Hope y'all had a great 4th of July! I've been reading about people spending time on the lake, having BBQs, and fireworks. Well, my 4th consisted of driving tractor.....all day. But this was the fireworks that I got to see, not bad, huh?

I have been on the tractor for days, working on my cake when I am able, and trying to clean house before I leave tomorrow. My sister's wedding is on Friday, and things on the farm are CRAZY trying to get the wheat out so we can plant beans, swathing hay, waiting for it to dry but it keeps getting rained on, ect. Oh, yes, and yesterday as I was bringing the disk to another field I had a blow out on one of the tires on the disk. Nice. But it did give me some time to work on my cake!

Please pray for my whole family as we prepare for this wedding, and please pray for me and my cake!

Good Humor

We had a surprise 40th birthday party for my aunt last Friday night. All of my other aunts thought that it would be a great idea to dress up. This is my wonderful husband (cute, isn't he!) and my soon to be brother-in-law (he's pretty cute, too!).

I think they better go see a dentist before the wedding next week! And maybe, Jason, you could go see someone about your hair....just a thought.

Bridal Shower

Today we had a bridal shower for my sister, Stacey. This is a group picture of all of us that attended. And this next picture, well......it's priceless!!





This is my five year old niece helping Stacey open her presents from her soon to be mother-in-law!! Poor little B will see this picture the rest of her life!

And I really don't know what I would do without friends. Thank you, Jayne, for taking pictures today!!

Here it is

Well, this is a picture of my first attempt at a wedding cake. It was for my cousin's wedding a couple of weeks ago in Las Cruces, NM. She sent me a picture and I did that best that I could, I just hope it was what she was wanting.

It was a little stressful....OK...a LOT stressful. We had a few mishaps, like dropping a tub of icing on the bottom layer of the cake, but all in all I think it was a success! Thank you, thank you for everyone who encouraged me along the way and for everyone who was praying for me!! We could feel your prayers! And a HUGE thanks for Tammy who came at just the right time and did the flower placement on the cake.

Sorry, Nette, I did not take pictures of it while I was making it. But, I will when I make the cake for Stacey's wedding!

Wisdom

Sometimes I have to wonder....What is going on?? Seriously, where is the wisdom of the people who are elected into a public office? Check out California, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, is writing a new bill that would ban all antibiotics in animals used for human consumption. He is going to ban them from schools first. But what are the effects of antibiotics used in animals? He is concerned about our long term health, but for how long have we been consuming meat from animals that have been given antibiotics? For me, it's probably been pretty close to 27 years now and I'm doing great! More importantly, how will consumer safety be affected when we have sick livestock everywhere that we can not treat?

Along those same lines, I heard a statement made the other day that made me so furious!! A young person told me that they had heard on the news (and we know that it HAD to be true) that 8 to 10 year olds are having a stronger sex drive because of the food they are eating. WHAT!!! I was thinking.....HAVE YOU WATCHED TV LATELY?!? I've decided that if you are a Christian or a farmer you are always under attack....try being both!

All of this just proves that the only truth in our lives comes from God's Word. Not from our friends, the news, or our "oh so wise" politicians!!

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind." James 1:5-6

Spiders, Snakes, & Scorpions....Oh My!

We love our new house, and we love living here.....we do not love all of our "roommates"! This house breeds spiders, I don't why, oh and crickets. I have sprayed the house from top to bottom, before we moved in and twice since then. Yet....spiders and crickets.

So, I can live with spiders and crickets but last week there was a scorpion in our bedroom. Nice. So I sprayed it too! It had crossed my layer of poison because it was dying, but needless to say.....I sprayed AGAIN!

Last night, Dakota would not stop barking. So finally I asked Jason to go and see what she was barking at. Turns out she was barking at Milo because she was in Dakota's dog house. When I thought that Jason had everything straighten back out between our two "kids", he didn't come back in. Pretty soon he was standing at the sliding glass door asking me to come outside.

He had killed a baby rattle snake that he had nearly stepped on. This house also breeds rattle snakes!! But I didn't expect it to begin so quickly. So my top priority this afternoon is spreading Snake Away around the house. Sure hope this stuff works!!

Happy Easter

This was sent to us, and it is a great reminder of what Easter is all about. Hope you have a wonderful Easter!!

Thank you, Father, for sending your son to take my place on the cross.

http://videos.komando.com/2009/04/10/brad-paisley-and-sara-evans/