Happy Easter - Christ has Risen

What a wonderous day it was, the day that Christ our Lord has Risen from the dead. I hope that everyone had a Blessed day. We were supposed to have snow but it actually was a bright, sunny and beuatiful day here. I finally managed to get my video gift for Steven figured out with all of our wedding and family pics done just in time and he loved it. We had a Beautiful Church service that consisted of our children singing a few songs, a very powerful sermon, then a choir production. Here is a couple videos of the children singing their one song, Jenna is in the front in the yellow and white dress, in the second video when it goes to the right, in the second row you can see Kaitlynn just a bit and Andrew next to her on the Left.








After this wonderful service we went visiting at my in laws and my daddy was with us for dinner, ooh talk about being stuffed with yummmmy food and chocolate it was all there. After we took pics:

This is our family pic:



Here are my in laws (yes smooching, the kids were all into wanting the luvin' pics):



Ok if you can't handle the smooching you might want to cover the eyes because here is Steven and I:





Ok enough of us adults as I have little miss Kaitlynn sitting here making sure that I showed you the pics that she took of us yesterday, now it's on to our little angels and their easter egg scavenger hunt that my MIL did for them:


Here is Jenna getting a good "what for" from Andy my FIL's bird as she is trying to get her egg that she has found, LOL



Here is our "mother hen" Kaitlynn reading the clue to Andrew and Jenna to figure out where to go for their next egg:



And here is my Daddy with Jenna modeling all her Princess things and of course Chris at that wonderful age that he has developed a phobia of having his pic taken:



Who could possibly ask for more than this on the day that God has given us the Greatest gift of all???

May God Bless all Have a wonderful day :)

ICE STORM

OH NO, I am in trouble again from those New Brunswick people again!!! We just got hit bad last night and this morning with a bad Ice Storm and now the big bad "S" word, yes we're getting more of that yucky white stuff. Now to tell you my dh is plenty happy with the snow but not the ice. I like the snow at the beginning of winter but now it is just getting old. Now I'm just hoping that everyone is safe that has already been hit with this storm as it was a nasty one, and it is continuing up North according to our news this morning. Prayers that everyone stays safe and to those that are out of power. Alot of schools in this area are closed or on a 2 hr delay, this is the first time in a long time that ours has even went on a delay and never closes. Here are a few pics that I got this morning from the front of our house and the back. Everyone stay safe and warm. Northerners doing what I can to keep it from coming your way, have pity on me :)

Front of our house:







This is from our back deck:




Needless to say the dogs wouldn't stay out long enough for me to get pics of them slipping and sliding on the snow that was iced over.

May God keep all Safe, My prayers are with you

Beautiful Day

Matthew 11:28-30

"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."


What a beautiful day it is here, yes bright, sunny and warm. But yet another day that God has given to us. I woke up to my beautiful family and yes those yucky, slobbery doggy kisses. But how wonderful everything looks in a different light when you really let go of your problems and TRUST God. This is just one of my favorite Scriptures when going through a difficult time and it does really help when I read this and keep reminding myself to not just pray for the strength to get through my hard times but to also trust God and let my burdens go and rest in him.

Today is just so warm that I have our house all opened up letting the fresh air in and getting some cleaning done in between sitting outside enjoying the weather. I just can't help myself just dancing around with my broom and vacuum cleaner. Well dh or children aren't available so those were my options then decided to teach Lady Annabelle to dance, got a short video of her so anyone that enjoys those cute little doggies let's hope I can get this to work




This is Teddy and Sarah's baby from last June, she has gotten so big and is just spoiled rotten, not like you can tell or anything, right :) Toby is there on the floor running around of course wanting his attention as well.

Another thing that I would like to share is a pic of our oldest son Chris, 17 1/2 and in his AROTC uniform. He has been trying to get into the military and has been having trouble passing his ASVAB's so he is now in ROTC in school. This is a pic of him in his uniform for the first time. He looks so grown up, mom just isn't ready for this. I'm working on used to the idea that my baby is growing up and a young man. I am very proud of him and his choices of late. Especially with the things that have been thrown his way and what he has had to overcome.







I know I'm a bit prejudiced here as mom but isn't he just so handsome ????

Well that is all about all that is going on around this house, except that I have manage to also make homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, with all these colds/flu going through here. Going to get the troops in and cleaned up for dinner and fix some Blueberry muffins for hubby as a surprise when he gets home from work, since I just found out that he's having a stressful day, so what better thing to be greeted with a cup of tea and his fav. muffin and well of course a hug from his wife to end his day.

God Bless everyone, hope everyone has enjoyed their day, even those getting SNOWSTORMS :)

Yes I am still here and breathing

It has been along time since I have posted to my blog. Things have just been rather crazy around here with the flu and some rather trying things going on in my life.

First of all we had a new litter of puppies right before Christmas, well I guess I should reword that we didn't, Sarah and Teddy did, lol. What a wonderful Christmas present, she had 5 beautiful little puppies. They have all as of yesterday now have great new homes. Sarah and Teddy will be going to a new home this weekend as well, since some changes are now taking place in our home. I was so happy that I was able to find a place for them that was a good home but also able to keep them together as well. I will miss them terribly but I know they will be happy where they are going. Here are some pics of the pups that I promised







And to those that remember our first litter and the one that I kept, little Miss Annabelle here she is now quite big and 8mths old now



Crocheting wise here I haven't really been doing much but just before Christmas I tested this gorgeous pattern for Anna, Jenna of course tries to wear it all the time and just loves it. You can find the pat at http://www.lullabiesandlace.com/



Everyone here is pretty much over the flu bug, lucky me I got to have two different strains of it, yaaay. We are just praying for Spring to get here as the weather changes are causing alot of people to keep getting sick, and I am so done with Winter. Hubby is loving it though. I like the snow and all don't get me wrong it is just beautiful to watch a good snowstorm but it has just gotten old now, and all this sickness it's causing now, it just has to go.

I also have to say Thank you to the wonderful friends that I have at Lullabies and Lace, you really need to know that you are greatly appreciated for just being there during the good times and the bad. The impact that you have on others with your faith in Christ is just unbelievable, including those that I haven't really discussed my latest struggles with. I really don't know where I would be w/o y'all. God has really sent me a great bunch of angels. And through your prayers, talks and everything, God has answered our prayers and it has been amazing to see how he can work through others as well. As hard as it has been here and still is going to be for awhile I'm sure, I know that God is always with me and is working through me as long as I always look to him. Y'all have strengthened my faith and helped me and continue to help me along this journey.



I'm sure as many others are thinking this, I can only imagine what my reaction would be when my time comes to be with Jesus, OH what a wonderous day that will be!!!!

God Bless Everyone, and have a wonderful day