Ready...AIM...FIRE!!

It's a Silly String kind of Day!

Hope you're having a Beautiful, FUN Day too!

Love ya'll!



Hey Batter.. Batter ..SWING!!

There's nothing I love more than watching my little guys play ball!

Notice I say, my little "guys"?
That's because I consider all these
little boys one of mine!:)
 I just love each and every one of them...
They're little personalities are all so unique,
 yet they all are so dedicated to one thing... playing ball!
 I'm gonna miss these little guys when the season is over...

My heart already hurts...

Coach Britt giving a motivational
 speech before the game!

My little ballplayer:)

"Sure Coach Britt... Sure...."

Peyton

Cam (the next ALLSTAR!)

Isaac

Can I get a NECA!!!

We won tonight! So proud of our little guys for playing so hard!

Go NECA!!

Black Berry Pickin'

This weekend was a little crazy, as usual,

around here with baseball going on and all.

But, we also had my nephews for a couple of days as well, so it was double crazy! lol.

(No, really, my house would be over- flowing with kids at all times if I had my way about it!)

But, we did manage to take a little walk and enjoy some beautiful sunshine and look for black berries' along the way...

 My little red-head nephew, Dawson:)

 Maggie May

 Our little Warriors!

Before the walk we had to get warrior paint on

and "look for bad guys!"

 They were so dedicated to finding the perfect black berries....

I think we ended up with "5":) lol

No Cobbler today! hehe

Love ya'll! Strive to be Different!

Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? (Matt 6:26)

Aren't my little girls precious?!

This is a cute, little craft we did in Sunday School this morning as I told them about Jesus taking care of the birds, so of course He will take care of us!

I think Maggie may have went a "little" overboard on the glue for her Birds' Nest... Check out her dress!:)

Such a "simple" truth that Jesus shares with us, isn't it?

Oh to have childlike faith....

Happy Sunday ya'll!

From childhood to old age... our lives are a living testimony of what God has done for us. No matter how old we are, our lives are still being used by God to testify to others!

Are you a living testimony to those around you?

"But I will keep on hoping for you to help me;

I will praise you more and more.

I will tell everyone about your righteousness.

All day long I will proclaim your saving power,

for I am overwhelmed by how much you have done for me.

I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign Lord.

I will tell everyone that you alone are just and good.

O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,

and I have constantly told others about the wonderful

things you do.

Now that I am old and gray,

do not abandon me, O God.

Let me proclaim your power to this new generation!

Your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens.

You have done such wonderful things.

Who can compare with you, O God?

You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,

but you will restore me to life again

and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

You will restore me to even greater honor

and comfort me once again."

Psalm 71:14-21

I love this Psalm...

We can be assured that no matter what our age is

or how our body seems to fail us,

God still has a plan for us and

is using us as a living testimony for Him!

Proclaim His Mighty Power and Righteousness

to this New Generation!

That should be our Testimony!

Love ya'll! Strive to be Different!

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Also, as I came across this Psalm, it brought to mind, my own sweet grandaddy that loved the Lord and lived his life as a living testimony to so many.... I shared below my thoughts and some pictures not long after we lost him....

Grandaddy

A couple of years ago we lost one of the greatest men I ever knew. I still think of him often throughout my days..... my heart still aches with grief.....Thought I'd reshare this post as I think of him today...

I love you Grandaddy

my daddy and grandaddy

Not long before he passed, out in the yard, his favorite place to be:)

He and my daddy have always been carpenters, so this is very dear to me.

His workshop

His chicken pen and shed

You could see this swing from my driveway and I always remember seeing him and granny sitting here during the evenings where they often shucked corn and hulled peas.

Grandaddy LOVED his birds!

He had ghords and bird feeders all over the yard.
He loved to sit and watch them from the kitchen table.

His storage room back door
(it's funny the things you find dear to you after losing someone you loved so much... I can still see him walking through this door)

His workboots in the storage room.

None of us could move them after he died for a long time,

but I think someone finally did.

You could always find grandaddy in his storage room,

or his so called "mancave" working on something.

Wretched and worn from all the years of hard work

You often found him sitting here by himself in the afternoons. I always imagined he was probably having a little talk with the Lord.

Friends and family would often gather on the front porch to enjoy some good fellowship and share old memories.

This banana tree has been here as long as I can remember.

I still visit it often because it reminds me of him...

It has the most beautiful fragrance.... he always loved that tree.

As a child, if I ever heard the tractor crank up,

I ran outside as fast as I could to hop on and ride with him.

(One of my most favorite memories with him)

He loved his gardens. We always thought we would find him out there one day when it was his time to go. The past few years, we would sit and talk about our gardening... I will always treasure that time with him.

I love you Grandaddy...

Thank you for always being a Living Testimony in my life

and the lives of so many others...