Happy Birthday Baby Girl

OUR REBECCA GRACE!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday today to our little sweetheart! We love you so much!

Thank you for being our little girl and one of God's many gifts to us~

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!!

Remember Me

********** Memorial Day **********

This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend

~~~~~~~~GOD BLESS YOU~~~~~~~~~~~~

All the service men, women and families

You are all amazing and we love you and

GOD BLESS YOU and thank you, thank you

so very much!

Spring, Summer

Oh Boy! I loved the weather today....I like spring & fall the very best.

I like the new beginnings of spring....the hope, the promises of a fresh new start and everything starting to flourish. The beautiful birds chirping.

Open windows, breezes, ice tea.

Then I like fall too. The coolness, the crispness, the changing leaves, the colors, The skies and the squirrels. The smells when I am baking a pie,

warm candle glow, pumpkins and being cozy, hot chocolate.

This year though it seems one of my little guys has developed allergies.

He rubs his little eyes and sneezes so much. He looks and feels so uncomfortable. It makes this mommy sad that she can't take that pain from her little son. Since today was our last day of school till fall, I declared today....

"Stay in your PJ's if you want Day!" It's a wonderful idea I got from a wonderful friend

and a Christian sister. All my children loved the idea and after a busy school year we just

took a nice day of rest and a day to kick off our Memorial Day Weekend. It was fun, refreshing,

and restful. We laughed, we played, we colored and we did crafts....all in our PJ's for this very special PJ day! Sometimes just doing something you don't usually do gives you a fresh look

at everything. Great Day! Tonight is, Family Movie Night.......we'll have popcorn and we

hope to watch "Are We Done Yet?" The Plugged in Movie Review, from Focus On The Family, rated it high for Family entertainment. Enjoy your wonderful evening!! See you at the movies!!!

School's Out For The Summer

********************************************************

It's Fun to Learn!!!!!

Today is our last day of school. Some summer fun work "extra fun stuff" will still be done....

but now summer fun begins.

Funny Baby

I was shopping for a baby gift on line and this picture was on the site I was at.

It is so darn funny. I think the site was baby genius or something like that.

I'm sure this picture was all changed with computer graphics. It was cute, it was funny and it made me smile.

lol lol lol too cute!

A great Church

There are Three Non-Tangible Components that Go into the

Making of a Great Church!

MEMBERS: 1. TRUST the church's leadership Trust in leadership is built on three elements: Leader's Credibility, Respectfulness, and Fairness Credibility means that leaders: a. fulfill their roles with integrity b. explain to members how their efforts relate to fulfilling the church's vision and mission c. maintain open, delineated lines of communication to members as well as open, delineated lines of feedback from members. Respectfulness means that leaders: a. appreciate and support the work of the members b. value member's input and seek to work collaboratively with them in making decisions affect their area of responsibility c. value and care for member's lives outside the church Fairness means that leaders: a. demonstrate balanced treatment of members (i.e. no favoritism) b. are objective in terms of who gets appointed or assigned to a given role or position c. are seen as just in terms of how they handle and resolve (i) interpersonal disputes, (ii) complaints about policies or procedures, and (iii) member or staff performance issues 2. TAKE PRIDE in the ministries of the church and the role they play Members: a. find purpose in knowing that the work they individually do makes a difference b. find satisfaction in being part of a team that is effectively serving the Lord c. are pleased be a member of a congregation that is having a positive impact in the world 3. ENJOY their connection with others in the church Members: a. are comfortable being themselves b. experience warm and meaningful relationships c. feel as if they are part of a extended loving family . What Great Churches Experience more people want to become part of them fewer people want to leave them creativity and ministry development blossom within them, & increased contributions to them allow them to do more for the Lord