Molly-isms

My daughter has a blog and I encouraged her to share some of the things her three year old daughter has been saying. We call them "Molly-isms". You can check it out here.

Food for Thought

"If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, why would we ask those who do not fear the Lord to teach our children?"

Doug Phillips

The Drought Continues

We live smack dab in the middle of the dark red. I hear fire sirens several times a week, and they have had small fires all over the state. I don't think I've written much about the big ones. That's because some of them were very close to my hometown, and it was frightening and sad to see the pictures of the devastation. I took a few pictures last month, and maybe I'll find some time to share them later.

In the meantime, we have a 30% chance of rain tomorrow. I'm praying that we get it. I'm praying for a long, soaking drizzle so the ground will losen up and absorb it.

Note to Self

Next time you run the sprinkler make sure the windows to the house are closed, especially the ones over the bookcase.
Yeah, enough said...

Happy 50th Anniversary to my parents.

They beat the odds. They got married in 1962. He was 20 and she was 17. I'm sure there many days they wondered what they heck they had done. But they stuck it out. Now, 50 years later they have three children, 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Here is a sneak peak at what I've been working on. Meanwhile we are all going up home to the ranch to celebrate!

 

 

 newlyweds

I'm guessing they had been married about 10 years

 

25th anniversary

40th anniversary

45th anniversary



Happy Birthday Dad!

This is my dad's 70th birthday. I'm still having a hard time believing that because he doesn't seem that he should be much past 50. Time has a way of playing tricks on you. Anyway, it's late and I'm getting ready to go help my parents celebrate their 50th anniversary as well as Dad's birthday and my granddaughter's and my brothers. It's a busy weekend. So instead of telling you about my dad I just decided to post some pictures that I found recently.

 

70 years old already?

What I did this week...

I got the boys school supplies ready.

I canned a few quarts of tomatoes.

I cleaned my house...and two toilets. Trust me it was overdue.

I was weeding the squash and when I reached down to pull it at the root, I almost grabbed a snake instead.

I scored big time on clothes for the grand girls.

I read a couple of books.

I stayed home, a lot. In fact there are only two things on my calendar for the rest of the month. It's kind of pathetic really.

God blessed in a special way that encouraged me more than I can ever say.

I have this mental to-do list that is a mile long, so once the boys start to school, I'm writing it down and working on it. I'm looking forward to being able to cross those things off the list and know that I'm accomplishing something.

Until then I'm going to enjoy this bit of cooler weather that we are having.