2018 March JOYS

A beautiful wedding for my sweet nephew and his now beautiful wife!!  Such a blessed day!!!  

Gorgeous temps = break out of hibernation and get outside/go on family walks!!!

The cutest toothless smile!!

A March birthday in the family

Sweet Lady finally walking at 17 months of age

A first day of spring snowfall and air soft wars

++Thank you, God, for these March JOYS!!++

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For a continuation of this "year in review" and the JOYS that God has sent to our family, click here to go to the original post.  

2018 February JOYS

All things Seuss!!!!  Our three oldest were in Seussical Junior - Fone was Horton (we didn't even know he could sing til this year!!!), Melody was in ensemble and Ariel was in crew.

(Yoda wasn't in it, he just loved the Cat in the Hat so much and "plays" him quite often!!)

Two birthdays and a Minecraft birthday party

Our new driver (Mario got his permit!!)

Mickey waffles

SNOW much fun!!

My sisters and I threw a camping/outdoors theme bridal shower (for the sweet girl my nephew married in March).  My nephew is the first to get married on both sides of our family!  Such a fun stage in life to be in and make a big deal of these celebrations!!

++Thank you, God, for these February JOYS!!++

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For a continuation of this "year in review" and the JOYS that God has sent to our family, click here to go to the original post.  

Wordless Wednesday - spring OR winter??

Wordless Wednesday

Have you had enough snow??

Are you in agreement with Miss Rose's cutsie shirt about snow?  Most likely, if you are from this area, I'd say most of you will let out a groan about now.  This winter has been very extreme indeed for our area.  Temps below zero and a snowstorm every other day has become the norm. Our kids' Cruce Signati class for homeschoolers was canceled this Monday - a cancellation in March due to snow - cRaZy, I know!!  And that was the second major snow we had in the month of March alone - the first one came on March 1st.  Will the snow and this winter ever end??  Yep, most of us have been questioning that.

I ask you now to look at that pretty baby now, who has JOY just radiating from her and read this beautiful reflection that a dear friend wrote and shared on Facebook yesterday...

♥I absolutely love the snow, what an excellent reminder of what mortifying our senses means to us during our Lenten journeys? To embrace those crosses the way Our Lord did. What a blessing that, while it may be cold outside, we have thousands of plow trucks paving the way that we may cautiously arrive at our destinations safely. That grocery stores are filled with enough food to keep our bodies nourished and that our homes provide us the heat that we may remain comfortable inside while we watch the beautiful snowflakes fall from the sky. May this Lent remind us that through these little sacrifices we make with a joyful heart, that the beautiful springs of life and our souls may be ever more appreciated♥ God Bless♥                    ~Teresa O.

Thank you so much to my dear friend, Teresa, and that beautiful sharing and for giving me permission to share it on my blog.   A good reminder to us all that God has allowed for this winter and He wants us to find Him and find JOY in it.

Thank

You

God

picture taken from Teresa's house

for the snow!!!!  

Hmmmm, is this going to work??

I was uploading some pics to Google Photos and noticed that in my most recent album, there was snow falling in one of my pictures - actually from my last post.  So, just trying to see if this is going to work on the blog......  "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!"

Gotta love Google animation!!!!!!!!!!!!    :)

Wordless Wednesday