Familiy Picnic Highlights

Drew & Kellen at the Playscape (I mean Take-Out Window!)

There is always time for the slide!

Kaylie loves to jump...

...and Gracie loves the grass!

Did anyone else hear this comment?

We all know that there were those for, and those opposed to the President speaking at Notre Dame's Commencement because of the abortion issue, but did anyone catch the quote after the quote?

Quote #1: "So let's work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing care and support for women who do carry their child to term."

Quote #2: (as reported on Channel 2 News) 'The president said he and other people of faith "can never know for sure what God wants, and that element of doubt should make them wary of too much self-righteousness."'

Are you serious? Please open the Bible on that Coffee Table Mr. President!

"Happy Anniversary!"

I took advantage of a "Play-Date" I had scheduled with Drew & Kaylie.

While Jaimie went 'Mom-to-Mom' shopping, and Andy was off on a
golf weekend with the guys (BTW what a great gift to your hubby Jaimie!),
we got busy making a special surprise for their Anniversary.
Check it out:

Now, a special message from Drew (with a cameo appearance from Kaylie):

Foggy Phenom

This was taken a couple weeks ago after a rain, when the ground/air temps were just right!

Mother's Day 2009

It was a good day, with family, friends and food. Spent indoors and out. I'm starting to notice that I don't take enough pictures of the adults during these family gatherings. Do you think I am too partial when it comes to the Grandchildren? You adult children who made it into the shots will have to consider yourselves fortunate!

Our God is AMAZING!

This is the stuff that holds us together - literally! God knitted our human bodies together with amazing detail and wonder!
This is called Laminin.
Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.
Laminins are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them we would literally fall apart!

Isn't it amazing that the glue that holds us together....ALL of us.... is in the shape of the cross?! And to know that the God who created all this, also has the power to hold it all together when things seem to be falling apart...how our loving Creator is also our sustainer!!!

Colossians 1:15-17 gives us a good image of that.
"He is the iamge of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things HOLD TOGETHER."