Old Pictrues of Time with Dear Friends

I was going through old pictures and I found some of a sunny day visit with dear friends. Those friends just moved across the country and we are missing them, so I wanted to put some pictures of them on our blog. I have this post and one more after this as a 'we miss and hope you are back soon' post.
Note: Picture credit goes to I.W. thank you.

Enjoying a wonderful dinner out in the warm even hot day if I remember right.Look how little she was, this was about 8 months ago.Playing on the swing and having a great time.
I thought this series of pictures was really cute, just enjoying a book with her big brother.

Enjoying riding on bikes......

When you don't have enough bike what do you do?
You make do with something else.

Look a bug.A jumping frog
See a frog
She has the prettiest blue eye.And the cutest smileI have no idea what those things are but I thought it was a funny pictures


View of the mountains on our drive to their house


CowsAt the parkA large part of our partyTaking a walk





Miscellanies picture.....

Haha I thought these were so funny...
Back at their house....
Dad reading to one little boy
then he looks up...
I want to look just like dad
It was dads birthday so they put together this really funny card

A sweet giftI am not sure who was more excited dad with the gift or Joshua with the bag.This is a great movie by the wayThe beautiful cake
Sweet faces
Just a nice pictureBlowing out the candlesCute. I don't think dad blew it out at all
Samantha

Spring Flowers

I know I do a lot of these flower picture posts, but I still love doing them so you all how don't like them will just have to put up with it. And also I have another post of the birthday three post below this one. Ok here are the pictures.







Samantha

Some Thing to Think About

I have really fallen in love with old fashion paintings like this one below. I have been gathering and putting a collection of them together to just enjoy. So any way I was looking through some of them the other day and saw these two. And I could not help think about the story behind each..... I look at this one and I see a woman who is distracted and unable to take care of her three children alone. She thinks more about her clothes and her hair then her children. She would send away a sticky kiss of love with out a second thought or a dirty hand that picked a bouquet. She is not content but always looking for more and never happy where she is.
Then I look at this picture, and I see a hard working woman who is trying to be content and joyful at all times in her life. She does her work and keeps her children with her, she teaches them love of God, joyfulness, and love for others. She dresses well but does not spend all her time worrying about her appearance. She does her best to joyfully take every sticky kiss and dirty hand that comes to her with love.

I look at these pictures and I can easily see which one I would like to be. I would love for the Lord to bless me with the ability to be the second one.
Samantha