GENTLEMEN STILL EXIST...

I LOVE enjoying the quest for the GREEN JACKET for the winner in the Masters Golf Tournament @ Augusta National every year. 

I've enjoyed watching it since I was a kid and my Daddy always watched it.  He would explain things to me but I didn't really care then...it wasn't the art of the sport that intrigued me when I was younger. 

However, now it is a different story.

I LOVE playing it, watching it in person, watching and listening to it on TV until all the wonderful birds, galleries watching expectantly, and TV hosts whispering drifts me off to sleep. 

There is NOTHING like the sweeping swish of the golf club on the drives

or

the clicking of the ball when it reaches the bottom of the cups on well-hit shots

or the feeling I get when I'm  the person doing either of the two things previously noted.

Do you enjoy a sport?  
update: 5 golfers, tied for first place @ -10 on the back nine...amazing, simply, amazing.  What an interesting final round!                              
CONGRATULATIONS, CHARL SCHWARTZEL OF SOUTH AFRICA
2011 MASTERS CHAMPION

           

 Blessings,

NEW WIDGET LOVE...'if i only had a code"

SOMETIMES it takes me a while to catch up with technology.  Each week after putting my pictures together for Projet 365, I would have to go back to previous posts, or get out my calendar, or count on my fingers in order to list the day of the year.

Finally, my brain figured there was probably a widget out there somewhere that might apply.  Yes, there was one, and it now resides on my sidebar.

Such a simple fix...thank you, Lord, for helping me discover this.

I wish all things could be 'fixed' by finding an appropriate 'widget' for those times in life when we've become impatient...just run the appropriate code through the 'brain' and 'wallah'!  Either the situation changes or my attitude properly adjusts to meet the code.

I'm beginning to understand, like Robin @ Be Still and Know, just how valuable an SD card slot for my brain would be...AWESOME!!

Jer. 33:3  "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

Blessings,

PROJECT 365...WEEK SEVEN

Come see what we had going on this week...CLICK THE ABOVE PIC TO GO TO SARA'S...IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S some of OUR week:

2/13 brought the most gorgeous blue sky; I just love how it highlights the snow, such an awesome contrast...my front yard river birch

If it weren't for our bench you wouldn't be able to tell there's an island around these trees...I just love seeing the cleanliness the snow makes of the landscape.

What was predicted to be only an inch or so--turned out to be 4 inches confirmed...and NO layer of ice under it. We usually have more ice to deal with in this part of the state.

Below is OUR version of the neighborhood Olympics :)...they were having such fun...

WHILE THE SNOW WAS MELTING I MADE OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES...YUMMO!

2/12 WAS DOWNRIGHT CHILLY, DD and I had some fun using the 'timer' on the camera and getting some shots Teens always have THE BEST ways to celebrate things...here she wanted to do a picture to send to her friend who knitted the gloves she's wearing! They're adorable fingerless gloves that have a flap that folds over to make them into mittens :)

Before the snow arrived Friday afternoon, I had made a trip to the grocery...to get my milk and bread, of course...that's a local joke here....we NEVER get snowed in enough to REALLY need milk and bread. However, while there I had to turn in a prescription for my allergies...it sure helps me breathe.

Thursday evening one of my buds gave me some buds...(dopey, I know, simple things make me giggle these days)...a very pretty kalanchoe to celebrate another year breathing in His merciful breath of life.

On Tuesday I had my salon appointment to trim my hair...I took some shots but they were SO AWFUL I wasn't about to post any one of them...

As "ARo" is SO GOOD at doing on her blogs...

In summary, I must count my snowy blessings while I have them because they quickly melt away when the temps go up; there is ALWAYS something to praise in and around a storm--the little birdies were still out and about in the snow but I wasn't quick enough to catch them; Times with my DD are fleeting--she'll be off to college in less than 6 months so I am cherishing every moment; Thanks will always be given for grocery stores and pharmacies--providence of such special things; finally, I have some of THE BEST praying mama sisters in the WORLD and thank the Lord for EVERY remembrance of them!

ENJOY WEEK EIGHT OF THE LORD'S PROVIDENCE

Jer. 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

TIP-TOE'ING THROUGH THE SESAME SEEDS...

*please bear with me...this is a little long, but has a good lesson at the end :)...

DD had come home from school today and was in the process of dressing for her "end-of-semester, in-front-of-the-multi-school professors' internship presentation" where she will verbalize her semester accomplishments/activities.

While DD was ready'ing herself, 'Derbs' came over with, of all things...thank you, Jesus,... BUCKEYES...as part of her spreading Christmas cheer!

(The above picture is from a musical they were in last year)

Her buckeyes were wonderfully peanutty goodness surrounded in milk chocolate...(Lids, I feel your pain...I want MORE!)

Having nibbled on my ONE buckeye wanting to say "give me that entire bag did I mention I NEEDED more? But obediently I turned away from the plastic bag Derbs was holding, sweetly tempting me with the richly, calorie-blessed balls of pleasure. Yes, I forced myself to turn away and return to my dryer of warm clothes calling to be put into each closet.

This one chore sits now among others on my very-full Christmas list:

• dish putting-away & dirty dishes going in dishwasher
• changing bed sheets
• finalizing photo picture-card order
• tree decorating
• gift wrapping
• Disciple3 lesson class-plan tweaking
• gift shopping (before 12/18 parties)

After completing one chore, the others were like little sugar plums dancing across my mind...and while reaching into the pantry to throw together a quick-salad lunch...IT HAPPENED...

A BRAIN OVER-RUN ... one over-run with holiday plans

My little synapses were working too hard, I guess...SOMETHING occurring in the depths of my cerebellum unable to endure overload...My hormone-replacement deprived body DEVOURed normal motor skills...they became lackluster.

Rather than placing the handful of small sesame seeds in my lettuce bowl, I DROPPED THE ENTIRE fist full on my kitchen floor.

Can you picture it? Their clicking and bouncing like caffeine-high mexican jumping bean...up and down...sounding like a small waterfall spraying around, across, under, and in every corner of my previously-swept kitchen floor.

Just as they finally settled from their 'happy dance' across my floor, "Derbs" came around the corner (with plastic bag of buckeyes in hand) on her way to her next destination.

{Now, prior to her going upstairs to see DD I had decided I was GOING to tackle her as she was heading out the backdoor and send her on her way without that entire bag ask for another buckeye...} Two wouldn't have been too bad, would it??

"Stop ya'll...just tiptoe around the seeds so they don't get in your car and smushed on my floor!"...no, really so she wouldn't go flying across my floor unexpectedly...then she was out the door and gone...

before I REMEMBERED my wanting ANOTHER buckeye! aaaaarrrrrrggggghhhh! (a quick pirate-moment ensued) :\ sorry....

Oh, well, sometimes I'm protected from myself...even when I don't want to be protected.

When in the midst of getting many things done, what kind of messes have you made...or when did you realize protection even when you caused a mess?

1 Thess. 1:6

"...you welcomed the message with joy given by the Holy Spirit."

U GOTTA SEE THIS PIC...THANKFUL THURS.

JOINING SONYA today for THANKFUL THURSDAY

1. SO, SO THANKFUL: Our little social bug Katie is on the mend and is happy again...They had their appointment back at the hospital...This time she enjoyed some of her favorite things:

therapy dogs

the library

lobby fish tank

dancing clowns

garden

“storybook fairy” (little old lady/pink princess gown/crown)

2. so, so thankful for doctors...The main reason for visiting: to see Dr. K, the doctor who has bee n trusted on ALL her surgeries (the first @ a mere six pounds...a very tiny heart, indeed). Dr. K has placed her heart in his hands,

literally--he certainly isn't 'just another guy in a white lab coat'! (The heart surgeons are like Elvis — everyone knows when they’re in the building!)

Thank you, Jesus, for providing Dr. K the knowledge and expertise in caring for Katie!

Surprise (and joy) overtook Katie as her mommy snapped this precious photo:

UPDATE:

3. so, so thankful...Katie's incision, post-infection, is continuing to look better and may not require stitches

4. so, so, thankful....she may not have to have followup surgery to re-do the wiring around her breast bone!

5. so, so, thankful...God built an inate LOVE in us...our God hole..in such a special, saving way. We can share His love with others throughout our lives, during good and bad situations!

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Blessings,

\0/ To His Praise...KATIE VIDEO ("Stinker Monkey" & Grandma MoMo!)

What an answered prayer came my way

when I checked Katie's care page today.

I have to celebrate it with you,

all my blogging buddies...who have been holding her up as she is fighting the horrible infection in her heart-surgery incision.

I love how she calls herself "munkin" later in the video...referring to herself as a "stinker monkey"...one of those little pet names she has acquired on this journey. This video will put a smile on your face, too...it sure did put one on mine :)

He hasn't left us and hasn't forsaken us, He is a God of promise, Jehovah Jireh, the Provider, our High Priest who intercedes for us; Yahweh Raffe, the great Healer...

yes, He IS our God of His Word...and as the following poem states:

A MAN OF HIS WORD

Look and you shall find the answer you seek

from Him, the Lamb of God, so loving and so meek.

And be you not forgetful to thank the Lord above,

for sending us a Savior, the essence of His love.

Seek out His kingdom first then and added unto you

will be His daily blessings, from dawn 'til day is through.

Share the joy you've found with other far and near

for your reward is in heaven and the path to Him is clear.

Remember all His blessings...His words you have heard,

give all your heart to Jesus, a true man of His Word.

Written by: Riki Jeanne

PSALM 20:5 "Delight thyself also in the LORD and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart!"

WORDFUL WEDS. & OUTDOOR WEDS.(sawdust savoring)

*Wordful Wednesday with Angie

and Outdoor Wednesday with Susan

is to showcase photo(s)

when we can't keep our mouths shut about them.

If you'd like to play along,

post a photo on your blog, and let the words roll.

HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED A CAMPMEETING?

Our CAMPMEETING was last week...

Many elderly, middle-aged, married, single, teenager, tweens, kids, toddlers, newborns, puppies, THE HOLY SPIRIT, and a cloud of witnesses came for.....

well,

watch and listen

to see what the Lord provided...

(click on the video, then be sure to click on VIEW HQ VIDEO just above and to the right so you get the higher quality...

WE WERE BLESSED, indeed!!!

p.s.: that altar is a precious place indeed.

(one of my fav pics of dd--she was in 7th grade...youth had stayed up all night under the arbor, singing, playing games and just talking...once all others had gone home and while I cleaned & packed, she fell asleep while lying on the kneeling bench of the altar in front of the lecturn

("sleeping at His feet" is my subtitle

...i think it will always be my favorite :) p.s.: thx for continuing your prayers for Katie.

Out of Surgery

Posted 7 minutes ago

Katie is out of surgery and is in CICU. K*mama and J*daddy are with her now...don't know much more at this time.

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

updated HEART SURGERY recovery...OUR little angel ^X^

Sunday, July 21...Posted 22 hours ago 

Katie is begging for water b/c her diet and fluid intake has been extremely restricted--due to pleural effusion (fluid around the lungs)...still has a chest tube.The fluid loss remains a balancing act for the  doctors – get her “dried” up but keep her hydrated just enough to not cause other problems...having to eliminate ALL fat from her diet. No fat at all. Thank goodness for fat-free menus...she's been enoying fat-free grilled cheese sandwiches. she is enjoying fat-free soy milk. 

At home in the past, Katie only drinks water.  Her new diet – and her desperation – is resulting in  better eating and drinking of new products.  She's drinking all of her formula by mouth...not using her feeding  pump!!

She doesn’t seem to get happy at all, other than watching her Elmo videos. Thank  goodness that the hospital’s library has every single Elmo video. Please pray for  Katie’s pleural effusion to slow down and for her body to handle the changes. We  are thankful for all of the prayers coming Katie’s way!

 
As you can see from the following, my little 'great niece Katie' is in surgery as I type this post.

To all my blogging buddies, please lifT her precious name to our Lord for His presence, His guidance for the doctors, His continuing to hold this precious child in His hand as she is going through this procedure.

My heart is full for her and her Mommy and Daddy(my nephew).

Ya'll are such wonderful prayer warriors 
and I thank you in advance for lifting Katie 
to our Steadfast YAHWEH, Adonai, God-Head Three-In-One! 
Thank you, Jesus, for NEVER leaving us 
or forsaking US 
because YOU paid it ALL for us!
"copied from CarePages..."posted 20 minutes ago
On bypass now...Katie is now in surgery. She was taken back at 7:30 a.m. It took an hour and a half to get the lines in and on the ventilator. It took more than hour to cut through the scar tissue to get to her heart.She was officially started on bypass at 10:45 a.m.
We are waiting for the next update to see how she is doing. Surgery is expected to take four hours from when it started. Dr. K* met with us briefly before the surgery started.
Katie was in really good spirits this morning. She was really active, talkative and fighting the sleepy meds. She finally fell asleep, but then woke up when they started to wheel her to the OR. She is a tough little fighter!!
Please keep those prayers coming!!
**UPDATE**2:35pm   Posted 57 minutes agokatie came out of surgery at 1 p.m. dr k* said everything
went well...there were no complications...so far, so good. Her left ventricle seems to be working just fine, as pre-op. that is one of our top concerns. we're now waiting to go back to cicu to see her. it could still be another hour. god is good! thanks for those prayers!
***update***so far, so good4:30pmkatie is now back in the cicu....looks good, only slightly puffy at this point.expect she will be very puffy tomorrow.right now, her stats are on target...oxygen levels are 90-94! she is running a slight fever, which can be normal after surgery. they have placed a fan at her bedside and given her tylenol to try to cool her cool down. her blood pressure is good, along with her heart rate and she is breathing over the ventaliator at times. she has only two tubes draining blood from her chest.she has opened her eyes a few times and is moving her arms...the nurse gave her more knock out medicine so she won't wake up now.thanks again for all of your prayers throughout today!!

STRADDLING...NO, WALKING DOWN MEMORY LANE

joining Erica at Scottsville for "A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE"
Have you ever found your daughter straddling the side of a city dumpster?Yes, the one on the dumpster is mine...getting ready to walk around on the boxes and plastic bags to find the 'one' bag she knew had her RETAINER in it...yes, the $250 retainer that would have to go back in her mouth after she found it. (I was at this retreat; however, I didn't know about this while it was occurring and it was God's providence that guarded me so I didn't know it) She and her girlfriend both climbed in while one of her favorite counselors kept watch and was in charge...should anything HORRIBLE happen...i.e. rats, falling through a box or a bag, oh gross...I don't even want to speculate what COULD HAVE happened. God blessed them...they found the 'right bag' without much trouble because she realized what she had done before too many other bags had made it up and over the side and into the dumpster. (And we were even lucky enough to have a dental hygienist available to give pointers on cleaning it as best as possible before it went back on her teeth...the thought still makes me tremble.) This will definitely be a memory of that spring break trip that I will never forget and I'm sure dd won't forget it...and pray with me He will continue to watch over her. I'm praying she'll NEVER have to go 'dumpster diving' for ANY REASON ever again. Come for a walk with us down Memory Lane!
And if you have a "Memory Lane" post, head on over to Scottsville to join in on the fun!

THANKFUL THURS., FAVE 5 FRI. & JESUS in my Sneakers!

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR TODAY?

JOIN IN WITH SONYA...

AND SUSANNE

(CLICK ON EACH NAME)

TO LIFT THANKFUL PRAYERS, FAVES O' THE Week, AND STEPS IN OUR FAITH walk

ALONG WITH US...

• PRAISING JESUS: My family and I were able to begin our week together in worship and dd gave her heart-felt testimony of what the three days volunteering during the assistance project had meant to her....i have pictures on my phone but haven't been able to download them yet ...but will as soon as I figure out which thingy to put the eentsy little card into that will then fit into the tiny SD card holder that will then fit into the slot on the computer. Interfaces can sometimes be such a pain. :( (have you ever done this?)

• PRAISING JESUS: The summer vegetables are here...and on Monday as I was coming home from the "chiro-cracker"...don't tell my doctor I called it that, he doesn't like it when I say the work "crack" in relations to his expertise while adjusting my spine.) Anyway, just keep swimming, swimming, ... oh yeah, I bought the BEST tomatoes I've had all year :p and we've been licking our lips each time we eat 'em! (Do you have a favorite summer vegetable or recipe?)

  
  
• PRAISING JESUS: My Mother is 77 and still getting around like she did when I was a teenager...kinda, anyway. (She moves more than I do...and yes, Liddie, I'm still doing 30x5/Phase IV, just had a blip on the screen during my literal "pain-in-the-neck" days this past week and a half.) Just keep swimming, swimming...anyway, Mother knew I wasn't feeling good--she left multiple messages on my phone this past week...I love how she loves me. One day I know there will be a time when she won't be here to leave me messages. She's my best friend, EVER!!

• PRAISING JESUS: Today's treadmill test was a test for dealing with "white-coat" anxiety...had to keep repeating, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."... The extra pounds I'm hauling gave much concern about taking this test...yes, I've been working hard since March and gradually it is melting away. Prayers were answered as I made it to the "level" "Doc Ray" had determined for my "age group" (no comments from the peanut gallery or snickers from the back, I know I'm old).

  My heart was pounding and even double-skipped a couple of times--but this good 'ole heart, blood pressure and oxygen did as required (at 165 heartbeats per minute. It's an understatement to say I'm glad it didn't throw me into full cardiac arrest like a couple of people I've known in the past. Yep, I got to a full incline-3 minute-run. (Whew!!!) coining verbal liberty from "Ms. Underwood's" hit song: JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL, ...yes, Jesus took the "sneakers" :)

  ...He took care of me as the walls were starting to wobble, my calves began melting away from each tibia and Doc Ray saved me from the machine's throwing me back into the wall like a wet washrag.) What "out-of-the-

  ordinary" medical test has brought on anxiety, sweaty palms, the inability to swallow, or shaking knees for you?

• COME JOIN IN ON THE THANKFULNESS, FAVES, and STEPS OF FAITH...I'D LOVE TO READ YOURS, TOO

SAT. STEPS/FAITH #11 & SPIRITUAL SUN (providence)

JOINING LISA AT "MY PASSIONATE PURSUIT"...

and Charlotte @ Spiritual Sundays....

Quiet times have reverberated the word "providence" this week...providence in those things we acknowledge...and in those things we don't acknowledge. Things we don't want to acknowledge because surely God didn't bring them to me.

This past week brought many Job-like moments....asking why this much time to be set apart with physical ailment?...then I remember what I learned when reading Job. He was so steady of mind even though his struggles seemed they would never end. Did you get as frustrated as I did just reading his plight throughout life? Everything was accepted then given back to God because Job loved Him so and knew His ways are the best. Job KNEW God would see him to the other side of suffering.

How could we exercise our "faith muscles" if we never feel the storms of life pulling against them, making them strain, making them slowly breathe through the pain of it all?

"Standing on the promises of Christ, My King.
Through eternal praises, let His praises ring.
"Glory, hallelujah, I will shout and sing",
standing on the promises of God!"

Singing Cokesbury Hymnal songs with my granny...hers a sweet, timid voice...every so often hearing the soft clicking of her false teeth as she sang. It makes me laugh as I remember that...


but it makes me smile KNOWING and APPRECIATING how much she taught me about Jesus (without my knowing it at the time).

Thank you, Lord, for my having a Jesus-loving grandmother...and mother. The two saints in my life who have lived and taught You to me when each "faith muscle" was being exercised and stretched to its full length.

May I be as diligent as my legacy to pass these same understandings on to those I love and have in my life.

"Hang on, trust God, because He wants the best for you

and His plan is unfolding."

Amen & Amen

JOB 5:17-18 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. "

WORDFUL WED. & THANKFUL THURS...ALBATROSS ANYONE??

7-Clown Circus is hosting "Wordful Wednesday"

AND 

Sonya @ Thankful Thursday #27...

When I was in high school (no jokes about what century that was, ok?, thank you), we studied the prose of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a dark romanticist...

and I specifically remember The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

A Mariner who sailed a ship "into a sunny and cheerful sea" and the story progresses into unexpected, darkened experiences-- and an Albatross, normally a good-luck symbol of sailors, wasn't associated with its influence. The captain killed it with his cross bow--the bird brought fog instead of the breeze. Many things continued to get worse and other sailors hung the corpse of the Albatross around his neck, like a cross. That visual reached down into me and has sat in that little niche of my memory all these years.

The many themes that emerged from the depths of this literary work also sat down in my brain...two come to mind:

1. all God's creations=value them (I felt sorry for the bird...he was just being a bird)
2. guilt will circle overhead like a vulture until confession is true and professed..then God forgives and heals. (we don't always have control on the paths we go down, but we do have control on how we respond)

Parts of this writing remind me of Paul, from the New Testament, who was concerned for ALL of God' creation, especially the gentiles. I'm thankful for his passion and obedience in spreading God's Word out to the world...where would I be if it hadn't spread past the Jewish community?

Even though Paul was converted he confessed he continued to struggle...and in his struggles I have found hope on many occasions. Paul noted there were things he didn't want to do, but in his humanness he still did them. Have I been there? Can you say every day?! My comfort comes in knowing that we ALL struggle with our humanness, every day, every night...we wrestle up and down, back and forth with those items, people, situations we don't want to release, or can't release, to God's strong arm.

Paul once remarked about a physical ailment he constantly prayed to be taken from him, yet God did not take it away from him. I greatly associate with Paul here...I've prayed many moments, days, weeks, years for relief from chronic pain...a neck injury in high school is an albatross around my neck yet God has not taken it away yet.

Surgery is not an option, at this point, because the crushed disc is at the base of my skull and there is too much risk with the 7th-nerve region. This "pain albatross" flies quickly into my days, leading me into the misty fog of twitching eyes, shifting shoulders, knives piercing tissue that can't be seen and I moan like the sailors on the ship sailing in the dark abyss, praying for relief and salvation.

"Thank you, Jesus for the gift of memory...for the Word You live in to guide us and have relationship with us.

It is in these times of shouldering the albatross when You send His Word to comfort, remind, calm, and the list goes on...for You are the Great Physician, my solid Rock of salvation, the Light guiding my darkened spirit. My suffering is momentary, Your pain engulfed You for days. 

My suffering can be subsided with medication, You were given defiled water and vinegar. 

My suffering is in the world, You ARE sitting at God's Right Hand sharing my plight and preparing a place for me. 

Thank you, for reminding me this is momentary...You are Eternal and There I will not hurt!

AMEN  &  AMEN

Romans 5:3-5

"...we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

PROJECT 365, Wk 19

JOINING SARA AGAIN...HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S THE 19TH WEEK ALREADY :)

LAST SUNDAY NIGHT

WE SAID 'GOODBYE' TO OUR SENIORS...

SINCE THERE'S NO CRUISE THIS YEAR

THE JUNIORS GAVE THEM A PRETEND CRUISE...

IT WAS ADORABLY CREATIVE (THEY MADE OUR FAMILY CENTER INTO A CRUISE SHIP, DRESSED AS BOAT STEWARDS, MADE 'POSING BACKGROUNDS' & SENIORS POSED FOR PICTURES AS THEY 'BOARDED THE SHIP!

SENIORS GOT TO EAT DINNER AT THE TABLE WITH 'CAPTAIN BOB!

DD HELPED READ THE PARENTS' LETTERS TO "THEIR SENIORS"...

**HAD TO PUSH AWAY FROM THE MYRIAD OF DELICACIES

ESPECIALLY DESSERTS...this was my neighbor's plate...really!

THE SENIORS were sweet, TOO

showed their appreciation to the staff and to the

Juniors!

MONDAY, MONDAY...I'll wash that day!!

WHAT USUALLY TAKES A DAY...TOOK MULTIPLE DAYS

LAUNDRY, LAUNDRY, LAUNDRY!

WEDNESDAY

GREAT NIECE, 2-YO KATIE (CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT)

ENDURED MAJOR CATH LABS & HEART CHARTING

UPCOMING FONTAN HEART SURGERY IN JUNE

SHE'S MY HERO!

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, SHE ASKED FOR FOOD (AND SHE ATE IT AND WANTED MORE...THANK YOU, JESUS!)

FRIDAY

AFTER THE RAINS, I CAPTURED MY BACKYARD BIRDS SINGING

**TURN YOUR VOLUME UP**

(also, "disregard the man behind the curtain" and his inability to get the videos to splice in portrait format) but the birds sound nice :)

HAVE A GREAT 20TH WEEK, EVERYONE!