Rejoice in HIS BEAUTY!

This morning was a very slow start. Satan has a way of trying to pull us down into his sticky nasty self pity dumps. And honestly sometimes I'm so distracted...he just knows. This morning...I basically cried out..."God direct me." Cause I truly felt like I was walking crazy bored to tears circles around my house with no purpose. And it was So Simple...he did direct me...to His Word. Its never a boring place to end up. And it never ceases to amaze me where he directs me through the pages and how it speaks to me soul. Early this morning I opened facebook to find pics from one of Brett's friends who have traveled through Yellowstone. And I sit in awwww of the beauty! I saved them to our computer to share with you...I'm sure Lance won't mind! :)

From this am's reading:

1 Chronicales 16:10 Glory in his holy name, let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

25 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise, he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are idols but the Lord make the heavens. (And the beauty you see in these photos which pales in comparison to the heavens)

27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place.

32 Let the sea resound and all that is in it, let the fields be jubilant and everything in them.

The side bar in my Bible talked about how we humans turn to nature to help us rejoice to the Lord...these pictures help me!

These verses also spoke deeply to me because it feels like so many people, as well as our government are turning to other gods for their answers and their salvation. My heart is heavy for their lost souls.

Have a Jesus Day!!!!

Zahavah's 2nd Birthday is TODAY!

Some adults said this looked like something from a horror flick, I actually desaturated this pic, so it doesn't look so evil!!! That red icing was loud. She loved her Elmo cake.

Zahavee opens her Little Blessing Daily Devotional from Brook & Braghan. We LOVE this devotional...short and sweet just for their age!

All the kiddos LOVED the bubble machine KaKa got Z for her b-day. Thanks KaKa!!!

Zahavah and Ephriam...his b-day is the day before her's. They are good buds. They don't know it, but us parents have them arranged to marry....shhhh.

~The day after the big party, Z's b-day gift from Grammy J arrived...she was so excited, cause by now...she had the unwrapping thing down...as you can see!~ Yes, Spiderman is missing an arm...he decided he wanted to keep him anyway and play him as if he fell from a building and is injured.

~This morning we invited family over for Birthday Pancakes...it was fun~

Our new friends...

~Ruthie...She is so pretty and tries to be shy...but I know she loves me!~
~These Beautiful African Babies are not afraid of water, they love dumping buckets of water over their head...my kids are terrified to do that!~

~Eli (Yep Ellias and Eli when we are all together) it can get confusing. He is a doll baby.~

Summer Photos

My kids love playing in the sprinkler!
My niece Launahee J and Z...look at her boots...toooo cute.

And here she is...our little Bagel Princess!

Planting Seed is FUN!

July 4th Celebration

~My kiddos and their cousins enjoy an afternoon swim~
~Baby Z & L in their 4th dresses~

~My precious niece...she still doesn't know if she likes me or not~

~Aunt Teresa and her grandkids Keelee (sp?) & Emily~

~Launahee J~

~Five generations~

~My baby girl holding a small puppy...she loves dogs, but ours are too big for her to hold...so this really made her day~

Summer Fun catch-up!

Sweet corn season has finally arrived!
They ate it this one night and haven't touched it since.

My beautiful little princess in Pa at the Lake w/ Peanut Butter on her face.

The whole gang...we had a blast.

The whole gang at a 5K race...Brett, his mom Joan and his brother Stanton all ran. Me and the kids cheered them on.

Does this house look familiar? Jon and Kate Plus 8! This house is 11 miles from my Sister-in-Law.

My niece Moriah and baby Zahavah.

Brett and his college buddies...now with kids!

We went to Sesame Place...Super Grover is Eli's favorite...check out his hat!

And Zahavah likes Oscar the Grouch...go figure!

Honestly...this is my FAVORITE theme park...I hope to take them back in a few years. We had a great relaxing fun time.

A water ride in the park. Too bad I got my tattoos the day before and couldn't tape them up like Brett's...see his forearm?!

Ok...Big Bird is my fav. Although he looks a bit drugged here!

Sesame Street is celebrating 30 years this year! Wow!

My tattoos...which lots of people have been asking for pics of. This is immediately after...so I'm not red and puffy now. And YES it hurt!

Brett's...all the red is bruising and shading. I probably should have taken a current pic, cause this looks back compared to what it looks like now. He has awesome color!