Another Round of Naked Mole Rats

Mabel's newest liter, five in all, two little blondies and three dark gray, a bit fuzzier than her typical kittens. Needless to say we adore them and think they are the cutest kitties in the world. One of them belongs to my brother Shawn, he has yet to see them and pick out his favorite. It will be his first pet, that is so sweet, my 6'2 brother picking out a wee baby kitten. I took them outside for the first time today to get some pictures of them before they are gone. I don't think they were to sure of the great outdoors, although they did get their first taste of Kitten Chow when they came in. They gobbled that right up. Anyway, they are adorable and only have two weeks left to reside at our house, so the tears won't fall today.

This is Sammy in his little Flintstone car, he grabbed my keys, put on my sunglasses,and if you look closely at his shirt you can see that he is wearing an old name tag that he ripped off of his hoodie jacket. So, at least wherever he is going they will know his name. He stuck one arm out the side and waved his hand at me. He laughed and yelled," Bye, Honey!"

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Shameless Piggies

He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was upon Him;

and by His wounds we are healed. Isiah 53:3

Today I celebrate my thirty-third birthday and more importantly I celebrate the resurrection of my king, Jesus Christ. I would not even be here to blow out my candles if my creator had not breathed me into life. Everything I have come from, everything that I am, everything that I am becoming is all because He has granted me life, and because He chose me, He has granted me eternal life.
Nothing can compare to my thoughts and feelings on the cross and what it means to me. I am a passionate person about alot of things. I am a passionate person for some very dear, dear people,(and you know who you are:) but I owe everything to a savior who chose to hang on a cross and die because He knew that someday I would be born, and that I would be born a sinner, with Him as my only hope. He knew that without Him I would die a miserable and eternal death, and because He knew that, He chose to wear a crown of thorns, He chose to have nails driven into His hands and feet and because He chose this I can have eternal life and I can celebrate my thirty-three years that He has blessed me with.
What a day for a birthday, what a day to reflect upon all the mercies in my life. What a sweet mingling of having a new age in front of me and having the amazing reminder that Jesus makes all things new.

Live in the passion of what Easter really is, HOPE for us all, a risen king, a love that flowed down from a cross washing over and bestowing us life.

Just because someone asked me, I thought I would share with anyone else wondering. The picture for this post is one that I took of Rock Presbyterian Church in Imperial, MO. This church is sweet to me because it facilitates The Mustard Seed Pre-School, where Ben and Eli attended for a total of five years all together.

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My sweet little niece Dakota. I had to post this picture that I took of Kota, I have been playing around on photoshop and just love the way this turned out. It helps when you have really cute subject matter.

"When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life."- Antisthenes