I Miss You!

I miss my friend who went back to the land where they eat some very interesting things.

Eternal Rest....

I ask you to pray for the repose of the soul of Monsignor Ellsworth Kneal who passed away on January 28th and was buried February 1st. He baptized me in my infancy so I feel a deep gratitude and obligation to pray for his soul.

Eternal Rest grant unto him O Lord
And let Perpetual Light shine upon Him.
May he rest in Peace.

Prayers Please

Please pray for the Strong family. A beautiful large family whose 2 year old son died today. He rests in the Arms of Jesus but the family will mourn his loss. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.

Family Party

We went to a family party with all of Aragorn's family. No sooner we walked into the door Pippin had an accident with the shrimp cocktail sauce.... don't ask....

The tables were set beautifully.

Poppy and her cousin

All 30 grandbabies! This makes our children 1/3 of them :)

UPDATE- Make that 20 grandbabies, we are 1/2 of them!

Sure, I can count....

Poppy discovers she was not the only baby in the world.

It was a very hard lesson to learn.

Pop 'n Poppy

Are boys always first to the table?

Bilbo discovered the dessert table. Though he didn't quite get why salt and pepper aren't good on cookies.... til he tried it...

Siesta at the Fiesta

Chickens

We've got 22 new laying hens.

They'll go into the henhouse after dark. Apparently this keeps them from bickering.... or something.

Intrigued

Happy Birthday Frodo

Happy Birthday Frodo! The big double digits!

I am infamous for the inability to decorate or even frost cakes. So I am delighted that my children like to decorate. This cake we shall call a polka dot theme.

Thanks to all those who gave him gifts. Frodo has always been one to greatly treasure each gift, no matter what it is.

I found this picture on the camera and I have no idea what Rosie is dreaming of or who took it!

The boys have spent an ample amount of time with our wonderful priests in recent weeks. The other night I overheard this conversation about setting the table the night before for breakfast because that is what the priests do. Of course it only happened once but it DID happen!

Look who is sitting up all by herself!