Grateful Prayer | Thankful Heart

With Family

By Lorraine

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
 Giving thanks to God for sending His Son for us

 Christmas Eve Cousin time

 The big kids

 together

 taking turns reading the Christmas Story before bed

 Christmas Morning

 Snuggle time

 Jamie Josh and their children (with one on the way)
Keri Noah Silas Caleb Cambrie

 Jill and Brad and their children, Ryan, Brenna and Shaela

 Erin and Jared ~ Me and John

 Silas Shaela Cambrie and Aunt Abbey

boys in hats & chocolate wand pretzels
Our Family

Weekend with the Boys

By Lorraine

They jumped in the leaves on Friday
They played football with Aunt Abbey in the afternoon
They snuggled Friday night
They helped blow and rake all those leaves Saturday morning
They hauled leaves to the curb
They dumped leaves and someone noticed a tree to climb
And climb he did
They ate the whole batch of Peanut Butter Spritz made from my friend, Lynn @Happier Than a Pig in Mud’s recipe

They watched The Wizard of Oz Saturday evening
Noah and Pop-Pop poured casts of sharks

Noah painted and glazed his sharks

 They watched church service on-line Sunday morning because Pop-Pop’s bones were aching from all the raking on Saturday as well as standing two hours watching soccer as FBC Mt. Laurel Campus beat FBC Haddonfield Campus in the Champion Tournament   🙂

They tried on the spectacles worn by their Great-Pop-Pop when he was just their age about 85 years ago

And then they all went home.
The End!
Joining Mary @Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

‘Twas a Most Happy Birthday

By Lorraine

Perfect in every way
 Me and my mom
 me and my girlfriend since childood
 me and my sister
 of course we can’t be together for two minutes without breaking into giggles
 playtime
 Delicious dinner made by Jill
 eating on the patio
family including my sweet niece, Eva.

birthday cake (actually Banana Blueberry Pie)
Our August is FULL of birthdays…  I am planning a birthday party for our little Keri Jill on the 19th.

Candid Shots

By Lorraine

Some of my favorite photos of the kids are caught when they aren’t looking.
They sure are captivated by a little fellow named Caillou.
 ~Caleb John~
  ~Noah Jeremiah~
AND
 ~ Little Miss I-Am-Not-Keeping-a-Pretty-Clip-in-My-Hair ~
 ~Cambrie Noelle~

~ Jared Thomas ~
Children will not remember you for the material things you provide but for the feeling that you cherish them
Richard L Evans
~*~
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you
Jeremiah 1:5

The Boys

By Lorraine

It was a long wait but we finally got miniature golfing with three of our grandsons this evening. 
It began as a birthday celebration for Noah who had his 7th birthday way back in September.
The miniature golf course closed for the winter before we were able to get there.
When Silas had his 5th birthday in May, he wanted to go golfing too.
In June Jared turned 14 and always enjoys the opportunity to see if he can get a hole-in-one.
Miniature Golfing sounded fun to him .
So this Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop set aside this weekend just for
the boys.
~*~
After a fun time golfing, we headed home for a kid friendly dinner, birthday cake, make-your-own ice-cream Sundae’s and a little wiffle ball in the back yard.
~*~
A blueberry pancake breakfast is on the menu for tomorrow morning
before heading to Strawbridge Lake to do some ‘frogging’.
Because…
that’s what little (and not so little) boys are made of.
~~~~~
I saw the eye doctor again this morning and am happy that my eye is improving.  I need to continue the drops and should be good as new next week.

Grandchildren and Children

By Lorraine

We had a great week with kids.
Jill and family are heading back to Central New York tomorrow.
How we enjoyed every minute they were here!
John and Brad worked really hard doing some
landscaping in the front yard on Wednesday.
After a long day and warm (80 degree) temps, Jamie and kids
joined us for Pizza and Cheesesteaks for dinner and
ice-cream cones for dessert.
It was a perfect evening to eat outside and play ball!

Baby Cambrie toddled about.
John took a second vacation day today and we headed to Philly
 to see the Liberty Bell
 and the Betsy Ross House
This evening, the little ones were left with a babysitter and we all met at Outback Steak House for a late dinner.  It was so much fun!
It was hard getting pictures in the subdued light, but everyone was together
and
my heart was very happy!

A Wintery, Icy Mix

By Lorraine

This morning

Winter

a Mother Goose poem
Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,
Bleak in the morning early;
All the hills are covered with snow,
And winter’s now come fairly.

a few winter photos
my grandson:

 my (dead) car battery:

 my guy:

 my dog:

Despite the sometimes dreary days,  I still like winter.  I look forward to the rebirth of spring and the emerging flowers and greenery, but I would never give up winter’s peace and subdued colors.
To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Ecclesiastes3:1

A bit of Showin’ Off Grandson Solves Rubik’s Cube

By Lorraine

When our oldest grandson, Jared was just 9 years old he received his first Rubik’s Cube. His Uncle Brad told him about algorithms and gave pointers on how to solve this challenging puzzle. He spent two weeks doing little else but practicing the steps required to solve the puzzle quicker than his uncles. It has been a few years but he can still complete the puzzle
in less than 2 minutes.

He is happy to share his skill with you:

From Wikipedia:

The Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architectural Erno Rubik. Originally called the “Magic Cube”, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toys in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide making it the world’s top-selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world’s best-selling toyFor more Show & 

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