Happy Anniversary, my love.

US NOW..... US THEN....Today we have been married for 26 years over half of our life. Timmy and I married so very young, we actually grew up together.
I know the boy my husband was and I was there, holding his hand, as he became a man and he held mine as I became a woman.

Timmy and I have worked on our relationship over the years, we both had to do a lot of dying, crying, and have weathered many storms together.We have also done a lot of caring, loving, celebrating and enjoying each other.

~ Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day ~
We have two amazing sons, that we love so much and are so very proud of. We also have a beautiful DIL and a precious grandbaby on the way, due Christmas.
It seems like only yesterday and it seems like so many years ago that we had our babies !

We have been truly blessed , thank you dear God.

1 Corinthians. 13:4-13
Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

And now faith, hope, and love abide, but the greatest of these is love.

~ I LOVE YOU, Timmy ! ~~~~~Happy ANNIVERSARY !

I Love You
I Love You,Not only for what you are,but for what I am when I am with you,not only for what you have made of yourself,but for what you are making of me.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

I love you for putting your hand into my overflowing heartand passing over all the foolish,weak things that can't help,dimly seeing there, and for drawing out into the light all thebeautiful belongings that no one else had looked quite far enough to find.

I love you because you are helping me to make of the dreams of my life

not a thought but a reality,Out of the works of my every day not a reproach but a song...Yes, a Love song.

~ Roy Croft

"The great blessing of a happy marriage I think,is that a man and woman have time to discover each other and cherish each other more as time goes on."

TAKING A SHORT BLOGGING BREAK,
WILL BE BACK SOON TO VISIT ALL OF YOU !!

Today I am linking with http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/
for Tempt my Tummy Tuesday

and also with my friend Connie @ http://mealplanningwithconnie.blogspot.com/
for Finger Lickin Recipe Fridays !

~ Crock Pot Cheesy Potato Soup
8- white potatoes

3 cups chicken stock

1 onion, minced

1 c. heavy cream or half and half

6 c. of shredded cheddar cheese
Cube all potatoes. Add stock and onion. Cook on low for 8 hours.
An hour before serving, add cream and cheese.

Continue cooking on low until time to serve. Serve hot.
*You can add more cheese on top, bacon, chives, sour cream, whatever you like.

Serve with crackers, bread, cornbread, whatever sounds good !

~Enjoy !!

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.—Psalm 118:24

O GOD of peace, By the might of your Spirit lift me, I pray, to your presence, where I may be still and know that you are God; Help me to be more humble, kind and show your love to someone today.
Amen.

Happy Birthday to my baby boy !

Today is a day of celebration, why? because,14 years ago today, God sent me another beautiful baby boy that we all fell in love with the moment we saw him !
~Happy Birthday Matthew !

You give the gift of peace
and tranquility to every life you touch.
You are precious to me.
You are blessedly reliable, dependably good,
pleasant, loved
and treasured by all who knows you.
You are sweet, responsible and a great teenager !
You are a gift of peace and tranquility in my life.
Happy Birthday!

Today I am linking with http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/

for Tempt my Tummy Tuesday

and also with my friend Connie @ http://mealplanningwithconnie.blogspot.com/

for Finger Lickin Recipe Fridays !

This is one of my favorite banana pudding recipes a friend shared with me and I also made it for my sons 14th birthday tomorrow. He wanted pudding instead of cake !

Banana Pudding ~ no cook
1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups cold milk
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (16 ounce) package vanilla wafers
14 bananas, sliced

In a large mixing bowl, beat pudding mix and milk 2 minutes. Blend in condensed milk until smooth. Stir in vanilla and fold in whipped topping. Layer wafers, bananas and pudding mixture in a glass serving bowl. Chill until serving.

My mother, Rose. I miss you so very much.


If Roses grow in Heaven, Lord please pick a bunch for me, Place them in my Mother's arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her I love her and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile.
Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there's an ache within my heart that will never go away.


~Happy Mothers Day to all of my blogging friends and family !

This and That...

~Praising God that we are safe after this past weekend

that we had here in West TN.

These pictures are from some of the tornado destruction in the next nearby town.

We had tornadoes touching down all around us,

one only a few miles from our home.

Friends that had really bad damage to homes but thankfully none hurt.

We also had so much flash flooding across West TN, so much water everywhere.

~Praise God we did not have any major flooding in our hometown.

I do enjoy spring but not the terrible storms it always bring with it her in Tn.

Wow was I excited yesterday when fed-ex left a package at my door. I won this Ecosmart bundle of great nontoxic items. Haven't had a chance to use all of them but really like the family insect repellent.

A BIG THANK YOU TO my friend Pam @ http://momsmutterings.blogspot.com/ .

I love her blog, she blogs about family, her pets, nature, book and item reviews, its awesome !!

PLEASE join me in NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

today Thursday May 6, 2010.

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

2 Chronicles 7:14

~ Today I am asking all of my blogging friends and their friends to join me in prayer to lift up this sweet child and her family during such a difficult time battling childhood cancer.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elliepotvin

I have been a long time donater to St. Jude in Memphis and follow many of their patients and pray for them and their families. I happened upon Ellies blog through another I was following and was so touched by her mothers faith, courage and love.

I saw how awful this disease is and what a terrible toll it takes on the body and spirit when my mother fought the battle of breast cancer. Seeing what she went through as an adult, I couldn't imagine a child having to face this ugly disease, the treatments and long difficult days you endure. So I try to always give and pray for children fighting cancer.

Ellie Potvin, a 8 year old twin, was diagnosed with Stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma. I have been following her blog for over a year and now we must storm the heavens for a miracle for this little girl !

http://www.liftupellie.com/

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elliepotvin

I also have a link on my sidebar to her website and they are also on facebook. Please visit and please Pray !

Love and blessings to you all !

YOUR FATHER KNOWETH

He knoweth the need of my life
For shelter and raiment and food;
In each trifling care of the day
The word of His promise is good;
He knoweth my thought from afar,
The wish that I never have told,
And every unspoken desire
His wisdom doth grant or withhold.

He knoweth the way that I take;
Each step of that way He hath planned;
And, walking through sunshine or storm,
I walk in the shade of His hand.
In deserts untrodden and drear,
Where foes in the darkness may hide,
He leaveth me never alone;
He sendeth me light and a guide.

He knoweth the need of my soul ---
The trial that calls for His grace,
The weakness that leans on His strength,
The fear that looks up to His face.
He knoweth what sifting is best
To scatter the chaff from the wheat
And lay all my self-righteous pride
Low down in the dust at His feet.

~ Annie Johnson Flint ~

Cooking in a box ~

My peach cobbler I cooked at the lake. This was our first time to try cooking in a box and it worked great !! It got much hotter than I expected it to, the cobbler turned out delicious. Of course, eating by the lake added to the goodness !

The outdoor oven is just a box cut with one side that folds up for the door. Inside for the rack are about 6-7 coat hangers stuck through from side to side and they make a sturdy rack. I used an aluminum pan for the cobbler and put about 10 hot charcoals on the bottom. It would have been better to put the coals in an aluminum pan. I just used a pan that rolls came in for the cobbler and will use one for the coals next time. The box has to be completely covered in foil, no cardboard showing inside and out.

My recipe, you could also use this recipe in your oven at home. Enjoy !
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 stick butter
1 can peaches
1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup milk
It took about 45 minutes to cook in my outside oven. It was delicious !

A great day at the lake with family, I am blessed !