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Just sharing a peek into our Family Valentine’s Day celebration.
In getting ready for our special dinner together, one of the kids wrote this on my little chalk board that I use for schooling the kids sometimes. First, it made me smile. Then, I found out who wrote it, so we could have a little discussion about how they determined where they should put that apostrophe. It turns out, they were under the impression, that St. Valentine’s name, was St. Valentines. Therefore, because his name ended in s, it would be acceptable to just put an apostrophe after the s in his name, to show possession of his day. So… Continue reading
We LOVE Valentine’s Day! Today, we will be having a very special dinner, with our own Valentines, who fill our hearts with so much LOVE, each and every day of the year: Our kids! We had an evening Valentine dinner together with them last year, and it was so awesome, and it created such a beautiful memory, that we are excited to do it again. But this year, we’ll be having it in the afternoon.
We’ve got a few brief things to share today, and we hope for your comments & thoughts on any or all of it!
First up, is an amusing little story:
You know the stories you’ve heard, of instances when a baby has been left on someone’s home doorstep, or at a hospital? Especially since the ‘Safe Haven Law’ went into effect, there have been numerous stories of such cases in the news. But most of us have heard similar stories, going way back before the law was enacted. (Starting with Moses in the basket, floating along the river, in hopes someone would find him, and keep him safe and loved.)
Well, something QUITE similar happened, not at our home, ….. but our
We’ve got a pretty great pastor at our parish. He has lots of admirable qualities as a person, and a pastor of our parish. But if there is one thing that really hits me about this man, time and time again, it’s gift in giving great homilies. Every homily I have ever heard him give, has been beyond impressive to me. For every time that I have ‘come to’, sitting their in our usual church pew, from the place that I had been while listening to his homily, I find myself wishing that I could have recorded that for our blog. His homilies paint vivid pictures. They are well thought out. Stumble-free… Continue reading
New Year’s Eve was a GOOD TIME at our house!!
We were ready to rock in 2010!!
We went to 4:00 mass to start, because the next day was a Holy Day of Obligation for us. It was a really great mass, with a great homily, so that was a great start to our whole night.
When we got home, we started cooking and prepping our party food for the night!
The menu included buffalo chicken, pineapple wrapped in bacon, stuffed mushrooms, and deviled eggs, to start.
Michael’s birthday was the 19th. I like to think there is only about 3.5 months out of the year that I am older than him, but once his birthday rolls around, we’re the ’same number’, and so it’s all the same. ; )
He chose to spend a good part of his birthday cutting wood. Yes, he really loves cutting wood that much. He got an ax for his birthday, a little early.
I made him his favorite dinner for his birthday too: BREAKFAST. : )
{A} made him this cake. She said… Continue reading
I have been working on & planning new posts for every section of this blog today, but I really couldn’t get this update up fast enough!
My sister called today as had been expecting, with the results of all of the tests my brother-in-law has been having, to determine how advanced his cancer is. We are SO HAPPY to report that we got the best possible news we were all praying for at this point!!!: His cancer has NOT spread to other areas or organs of his body/matasticized. They determined it was caught early enough and is still localized. Therefore, after Christmas at some point, he will begin treatment… Continue reading
{J, O & S} made their Sacrament of First Reconciliation last Saturday! It was a nice service, considering they were only 3 of 78 other kids celebrating the same sacrament that day- and that was only half the class! The other half made theirs the previous Saturday.
They all did very well, and I can say our 3 were not as nervous or hesitant as I half-expected. I’d venture to say they were perhaps over-prepared for this first time. They knew their Act of Contrition by heart, and were counting on saying it on their own, and were expecting a lot of the usual procedure they had learned. But, as it were for this… Continue reading
Today we got one of those kinds of phone calls. The kind when you know something is terribly wrong, and it’s not a good call.
My sister’s husband has cancer. Lots of testing is still going on, so we don’t know yet if it has spread, or not. All we know is that it is Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – which they say is the best kind to get, if one must. The most treatable, the highest survival rate, if caught early enough. That’s our prayer!
My sister asked us to get as many people praying as we can, just as anyone would. I told her that this blog is… Continue reading
