Thursday, September 02, 2010

Sunflowers!


Sunflowers, swaying in the breeze;
Hues of yellow, gold, and brown.
Shimmer softly among the trees,
As some bow gently toward the ground.
They tilt their petals toward the sun,
From whence their name derived.
And though the wind, at times, blew fierce,
The Sunflower still survived.
As I gaze at these awesome beauties,
I reach down to pick just one.
My eyes behold this wonderful gold,
As they reflect the morning sun.
Vickie Lambdin



I see you there in glory shining bright,
Following the sun and its path of light
Standing tall above all others in the field,
You grow, conquer, and do not yield.
The little birds take great delight
In playing round you, from day to night.
With your petals of yellow and leaves of green
How very easily you are seen.
But there is more to you than first sight,
More than beauty and grander to delight.
Every beautiful aspect that appears,
Give praise to the Father dear.


He made you a part of creation,
And you praise him in glorious celebration!
The beauty that within you is expressed,
Gives testimony to his greatness.
Sunflower, how I long to be like you!
Glorifying God in all I do.
Following the Son and His path of light,
To worship Him in His glory shining bright.
I can learn from you, my friend,
With every breath, praise to God, I might send.
With all of his creation telling the story,
Might I, with you, proclaim His glory.
Katherine R. Lane

Sonflowers

Lord, I want to be a "Sonflower"
Always looking to the Son;
A reflection of Your glory
And the work that You have done.

Some want to be like lilies,
All clothed in purity;
While others long to be a rose,
Lovely, and perfumed sweet.

But to be a simple "Sonflower"
Is quite enough for me;
In a field of glowing faces
All lifted up to Thee.

Jan McIntosh

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers


Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?


Sunday, August 22, 2010

Wedding pictures!!!

I apologize for not posting these sooner. One reason is that we didn't had any power for about 44 hours and 7 minutes (or something like that=), which is another post all of its own. But of course I should have posted this before then;) Enjoy!
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The beautiful wedding dress.








A friend of Mandi's (with a simply gorgeous voice) sang while every one was coming in.




The mothers of the Bride and Groom


The dashing grooms men.


Aww!!!






"You may kiss the Bride!"


With their parents.

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At the reception.

The gorgeous cakes!


The beautiful backyard where the reception was held.


Announcing the Bride and the Groom.


Grace and the newly weds!


Mother and Son!


This was there awesome "getaway car". A turquoise and white '56 Chevy!


As they left, instead of flowers or rice (and since it was dark) we did sparklers! An absolutely wonderful and beautiful idea.


Carrying the Bride down!! (no, he is not dropping her, the picture is just tilted)




Goodbye John and Mandi!


I half apologize for all the pictures, but hey, it is the first wedding in our family and a very exciting event!!! Thank you for viewing.

~Chs

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

And two shall become one.

Announcing Mr. and Mrs. John Sauvé!!!!

The wedding was gorgeously beautiful, and we owe piles of thanks to Peter Serven for doing such a wonderful job in documenting this momentous occasion.


I promise to post many many more pictures of our trip and the wedding, but for now enjoy the delightfully lovely sneak peak!!
~Chs

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Discovering the Mysterious Garden.

A week or so ago we had the privilege of cleaning up the backyard of a house in Port Huron. The house has been empty for 12 years and the last time anyone had done anything with the backyard was at least 5 years ago. Following are some pictures, from the two day back breaking clean up, for your enjoyment.
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Hard at work in the Jungle :


work included; Sawing down trees,


pulling stubborn grape vines,


removing brush and therefore looking like a walking bush,


helping to hold trees, and therefore lessening the danger of the trees falling on someones head,


playing in the dirt ;)


and becoming exhausted.
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Before and after photos:

Looking towards the fence.

Before: Green, green and more green, did someone say there was a fence here?


After: Oh! there was a garden and paving stones there, what a surprise!


Before: the ramp was covered with raspberry's and trees that had grown up through the wood.


After: A nice clean ramp free of trees and weeds.


Before: Ivy crawling all over the flower bed and crossing the side walk into the lawn.


After: A semi clean sidewalk and trimmed ivy, making it a lot easier to access the ramp.


Before: a dilapidated picnic table covered by raspberry bushes and held captive by roses.


After: a liberated picnic table, cleared patio and conquered roses.

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The result.
24 full lawn bags :)

~Chs