Happy 6th Birthday TaraKate!!

Cousin Marisa with the birthday girl “TaraKate” and her sisters, Tia and Tabi.
What a cute Curious George cake Mommy made for TaraKate.
Cousin Bethany with Tabi

Clothes made by Mamaw for TaraKate’s American Girl Doll.

Tia and TaraKate with their American Girl birthday dolls and Tabi with the pink ribbon.
SO CUTE!!

"Happy Birthday Ed "

Happy Birthday Ed!

The first photo is of Ed and his wife Yilan on the boat trip at Lake Michigan in Chicago. Looks like they enjoyed the trip.

Today is our son’s birthday. I can hardly believe he is 46 years old today. Where did the time go? I found this saying from Denny’s Quotes and thought it kinda says just how I feel.

My Little Boy
I remember when you were my little boy,
An extension of my very being.
My every waking moment belonged to you.
One evening when I called you to supper,
You came to the table all grown up.
Where did all the in between go?
Too soon I was to let you go.
Now, I shall always call you "my son"
But in my heart...
you'll always be my little boy

Love You!
Mom

Happy 9th Birthday Tia

Today is sweet little Tia’s 9th birthday. It is hard to believe that she is already 9 years old. We celebrated last night with cake and ice cream. The Kung Fu Panda cake was decorated so cute.

This is the invitation Tia's mommy created and sent by email to each of us. She is so clever. Tia looks so cute with her long black hair!

Cousins Bethany and Marisa and sisters TaraKate and Tabi sang "Happy Birthday Tia".

A visit with my sister

Tuesday we decided to get away just for the day, so we went

to visit my dear sister that lives about 2 hours away.

I don’t get to visit with her very much so it was nice to just sit

and talk to her for awhile.

She baked the most delicious oatmeal cake for us to enjoy

together. It was so yummy!

Of course both our husbands enjoyed the cake too.

Recipe for Homemade Oatmeal Cake

1 cup oatmeal in 1 ¼ cups boiling water
Let set for 15 minutes
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Cream ½ cup shortening
Add 2 eggs
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
Add oatmeal
1 and 1/3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
Mix it all up
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Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes
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Icing
3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 can evaporated milk
½ cup butter

Boil for about 12 minutes
Add coconut and nuts

Celebrating 47 Years Together

This picture was taken just as we were leaving our wedding reception August 5, 1961. We look so much younger.

On Our Special Day

I love looking back to where we began, seeing us as we were at the beginning, then slowly leafing through the memories we've made together to bring us to where we are today...I love anticipating the days ahead of us, wondering what we'll find in each other, in ourselves, before another year has slipped away...But, best of all, I love being with you where we are today, together writing the pages we'll remember tomorrow.

Quotes from Denny Davis


Psalm 136:1
O Give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good: for His mercy
endureth forever.

These Lilies just popped up in time to help us celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. I took this photo one morning after it had rained and so they still had raindrops on them, I just love to see them. We call them surprise lilies since they just seem to appear magically. God has made some wonderful things for us to enjoy.

Fresh garden vegetables

Today my gardener husband dug potatoes. I could hardly believe how nice and big they have grown. I put them in a basket with some of our other veggies and thought they would look neat displayed on my blog.

flowers and butterflies

We have been seeing so many beautiful butterflies on our lilies and I was able to get a photo of one on the tiger lilies.

ISAIAH 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.