Fun times with Mackenzie

Posing with the sweater that grandma made for her. The necklace is what made her day though.
Can't help but fall in love with this face!

Snuggling up with the "Alaskan Bear" that grandma brought down from Alaska for Mackenzie!
Mackenzie is worn out from all the packing. She couldn't wait to get to her "house". She knew that we had to take a boat to get to the house.

Here is the road to Julie and Drew's home in Poulsbo, Wa. It is a beautiful drive.

Friday Show and Tell

Today is Friday Show and Tell. Check it out Kelli's place:

Today I'm sharing a couple of my wall hangings that are hanging between my kitchen and dining area. The first wall hanging was made by a cousin who is crazy about sewing and does a beautiful job with the blanket stitch. She outlined each cup and saucer and star with the blanket stitch. I love the colors that she chose. I have pink in my kitchen and dining area so it goes nicely there.





This second item is a teapot wall hanger made of wire. I use it to hang the dainty little crochet dresses and pantaloons that my mom crocheted. I'm planning on sharing what is in the basket next week.

I haven't been around for the last month because I had a little grandson who was born in Florida and I have made a couple of trips down there and was enjoying him so much that I didn't have time to post anything. If you look at the previous post you can see this precious little one.

Grandson, James III

I just came back on Friday from being with my new grandson, James III in Florida. (also spent time with his parents, who by the way spoiled me while I was there!!) I just love my kids!
Well, I just have to show off this adorable little guy again-enjoy!

Irresistible

OH, Happy Day, Grandma is here with me!!



























Here I am in Florida again with my irresistible little grandson who will be 6 weeks old in a couple of days. I'm here to love up on him for a couple of weeks. They are going to have to move a whole lot closer cause he is going to cause us all to go into bankruptcy with travel expenses. He is starting to make cooing sounds and is smiling a lot. Enjoy!!

Praise to the Creator!!

I raise my eyes toward the mountains. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. Ps 121:1-2













































These are photos my son and his friend Josh took while climbing Mt. Russell in Alaska. The climb took place April 28th thru May 4th.

Obviously, the photos are spectacular!! I can't help but praise God for His fabulous creation and praise Him for the safety He gave to Jordan and Josh and their guides as they climbed Mt Russell. Mother is glad that she didn't see what her son was up to while he was gone. There was a lot of praying (and worrying) going on.


I hope you enjoy these photos. The guys are heading to Washington state to hike Mt Rainer in June. I'm sure that I could find photos on the internet to see what I have to worry about but I will not do that until he returns. I think it will be a whole different experience cause I don't think there is this amount of ice and snow on Mt Rainer. They didn't encounter any other climbers on this climb but it will be very different on Mt Rainer since there are a lot of people who climb it every year.

Our son has always been an outdoors man. My hubby and I are the blame for that! We took him hiking and camping since he was VERY young. At age 5 he was camping out in the backyard in a tent by himself. We took some steep hikes (no climbs with any special equipment) with him but NOTHING like this ordeal!!

Mother's Day 2008

Here are a couple of the flower arrangements that I received for Mother's Day!! (OOOPS! one of the arrangements fell off to computer land somewhere-this is one of the reasons I quit posting for awhile) I neglected to take a photo of another one and I will apologize to my son for that. Needless to say, I'm enjoying them very much. The fragrance is lovely. The Lord blessed me with 4 children to mother. Many times I felt so inadequate. Being a mother is so demanding but rewarding. God has been faithful in His help in raising my children to wonderful adults.
These are some cupcakes that I decorated to take to our Mother's Day dinner at my brother's house. They were cherry chip flavored from the box and I think they tasted good. I didn't eat one cause there were other desserts that I wanted to taste and I didn't have enough room to stuff another thing into my mouth after feasting on them!! :)