Thursday, July 22, 2010

TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS



On July 9th, I came home from a day of hurry and stress, walked through the living room, down the stairs to unload my arms, back through the living room, and out to the car for a second load…

I walked back into the living room, toward the stairway…

And stopped…

There, on the end table, sat a beautiful bouquet of red roses, which I had been totally oblivious to just a couple of minutes before…

There were Not a dozen…

Not two dozen…

But twenty-seven roses!...



One for each of the twenty-seven years that we had accomplished and were celebrating this day…the 9th of July.

We had AGREED…

At least he TOLD me he did…

Not to get anything for each other…



WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING LOVE CAN BE...

Friday, July 16, 2010

REMEMBERANCES OF A FOURTH...



REMEMBERANCES OF A FOURTH...



BOY came home from college to surprise me! Oh, I was so happy, I could have jumped outta my britches…Well, I almost did!

I was downstairs changing pants and suddenly heard “Is anyone home around here?,” in Boy’s voice…I screamed, ran up the stairs, and as I ran, my pants started coming down, I stopped, did a button, ran some more, and they started coming down again…

It was all I could do to stand there long enough to complete buttoning them and race up and hug and kiss my baby! Oh, how joyful that was!

Elliott being silly with younger cousin…



Talking to Gramma…



REMEMBERENCES OF A DIFFERENT KIND...



We are a non-drinkin’, non-smokin’, non-drug-tokin’ kinda family, so you would THINK that we would be quite mild and unassuming… ;)

Well...

DD, DS, and son-in-law decided to each do a stunt on their bikes...



After the barbeque...



And before the fireworks…



That was all dandy…

Until the cops showed up!

They were quite nice about it all and actually mustn’t have known a whole lot about bikes…The young one out of the two, upon seeing the bike up on it’s back stunting bar, inquired “Is that how they’re SUPPOSED to be?” Ha Ha!



The funniest part of it all (for those who are familiar with the romance-novel model Fabio), was that although the two guys popping wheelies were MUCH louder (and balder/shorter haired) while revving up to pop their wheelies, than DD. BUT, she was the one that they called in about.



When the officers came over, they reported that it was someone “with long, blonde, flowing hair like Fabio”…Man, did we get a laugh out of that one! They must have mistaken her for a guy and, having long blonde hair, described her as Fabio.

We’ll have laughs about that one for years to come, I’m sure!

SPIRITUAL REMEMBERANCES...

I had such a spiritual experience during the Fourth of July fireworks…

This little baby, who is barely two, just clapped and clapped as the fireworks went off…He wasn’t afraid…He just found pure joy.



The most special part was when they did a tribute to our soldiers…

Amazing Grace was played over the loud speakers by a bagpipe…

That little boy…(my grandbaby, Christian)…without any prompting from me…sat cradled in my arm with head bowed and hands together for the entire song. He felt the spirit; I just know he did…It made me cry…It makes me tear up just now thinking about it.

My dear friends, these precious little ones are so fresh from and so near to our Father in Heaven...

I have been to past shows where little children were afraid of the noise…One of those was just a couple years ago with another grandbaby.

But, not this night…

What a blessing this was to me.

On the way out, he was so relaxed and calmly let Grampa carry him out.



Life is a stress…It just plain sucks a lot of times, but look at a child…



Really SEE a child…



This is a blessing from our Father in Heaven that there truly IS…

Still good in the world…

BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL

Monday, July 12, 2010

JUST HANGIN' OUT



How’s yer day goin’?



Ours is fine...Just hangin’ out…





And havin’ some fun…







Have a beautiful day…

Thursday, July 1, 2010

PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN



The Fourth of July is coming soon!

What are your family traditions?

Do you shoot off fire crackers?

Go to a community event?

Or maybe…Barbeque hamburgers and eat juicy watermelon with the little people?

Do you fly the flag of the United States of America?

Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence? It is so very eye-opening…

It is such a blessing to be a part of this great nation. Please remember those who have fought and died, clear back to 1776…

This video says it all…

3000 vets on motorcycles
>from across the USA paraded in D.C. the Sunday before Memorial Day,
>while a solitary, saluting Marine greeted them out on Constitution
>Avenue... the Marine stood at salute for 3 straight hours, while the
>parade of roaring bikes kept on coming.... it is held in remembrance
>of those who've fallen in the military.... the event (or the group)
>is called Rolling Thunder... George Bush used to meet these bikers
>before they paraded... the camera is on the Marine a lot... watch
>his struggles with his emotions, and his struggles with holding that
>salute... the way he salutes is very touching... his head lowered,
>his eyes down, in reverence for the fallen... I know what he was feeling...
>and as I watched him, I could feel it too.... it got to be overwhelming
>for him... and the tears started flowing... watch what he says when
>he finally breaks, but keeps right on holding that salute...



HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!