I am the luckiest mom I could be. All of my children are healthy and happy and most of all, love the Lord with all their hearts. I am so thankful that Jared has found a wonderful young lady who also loves God. I pray that they will follow the Lord's will for their lives and they will always serve Him.

The girls delivering the cake

The girls have set a few goals for the summer. Have fun, swim a lot, stay up later, sleep in, and do nice, unexpected things for others. Today we baked a chocolate cake to take to our local fire department. We wanted to show them to how much we appreciate all their hard work and sacrifice. We were treated to a wonderful tour of the fire station. The girls were very taken by our petite lady firefighter. She is young, hardworking and very kind and in the middle of a 96 hour shift! She told us that after all her gear is on, she weights in at about 200 pounds. M & M really liked the info about the power of the water coming from the trucks. We were informed that the hoses could pump 1,000 gallons per minute. That would be enough water to fill three swimming pools! I was surprised to learn that the mpg of the large fire truck was 2. I was guessing 1 mpg.

We had a wonderful, unexpected fieldtrip.

We attended a funeral today to celebrate the life of a wonderful man. He loved God, his wife and everyone else he knew. As we said goodbye to the man's WONDERFUL wife, she told me the story of the necklace she was wearing. She said about five weeks ago she saw this pretty necklace but then noted that she did not need another necklace. The weeks passed by and she forgot about the necklace. Her husband died on Tuesday. The necklace arrived in her mail box yesterday with a note of love from her husband.

What a beautiful gift he sent her from heaven! That story was better than any movie especially if you know this wonderful couple. Praise God for His love and grace.

I love to take walks. When I go with the girls, we chat and notice and laugh. When I go with my sweetie, we talk and smile and hold hands. The most important walk I take is with Jesus. It is quiet and powerful, it is safe and personal. The path of my walk with my Savior is not down the street and around the corner. It is everyday, everywhere, everything. He wants to walk with you too!

The best way...

to cool down after a bike ride is to twirl through the sprinkler!