He Leadeth Me

Thank you to so many of you who have checked with us to be sure that we are safe during these unprecedented fires in Colorado Springs. I thought this would be a good avenue to give you a report. I know that many of you have seen the horrific pictures coming out of the Colorado Springs news media. These pictures taken from my back deck show nothing of the scenes that hold so much heartbreak for so many. They do, however, show a little of how terrible this fire is for so many. Our family, David and me, Jeremy and his family, and Kelly and her family are all several miles away from the actual fires. We are all safe and don't anticipate being evacuated. We do have wonderful friends who are not so fortunate.  Several of  all three of our families' friends are being directly affected by the fires. Luckily there have been no injuries reported at the present time. Some of our friends are evacuated  from the neighborhoods that were hardest hit last night and...

Jeremy made me swings for under the deck and his boys are already enjoying them. This is Aaron's smile face. Caleb's smile face. Wee!  This is fun! Learning to hold on tight. Don't you just love his shoes? This boy loves Sesame Street characters as much as his brother loves super heroes.   Since Sweetie is here visiting, she got to enjoy the swings too.  

For many years I got to enjoy the wonderful Canton Flea Market , in  Canton, Texas billed as the largest Flea Market in the world. I read about the Old Glory Antique Fair in a magazine and thought it would be fun to check it out. I am so glad I did! It was AMAZING! Of course I took along my two favorite antique/junk shoppers. WARNING:  THIS POST IS VERY PICTURE INTENSIVE. For those of you who enjoy Antique eye candy, read on. For the rest of you, you might want to scroll through quickly. Life is Beauty pillow. At first, I thought it said, Life is Beautiful. I think I like this better. Don't you just love rusty old tricycles? The plastic ones of today are just not the same. Love the No Trespassing Sign on the chair. Believe me, by the end of the day, we needed to trespass on any chair available. One of the reasons I love living in Colorado is that this state is so very aware of our servicemen and their families. Love this si...

My Sweet Friend Katy retired last month. She is a very special lady and we share both being  elder's wives and belonging to the same Life Group at our church. It's time to celebrate. Welcome to Retirement Katy! If you look closely, you can see that we had newspapers on the table to honor her time at the Gazette. The napkins also had "G" on them. That was a serendipity since I had originally bought the napkins for "Gibson", not "Gazette". Newspaper streamers hanging from the lanterns. No more working 9 to 5. No more setting an alarm.  I just noticed that the alarm says 2:10.  I don't think Katy woke up quite that early. Our sweet friend Claudia made the cake.  I can't figure out how to rotate the picture, so ready...set...turn your head to the left and you will see the beautiful creation. Another friend, Jeanette, made a precious cookie bouquet.  Unfortunately, we didn't ...

In our backyard, we have some tall purple flowers growing. I'm not sure what they are and if any of you know, please feel free to comment inform me. The bees are attracted to the flowers, and the little boys and I are attracted to watching the bees. The other night we sat and watched for the longest time and the next time they came over, they wanted to bee watch again. There is one HUGE bee. It was so much fun to see the way God provides for all his creatures. On another note, it might not be a Bumblebee, but a Honeybee. Who knows???

For 11 years, I was a fourth grade teacher at Moore Elementary in the Pasadena Independent School District. I was fortunate enough to teach with some wonderful women who were my friends as well as my co-workers. We taught in an open-concept classroom which meant that we were in very close quarters and had the privilege of seeing and hearing each other teach. We try to get together as often as possible to visit and keep up with each other's lives.  On this  trip, they thought I was taking their pictures for my phone contact list.  Little did they know they would be featured in my blog. Two special ladies were not able to be with us (and they are probably thankful that their picture is not all over the internet.) Darlene is one of the most gifted teachers I know. She knows how to make reading come alive for her students.  I'll never forget hearing her read The BFG by Dahl. Her students were laughing so ha...