Picture Perfect (16, 17and 18)

Well this is Picture #16 . I decided to change it just to a number instead of a day because I always fall behind on my blog.  I get so busy that I forget to post my pictures. So here are a few to show you.


Donny ( my nephew) cooking  pot stickers..
They sure were yummy!

Here is picture of Robert in his Happy, Happy, Happy Shirt

 I love this shirt. I am trying to find one for everyone.

Picture Perfect (Day 15)

So I haven't posted anything in a while. I have a few cute pictures of my great nieces.
They are the most precious little girls to me. I love them so much.
Emma is five, Julia is two and Rosalee is 5 months.

Emma and Julia eating spaghetti and sharing a noodle.

Oh no the noodle broke..lolRosalee helping with laundry

Me and the kids

Robert and Rosalee.

 

 

 

 

Loving these little blessings

 

The Lord guards you as you come and go, now and forever.  Psalm 121:8

 

 

 

 

 

Picture Perfect (Day14)

Chapel Day at my School.
I love chapel it is the best and I love to watch our
little ones worship. It is so innocent and pure. How great is our lord.

Jesus said " Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these"         Matthew 19:14

Picture Perfect (13)

Here a cute picture of one of the fuzzies that I feed to my Bearded Dragon.
I know he is cute. But he needs it..

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
Psalm 107:1

Picture Perfect (12)

Tonight was the last night for bowling this session.
 So we had our Pizza and trophy party.
Hannah got the highest game on the team 143
Because Nathaniel and Richard bowled for her. She was not feeling
good that night and had a bad headache. So a big thank you Richard and
Nathaniel you guys did great.



















You are mighty, O Lord, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
                                                  Psalm 89:8

Picture Perfect (Day 11)

Just me and my Nephew Donny.

You are God my stronghold. Psalm 43:2

Picture Perfect (Day 10)

I really love my cat Shadow.
He tries so hard to be so clever. He knows he is not allowed on the table.
So here is a picture of him being kind of sneaky and a little clever.

As you can see he is only half on the table. Well he is sitting so cute.  lol...
 Love my cats.

But God is rich in  mercy because of great love for us.
                           Eph.2:4

Picture Perfect (Day 9)

Today I was truly missing my Mom and Dad and even my Step Dad.
Looking over some pictures of them and sharing them with my kids, I
came across this drawing I did for my mom and step dad.  I remember how
my step dad (Duffy) loved it and had it framed. This picture hung in the
living room where he could see everyday.
So I thought I would share with you.

I come to the Garden alone while the dew is still on the roses,
and the voice I hear falling on my ear the Song of God discloses.
           And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
          And He tells me I am His own. And the Joy we share as
          we tarry there non other shall ever known.

Miss you all so much.   Walk with God in Peace.

Picture Perfect (Day 8)

Having a good time, kids playing and I get to just chill.
Dinner at McDonalds. This is our Friday night outing. Sometimes its pizza.

Above all, love each other warmly, because love covers many sins.
                                               1 Peter 4:8

Picture Perfect (Day 7)

Today Nathaniel and I went out shoe shopping for him.  Which he was in desperate
need of.. He picked these out his self..  On sale for $25.00, even better got to register
and got another $5.00 off.. SCORE!!!!

But nothing is impossible or God.
                  Luke 1:37

                                                                

 

 

 

Picture Perfect ( Day 6)

 Went shopping at Safeway with Nathaniel he is such a good helper.
We sure got all our produce a then some.

Cucumbers

 These strawberries look good.

                                                             
                                                               

Picture Perfect (Day 5)

Picture Perfect (Day 4)

 

Today I was really not feeling well and came home from work early. I laid down on my couch and took a nap. When I woke up it was raining so I let in my dog Jessie. After she ran around the house in excitement for letting her in. Jessie and the our cat Samson laid down on the couch and took a nap.

     This is a very rare site since our cats don't like being on the same surface as our dog. And it looks

like I lost the coin toss of who gets the couch.                                                                                       

 

P.S. Please don't mind the mess on the table.  Lol....


Be still and know that I am God.
                              Palms 46:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture Picture (Day 3)

This morning around 6:30 I was woken up to the sounds of Ninja Turtles..
Yes you guessed it Nathaniel... He discovered Ninja Turtles to my dismay. He really got into it.
He was so intrigued that he wanted a mask, a sword and a outfit so he could be a ninja turtle.
Well I made him a mask out of an old towel. The sword out of cardboard and aluminum foil. The outfit well I did not get to creative because Nathaniel has clothes issues so an old t-shirt with a shell like drawing with green felt pen. Any way he loved it. It was the hit for the day.

Here is Ninja Turtle Nathaniel...

Yes he is so handsome.


           
  I hope you all have a great and wonderful day.

                                                                        But nothing is impossible for God.
                                                                                                      Luke 1:37

Picture Perfect (Day 2)

Not much happen today. It has been a quiet rainy day at home.
Hannah up in her room singing on her karaoke machine.
Nathaniel and I played a few games of backgammon, after my dentist appt. By the way Nathaniel is getting pretty good at the game. I feel that I may have to up my game so he won't win so much. Lol....
Robert had to work until 2:00.  When he came home he went and laid down for a bit and then he and the kids went to church.
When they got home we went out to dinner. We had such a good time.
What a nice day

Here is my picture for today.

I hope you all had a great day, may the Lord bless you.

                                               Every path of the Lord is one of mercy and truth for those who
                                                cling to his promise and written instructions.
                                                                                                  Psalm 25:10

A Picture Perfect Year

Today my friend Ruth gave my a good idea. She suggested that I post a picture a day, for a whole year. It could be anything. It could be a picture of whatever you want it to be. Your picture could be of something that you did that day as a family or maybe the highlight of your day. It could be something that your kids did  or maybe it is a movie that you are watching. Be creative and have fun.

So here is my first post:
I adopted this wonderful Bearded Dragon, he is special. He is calcium deficient so he can't stand up correctly and he wobbles his head when he tries to eat, which makes it hard on him to eat. So I have to feed him.. Lucky me :)  I have to open his mouth and put the cricket into his mouth ( that is so gross just so you all know that) I also have to feed him his greens and fruit. Which is not so bad I can do that with a spoon. He is so fun and we just love him.
 Here is Mr. Wobbles our dear Beardie

 The Lord helps them and rescues them.
He rescues them from wicked people.
He saves them because they have taken refuge in him.
                                                                                         Psalms 37:40

Hello... Again

Well I know it has been a long while since I blogged anything. It took me a long time to even remember my password and then how to even start a new page. So many changes.. But here I am and ready to give and well needed up date. Lol.... The title to a few of my blogs.

    Really not much changes around here. Robert my dear husband praise the Lord is still working and is very healthy.
Hannah is a couple of years older she is now 15, a freshman in high school. She has a " boyfriend" who by the way is a very nice boy. She is learning how to play guitar. Yes she still want to be a famous singer. She sings at every karaoke event she can. Got to Love her..
Nathaniel is 13 years old now. He is in 8th grade. He however is going through some big changes. You know the kind of changes boys his age go through. (help!!! any one help) .
I am doing really good. Still smiling even through all the changes in my children's life.
Some of it is not as easy as I thought it would be like the girl in high school and a boyfriend,  and the hormones of a 13 year old boy who has autism.
But God is Good, I have a Great group of friends and a wonderful family who gives me the best support ever.
Well that's enough about that..

Here are some pictures of  my family,

This is my beautiful daughter Hannah

 

This is my wonderful son Nathaniel with his Daddy

This is Robert and I

 

You make the path of life known to me.

Complete joy is in your presence.

Pleasures are by your side forever.

Psalm16:11

 

Playing Catch up.. cont.

Disneyland was great and we had a wonderful time.

After we came home from Disneyland, we went camping @ Canyon Creek Resorts.
With lots of out door fun. Hiking, Swimming, (lots of swimming) Lizard hunting, no fishing this time.
We also went to go see Grandpa who lives close by. Grandpa has been very sick, in and out of the hospital. He has been feeling good lately though.  Hannah and Leanne got to spent some time together. (Leanne is Grandpa's caregiver) Nathaniel and Grandpa went outside to water the garden, instead of watering the garden Nathaniel got watered. It was so great to watch Grandpa and Nathaniel having so much fun. Grandpa wanted us to stay and have pizza with them for dinner, which we did.  I think seeing the grand kids did him a lot of good he was laughing, walking and having a good time.
After camping and visiting Grandpa. We came home to get ready for school.

This school year Hannah and Nathaniel will be going to the same school for the first time. 
So far the kids are doing good. Hannah and Nathaniel are in some of the same classes. At first this was hard for Hannah because Nathaniel would follow her around everywhere. Now Nathaniel has his friends and does his own thing and Hannah can hang out with her friends and she does her own thing.
 Love their school.

Well that kind of catches you up for now.
Thank you God for the wonderful memories we made this summer.

In His Loving Hands

Always playing catch up.

I know, I am always playing catch up.
This summer we went to Disneyland and California Adventure. It was Nathaniel and Hannahs' first time.
We started our day with breakfast at the Motel, then around 10:00 we started our walked to Disneyland.( yep we were with in walking distance )
Disneyland was great. We got a special pass for Nathaniel because he is autistic and so we would not have to wait in line as long as the stand by'ers. We got to go through the fast past and handicap line.
 At first we did not think that Nathaniel would go on any of the rides.
Because the first two rides he picked he would not go on at all and we had to leave the rides right away. The first ride was Star wars, we got as far as the doors and then he freecked out and took off towards the exit. So Daddy and Hannah went on the ride. The second one was Buz Light Year. He had a big melt down in this ride and no one got to ride this one. Naathaiel did not want to walk around or get up so I needed Roberts help to take him out. At this point Nathaniel could not stand the noise around him or any thing else. We thought that we were going to have to leave and go back to the Motel. 
Of course it was hot and he was so upset I finally got him to get up and walk to a cool place to sit and rest. We decided to go and eat a yearly lunch and cool down, then walk around a little more.So we found a nice place to eat in Adventure Land. There were trees and a cool breeze. It was a nice place to go and sit to cool off and eat. Across from us you could see the train from Thunder Mountain. It had caught Nathaniel and Hannahs' attention. Hannah had talked Nathaniel to go on that ride. He loved it and so did Hannah. They went on it twice. After that Nathaniel was ready for more rides.YEAH!!!! So we went on the Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Story Book Adventure, The Mark Twain, Pirates of the Caribbean,The Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain. ( The best ride of all on a hot day with a tired and hot autistic child )  Most of these rides we went on twice, and now we had been there pretty much all day. Of course we had a few melt downs because of the heat.. But all in all we had so much fun and the kids had a wonderful day. Even though it started out rocky.

Two days later we went to California Adventure.
We thought we were going to play this one smarter then Disneyland. We got Nathaniel a wheel chair. Again it was going to be a hot day and this way if he got tired and hot he could ride in the wheel chair. How smart right. Thats what I thought. But oh no!! In California Adventure if you are in a wheel chair you do not need a special pass your chair is your past. However you still have to go through the regular line ( Stand by'ers) because the lines are wide enough for the chair and the chair tells the workers there that he is special needs or handicap of some sort.
Okay... Tell a autistic child that he has to wait 45 mins to an hour 1/2  before he can go on the ride. Oh you all know that went over well.(NOT)!!!
We waited in line for 50 mins for California Screemin.. Nathaniel and Hannah loved that ride. They wanted to do it again I was not going to wait that long again. So we headed off to Cars Land. The wait for that line was approx 2 hours. The worker told us to come back at 2:00 and we would only have to wait about 15 mins. okay so went to look around. while we waited. all rides were so long.
We found Donald Duck took our picture with Donald, then we watched Minni Mouses show, and took our picture with her. Ate lunch and then headed back to Cars. We got in the line that said returns and waited already 30 mins or longer (remember the 15 mins wait..lol) to have them anounce that the ride had broken down and not sure when it will be up and running. You can wait or get a return ticket and come back we left with a very sad little man and a very unhappy young girl. We decieded to leave when we found this great place in Bugs Life. It was the water play area. We spent about 2 hours there watching Nathaniel and Hannah have so much fun. Robert and Nathaniel left and Hannah wanted to stay, so we did. Hannah and I went on the Tower of Terror. Okay that was the best ride ever. Scared the living socks off of me. Then we went back to Disneyland and watched the parade and rode a few more rides then walked back to the Motel.
Very Very disappointed with California Adventure felt that they were not handicap friendly at all.
Not going back to that park unless they change the way they treat the special needs and the handicap.
Not such a good day however the water play area saved the day..
We visted family and friends and just had so much fun. 

Catching up

Okay I know the last time I have written anything was in November. I can't believe how fast time can go when you are busy. It does not seem seem like it has been 4 months since I wrote anything.
Well any way, Everyone is fine. Hannah is doing really good. We had to change schools for her because she needed help and her school just did not have the resources that she needed. Hannah really loves her now school and is doing so good. I am happy with it too! Nathaniel is doing good to. We have had some set backs with him but everyday is a new day and a new beginning for us all. We just keep praying and asking God for wisdom, guidance and understanding.
We have all been keeping ourselves busy. Nathaniel bowls on Tuesday he is on the challengers bowling league. Which by the way is awesome. (pictures to come) Baseball started as well and we have yet been able to play one game because of the rain. Hannah is going to start Gymnastics. Her first class is in May. This is what she wants to do. We are to late for her to do track this year. So next year..We will be ready.
Well that catches you up on our family. However before I leave I would like to share a few blessings with you.

      1. Raining days

      2. Clean House

      3. The smell of fresh clean cloths coming out of  the dryer

      4.  A cup of hot coffee

      5. A good book

      6. Good friends

      7. When my independent cat wants to snuggle with me.

      8. Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich made by Nathaniel (mmmm so yummy)

      9. Sending greeting cards to friends and family in the mail

      10. Sharing my blessings with you

If you haven't talked to an old friend or a family member in a while, then don't let time get in front of you. Send them a card or give a quick call time goes by faster then you think.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with action and in truth. 1 John 3:18
Have a great week
In His Hands