Summertime...

Watermelons are a favorite part of

summer. Juice dripping,

dripping

down your arm

and off your elbow.

Sticky, yummy and so refreshing.

But then there is another kind of

watermelon that is my favorite.

It comes in the form of a cookie!

A yummy sugar cookie with a

glass of cold milk sounds refreshing to me!

Go enjoy a slice of watermelon!

Sample a bit of summertime

just the way you like it!

Coffee break...

So many choices in the morning.

I have added to my coffee collection.

Actually my husband has added to the collection.

He just returned from a mission trip

to Panama with SCEI.

So he brought me coffee from Panama

But friends of ours from

Dominican Republic

were with

 him on the sports ministry trip

and gave him Dominican Republic

coffee for me.

Gracias, mi amigas!

One day I hope to enjoy a cup of DR

coffee with them in their country.

But for today I will

enjoy a cup of coffee with

my friends

in cyperworld.

~

If we were talking over a steaming cup

of coffee

I would be serving cookies

too. 

And then I would ask you what I should

 called these cookies...

they are full of lots

of goodness,

semi-sweet chocolate chips,

toffee bits,

and pretzel sticks.

But they need a name...

What do you think?

If you were sitting across

from me sipping your coffee,

I would ask you

what your dreams are.

And share with you that I

like to dream big.

Knowing that God in His

amazing plan for

my life,

can far exceed my dreams!

He is like that you know,

 He loves to love us.

1Jo 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Fear of the unknown

is what sometimes

cripples our

dreams. 

It takes a step of

faith on our

part to follow the dreams

that God has laid

on our hearts.

But in that step He guides us

because  His plan for our life

 far exceeds our

wildest dreams.

Isn't that exciting?

I am so amazed by

His love.

GOD IS LOVE!

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Enjoy your day!

Dream big,

God dreams bigger!

You are loved!

~R

A day at Grandma's house.

So they were calling for more

sleet and freezing rain,

so I decided that if

"iced in"

was how it was going to be,

why not be at Grandma's house

when the ice came.

So I mixed up a batch of sugar cookies,

grabbed some

gel food coloring

cookie cutters

decorator bags

a few necessities

and my kiddos

and off we went,

to spend the night with Grandma.

Last week during another

"iced in" day

I made sugar cookies,

and I was sold on everything about them.

The recipes from sweet Pam

over at CookieCrazie

were perfect.

And she had so many helpful

hints on her blog.

But I had a moment of

uh-oh,

this could quickly become a

favorite past time,

and having the sweet tooth

that I do...

...well its not the healthiest past time.

After a good nights sleep in my

old childhood bed,

and breakfast with Grandma,

we started the cookie rolling,

icing making, cookie cutting and baking.

Then a little break to watch the birds eating the berries off the tree.



Some stitchching...



and some drawing.

Another cup of coffee it was time to break for lunch.

I guess it would be safe to say we play with our food.

Lunch was taco salad and fresh guacamole...and penguins.

by the time lunch was over the cookies
were baked and cooled and
ready to be decorated.

LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!

And another cup of coffee...

My Dad has been a truck driver for most of his life and
although Mom is used to staying home
by herself and is always working on
creating things,
this made the time go much faster and
she just loved time to sit and
be creative with us.

I was amazed at the kids designs and 
how they got better at it 
as they decorated cookie after cookie.

A fun day filled with many smiles!

Cupcakes - what's not to love?

This is a doily that my Grandma made, isn't it beautiful?

My Mom has a collection of cake plates,
and a lovely way to display our cookies. 

IT'S NOT JUST SWEET, IT'S A MEMORY MADE!