Thankful for Family...

Saturday afternoon, we traveled to West Burlington for our great-nephew's

1st Birthday Party...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKETT!!

Beckett REALLY enjoyed his BIRTHDAY CAKE...YUM!

And our great-niece, Lucy, enjoyed licking

the frosting off the cake-topper TOO!

You could say it was a "green frosting" BIRTHDAY kind of DAY!

I had the pleasure of spending most of my time 

at the party with another one of our great-nieces...Miss Molly!

 

Molly has become my new BFF at our latest family gatherings.

As with all of these little ones, she is such a JOY!

Steve and Molly had a little "bubble action"

while Beckett was opening his gifts!

Our nephew and his wife, Tim and Meredith (Beckett's mommy & daddy)

live in West Burlington and Tim is the Pastor of

The West Burlington United Methodist Church.

Tim took us on the "grand tour" of the church...it's beautiful!

Our great-nephew, Parker (Tim and Meredith's other son)

also took the liberty to show us around...such a cutie!

God has lead Tim and his family to this church for a reason...

 

Tim is such a blessing to our family and we are very proud

of the husband, father and Pastor that he has become!

Spending time with family is so important.

Steve and I continue to learn this more and more

as the years go by...

God is GOOD and life is good when you take the time

to realize just how blessed you are for what you have.

A Psalm for giving thanks...

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

     Serve the Lord with gladness!
     Come into his presence with singing!

  Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 100:1-5