Blessed with SIX years of YOU!!

It's Rose's turn now - who turns 6 today!!  

Her smile and joy and positivity are truly contagious.  You just want to be around her.  You walk away blessed and happier by being in her presence.  What a great gift she is to us all!!

Here's some picture fun from the last year with her...

++Thank you, God, for Rose.  Please bless her abundantly today on her birthday and every day after and help her to always know the great love You have for her and all of us too!++

Extremely Grateful

Some days I just stand and pause in awe at how much God has given me.  

A husband who loves me and cares for me, who is my best friend.  

These 9 young ones who call me "mom" and help make me a better person each and every day.

The love that has just multiplied and continues to multiply daily in our house.  

++Thank you, God, 

for your grace and gifts daily!!!++

TOO Blessed to have a sweet TWO year old

Oh my,
Oh my, 
Oh my, 
Oh sweet little LADY! 

We celebrated two years at the end of last month with our sweet Lady!  Neil took the day off and we went as a family to visit a local pumpkin patch.  It was such a fun, relaxing day had by all.  How blessed we are for the gift of our sweet baby girl.  We thank God for the gift you are to our family!!!

Here's some pictures of the last year we've had with you....

++Thank you, God, for the blessing that Lady is to our family.  Please help her always know how much she is loved by You and all of us!++

Wordless Wednesday: COLORS of Fall

A special feast day

Last week on October 1st, our sweet Rose celebrated her feast/name day - the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux.  She loves her saint and knows how blessed she is to be named after someone so special.  Her daddy even delivered ROSES to help shower her with her God's love.

This is a gift from my Little Flowers group from a couple years ago.  Always such a beautiful reminder of EACH one of us having a special purpose in life and no matter what we do - however big or how small - it all works out perfectly according to God's plan.

“I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enamelled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our lord's living garden.”

~St. Therese of Lisieux

++St. Therese, pray for us!!++