Fifteen Married Years!

Fifteen Years! Maybe the design gives it away! Why not start the day with specialized, made to order pancakes! Well it began with lots of celebrating.
God is gracious and God is good! We have been together more than fifteen! We met when we were eighteen, married at twenty-four and continue to enjoy blissful moments given as a gift!
Today I celebrate you my love. You have given me all of you and that is all I need!

Thank you for loving me, leading me and simply allowing us to be who God has created us to be daily.
Happy Anniversary!!!
love Me 

Little Keepers at home

It all begins with this day! I am on a wedding blitz!! Funny thing is I did not plan these pics around our anniversary. The previous post was Sara finding the veil, these pics are Samantha doing the same thing. Actually before Sara did!

The theme of Little Keepers at Home is all about Godly Girlhood. Together Samantha and I are walking through the book and enjoying our moments! The first part is Bible Memory. To make it easy we are making up tunes to go with the verses and that works wonders.

I am blessed by this book and it is drawing us closer to one another and to God. So glad I spent the $7.95! Love these little finds...

Something old

She found the veil, an old veil! This veil is bits and pieces of my sisters! I used something from Paula and something from Charmaine. Sara loves my closet because it has dress up clothes, my clothes!

Veil on head.

Adorned with lace and imagination.

Her moment transformed.

A world away playing in the notion of wedding bliss. She devours the theme of marriage and love. For me this poses the unique challenge of modelling a marriage that is Christ centred. What is my role, how do I  demostrate Proverbs 31, Titus 2 and all that the Bible deliberately lays out for me.
I can only do this with Christ's strength and I determine to allow Christ to work through me and all my weaknesses. There are days that fail miserably and she knows. Forgiveness and grace abound from her!

Fifteen years ago I looked upon that veil in anticipation of wearing it for the first time as Mrs. Macgregor. I celebrate this month a memory of marriage and love. Wow, fifteen years!!
Glad she found the veil, great timing!

Marrige is such a gift and I am thankful that God allowed me to expereince it in this lifetime! I love you babe....

Celebrations

Today our dear darling daughter turned four! We watched the video of her first cry and the precious moments of holding a new life. Today we celebrate Sara!

Cousins that share the same birthday month!

The princess cake

Sweetly four

The amazing deer that just showed up last night, wow!

Special friends celebrating turning four

Sisters that ride together celebrating life.

We love you Sara. We thank God you are in our lives, what a blessing you are to us all!

It is in my heart

Horses are in my heart. I am happy to just linger along the fence line, breath in the aroma that simply says a horse lives here and capture the moment. For me, that is a beautiful day....

Such a beautiful part of our created world.

Growth

They all take turns, waiting to present well thought out projects to our group. Wow, they all do a stellar job! Over the years what growth we have seen on all the children. Some are not children anymore, they are young men and little women! I consider it a true honour to be with this bunch of bright, lively, fun, considerate, creative, inspiring God fearing friends and children.

Spider monkeys and panda bears, horses and budding authors/artists, learning about China and crafting the art of listening and asking questions! A wonderful way to spend a day, we are blessed! 

More Dreams...

From a  lovely friend at church I read these words from her recent blog post  (http://www.theardentsprarrow.blogspot.com/) dreams.

                                                               
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I hear what she is saying and I think we all know that we have given up many dreams over the years. Often I forget there is a higher purpose in the letting go phase. I have not created the amazing business the ardent sparrow did (see her blog!) Truly amazing, inspiring, creative and beautiful. Lovely is the word for my  my friend!
 A seed was planted and she went for it. God used it and now he is asking her to let it go, for now. That is so difficult and I admire you my friend for allowing God to walk you through this time of letting go and holding on to Christ your greater strength. You have encouraged me with your strength. Thank you for your words of wisdom and the friend you are to me!



I did not know I was going to read this today...my dd (darling daughterbelow) let go of a dream today of riding horses with the older group of children. A small dream perhaps, but to her it was her world today. She let go of something dear to her heart. In her seven year old way she dealt with it, and well. Did she ride, absolutely. She loved every minute on the trails!! However, not too far in the distance were her brothers grooming, saddling and riding, her dream, their reality.

God knows that about her! He cares about that part of her soul. He will meet her needs. I am here to point her in that direction.

Again, ardent sparrow, thank you for your honesty!!

Dreams are gifts from God to glorify Him....

You will ride my dear, you will ride!!!