged hatred of illegal aliens at home and Muslims overseas.

From a theological standpoint, it is the pervasive sense of gift which permeates both grief and guilt and opens the triad of grief, guilt, gift to a glimpse of the womb - love of God.

Hauerwas helped him to see children as a gift from God, and to see that a properly Christian question is how we can be open to receive the gifts of life God might give.

Since there is only one God, idols are nothing; so long as the Christians offered thanksgiving to God for the meat, they could accept it without any qualms of conscience, as a gift from the hand of the One who opens His hand to satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Can we enlarge on the insights of artists such as Gerlach, whose creative gifts depend on the process of letting - go or opening, to receive imaginative insights from a Spirit greater than ourselves?

Dear Adrian, I get where your coming from but I disagree that If a Christian gives a blessing to a non believer it has nill effect when I worked for a short time on a check out in a supermarket I bade them farewell with a blessing, the choice was theirs to receive the gift and open it.

The enormity of His gift, the extreme measure He took to show me how He loves me — can not but open my eyes, heart and mind, which results in cleaning my conscience of all burdens and makes me run to God, not from Him.

Sonoma State University Announces New Home for its Wine Business Institute and Seed Gift from Korbel's Gary Heck Sonoma State University President Ruben Armiñana announced that its Wine Business Institute will have a new permanent home on campus in the former University Commons building, which was recently vacated with the opening of SSU's new Student Center...

Christmas morning brunch seems to be on the rise... we do that now too... we actually started it about 3 Christmas» ago because we don't have anyone over on Christmas morning... it is just our small family... so we sleep in, open gifts then eat... anyway... I already do a hashbrown casserol that I pulled together the recipe for from other places... and it is a perfect addition... you can have anything else you want; ham, bacon, eggs, bisuits or toast... all is good together... but, we only do this once or twice a year... really good!

This Saturday June 13, Pressed Juicery will celebrate its first Las Vegas location in Tivoli Village with grand opening activities from 11 AM — 3 PM including free juice for all attendees and $ 25 Pressed Juicery gift cards for the first 50 visitors.

And then, as if they weren't amped up enough off from their gift opening, we decided to add sugar to the mix.

Even if I am far from being an expert in foraging, I always keep my eyes open and love to unexpectedly find edible gifts that nature offers us.

* Purchases of wine, beer, fuel, taxes, services, Lowes Foods gift cards, open value cards and lottery tickets are excluded from the Fresh Rewards program.

The first 100 visitors to the store will receive a mystery Whole Foods gift card, ranging in value from $ 5 to $ 365; if you'd like to try your luck, be sure to get in line well before the 9 a.m. opening time.

Open to all residents and visitors age 21 and older, the Urban Bourbon Trail Passport program allows individuals to collect unique stamps from six of the participating stops and be rewarded with a special gift that can be claimed at the Louisville Visitors Center (301 S. Fourth St.).

Instead, we had rice from the rice cooker (God's greatest gift to rice lovers) and (I'm actually embarrassed to tell this) but I opened a bag of precut broccoli florets and tossed those in a pan and boiled it a little — and — instant dinner.

Christmas morning means: Early wake up Bed head pictures while opening stockings Moving into the room with the tree and shiny bows and name tags from Santa Taking turns opening gifts Maybe, sometimes, accidentally giving away the presents before the person actually unwraps the gift... And then breakfast, with extended family.

Then after hours of working up an appetite from opening gifts, we'll serve a bunch of prepared - ahead foods, to include:

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The Blades boss is bracing himself for a bombardment of bids from the Premier League for the richly - gifted Wales midfielder when the January transfer window opens up.

I then had a call from a lovely lady who had recently opened a gift shop on the quay in Exeter and had been told about my birds.

Aside from socializing and honoring the parents - to - be, the main event at a baby shower is often opening the gifts.

«-RRB- so that each night my older children (one of whom will be taking my place cosleeping with my little Cricket) can remind the little ones that they have something special waiting for them in the morning and each morning when they wake up without mommy's special cuddles they'll have a gift from me to open instead.

A related custom, called a bridal shower, may have derived its name from the custom in the 19th century for the presents to be put inside a parasol, which when opened would «shower» the bride - to - be with gifts.

The tradition is that the many family members send baby gifts from the comfort of their homes to the mama to be, who opens them all on the same day, in her home, with her feet up and a cup of tea.

Sara from Norwood Arts makes a variety of «countdown boxes,» similar to an Advent calendar, with 10 small gifts to open and help count down the days.

And when you open that gift from your son, know that it was carefully picked out with you in mind.

My trusted mom friends have given me some other great ideas I plan to use in the near future: marking the days on a calendar to show her how long I'll be gone; having her mark off the days on a calendar to countdown my return; writing a note and / or leaving a little gift (stickers, piece of candy) that she can open each day from mom.

Our son's birth mom occupies a very special place in his life and heart... he knows in ways both small and profound that he is deeply loved by her, and by us.This is the true gift of open adoption, and the goal that all of the skilled and dedicated OA&FS counselors are working towards: that children like our boy will never doubt that they were wanted, never wonder where they came from, and always know that they are loved.

In the flurry of gift opening on Christmas morning, small objects from ripped open packages (like the 42 little plastic tabs to hold a $ 5 rattle in a cardboard box!)

They scraped together pennies from their pockets so they could contribute to the effort to give a gift to a city that had opened up the doors of opportunity for them,» said Senator Savino.

The Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, which opened its doors here in 2008, has received a $ 1 million gift from Google.org — the software giant's philanthropic arm — to kick - start a network of eight similar centers around the globe.

Senior high school students, especially the gifted ones, prefer teachers who have had some bench experience and they seem more open to learn from you.»

Following a generous gift from the Patrick B. Sands family that allowed McLean Hospital to open a transitional living program for young women who have completed one of 3East's dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) programs for individuals with emerging borderline personality disorder, Patrick Sands said he was overwhelmed by the number of parents who thanked him for making such a program possible.

May 31, 2000 $ 250,000 gift supports children's eye care at University of Chicago Hospitals A generous gift of $ 250,000 from Chicago real estate developer Dempsey J. Travis will support the opening of the Dempsey and Moselynne Travis Pediatric Eye Clinic, a specialty center devoted to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children's eye disease.