Happy 21 Years Honey! EAch day is a gift...one I never take for granted. God made you JUST FOR ME and I am forever grateful!
SCRATCH THAT! MAKE IT...... TWENTY ONE YEARS!!!
From the day we pledged our love I seem to love you more Over time our love has deepened And grown stronger in the Lord Through all the ups and downs we’ve had Our love has not grown dim The light burns brighter to reflect The love of God within
I shared with you all about our new landscaping a few weeks ago and just had to share these pics with you
So cool ~ Looks like a ♥
Our Sweet Garden Angel ~ Her face made us think of Rylee ♥, isn't she sooo cute!
One of our GORGEOUS Roses LOVE THEM! So would my Daddy!
PINK POWER!
LOVE the Purple!!
Our VERY FIRST YELLOW ROSE!!! Took much longer to bloom but sooo worth the wait!!
Our Cats LOVE the Flower Bed too! :)
This is our HUGE and Oh SO Lovable "Coopey JOE"
Our Quiet and Shy "Pongo"
The Queen of all Cats ~ Katrina Carol Anne"
The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth. ~Dorothy Frances Gurney, "Garden Thoughts"
I spent the day Monday, with my Son. It was Precious time spent doing just some of the things we love. After attending his awards ceremony I took him out of school for the day, just to be together.....
We went out to lunch. We spent some of his gift cards that he got for Christmas! LOL Yes, you read that right....CHRISTMAS We listened to music, driving along with the windows down, enjoying the warm air and sunshine.
We talked, we laughed, and we acted silly! All 3 of my kids have very different personalities and I love it when I can spend that one on one time with them. To just enjoy them, time spent when you can just BE....
Thank you my sweet boy! For sharing the gift of You with me today. I love you so much! XOXO
What about you guys? What is your favorite thing to do one on one with your kids?
Wow! Wasn't that a mess last week with Blogger! So thankful they have it all straightened out! I missed everyone didn't you?? :)
These final weeks of the School Year seem to just be flying by! I think though, that when you have a Senior in High School, it goes by even more quickly, don't you?? !!
Last week was Senior Awards Assembly and the Senior Talent Show. This past weekend was Senior Appreciation Day, better known as Baccalaureate. Each day brings these kids one day closer to Graduation and entering a whole new Season of Life.
This Morning I will be attending my Sons Awards Assembly, and am so excited. I was contacted, letting me know Jantzen will be receiving awards. The kids don't ever know if they are receiving an award or not, so the teachers contact the parents to make sure we will be there to see them being honored!
I shared with you all last week about the tragic death of Hance. Well, my daughter went to her boss and asked if there place of business could do a Fundraiser in honor of Hance. Her boss agreed and 10% of all the sales that day will go to MADD in his honor. Will you please Pray this day will be a HUGE SUCCESS and bring in sooo many people!!
We are soo proud of all our kids! I am So VERY blessed to be their MOM ♥ I know these next 2 weeks are going to fly by and I can only imagine how quickly this Summer will be. Can you Slow it down Lord... Pretty Please ;)
How was your weekend? Did it fly by? I pray you all have a Blessed Monday
In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. Romans 12:6-8 NLV
Do you know what your spiritual gifts are? Do you seek God as to how HE wants you to use them to bring glory to HIM? When you are the recipient of someone who has shared their gifts with you, or for you, do you recognize it and thank them and the LORD for them?
There have been a few things I have prayed for over the last couple of years....
One thing I specifically have asked the Lord about was having someone to "walk" with, around the neighborhood, to get some exercise.
Another specific I prayed & asked the Lord about, was this:
When my Daddy would come to visit we would always work in the yard together and then when I would go to visit him in Florida we of course did the same thing at his house. My Daddy was amazing with flowers, vegetables, you name it ~ he could grow it! Living with him in Florida during those final months of his life, we spent hours outside planting, picking, and pruning. It was heavenly. I learned alot from Daddy that summer but still I wasn't comfortable enough to just go to a nursery and design a flower bed or grow a garden of my own quite yet!
I shared with you all a few weeks ago about our new neighbors, and how wonderful they are right??!! Well, not only have I been walking with her every morning but she has an unbelievable knowledge for planting flowers, veggies, and trees. You name it, she can grow it ...just like my Daddy.
My Neighbor is operating in her gifts ~ teaching me "How to" plant or prune my flowers, roses etc. She is encouraging me every step of the way. She is giving sharing her wisdom, knowledge, and time....very generously She is sharing kindness as we walk and learn more about each other.
I am so thankful and very blessed! I am not just "seeing" my neighbor share her gifts, I am experiencing it first hand! When we operate in the Gifts God has given us...the blessings are so sweet. Seeing the Holy Spirit work through others is sooo powerful!
Are you sharing your gifts with others? How did you feel knowing you had helped someone while operating in your Spiritual gifts? Spiritual Sundays is yet another example of two women operating in their Spiritual Gifts and sharing a place where we all can share Jesus and encourage one another or pray for each other. To join in go here
Today is a VERY SAD and DIFFICULT day for those in our community. We will be saying good-bye to a young man today. Last Thursday evening Hance Henrie was in Provo UT finishing up some ROTC training. He and some friends were driving down an Inter-state and a car crossed over into their lane and struck the truck carrying Hance and His friends. The driver, a 56 year old female was drunk. Hance was the only one wearing a seat belt and he was the only one who died.
My daughter was very close to Hance. My husband went to school with his parents. His Mom is Jantzens Honors Science Teacher.
I don't know why these things happen. I can't even imagine the grief his parents are experiencing. I am soo thankful they have such a strong Faith because truly in times such as this....It is ONLY through God that a parent can get through such a devastating circumstance.
Please, if you will, Lift up the Henrie Family today and in the days to come. His funeral will be late this afternoon, and I know for so many of these kids, it is going to be so very hard. But as hard as it is for them, it is beyond anything we could ever imagine for his family!
Thank you all for being such amazing friends and prayer warriors!
I hope everyone had a blessed Mothers Day and weekend! Our weekend was soo full! Friday night we worked Relay for Life's "Fight Back Against Cancer". We arrived @ 6p.m. Friday evening to volunteer ALL NIGHT LONG with my Son and all of the kids from his school What a great group of Kids! There were soo many people who participated from our Community. So many Cancer Survivors and yet so many who have lost their battle or are in the middle of their fight with this horrible disease!
It was an emotional yet beautiful moment when the did the luminary service. This was for my Daddy.
The kids had numerous contests to raise money during the night. This was a human cake LOLOL
Sunday we had dinner for all of my family and some friends to celebrate Mothers Day. My Husband made us a FABULOUS DINNER and the day was so special.
Three Generations
My Beautiful Momma
My Precious Kids. Our Oldest just arrived home from a 10day Vacation late in the afternoon! I can't wait to see her and our grandkids! I swear both the kids changed sooo much in that 10 days! I have missed them all soo much!!
How was your weekend!!? I pray you all had a Blessed Mothers Day!
