Children Are A Blessing

Happy Mothers Day to all your wonderful mothers out there!!
I hope your Mothers Day was wonderful.
This is what I got from my oldest for Mothers Day!


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Happy Mother's Day

I hope you mom's all have a very Happy Mother's Day!!

John Erickson Turns 70!

On Saturday we hosted a party for Angela's dad. John turned 70 on April 30th.
We had a fun get together.
We DID notice that a bunch of kids, and hardwood floors
add up to LOTS OF NOISE!!
There was HUGE AMOUNTS of pizza,
and even MORE CAKE!(Kathy never wants to run out!)
A close knit family is such a touching thing to be a part of!
These people have such an intense love for each other.
I feel truly blessed to be part of all this love.
Happy, Happy Birthday John.


This picture of of Jennifer (Angela's sister)
and her boyfriend Terry,and his family!
I put this picture in here because
I know she will be so excited to see it!
We love having them a part of the family now too!

It's coming.....

A beautiful sunny day in my neighborhood!
Saw my first commercial for new season of The Closer.
School year winding down.
Is there anything better than SUMMER??
The countdown begins.
23 days~

Whatever it Takes

But remember the time I told you the way that I felt
That I'd be lost without you and never find myself
Let's hold onto each other above everything else
Start over, start over

I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
and believe that I can change
I'll keep us together whatever it takes

So Close

BEFORE:








Today the job is almost finished!
We spent the day getting things so we can begin to re-load the living room: felt things for under the furniture, area rugs for under the rocking chairs, a new piece of furniture to put entertainment stuff inside.
NOW...we just have to get it all done.


AFTER:

Writing On The Floor

My friend, Shari, gave me an awesome idea
when she watched the video of the kids
rip-sticking on the floors.
She told me that we should write Bible verses
on the floor. She said that way we would be
literally standing on the promises of God!
We didn't have much room left that was open space.
But, I wanted to do it.
Then, I couldn't decide which verses to write.
I sat one evening with the Bible trying to find
some. Nothing specifically jumped out at me.
The morning before they were going to lay the final planks,
a verse came to me in the shower. Laid on my heart if you will.
I love the idea, and am excited that I got one verse down.
Thanks for the amazing idea Shari.