MomMom's Diary (A grandmother's journey): 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Birthday doings

Mommy and Daddy made me a wonderful

birthday breakfast because I am 3 years old today!

Wow, a donut!

What? You got a donut too?

Fashionably ready to start my birthday!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Tegan is three today!

Happy, happy birthday to you! Happy, happy birthday to you! Your'e good to grow, so count the candles and blow!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Whoops!

I'm just having a good old fashion bad hair day!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Of prince and princess

Why does Tegan get to be a princess and not me?

Because, Duh, I am a princess!

What the heck! What a bout me?

What can I say kid, you just haven't reached my level!

Oh yea? Bam! Prince Sawyer talking at ya live!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Dandelions

Dandelions are flowers
planted from above,
Just for Tegan Rose to pick
to give away her love!
But when they turn to seed,
to puffy balls of white,
She blows to send the fairies
drifting into flight!

Soccer on a Sunday

Side kick!

Uncle Shaunie will be so proud!

I am so excited that Tegan like to draw and color. She has colored pages and pages of brightly colored pictures, all of which I am saving for background scrapbooking paper. I used to spend hours coloring with my kids when they were small, but they would leave after 15 minutes and I would remain with "my picture". Thankfully, Tegie can color for hours and hours so I feel thoroughly rewarded! So far, Sawyer only likes to sort or hide crayons, but who knows? I could have another budding artist/color buddy!

From the devotional: Jesus Calling

"LET ME INFUSE MY PEACE into your innermost being. As you sit quietly in the light of My Presence, you can sense Peace growing within you. This is not something that you accomplish through self-discipline and willpower; it is opening yourself to receive My blessing. In this age of independence, people find i hard to acknowledge their neediness. However, I have taken you along a path that has highlighted your need for Me: placing you in situations where your strengths were irrelevant and your weaknesses were glaringly evident. Through the aridity of those desert marches, I have drawn you closer and closer to My self. You have discovered flowers of Peace blossoming in the most desolate places. You have learned to thank Me for hard times and difficult journeys, trusting that through them I accomplish my best work. You have realized that needing Me is the key to knowing Me intimately, which is the gift of all gifts."

This has been the hardest year of my life and I weep as I write. As the providence of God would have it, I turned almost hourly to Him, in despair and confusion, lost and anxious, becoming childlike, in need of constant care and attention.

Thankfully, my need for the Lord became a relationship, one where I could say: "Lord, I'm really disappointed that you are not answering my current prayer" or "Please, please Lord, just give me the strength to handle whatever comes my way" and "Help me find a coupon for this item I need for dinner!"

I have had moments where peace and joy literally bathed my being after prayer. I know he is real and I know he loves me infinitely. Best of all, I do have an intimate relationship with my Savior, which is the gifts of all gifts!