Look Who's 2 Cute!

Camden Matthew Bledsoe

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ENJOY!

New face pics of the 14 Grand's

To the top right of my blog you will notice I have added some updated pix of the Grand 14.
Click HERE to see these pix enlarged (my flickr account).
Enjoy:)

Accomplishing Some Things I've Put Off...Finally!

This is what my sewing room has looked like now for quite sometime:( I have pulled out boxes of scrape material...hoping to organize them for use when I applique.
I was hoping to start gdaughter Macey's bd quilt today...but this room was STARING me in the face! So I began here first. It is not just a matter of putting/squishing all these small, medium, large fabric pieces in a box...I'm actually ironing them and sorting them into colors so I will have an easier time finding the color pieces I need when I'm ready to applique or quilt:) I figure I will do one pile today and gradually get to the others a little at a time. My goal is to get these boxes of scrapes put/hidden away:)

These drawers all have bits n pieces of scrape material that need sorting and organizing.

These have already been sorted and organized.

I certainly have my work cut out for me.

Here is another activity I keep putting off...
I certainly have NO EXCUSE not to do this!

I have the tennis shoes...

I have the tread mill...
I have the time...
I have the energy...
What I don't have is the will:(

But today I AM turning over a new leaf and have started back to walking on our treadmill.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT I WILL BE DILIGENT/DISCIPLINED IN DOING THIS!

It's good for my health and hopfully I will loose some weight!

Kassidy's Birthday Photoshow...

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Inspired...

My daughter, Amy, doesn't know it but she inspired me the other day. I was at her house and noticed how beautifully she had it decorated for fall. So I bought some fall material and made a quilted table runner and placemats. It has been a looooooong time since I have made anything for my house so it was a fun project to do.

Now to get started on gdaughter, Macey Saramae's, first birthday quilt:)

AGING or GROWING OLDER...

Is not for the faint-hearted.

I just got back from an eye doctor's appt. I knew I was having some vision problems but thought it was because I needed a new eye glass perscription. Well, the facts are my eye glass perscription has not changed that much but I was not seeing well in my left eye. So I had further eye examination (which means I got my eyes dilated and had to wear those dark disposable shades after leaving the office).

The findings are I have the beginnings of macular degeneration and a very small cateract on my left eye with my right eye showing some yellowing of the lens (which is a beginning sign of a cateract :(:(:(

The doctor assured me that nothing needs to be done right now and that I need to have yearly eye exams to see how all is progressing. With my glasses I have 25/20 vision.

I knew that macular degeneration runs in our family (my mother has it) so I have been taking the vitamin Lutein for 4 years. My eye doctor told me to add a fish oil vitamin also.

I did order some new glasses...which I'm excited about...they are the frameless kind. I also am getting my first ever perscription sunglasses (using my old frames for these).

The problem with aging is you just can't stop it ...you just wear out in time!

"So we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without His unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. but the things we can't see now will last forever." 2 Corinthians 4: 16-18 (The Message)

AMEN and AMEN!

Labor Day Family Fun

The family got together this past Labor Day at the Schubert's Farm. What a great family time. We were all there except Todd & Jenny & gdaughters, Abbie & Savannah. They are in China visiting family. Todd has made it back to the states, but Jenny and the girls are still in China and are scheduled to fly back the end of Oct.

Boy, we sure MISS them, but not more than Todd:) He doesn't like going home to an empty house. We dropped by to see him and as we walked up to their front door the 2 little faces that we are used to seeing...peeping out the side windows by the front door were missing:( Yes, that's an empty feeling for sure.

Our daughter's church has it's big fireworks on Labor Day Sunday with all the festivities that go with this. We also celebrated 2 family birthday parties. I will be posting the birthday celebration in my next post.

Check out my photoshow HERE and enjoy

A Prescription for Contentment

"Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich;

having nothing, and yet possessing everything."

2 Corinthians 6:10

I love for my wedding ring to shine. About once a week, I ask my friend who gets me up to use my toothpaste and toothbrush to scrub my ring. Real gold and diamonds can take a good scrubbing; they're not as delicate as we think. And when they're polished, my, they look lovely!

Malachi 3:16, 17 talks about how the Lord has a Book of Remembrance in which the names of all those who meditate on Him, who think about His name, are written down. He calls these people His jewels. How do we become jewels that gleam and shine in His sight? He says, "I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God'" (Zech. 13:9).

Oh, that's what I want to be: a jewel that shines in His sight, a jewel that doesn't mind a good polishing now and then. I'm not as delicate as some people think, especially when God's grace sustains me.

Maybe you feel as if someone has taken a gigantic toothbrush and is scrubbing your soul raw. It hurts. And you wince at the pain, the disappointment. But take heart, there's a purpose.

Let me remind you: You're not as delicate as you think. You, as a believer, are a jewel, someone very precious to God. You're a diamond, you're silver, and you're gold. He promises that, as His jewel, He's going to shine you up. As silver is refined and as gold is tried, He will polish you bright so that everyone will see you're a jewel.

Lord, help me to bring a willing spirit to You, one prepared to be polished, even when it hurts. I want to be Your jewel.

Taken from More Precious Than Silver. Copyright © 1998 by Joni Eareckson Tada. Used by permission. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

Amy & Kevin!

Go Mt. Vernon!

Our gson, Tanner, is playing on the 3rd grade

Mt. Vernon football team in Missouri.

We haven't been to any of his games yet,
but when we do I will post a photoshow of it.

Go Tigers!

The Broken Arrow Tigers that is!

Gson, Isaiah is playing on the 3rd grade football team.

Click HERE to see a photoshow of his first game.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Camden!

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The BEST...

~Gifts are handmade by our grandchildren~

Below is a BEAUTIFUL Anniversary card to us
from our gdaughter Mallory.

A little hard to read. It says:
Are roses red...or blue, anyways
Happy Anniversary.
This is made especially for u!
Take good care of it and
I will take care of you!!
Love, Mallory Bledsoe

Thank you, Mallory, for making us feel SO special!