Kenzie's dedication/ Blessings

Well, we had Mckenzie dedicated yesterday. it was wonderful to have our WHOLE family there to support us. both sets of parents, grandmothers, uncle rick, and Rachael and Peter brought Hailey along as well. it was a great day of love and the Lord. the weather held up so that we were able to enjoy the sunshine a bit (with sweaters on) . and of course all the guys..Jordan, Peter, Jordan's father were all out there smoking their yukky cigars.

Rachael and i tried to put the girls down for a nap together.....NOT. instead, those cute little girls took Gracie's dresser apart, trying on ALL of her cloths in the process. It was adorable. i love that they have so much fun together. since there was no nap, Grace was in bed very early, and mommy and daddy got to just hang out and relax. it was a lovely day/

This morning, Gracie helped me juice a bunch of veggies. she loves throwing the carrots in. she put some apples in too, but she would shove them, and they would get stuck. when that happened, all you would hear was "uh-oh" she had a blast. and she kept trying to drink it out of the measuring cup that i catch the juice with. once i put it into her cup, she drank it right down. i did give a few ounces of it to McKenzie, and she was lovin' it.

I love having Gracie help me with things like that. that most fun that we have in the kitchen together, is when we are going to have pizza for super. I make it from scratch...and she LOVES making the dough. when i am kneading it out onto the cookie sheet she says "punch it, punch it" as she pushes her hands along the edges of the sheet to get it to spread. we dump the sauce on, and she paints it around with a basting brush. Daddy shreds the cheese, and Gracie sprinkles it all over...what is left after she eats a handful or two of it, he he he! Jordan likes peperoni on it, but every time Grace is putting it on, she forgets what it tasted like the time before, so i have a cup of water ready...she takes a tiny bite "a hot, a hot" she throws it back down on the pizza and turns her nose up at it. she and I are both in agreement..."daddy, you can have your pepperoni."

both of the girls are down for a nap, and i am going to head down and make some soup for dinner tonight. i have a bunch of ingredients, but i haven't decided what i am going to use yet. some barley, lentils, white beans?? who knows. but i am just grateful that we have food to keep our family healthy. there are all of these people around the world now, because of these food shortages, that something as simple as beans or rice, is a stretch. Praise God our Provider that we live where we do, and even when some aren't able to afford food, there are opportunities in this country that offer assistance. so many of those other countries don't even have the food to offer their struggling citizens. so i am headed off, to praise the Lord for many things.