Sunday, May 30, 2010

Sermon Snippets

PRAY FOR OUR GOVERNMENT.
PRAY FOR OUR PRESIDENT...
EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM OR VOTE FOR HIM.
OR AGREE WITH HIM.
BECAUSE WE CAN PRAY AND BELIEVE THAT GOD
CAN WORK MIRACLES....
AND WOULDN'T THAT JUST BE AWESOME TO SEE
OUR PRESIDENT BECOME A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER?!?!?!?!?
JUST THINK OF THE BEAUTY OF THAT.
THE POWER OF PRAYER....

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Normal Day













"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day, I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return."

Friday, May 28, 2010

Smiles

What do you notice about the picture? Did it make you smile???

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Pictures-Drunk Monkies

Here is a happy happy....sometimes drunk lookin' monkey.....
because her latest favorite thing to do is watch PraiseBaby Movies.....

and cuddle with Paw-Paw


and look drunk with her big brother monkey

a very proud and helpful big brother at that ;)
and then there's this new little monkey at our house lately......starting to REALLY act like a girl monkey with drama and drama and more girl drama.....*sigh* but we love her still ;)
and call me a bad mamamonkey, but i'm super excited babymonkey has found her fist and thumb lately......i really don't want her to keep the passy much longer...
and then there's happy helpful big sister monkey trying to cut off babymonkey's air supply

you see in our house, we smoke the happy pipe.......we just get drunk on the the happies of life itself and everything God has blessed us with. Like summer arriving....and an extra long weekend ahead of us......and Daddy being done with school.

oh there's my drunk lookin' monkies again ;)

happy babies are contagious ;) they WILL make you smile ;)

and do my monkies ever make me smile.....



why just today, my monkeyson asked my brother's friend at the supper table:
"Can I see yer bra?" and while it made me smile....I was truely mortified!! OH.MY.GOODNESS.
No, son, you cannot see her bra. You never ever ever ask a girl that question!!!

and while we aren't really literally drunk.....we are blessed by an awesome Father......and sometimes that thought alone is enough to make one drunk with JOY ;)

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Imagine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cIviLZ8-TM


PapaMonkey and I are in love with Glee......and tonite after watching this episode....well....MamaMonkey got all teary eyed and sappy and thought to herself as she watched Mr. Shoe's students (who were actually scrimmaging/competing against the deaf students) got up and starting singing with them.


Did you get that?? The high school students that were competing with deaf students, GOT UP AND SANG TOGETHER. And all I could think of was this:
Our students at PC....our kids, this is something they would do.
We love our kids (because I make them mine too ;) and they do us proud!

So tonite, in all sappiness, but yet all honesty, I dedicate this song to our kids....especially our seniors....we're gonna miss you all oh so much! *HUGS*

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pictures-Weekend Wanderings


Summer arrived this weekend.....and we enjoyed it to the fullest. We played "train" in the kitchen with all the chairs. We made some new yummy iced tea......
We had our first picnic of the summer.....and Lil Miss went topless.....

And the monkies pretended like they were dogs trying to get Mommy in the kitchen

And we got our tank tops out....and the humidity curled her hair some more ;)


And the Mister wouldn't smile for anything....until I told him he could throw carrot sticks
at my head....
and his sweaty, hot, sun-kissed lil cheeks grinned from ear to ear ;)

And we also got our cute lil skorts out....

My little brother Jacob turned 21, so we went out to celebrate....

With my older brother Dan....
We took naps....and cuddled on the couch....
And Aubrie got to wear more of her cute summer outfits


And MamaMonkey broke out her summer pretties for her not so pretty feets

And we took more naps.....in front of the fan.....it was sooooooooooo hot!!

And MamaMonkey got delighted in the sight of baby bare feet, chubby lil legs, and flowery rump stuck high in the air. Ah yes......all these are the happies of life.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Pictures-Fun on the Farm


The monkies and I went to visit my younger brother, Jacob, at work the other day and ate lunch with him. He also did some fun things with them ;)
Walking to see the big cows


and then driving down on the gator to see the hundreds and hundreds of baby calves!!!
Ellie was VERY excited that she got to help drive ;)

Trying to get them to let the calf suck on their fingers.....

Because the human fingers are a calf pacifier afterall!!! They weren't thrilled about that.

It always brings back so many great memories of growing up on the dairy farm....at times I wish our kids could have that experience too.

They loved peeking in those that were sleeping

The guys had to get back to work so we watched them process the calves before heading home
They were NOT ready to go back home!!!
Thanks Uncle Jacob for some great fun! And a BIG happy birthday to him as he turned 21 yesterday!!!!! Some of my brothers and I are going out to celebrate tonite! Can't believe how fast time flies.....seems like only yesterday I was changing my brother's diapers and giving them "horsey rides"......now I'm doing it with my kids...crazy!