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We have some wonderful old friends visiting this weekend. This Catholic family has four girls close to the ages of my girls. This morning, dh and I were awakened with breakfast in bed -- planned and executed by my 10yo and our visiting 9yo. The menu? Scrambled eggs, and orange juice made by them from concentrate. A "funny face" piece of whole wheat toast: the eyes were blueberries, the nose was a strawberry, and the mouth was M&Ms-all stuck to the toast with peanut butter! And the best part was that they got very artistic and served it like the desserts at the fancy restaurants, drizzling Hershey's syrup all around the plate under the piece of toast. It was quite an original idea. And as if this wasn't enough . . . they finished up with strawberries dipped in melted chocolate chips. Talk about a sugar high first thing in the morning!
(Do they think we like chocolate, or what?!  )
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Lissa's husband came over for dinner  !!
* Edited to say this was Sunday.....it's just very late here.......
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I got to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time today too. The midwife said that they "never" hear it this early, but we would try just for fun, and she found it right away! It is the most beautiful sound! 
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Jess wrote:
| I got to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time today too. The midwife said that they "never" hear it this early, but we would try just for fun, and she found it right away! It is the most beautiful sound! |
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What a wonderful thing to celebrate, Jess!
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Yay, Jess!! Isn't it one of the best sounds?
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Reading this thread has been the highlight of my day so far. It's really helped me put things in perspective. It's been so gloomy here as of late, with all of the neighbor drama.
Baby heart beats are the best!!! How wonderful to hear it so early Jess. Mary Ellen ~ you are in my prayers each day. Marie, so are you, I LOVED seeing your beautiful family Sunday, your girls in those hats are precious!
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I read this whole thread for the first time today--how wonderful!!!! It has really helped me to remember to look at all the good God provides in my day.
Right now I'm just so happy that I found out I lowered my cholesterol-without medication- from 233 to 150!! I have been very worried about this, but I just need to praise God and give Him all the glory!! 
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Reading all your nice/happy things, this seems kind of small, but gave me a big smile. We live less than a mile from the Felician sisters Motherhouse, and as I left to pick up a couple of things from the store, I saw three of the sisters (two in knee-length and one full-length habits) power-walking down the sidewalk. They were old to young, and were so happy, laughing and talking, and I just loved that they go out and walk the neighborhood, fairly frequently. Kinda like a little hug from God (at least that was how it made me feel  .)
Also, my 15 yo ds just came home from Mackinac today (BIG hug from him!,) (my it was a loooong week without him!,) and we had such a wonderful dinner with everyone at the table.
And now I am looking at the most beautiful sky, white and blue, purple, and pink all mixed together.
God is so Good!
This thread is a blessing!
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I went to a wedding this afternoon of a dear family friend who has been longing for marriage for a long time. He has found a beautiful companion well suited to him, introduced the Catholic faith to her, and now she is converting. They are beautiful!
This is a great thread, since I didn't feel happy about much today  . I really had to look for the goodness. Its important to look at the positive.
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Today, we went to a beautiful baptism - there was Mass, too! Does anyone else cry at baptisms???
Afterwards, there was a lovely potluck and BBQ and my kids got to play - barefoot  - and run and we had GLORIOUS weather!
Then, some of our dearest friends came over - they were at the park, too, and we had dinner together.
It was such a lovely, lovely day...and since my dh is gone, really helped the time pass....
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ladybugs wrote:
Does anyone else cry at baptisms???
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Oh yes. And at weddings and of course funeral Masses and sometimes 1st Communions and even at Sunday Mass!
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Happy, peaceful feelings abound here. Our son's wedding was Sat. Company has all gone home and the house has returned to normal (a bit behind on laundry still  ) but the thoughts of the wedding bring laughter, smiles and tears to us all. The Mass was beautiful!
The day was beautiful!
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Sue,
is this your first? Congratulations!
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Stacy in MI
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Hi Stacy,
Yes, this is our first !
It has been a joyfilled summer!
Sue
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I was getting ready to go to Adoration tonight, and my 7yod asked if she could come with me. I told her she could if she thought she could be quiet and still while we were there. I then went on to explain how I really needed to have quiet time with Jesus so that I could be a better mommy. Then she said, "I need to have quiet time with Jesus, too, so I can be a better sister!" So of course, she came with me. And she was as good as gold while we were there. She prayed a decade of the Rosary by herself and told me, "I told God thank you for stopping the bad men (terrorists) from blowing up the airplanes."
When another lady came in to pray, my dd said, "I get to receive Holy Communion next year! I'll be 8!!" I'm so glad that she has so much enthusiasm about receiving our Lord!
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Yesterday AND today Kevin took the kids out so that I could have some quiet time to plan and organise. The kinds of things that you really need a brain for. (Of course it wasn't totally out of the goodness of his heart. He either had to take them away or work on the budget and bills himself. )
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My neighbors came over this morning. She brought me a coffee treat and he retrieved almost all the data from my fried computer . Say a quick prayer for Katie's baby pictures though--they may still be among missing. 
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That IS a nice thing! I keep telling Kevin, we can lose everything else on the computer, but not the photos, back them up!
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Elizabeth wrote:
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That is good news...praying about Katie's pictures.
We just came back from visiting the hospital. My youngest brother and his wife had their first born this morning -- he is absolutely beautiful! 
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My wonderful neighbors insisted on watching all the children for us so Rick and I could go on a "date". We had a great time and so did the kids. My sweet 4yo dd was a bit teary, but my dear neighbor patiently kept her by her side and made homemade lemonade, "real" popcorn (is that butter? ours comes with the butter already in it! said my ds8) and cookies. They had a great time together.
I'll add my seeing a shooting star yesterday morning to this as well, since it was so cool .
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