An Exodus of Life

Charlotte's eggs have finally hatched!

And we've been blessed with a nice

crop of garden spiders!

  

They are so, so tiny! I've taken their

picture with this penny for a 

size comparison. 

 

First with the penny in focus 

and again, with my focus on this

amazing new life!

As I type this, it is day #4 of

their journey! 

Just look at them making their 

way away from the egg sack

and into the world!

I'm fascinated just watching them!

Some have already begun to set up

housekeeping in the butterfly bush!

Just look at their precious

little webs!

And I realize that many people are

not fond of spiders.

But - even so - you have to admit

that they are fascinating!

And the intricate details that went

into their creation shouts

of the amazing skill of their Creator!

Yes - God paid attention to details

when creating even the smallest

of things.

Look Who's Back!

Do you remember our

humming birds from last year?

Well.... they're back!

And they've brought friends with them!

 

These pictures were taken with

my "play camera" so they're

really not that great,

but don't you just love hummingbirds?

It seems we have several more

this year than last year.

MAYBE because the garden's

around here are late getting started

this year, so they have to find

feeders if they want to eat?

 

Do Little BOYS Like To Tea Party?

The girls and I have so much

fun having Tea Parties!

BUT - what about the BOYS?

Do you think BOYS would like to join in?

 

 While Brilyn and I had a Tea Party

we sat Asher in a chair

and she served him a cupcake

and some tea!

He loved it!

And sitting in a pink chair

and spilling a pretty 

floral cup of tea didn't bother

him one bit!

It was good! Really good!

Hungry boys like Tea Parties!

And those cupcakes tasted

much better than whatever was

in that baby food jar!

You Never Know Where A Trail Might Lead

 Brilyn loves an adventure!

 So, one day we set off on a hike.

I had seen this trail once when I was 

on a photo shoot, but I never

knew where it lead.

So, Brilyn and I found out!

I was hoping it would go a little

further than it did.

And - I was hoping it would lead

to a deer sighting or two.

It did neither of those things.

(however, deer is a possibility - according to the signs)

But - the trail did lead to something interesting!

It lead to the under side of a train trestle. 

Which was a very interesting

place to explore!

 

Art Work And A Funny, Funny Story

Brilyn loves to paint, 

so I got out some colored card stock

and some paints and we painted.

 

 Here is Brilyn's picture!

And here is Asher's!

When Asher was finished painting,

I carried him to the sink to rinse

the paint off of his feet and

took my eyes off of Brilyn for

a moment.

When I looked back -

she was black!

REALLY BLACK!

I gasped... and said,

"Oh, Brilyn!"

And she responded with

a great big grin and asked,

"Does I look like Gabby, now?"

Gabby is our sweet little neighbor

girl. And Brilyn thinks she's 

JUST BEAUTIFUL!

And she is! I'm so glad that Brilyn

sees the beauty in people of

all colors.

Red and yellow, black and white.

They are precious in His sight.

Jesus loves the little children of the world!

Let's all be like Jesus 

and Brilyn and love others, too!

Easter

Easter 2014

 

 We had a nice Easter!

 The kids all had a few surprises

and then went out to hunt

Easter Eggs.

 Since the boys are so little

the girls found their eggs

and then hunted for them.

 It was a little cool.... and wet!

 But that can't stop an egg hunt!

 And it can't stop these little girls!

 We had plenty of eggs to go around

 and everyone got a bucket or basket full!

And while the parents were hiding the

eggs, I got to read a couple

of Easter Stories to the kids and

teach them the REAL

meaning of Easter!

One of my favorite Easter

Stories for kids is

The Donkey No One Could Ride

So we read that and 

Lily's Easter Party

which tells the Easter Story

using a set of

Resurrection Eggs!

All of these are great ways to share

the story of Easter

with little ones!

Weston

Weston is GROWING!

And his personality is starting

to show!

He is such a little sweetheart!

And he's just as cute as he can be!

  

Here he is with a propellor

from a drone that his great grandfather

shot down with a cannon

on a B-47 in the early 1960's.

Should Weston ever decide

he'd like to fly -

This picture is evidence that he

looks pretty cute in an aviator's hat!

I'm sure he'd make a great pilot!