PLAY BY THE SEA!

PLAY DOUGH, THAT IS!

The single digit year cousins helped make play dough.

Those double digit year cousins ......used "helping the younger ones" as justification to join the "play."

DONUT HOLE

YUM!

What a way to start a Big Water day.

So many Donut Hole locations but we went to the original one. 

Jack took his giraffe which has now become a goat. 

He ordered s donut with sprinkles to eat his way---1 sprinkle at a time with a side of bananas and blueberries. 

When his "BIG PANCAKE" arrive his eye opened

 wide and his excited hands flew up!

Hooray! Hooray!!

Hooray1 Hooray!!    We 're on our way.....our "BIG WATER" vacation begins today!

"The sea is His, for He made it; 

And His hands formed the dry land." (Psalm 95:5, NKJV)

"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our God our Maker." .(Psalm 95:6, NKJV)

PREPOSITIONS!

Prepositions are very small, common words. We're all familiar with them as they point to or show direction.Think....by, for, to, through, in and of. My 4th grade teacher Mrs. Munday taught us not to end our sentences with a preposition but that rule seems to have vanished these days.

What hasn't changed: Prepositions all have an object. Prepositions precede said object. Objects of prepositions are nouns or pronouns, NEVER a verb. That's the "golden rule" of prepositions.

Yesterday's New Morning Mercies (July 11) was filled with prepositions pointing to the ONE who is always the answer!

For to us a child is born, (Isaiah 9:6)

For from him and through him, and to him were all things. (Romans 11:36)

For by him, all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, (Colossians 1:16)

And he is before all things and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:17)

...by your will (all things) existed and were created. (Revelation 4:11)

BTW, regardless of the preceding preposition....The answer is JESUS! 

D.A.N.C.E.

D.A.N.C.E.

Having a struggle....choose to "D.A.N.C.E.

• D iscover what God's word says about your situation
• A ccept the circumstances as for your good
• N otice God's hand in the midst
• C elebrate your moments
• E xtend lessons learned to others to encourage them

THX Doris for sharing this reminder to dance----It is a choice!

MORNING TO EVENING!

PRAISE THE LORD!

"For the beauty of the earth," hymn says it well in verse 2.

"For the wonder of each hour

of the day

and of the night

Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r

Sun and moon and stars of light;

Lord of all to Thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise!"

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the name of the LORD is to be praised. (Psalm 113:3)

May I begin and end each day with praise!

CELEBRATIONS!

Many days are for celebration....birthdays that end in 0 being one!

Aubrey planned months ago to honor his Gayle, with family, friends, food, fun and lots of stories and laughter. 

Did I mention carrot cake with an icing I could have eaten by the spoonfuls.

"Let's Celebrate and be glad today." as God's Word says in Psalm 118:24, CEV.

  

We did just that! We celebrated with a side of singing served to sweet Gayle, our honoree!

FAMILY TIES!

Family Ties!

What ties a family together? Special memories. Snafus, Nicknames.

Recently, hubby's nickname had me photographing a license plate of a said nickname. The owner of the car hollered from across the parking lot, "WHAT do you think you are doing?"

My response, "Is this your car?"

His, "It most certainly is!"

So....I tried to explain the family tie. His face softened and he gave me carte blanche permission. He could because He owned the company that bore those initials. PHEW!!!

Our Family Tie story!

Caller ID identifies callers on everyone's cell phones. Scam might appear if caller is not in your contacts.

So...we put all our grands in our contacts list. That way when one calls my hubby, he always knows to answer repeating the letters P P INC. Im sure they are smiling on the other end knowing it's PopPop who is answering the call. Following PPINC, he sometimes adds, "How can I help you." The conversation easily leads into laughter /giggles and ways he can help!

I was thankful for the gentleman's response on Thankful Thursday as I shared with grands.

Finest "Family Ties" might not make sense to others! (Psalm 133:1)

WALKABOUT WEDNESDAY!

Nothing quite like 3 generations of a family walking the golf course of Audubon Park together! 

They all love golf! Plus, All three have Lawrence in their name! 

Going for his first par!

It's in!!!

Three great  connections on this Walkabout Wednesday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

How grateful I am to live in a nation whose motto is, "In God we Trust!" Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord. (Psalm 33:12)

How blessed I am today to share it with grandson, Andrew.