For All The Dads

Happy Father's Day! I had to share this video clip. It's an oldie, but a goodie. It never grows old in my book. Our church played it yesterday morning and as usual, it had me in tears from laughing so hard. Enjoy the laugh!
http://youtu.be/DOKuSQIJlog

Miracles

I just have to share this because I'm reeling after this morning! Some people say that God doesn't do miracles today like he did back in biblical times. Well, I witnessed my very own miracle today. My Mom was told she had a blockage in her heart. They set up a heart cath, which took place this morning. The doctor said considering her family history, there was no way she was going to get off scot free. My Grandfather (her Dad), passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack when I was 6 months old and my Uncle (her younger brother) died unexpectedly due to complications of the heart and a blood clot in the lung almost 5 years ago. When we heard the news that she had a blockage, of course all thoughts turned to those two who God took so young in life.

Well, I'm here to tell you, God doesn't care one iota about family history, tests or statistics. God will heal those He chooses to heal, regardless of what us, here on earth, say or do. He will also take home those He chooses when we least expect it sometimes too. We all were figuring my Mom would end up with a stint and maybe even open heart surgery, just because of "family history". Not that we didn't have faith in what God could do or is capable of doing, but we just don't know God's will. Well, they went in this morning and found zero blockage! (Deep down, this is what I wanted to be praying, but I felt it was almost selfish to ask such a request. But really, is anything to big for our mighty God? NO!) My parent's Pastor was there with us and when we found out that there was no blockage and in fact, her heart looked so good, that the doctor said he wished he had her heart! I looked at their Pastor and said, "Now, is this a miracle or what?!" his reply, with a big smile, "It's always a miracle." Amen! To God be all the glory...

Ladies Tea

Last month my church held a ladies tea. I had the honor of decorating and hosting a table. We had a wonderful speaker named, Dianna Boehm. Dianna is a great speaker & she is comical! If this ladies ministry speaking thing doesn't work out for her, she could be a stand up comedian. Seriously, her message was great about how God is the potter and we are the clay, but she was able to throw in alot of laughs. I hate to compare her to Beth Moore, but she was alot like her. Dianna has had a lot of rough seasons in her life, but she has overcome them and gives God all the glory. It was a wonderful day spent with the ladies, enjoying petite sandwiches, scones, little sweets, lots of tea and hearing a great message. We even had sugar cubes for our tea. (All I could think of was Bugs Bunny having tea with the daft lion and Bugs Bunny asking him if he wanted 1 lump or 2! Do you remember that cartoon?!)


I had no idea what theme to make my table. I saw all kinds of neat ideas online when I did research. The only thing I could come up with was Americana. I have quite a few Americana items, so it was rather easy. I did buy a few extra things, like American flag decorated Tootsie Rolls, that I found at the Dollar Store! Score! As well as, Amercian themed napkins that I found at the Christmas Tree Shops for a buck. (I'm sounding pretty cheap here, aren't I?!) All the tables were unique and very nice! Each lady that decorated a table could decorate it any way she pleased. It was interesting to see all the different tables. Very neat idea!

For each place setting, each lady was given a little paper explaining her special name for the day. Here was mine, "Lady Mildred Hauver of Buffalo"! I wish we could of gone around and each lady share their name. I'm sure some of them were hilarious. The ones at my table were. Maybe next year they will kick it up a notch and ladies can really get into it and wear hats and such.

The Farm

After having a breakfast of fruit with the homemade rhubarb muffins from yesterday (which are delish), Anthony and I had a leisurley morning before heading out to meet some friends for lunch and then going to a farm. A friend of my friend, has little farmette. It's adorable! Plus, she has all these fun animals. I purchased a dozen fresh eggs and a pint of fresh cream. Mark is going to use the cream tonight to make his curry chicken.

Today was the HOTTEST day on record for the year so far, but the heat didn't stop us. The boys, and us had a wonderful time. And the people who run the farm are such sweet & inviting people. Why are farm or country people typically (am I racially profiling here?!) so down to earth and kind? Anywho, here are some pics from our day! The start out with Anthony sitting with Tasha, our Great Dane after breakfast.

This is my favorite pic of the day!

Cutest little bunny hutches I have ever seen!

Amy had one sheep, but the poor thing had just been sheared and well, wasn't all that attractive right now. Plus, there were so many animals to see, that I didn't get to spend any one on one with the sheep. Maybe next visit and maybe next time, I'll try some of their fresh, raw milk and some duck eggs too.

A Holy Experience

I have to share this blog with you this morning that I follow. It's called, A Holy Expereince.  http://www.aholyexperience.com/2011/06/one-habit-that-radically-changes-a-family/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HolyExperience+%28Holy+Experience%29

It was so good this morning that I wanted to share it in my own post. Nothing like tasting, chewing, consuming scripture. It is the true "filler-upper" of the heart, soul and mind. Enjoy!

Little Farmer & Frogs

(This is for you Aunt Sandy.) Well, since I have a few minutes while the rhubarb muffins bake, I thought I post something short. By the way, the rhubarb muffins are not "almost vegan". They have an egg in them, white flour and brown sugar (gasp! Just kidding!) Oh, not to mention, white sugar and butter on top. Yummmmm.....I found this awesome website that has nothing but recipes for rhubarb! Check it out.
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipes

Here is Anthony in my parents garden. He has on my Dad's hat and is pushing a fertilizer spreader. He was pretending the spreader was a tractor. We were in the house talking and then we looked up and saw this. By the way, when we were opening my parent's pool, there were tadpoles gallore on the cover. We took 7 home with us. They are tree frogs. We have been feeding them & watching them mature. Eventually, we will release them into our backyard. Here are some pics of the little guys. Anthony has been calling them his babies. I'm thinking of naming them after the Lewis & Clark expedition. We don't have any tree frogs here, so they will be venturing into unknown territory here! So far, only 3 of them have all 4 legs. They are soooo tiny. 

I guess I could also mention that we received our books for this fall from Rod and Staff. I'm so excited!