My friend, Jenny, loves poetry and is hosting a haiku challenge on her blog. She will be giving away a free Pamp*red Ch*f product to one person. Here is what I left in her comment section:
Spring equals "achoo"
Beautiful flowers abound
Thankful for Zyrt*c
:-)
It's funny because Emma just learned about how to write a haiku this year. She wrote one this winter. Here it is:
Snowman
White from head to toe
Bundled up in scarf and hat
Icy cold is he
She made a cute snowman on her paper too. :-)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Works of God Monday
Kris was putting door hangers out in the community last summer, and a lady who received one contacted us. She shared that just days before getting our info. she had been thinking about the necessity of finding a church to go to and thought it would be good to "enroll" her daughter in Sunday School. She was contacting us to find out what she needed to do to have her daughter come. We gladly told her that they could just come. Their family had not been to a church, but there was some religious background with this mom going to church in her younger years. She really has wanted to know God and believes He has a purpose for her/their lives. What a wonderful opportunity we have had to show Christ's love to this family and point them to our great God. Her little girl is close in age to Olivia. We have enjoyed having another child join us for Sunday school and children's church and have loved sharing God's Word with her. It has been exciting to watch this little girl grow and understand more of the Bible. I am so happy to say that yesterday, she wanted to trust Jesus as her Savior and prayed with the children's Sunday school teacher!
Please pray for us as we have continued opportunity to reach out to this family. May Christ be the One seen and glorified!
Friday, March 26, 2010
A Child's Opinion on Age
This morning I called a family in our church and needed to ask the mom a question. She wasn't available because last night she was out shopping with her daughter and didn't get to bed until around 1 AM, so she was still asleep. Olivia was near me when I called, so I explained the situation to her. I then told her how fun it will be one day when she's older and we go out together on shopping trips. In all serious (and even with a look of concern) she says to me, "But Mom, when I am a teenager, you will be an OLD lady!" Wow! Maybe she thinks it's a super long time until she's a teenager. I know that it will come sooner than I can imagine, and I sure am cherishing this time in her life and the funny comments that she comes up with.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Making Memories
We just enjoyed a wonderful visit from my parents that seemed to end all too soon. They came at a beautiful time of year! The weather couldn't have been more perfect, and the views of the mountains were spectacular--not always possible during the year due to our smoggy area. We first enjoyed driving across and seeing the desert, as I went out to AZ to pick my mom and dad up there from my aunt's house. We also went to the mountains and the beach while they were here. It was just a great variety of landscapes and temperatures all so close to where we live.
I am so thankful for the fact that my parents have been able to come out to see us 3 times since we moved to CA. It's hard to live this far away from family, but God has blessed us in being able to spend more time together than any of us probably ever anticipated since we left MI. We were able to be with them in SC this past Nov., and we are all making plans to have a family reunion in MI this summer. I'm so glad that my girls know and love the only grandparents that they have. This morning was difficult for them when they woke up and knew that Grammy and Papa were gone. They had a sweet time of goodbyes last night though, and today we reminded ourselves to focus on what we did have and not dwell on what we don't. Here are some of the pics of them all enjoying time together during the last 11 days, starting with the most recent:
Enjoying refreshments during the intermission of the girls' play that they made up and put on for us
Emma and Papa before the play
Olivia and Papa before the play
Girls with Grammy for our girls' lunch at Mimi's
Enjoying a ride at Disneyland
Afternoon in the mountains where we saw snow and visited Lake Arrowhead
Grammy and Emma at a tea room in AZ
Olivia and Grammy at the tea room
I am so thankful for the fact that my parents have been able to come out to see us 3 times since we moved to CA. It's hard to live this far away from family, but God has blessed us in being able to spend more time together than any of us probably ever anticipated since we left MI. We were able to be with them in SC this past Nov., and we are all making plans to have a family reunion in MI this summer. I'm so glad that my girls know and love the only grandparents that they have. This morning was difficult for them when they woke up and knew that Grammy and Papa were gone. They had a sweet time of goodbyes last night though, and today we reminded ourselves to focus on what we did have and not dwell on what we don't. Here are some of the pics of them all enjoying time together during the last 11 days, starting with the most recent:
Enjoying refreshments during the intermission of the girls' play that they made up and put on for us
Emma and Papa before the play
Olivia and Papa before the play
Girls with Grammy for our girls' lunch at Mimi's
Enjoying a ride at Disneyland
Afternoon in the mountains where we saw snow and visited Lake Arrowhead
Grammy and Emma at a tea room in AZ
Olivia and Grammy at the tea room
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