Pray for Stellan

You may recall me asking for prayers for Stellan before but he needs them more then ever right now. Things have taken a turn for worse and Stellan is very sick! Please pray for him, his family and his doctors for all the right choices to be made! You can read about Stellan's story & get updates on his condition here! Thanks!!

Favorite Recipe

Welcome Blog Hoppers!

This week's MckLinky Blog Hop theme is favorite recipes, so here's mine:

Taco Soup

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds Hamburger
1 Onion
1 Green Pepper (optional)
1 can pinto beans
1 can red kidney beans
1 can great northern beans
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can diced Tomatoes (Rotel)
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix
1 pkg. taco mix
3 or 4 cups water

Directions:
Brown Hamburger, onion, and green pepper. Drain. In a large pot combine hamburger, pinto beans (juice and all), kidney beans (juice and all), northern beans (juice and all), corn (drain), tomatoes, ranch dressing mix, taco mix, water, and salt & pepper to taste. Simmer about 45 minutes. Serve with grated cheese and fritos, tostitos tortilla chips (crumbled).

Reminder: SEND YOUR RECIPES so that a MckLinky Recipe Book can be created, FREE for all the blog hoppers! Submit your recipe here: http://www.mcklinky.com/recipes.asp

Not My Child

MckMama is changing up Not Me Monday with Not My Child Monday so I thought I would play along!! If you would like to play along as well, hop on over to MckMama's blog to find out how!!

So here goes.......

Karlee certainly didn't fight with her cousin Fayth over her imaginary baby while at the zoo!! No, not my child!! First of all, my child wouldn't fight with any kids and especially not over the fact that she thinks another child may have picked up her imaginary baby and secondly, my child wouldn't have an imaginary baby!!

Karlee didn't have to go into timeout a mere 2 minutes after we arrived at Reading Rocks today!! No, not my child...she is well behaved and never needs timeout!!

Karlee most certainly didn't call some driver in front of us while stopped in road construction on the way to the zoo a F&^*ing slow driver!! No, not my child!! My child always uses appropriate language and if my child had said such a word, I certainly would have disciplined her instead of laughing like a 5th grade school boy!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week!!

Fingerprint Friday

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:

I can see the fingerprints of god
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of god
And I know its true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of god

So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them? Here's how to join in.

1. Blog with your interpretation of God's fingerprints. Be sure to link back here so others can find the entire list of participants!

2. After you've posted your blog, sign the Mr. Linky below. Have fun exploring the other links as well! Please only sign in if you're participating. Hopefully this will make us look at things through fresh eyes throughout the week!

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God's fingerprint is all over this picture!!

A Favorite

MckLinky is having a blog hop featuring favorite photos!! This is one of my faovorite photos of Karlee! It was taking at 5 days old and it was like she was telling me...."Stop worrying mommy, God is taking good care of me & isn't going to let anything happen to me". It also was very much an indicator of the type of personality that Karlee was going to have...always smiling and always enjoying life!!

4th of July Festivities

I decided that instead of trying to catch up (I will add some posts later to do that), that I would just forge ahead with what is happening now!! We had a GREAT 4th of July and I had soooo much fun watching Karlee enjoy the holiday. She is finally getting to an age where she gets what holidays are and I can honestly say that because she is getting older, I think this has been her favorite holiday so far.

Mike had to work for part of the day so Karlee & I ventured to Laurel to watch the parade. My Uncle Jeff & his wife Dawn ended up meeting us over there as well and we all had so much fun watching Karlee figure out what a parade is all about.....CANDY!! She would ask the floats as they came by, "Please, can I have some candy"!! It was tooo CUTE!! She waved her flag and was even blowing kisses sometimes to the floats. We ended up being there for about 3 hours and she was engrossed the whole time which is no small feat to entertain a 2-year old with the same activity for 3 hours. As soon as we got in the car and started driving home, she right away said, "I had fun at the parade with you Mommy" so I knew she had really enjoyed it!!

After the parade, we headed home to take a nap so that we wouldn't be grouchy staying up late for fireworks!! After nap time, Mike made it home and then Mike's bother Dustin & his friend Eddie came over. We bbq'ed and did a few fireworks (sparklers, snakes and blooming flowers). Karlee loved doing the sparklers and was a little disappointed she couldn't light the snakes herself!!

After lighting our fireworks, we all headed over the Laurel to watch their fireworks display. This was the first year that Karlee stayed up to see the fireworks and I wasn't sure how she would do with the loud booms! She was a little worried when they first started that they would fall on us but after she realized they wouldn't she loved them!! It was sooooo fun to watch her face react to the fireworks and see how much she enjoyed them.


It was a good time had by all of us and I can't wait for many more 4ths to make even more memories. I hope everyone else had a great 4th of July and also remembered to thank the Service Men/Women who protect our freedoms.

P.S. After the fireworks, Eddie received a call that his niece, her boyfriend and their baby had been hit by a drunk driver and that she was hurt pretty badly (the boyfriend & their baby and the drunk driver were uninjured). Please keep her in your prayers for a speedy recovery. The guy who hit her already has 3 DUI's and unfortunately was out on the roads to be able to drink and drive again and hurt another person.

Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July and thanks to all those that have fought for us to have our freedom!!!