Vacation, Party, and a Prayer Request

We've been on vacation for the last week visiting family in Mississippi. It was a good trip; one that we have tried to take a few times, but never actually got to go.







Then on Saturday we had Joshua's 2nd birthday party. That was a fun day!






Lastly, please remember Joshua in your prayers. Tomorrow morning he will be having surgery to insert tubes in his ears and also to remove his adenoids. Hopefully this will eliminate the chronic ear infections he has been having the last few months.

Thank you for your prayers. I will post more pictures and an update on Joshua tomorrow.

My Little Helper

Annual Tradition

I love this time of year, when the mornings are cool and crisp, but the afternoons are still warm! This is also the time of year for muscadines! We have developed an annual tradition over the last five years of picking muscadines and making jelly. I can quickly say that the "picking" of the muscadines is not my favorite part! Actually this tradition started years ago (only a fews years ago, of course) when I was in college. My aunt, Joyce, had a muscadine vine and would make jelly every year. I didn't mind picking the muscadines back then. Maybe it was youth that kept me from worrying about snakes and spiders, but now that part makes me very jumpy. Ronnie will tell you that he has heard me squeal a few times while washing the muscadines because I found a spider. Fortunately, we've never seen a snake while picking them.

The last couple of years, Ronnie's friends at Jaemor Farms have actually picked the muscadines and brought them to him. How nice is that?

So today, Joshua and I have been cooking up the juice from the muscadines. Talk about a wonderful aroma! I love that smell! Hopefully we can find some time to make up some jelly in the next couple of days. Yum yum! My favorite part is eating the jelly!!!

Favorite Book

Joshua loves to "read" his books. His favorite book right now is "My Big Truck Book". We read it at least twice a day. He is all into trucks and tractors these days - what boy isn't?

Again, I am amazed at how much Joshua knows; and I don't even realize that he knows it. For example - the days that I go to work, Ronnie gets Joshua dressed and takes him to school. Ronnie's routine each morning is to make us coffee, read his bible and play the mandolin awhile. One morning recently, I was getting ready for work, and Ronnie called me into the study. He told me that after Joshua finished his breakfast, he grabbed Ronnie by the hand and led him back to the study. Then Joshua pointed to his chair for him to sit down, handed him his glasses and pointed to his bible! Sometimes Joshua likes to sit in Ronnie's lap and hear him read the bible. Then, of course, he motioned to the mandolin hanging on the wall and wanted Ronnie to play it! How does he know every schedule in our house? It's difficult for me to remember all those things!






As I've said so many times before and I'm sure I will say many more times in the future - every day is a great day with Joshua. God has blessed us so much more than I could have ever imagined!

For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 117:2

Lots of friends

Joshua has lots of friends to play with at church. Although, it seems that Ivy is going to be outnumbered by all of the boys!

Little artist

Joshua is really enjoying drawing or coloring of any sort. Although this is an Alphabet Practice chalk book, he is practicing drawing circles! Aren't they beautiful?

Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music

What a great day!

After a wonderful church service and lunch with some of our friends, Ronnie, Joshua and I headed downtown for the Sesame Street Live show. Joshua loved the show! He was mesmerized by all the characters, the music, and the dancing! In fact, we all enjoyed the show and can't wait to go again next year! The pictures, of course, are a little dark because of the lighting and I'm not sure you can make out the video, but Joshua was dancing right along with Elmo.

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