An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. ~Gene Perret

I love her so much, but I'm pretty tired these days....

Gratitude for spiritual gifts on Easter Sunday

Without Easter Without Easter,
there would be no hope of heaven.
Without the hope of heaven,
there would be no repentance,
no personal transformation,
no attempt to follow biblical principles.
Without Easter,
the world would be in chaos
and darkness.
Jesus’ death and resurrection
means we can be reborn,
to live better, to do better,
to shine light into the shadows.
Hallelujah!
Happy, Happy Easter.

"I am the resurrection and the life.

Whoever believes in me will live even though he dies;

and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

More Lavender for Easter

Lavender has become the color for this year's Easter. One thing after another catches my eye, then it's too late. A little while ago I showed you the shoes I prettied up for Baby J's Easter dress. With that in mind I started seeing other cute stuff



Then I came across the one perfect thing. I had to have it.


I will be wearing this dapper little gentleman on Sunday. Pam at FolkArt Tree at Etsy.com is brilliant.
The house is clean, the garden has flowers, there is food in the house and gas in the car. my very loved B & A are coming to town for Easter and I am feeling pretty ready. And Happy. Thats a good thing. Hope your preparations for the weekend are bringing you good feelings. Happy Thursday from me on a happy day

Beloved and Ty were both getting ready to leave for work and Baby J decided she was going to work also. She picked up a toy and was ready to go. Ty asked her where she worked and she proptly replied, " at the beach". She said her job is to wake up the sand.

In The Garden

Yesterday, Baby J helped me plant impatiens in the back garden. Yes, they are white. I'm so predictable. We had to put up a little fence across half of the area so Missy couldn't eat the flowers. After amending the soil, I would dig a hole and J would put the plant into hole. We both filled in the dirt after that. We were both happy and covered with dirt and had to hose off. Luckily it was a beautiful day. Playing in the water is a favorite part of life for J. She may be part fish.
It is raining today, so I'm glad we got the plants into the ground. Our little garden looks pretty for Easter weekend and we had fun.

Easter shoes

With Easter coming soon, we got a totally adorable dress for baby J from Tammy at
I wanted some cute lavender shoes to go with it, but couldn't find any. So I got some white sneakers from Babies-R-Us and glued some lavender sparklies on them. They turned out pretty cute!

"What is femininity?

This conference Sunday I wanted to leave you with this excerpt from a blog I frequent:

"What is femininity? Does it mean that one must have long hair and wear skirts? Does it (God forbid) imply pettiness, timidity, and uselessness? The answer is, No! True, godly femininity is first and foremost an attitude of the heart; femininity gives courage and strength and vision to the daughters of the Almighty. Femininity understands and embraces the fact that God has created man and woman equal, but with different roles and responsibilities. A feminine woman is one who does not seek to be a man or function in man's role, but to function in her God-given role (Titus 2:4-5). She is diligent (Proverbs 31, esp. vs 13 &17), she is a servant and a studious student of the Word of Life. She seeks to pass the lessons that God teaches her to other young women, as well as to her siblings or children. She is a woman of prayer, understanding that "the prayers of a righteous man availeth much" and in her labors she is a vital asset in the spiritual war that we are engaged in. She embraces purity, her desire is to avoid the heart of the wicked, but to rather exhibit the heart attitude of Godliness."

Beloved and I watched Sunday morning session of April conference while teaching: showing, discussing, directing and rewarding reverent behavior. Reverence takes a lifetime but in small steps we are seeing her sit still longer. She recognizes the Tab choir when they sing and today was curious about why someone was praying on t.v.
Hey at least she was paying that much attention!
It's a beautiful day to have a sabbath day.