The little kids picked out rosaries from the Shrine of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday. I picked up 4 medals of Blessed Kateri from the shrine gift shop. When I got home I attached the medals to the new rosaries. Now the kids have a nice rosary to remember our beautiful day and to remember to say a prayer for Blessed Kateri's intercession. 
Immediately after the earthquake in Haiti I received an email from Holy Cross Family Ministries
Mission rosaries are very easy to make, and even small children can take part in this work of charity.
Another very helpful website and store is the Our Lady's Rosary Makers site.
We will forever be thankful to Ruth, for getting us started on this beautiful hobby of rosary making.
This is Amy's first rosary--(Laura learns tomorrow)
While Amy made her rosary, I made one for Mark. I just love these beads and the crucifix. 
This Christmas, Ruth blessed me with the rosary parts to make rosaries my husband and all my children. 
Gracie's finished rosary. Ruth picked out such lovely beads.
It is just the perfect
for my little miracle, Grace.
Kimberlee at Pondered in My Heart shared this wonderfully creative way to help little children learn, and take a special part in the devotion to the Holy Rosary. She has provided all the links and directions she used for this activity at her blog---I will not share them here---I want you to head over to Pondered in My Heart and meet this beautiful family for yourselves.
It is so simple, yet so meaningful. I explained to the children that saying a Hail Mary is like sending a beautiful rose to Our Blessed Mother. I made a red set of ten roses for Kimberly and a set of blue roses for Luke. I also made each a bigger white rose, that represents the Our Father prayer as we say the rosary.
The link to the mysteries of the Rosary printables can be found here. We have started "learning" to say the Rosary, saying one decade at a time. This is just for my 3 and 4 year old. We also try to say the whole Rosary as a family in the evening.
Grace is also working hard with our cards depicting each mystery, learning all four Mysteries in order. (I have written 1-5 on the back of each card so she can check her success.)
I have also gotten each child this coloring book.
This is a wonderful coloring book to help learn the meaning of each mystery.
Danny made his first chain rosary last night.
It took a lot of careful work,
and a lot of equipment,
It came out gorgeous! 
He used a Sacred Heart center piece and a crown of thorns with nails crucifix. We get our rosary parts from Lewis and Co.-this is a great resource for all of our rosary making needs. 
It was a lazy Sunday afternoon. The perfect day for some rosary making. We have been making rosaries for the missions for years, and yesterday, Dad got out the "rosary box" and got to work. When we have about 100 rosaries made, we pick somewhere in the world to send them. In the past we have sent some to Tanzania, Kenya, India, Ireland, and Mexico. We find addresses of those in need of rosaries at Our Ladies Rosary Makers. You can also order parts at this site.
Amy hard at work.
While rosaries were being made in the living room, Laura and I finished two more tied baby blankets for our local Catholic Charities.
We were told that these blankets, and anything for newborn babies are greatly needed. We are going to make it a family outing when we deliver these to Catholic Charities tomorrow.
