It was a beautiful day from start to finish! Although the five kids were ‘on a roll’ this morning they did ok with the lesson and seemed to enjoy doing their Mother’s Day craft. They all wanted to eat the Hershey’s Kisses that we put down in the little pouch with the flower seeds. I did explain to them that they needed to wait until their Mom decided if she would share them or eat them!
The message this morning was from Wayne as Todd was away. The title was When Benefits Exceed the Cost. Some things are more important than life. Jesus: 1) Comes before Family. 2) Directs our finances. 3) Is more important than our plans. 4) Wants to BE your every day life. Put Jesus first; lose your life in Jesus. Colossians 3:2, one of my favorite verses.
I left directly after church – and on the way out the mothers were offered a cookie – I took it with me and had about 3 bites on the way down to Kelly’s. It was very good. I saved the rest for tomorrow as we were having a big lunch at Kelly’s.
The drive down was beautiful. Everything around me was green and lush, and the sky was dark blue with white puffy clouds. It made the hour pass quickly. Everyone but Peyton was already there when I arrived – Peyton was at a friend’s house working on his car. But I guess he redeemed himself later when he brought his mom home a huge bouquet of beautiful flowers (I had already left).
Matt cooked on the grill and we had burgers and hot dogs and brauts. Matt’s sister Kim made brownies, strawberry short cake, and I think helped with the mac/cheese. We had baked beans, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, sautéed onions, chili, and cheese slices for the sandwiches. Everything was so good! And it always tastes better when I don’t have to cook it. Logan had to make sure Camo (dog) didn’t help himself!
After lunch Kelly and I took a nice walk. I was looking for random Dogwood trees in the woods but we didn’t find anything. I took lots of pictures along the creek, seeing how much it changed after the bad floods from April.
The covered bridge – which you have to drive through to get to Kelly’s.
We also saw lots of interesting plants and flowers along the way.
We walked all the way to the West Virginia Panhandle — then back to Pennsylvania. Sounds like a long walk but it wasn’t more than a quarter of a mile, one way.
Camo liked taking a splash in the creek.
Matt and Kim and Greg took the cover off the pool. It was too heavy to pull up over the edge (it was full of water) so Matt climbed in and pushed from underneath. He said it was FREEZING! We told him he may as well do a few baptisms while he was in there — trouble was, we all were already baptized!
Camo is supervising.
I got home a little after 8:30. It was a fun, happy day and a great way to spend Mother’s Day! Thanks to my Hancher family for the lovely card and money for an Orange Azalea! I’m excited!
When I got home there was a big Butterfly Bush (called Fourth of July!) and it will get multi-colored blooms. And a Snoopy card with HUGS in it! SO FUN!
My blessings today were many: Safe trip down and back, spending time with my family, yummy lunch, beautiful card, sunny walk with Kelly and the gift, spending time in Church. And the beautiful bush and card from Nate and crew. My cup runneth over!
PEANUTS Thought for the Day:
HERE is a tribute to MY mom:
TOMORROW May 13th is:
Cough Drop Day; National Crouton Day; Fair Trade Day; National Footpath Day; National Apple Pie Day; National Frog Jumping Day; National Leprechaun Day; Top Gun Day; Tulip Day; Dementia Awareness Day; Bike to Work Day.
Yesterday’s fake day was National Brown Rabbit Day. I think I’ll celebrate Frog Jumping tomorrow – since we saw several doing that very thing today! God bless…
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