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Celebrating Memorial Day in gratitude!

Wow, she was SO thrilled at the fireworks, just absolutely giddy happy!

They had some little thing that blew up sparks about 10x.  I kept thinking of all the bugs that would be chomping on us at any moment. 

And to all a good night! 

Breakfast?

This is what I allowed Annah to have upon waking for breakfast.  Its not ice cream....it is yogurt....Breyers all natural.... but still...I know.  She designed it. Her throat was "burning" and achy and she said she needed ice cream. She hasn't discovered yet that its frozen yogurt.  And sometimes after eating it, I wonder too if its not really ice cream with just maybe one culture in it to allow it to be called yogurt.  I once watched a Bill Cosby movie and his wife had made him fix breakfast so he gave the kids cake... he said "Hey, it has eggs and flour and oil"..... And if you think about it....think about it real hard... I mean seriously, whats the difference in having pancakes or cake ....its the same ingredients only one just seems wrong....but they are essentially the same...cake has sugar but pancakes have syrup.... lots of it... and lots O butter....donuts or frozen yogurt.... donuts seem accepted in this society but 'ice cream' ... bad mommy. :)

Just finished reading this book.... I don't typically read novels but something about it just drew me... its about a young (horribly abused) girl in the early 1900's who is fixing to walk past a penny but she is compelled to pick it up.... in the event of bending down to pick it up sets of a series of events that ultimately changes the entire course of her life.  What I really loved about this book is that throughout her life, in times of difficulties or distress a penny would just show up somewhere... and she came to see it as God showing her He saw her, loved her, cared for her.... I have that same thing in my life regarding the Blue Jay.... Its too long of a story to share but God gave me a miracle and it involved a Blue Jay... and it was indeed a miracle...and every since then... when I see a Blue Jay...it feels like God is sending me a note.   I stand amazed at how the God of the Universe will intervene in our lives involving even the smallest of care, the smallest of emotions... the smallest cry.  He involves Himself in His children. Each of our paths are different but His love is  extraordinary for us.  His grace is extraordinary. His care is extraordinary. 

"Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out." - Jesus Christ  (John 6:37)

Church humor

Some church humor for Friday Giggles:

1. Don't let worry kill you -- let the church help.
2. Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
3. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
4. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
5. The rosebud on the altar this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.
6. This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.
7. Tuesday at 4:00 PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.
8. Wednesday the ladies liturgy will meet. Mrs. Johnson will sing "Put me in my little bed" accompanied by the pastor.
9. Thursday at 5:00 PM there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All ladies wishing to be "Little Mothers" will meet with the Pastor in his study.
10. This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.
11. The service will close with "Little Drops of Water." One of the ladies will start quietly and the rest of the congregation will join in.
12. Next Sunday a special collection will be taken to defray the cost of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the new carpet will come forward and do so.
13. The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday.
14. A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
15. At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. 

Just a Swingin'

Oh the thrill of being a child!  Annah took the old dog leash and tied it to the stairs going up to the lofts and wahlah!  A swing!  I would love to draw your attention to the green rail in the background. Annah painted it... it doesn't come off... whats up with that??? I thought all paints for little people were waterproof but, this just soaked into the wood.  Plus, I like it. I don't want it to change. :)

I sure hope you are doing well and that you know how much God treasures you!  


"There is nothing to great for God's power, there is nothing to small for His love." - Corrie Ten Boom

First Insty Message

Alan, my son, was trying to reach me via Yahoo Messenger and apparently Annah was at PBS playing a game and intercepted.  Here is her very first text messenging. :)   Tiffany and I laughed and laughed. Its just so darn cute. :)

I got on and tried to buzz him but he was already gone and missed his little sisters communication effort.   I haven't been able to shut it down, its just too cute to me. Everything she does is cute to me and I rejoice in her wholeness and intelligence. She has not suffered from her prenatal trauma or its harsh drug environment to her or being premature.  She is a dramatic, super loving and very smart 4 year old. Thank you God!  

...."We must exercise the greatest care to be utterly obedient to Him who sees all the battlefield all the time. It is only He who can put each man in the place where his life can count for the most...."  
John Hyde

Amazing Beer Bread

Oh my goodness. Do you love bread? Do you love bread just SO much, like more than or just as much as chocolate????  Then you just gotta try this amazing EASY beer bread recipe.  It was super easy, except for sifting the flour... that was not easy. Maybe it was just my shifter but, it took time to shift 3 cups of flour. Yet, sifting is SUPER important to the quality of this bread so it has to be done.  And the taste is beyond amazing. The bread melts in your mouth and is SO good with honey and full of flavor.  Here is the super easy recipe:

3 cups self rising flour  --- MUST MUST BE SHIFTED or bread will be like a brick.

One 12 ounce can beer

       1/4 cup sugar

       1/2 cup melted REAL butter

 Preheat oven 375. Mix dry ingredients and beer. Pour in greased loaf pan. Pour  butter over batter. Bake 1 hour. Let cool 15 minutes.  You can use non-alcoholic beer if you wish but you will need to add a packet of dry active yeast.  The alcohol cooks off so I don't see any reason to not use a real beer because the flavor is so much richer. Yummy yummy yummy!!!

Right in the heart of Allen / Plano Texas is a Conservatory park called Connemara.  We went with a homeschool enrichment group and had so much fun.  If it weren't for the 2 nature guides it would of been just a typical walk in the woods and Annah and I do that every day (walk through the woods for miles ) but, the nature guides explained about flowers and bugs and trees and leaves.... I always wondered what that spit looking stuff was on flowers and it is actual spit from a Spittal bug and it has eggs in it..its a spit nest.   Its nice to see 72 acres of conserved land and meadow right in the middle of busy cities.

Its looking more official!!!  Looks like we will be traveling to Costa Rica in July for about 3 weeks. Alan says I can be there as a volunteer and get my hands dirty which I'm hoping to.  I'm not wanting to vacation, I'm wanting to  be able to 'feel' the environment and feel God's heart  and to know if its 'home'.... I wish I could just have insty Spanish to draw from but, I certainly will be able to tell  if my Spanish class helped or if its just all head knowledge. :)

Blog Books & Silly Girls

I followed a little link that says you can turn your blog into a book. 

I Love it!  My blog is bout a year and half old and I blog almost daily and add tons of pics... I could edit some out but I'm not gonna because I just don't have time & i'm sure it effects the total cost but, for my blog in its entirety it will cost about $37. Color pages plus all my print. If you wanna check it out go Here. Course its not an actual book to sell or anything because its just going to be like a journal album type thing for me but, there are others out there in blogland that may love to turn their blog into a book and sell it...ministry blogs etc ....   

My silly SillY Silly girls!  :-)   Fun fun fun!