Sugar and Spice...

Twenty two years ago we added a little Sugar and Spice to our home :)

What a precious privilege it was for me to become a mother!

And, to have a daughter :)

Bri is often known as the "quiet one"...

but, don't let that fool you! She doesn't miss a thing!

Bri has always been very adventurous!

She's the only one in the family thus far to have broken a bone

As she has matured, she has tempered that a little :)

She is growing into a lovely young woman - who is my right hand!

Bri is also known as an ardent animal lover!

She also loves children :)

We are so proud of the young woman Bri has become...and we

are amazed at what God is doing in and through her

We love you Bri and wish you a happy 22nd birthday!

May God bless you in this new year of life, and give you the desires of your heart

according to His word and will.

...that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace

Psalm 144:12b

Practice Makes Perfect

Recently Bri did a practice session to experiment with her different camera settings...

I loved them and am posting some

 (I hope she doesn't mind because they're still unedited)

I just couldn't wait!

The floral ones are from her own garden

I, of course, love this purple!

The veggie pics are from our garden

This lettuce is my fav! Seeds are from Baker Creek

We're having a bumper crop of strawberries this year! :)

I love Bri's photography! Hope you did too! :)

Cake Decorating

Before too much time flies by I wanted to do a post on Bri's cake decorating!

Some sweet friends of ours generously invited her to come and do a class with them in their home.

They have a friend who is a pastry chef, and she was wonderful enough to do a class

for the girls!

I thought she did a great job!

I picture her using this skill in the future...with my grandchildren's cakes one day!

What a sweet vision! ;)

Fall Creativity

Bri has been using her art-gifting to make these neat fall creations...

She started w/plain pumpkins, added some wording...

some pretty dried flowers...

and these little pumpkins turned out so adorable!

A sweet friend of ours let her sell them through her beauty salon

(thanks Lydia!)

I love seeing my daughter use her talents!

May the Lord bless you Briana!

August is over!

Well, when I got up this morning and realized that August is over, I made up my mind that

those back doors I had put off painting were a priority!

I tackled all 3 of them and they are now nice and white again!

(I didn't want that dragging into Sept.!)

And so, for dinner tonight we did something easy, our Breakfast Casserole

We made it with turkey breakfast sausage this time-

but, you can also use ham or bacon!

I made my Lancaster run yesterday, here are some of the farm, fresh, free-range eggs

Thanks for your help Bri! :)



Our Trip-Day Three-Part 1

In the parking lot of our hotel was this great little place to eat breakfast!

They had fun decorations in it!

Mom wanted to get some flowers to give to those we visited, so

we stopped at this great farmstand

I couldn't resist snapping this pic of heirloom tomatoes

In our travels we saw another "quilt square"

We went to visit my Great Aunt Maude...below is the view from her house!

 She will turn 93 today! She's very fiesty! And has such a sharp mind!

A picture of her and her departed husband in younger years

Bri met her for the first time--she really enjoyed the visit with her. :)

After a nice visit, we left and saw this quilt square in this field.

We then went to visit with the immediate family of our cousin who passed away

What a sweet family, they will be in our prayers in the days to come.

We saw his war decorations

And visited his gravesite with them

Then we had to say goodbye. I hope it isn't too long until

we see them again!