Happy Independence Day!

Pictures

 Savannah and Isaac are sitting on the steps of a chapel, beside my Grandparent's home.

 This is how close the chapel is to their house. Their house is on the left, of course.

 The twins coloring with my cousin Sara.

Celebrating my sister Lydia's 15th birthday!

Margaret Anne Inman

Last week, these words from a song by Lucy Schwartz kept running through my mind:
"Morning comes in waves of sorrow, somber as the day that follows, still morning comes."

 Mamaw is gone, and it seems very unreal. I love her so much, and I am glad to know that she is with the Lord, and not in pain anymore. She passed away Friday, June 10. We all miss her.

My Papaw and Mamaw, Andrew and Margaret, with my Mama, Cathy (little girl), and one of her sister's, Peggy (baby). This picture was taken before their sister Andrea was born.

Christmas 2010:

 Margaret Anne Inman

 May 1st, 1939 - June 10, 2011

1. "Safe in the arms of Jesus,
   Safe on His gentle breast;
   There by His love o’ershaded,
   Sweetly my soul shall rest.
   Hark! ’tis the voice of angels
   Borne in a song to me,
   Over the fields of glory,
   Over the jasper sea."
2. ~ Frances J. Crosby

Summer Sun

"Great is the sun, and wide he goes

 Through empty heaven with repose;

 And in the blue and glowing days

 More thick than rain he showers his rays

 Though closer still the blinds we pull

 To keep the shady parlour cool,

 Yet he will find a chink or two

 to slip his golden fingers through.

 The dusty attic spider-clad

 He, through the key-hole, maketh glad;

 And through the broken edge of tiles

 Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.

 Meantime his golden face around

 He bares to all the garden ground,

 And sheds a warm and glittering look

 Among the ivy's inmost nook.

 Above the hills, along the blue,

 Round the bright air with footing true,

 To please the child, to paint the rose,

 The Gardener of the World, he goes."

                              ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Funny Poses by the Pool

Apparently, when it comes to posing (and making their Mama laugh), these children need no prompting!

On a Lighter Note...

Some pictures from Easter, when we had our first crawfish boil of the season!  I couldn't get Savannah and Isaac to cooperate for pictures with their pretty church clothes on.  I will have to get them all dressed up and take pictures another day!
This was my attempt at taking pictures with their "fancy" clothes on:

This was the closest they came to smiling!

 Goofy faces. These faces say "We're bored. We would rather be stuffing our faces with candy and running around wild and shirtless."

 Mimi and Lizzie! Lizzie was chewing on a plastic egg - she did not want to give it up! :-)

Crawfish, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, sausage. You can't see it all here, but this was just one batch.

 After the egg hunt!

Isaac cracks me up. :)

"But God,  who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.  For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast."
                                                                             ~ Ephesians 2:4-9  

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As everyone knows, we have had enormously devastating tornadoes this week. Our family is so blessed to have escaped harm, but there are so many people so close to us that have not escaped this tragedy. Prayers are needed! We live between two places that have been completely torn to pieces. Smithville, MS, is about 45 miles north of us. Tuscaloosa, AL is about 55 miles east. There are several other places that have been hit as well. My sister, Melissa goes to school at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and was there during the storm. I am so grateful that she is okay!

Normally, I don't like to post prayer requests on my blog, but this has been a hard week for so many! I also ask for prayer for my Mamaw (My Mother's Mother), who has been fighting lung cancer since last September. We found out this week that she has cancer cells in her brain. She is receiving radiation treatments. Please pray for my Papaw and my Mom, and her two sisters. I thank God for her and for our family.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
                                                                                    ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3 & 4

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/04/tornadoes_kill_over_200.html?p1=News_links