what could it be?????

Last night Syrah was playing and suddenly she came running to us to tell us that something wasn't right with her hand. She said "my hand is glowing!". Looking at her hand in the light I could see nothing, but when we took her to the closet (huh, that sounds weird) this is what we saw:

with limited light.

In the dark.

She wasn't hurting in anyway, but not sure what to make of it we ran to the Internet and did some research.... come to find out that she has SPRING FEVER! Luckily, the cure is the arrival of the first day of Spring, so by this morning she was cured!

Obviously this is all in fun; Syrah was actually playing with a glow stick that sprung a leak and left a mess all over her hands.

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING 2009

God Bless America!

Today our nation and many around the world are captivated by the historic event of the day; may all Chrisitan brothers and sisters come together to pray for our new President and his family as he leads our country!!

World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day which focuses attention on important environmental issues. According to the United Nations "World Environment Day is commemorated each year on June 5th. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action."

World Environment Day was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972
Each year a theme is selected, The theme for 2008 is "CO2 Kick the Habit". Each year, a different city is selected to host World Environment Day celebrations. Wellington, New Zealand will be hosting for 2008.

Celebrate World Environment Day by:

Learning more about the environmental topic selected this year.
Participate in World Environment Day activities
Help to create awareness of the issue

Here are 80 additional ways to celebrate or participate in World Environment Day:
http://unep.org/wed/2008/english/Information_Material/Alphabet.asp

To all the Moms...

Happy Mother's Day

Just Because...

There have not been many "days of the month" worth mentioning (National Cheeseball day, Look alike day, National Jelly Bean Day, Take a Chance day, National Prime Rib day)... So, I wanted to just say let just have a beautiful, appreciate the beauty that was created for our Joy day!!

I am going to take some time today to really look around at all the beauty this world has to offer and appreciate the things that I often take for granted.

Have a BEAUTIFUL DAY and while you are at it; take a moment to Thank God for it all!!

National Siblings Day

April 10th is National Sibling Day

National Sibling Day is a day to appreciate and cherish your brothers and sisters. Siblings are truly a special blessing that we probably all too often take for granted. They are often our best friends and supporters through life. Another reason to celebrate is that not everyone is lucky enough to have siblings. Their lives are significantly different growing up, and throughout life.

Origin of "National Sibling Day":
Claudia A. Evart, President and Founder of this day, initiated National Sibling Day after the tragic deaths of her brother and sister.
Twenty two state governors have issued proclamation on this day.

Theresa's Brother Eric and wife Lauren!

Bill's Brother Jake and his wife Jaime! (and their beautiful kids Koen & McKayla)

We celebrate the relationships we have with you and look forward to the years ahead! You are all a blessing to us and we love you all so much!!

Garden Week

Did you know that is is GARDEN WEEK this week (second week in April). For some this is a week to celebrate the fact that the season is here to get their hands in the dirt and start gardening and for others it is a time we (yes, I am included in the later) get to admire the beauty of a garden. Which is it for you??

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Ale

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, 1932

God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done. ~Author Unknown

Reconciliation Day April 2, 2008

Reconciliation Day is a special day to patch relationships and to make amends. It's intention is to re-establish relationships between family, friends and couples. Life is too short to hold a grudge between those we love.

Since 1989, newspaper columnist Ann Landers has promoted April 2and as Reconciliation Day. She writes an annual article dedicated to this day. She posts and replies to readers' questions and issues on reconciliation.

The Ultimate Reconciliation:
Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. ~Romans 5:11

In our small group a few months ago we were studying the word "encouragement" and it was discussed that there is "encouragement day" one of several days that we can choose to celebrate. That has been on my mind for some time and so I started looking into what other "days" existed… over the next weeks and months I thought it would be fun to share some that I feel are worth mentioning and maybe a few that are just plan silly - like April 2nd also is Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! I hope you will check back to see the fun "days" ahead!!

In trying to clean up my site, I deleted and condensed this into one post… thank you for the feedback about the fun of having some "days to look forward to".