messy, messy, messy, sweet!

it’s the monday giggles…

 

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What is a Minion’s favorite Halloween treat? A Banana!

giggles…

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Pumpkin

We bought a fat orange pumpkin
The plumpest sort they sell.
We neatly scooped the inside out
And only left the shell.
We carved a funny funny-face
Of silly shape and size,
A pointy nose, a jagged mouth
And two enormous eyes.
We set it in a window
And we put a candle in,
Then lit it up for all to see
Our jack-o’lantern grin.

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daddy&daughter concentrating on the messy, messy, messy, sweet!
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Is that Minion looking for a banana from us?

Pumpkin pumpkin round and fat.
Turned into a jack-o’Lantern
Just like that!

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daddy&daughter’s First Jack-O-Lantern!

hugs n’ blessings to all those creating precious memories together

scooping through the messy, messy, messy, sweet !

“For we are God’s masterpiece.

He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,

so we can do the good things

He planned for us long ago.”

Ephesians 2:10

 *Click here for a special Pumpkin Carving Prayer!

birthday giggles!

it’s the monday giggles…

AND

THIS

Monday

is special because it’s a

giggly-girl’s birthday!!

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NOT this giggly-girl!
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But THIS birthday-giggly-girl!!

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 And may she always remember…

Baby Girl I dream of you!

hugs n’ happy birthday blessings to giggly-girls everywhere!!

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“She is worth far more than rubies & pearls.” Provers 31:10

You are my heart, my joy, my dream come true!

You are pretty, and perfect, you light up the room!

Your smile, your laugh, the sparkle in your eyes;

each day is an adventure with you at our side.

You’re a blessing, a gift, a true shining star;

please never forget how special you are!

(Author Unknown)

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XXX-OOO!

something in the water…

Recently my mother, sister, and I went on a girls-trip for a few days to a local cottage.

The lovely cottage we rented had everything we needed

Truly, it was only necessary to pack the essentials for our time away!

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( My essentials: Yo-Yo, a Ball & Jacks, slinky, fart-gun & music.)

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As you might imagine we had a lovely time together.

With lots of room/time for activities!

But of course, as usually happens when one is having fun,

the time (away) goes

much too fast.

But the GOOD news is…

memories last much longer than time permits,

and God always imprints a message in our hearts,

which binds to our souls,

that we will take with us

throughout eternity.

And each time I hear the sound of the water rolling into the shore…

these memories shall stir once again.

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Through the Word all things were made.

John 1:3 

Psalm 33

Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.

Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp, with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs.  O sing him a song that is new, play loudly, with all your skill.

For the word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.  The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love.

By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars.  He collects the waves of the ocean; he stores up the depths of the sea.

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Let all the earth fear the Lord, all who live in the world revere him.  He spoke; and it came to be.  He commanded; it sprang into being.

He frustrates the designs of the nations, he defeats the plans of the peoples.  His own designs shall stand for ever, the plans of his heart from age to age.

They are happy, whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as his own.  From the heavens the Lord looks forth, he sees all the children of men.

From the place where he dwells he gazes on all the dwellers on the earth, he who shapes the hearts of them all and considers all their deeds.

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What stirs your heart toward a sweet memory that has changed you forever?

hugs n’ blessings for all the memories stored up in our hearts which make us stronger!

Music by Carrie Underwood