tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537026070878792762024-03-14T10:57:17.340-07:00Under Angel WingsWelcome to my blog! I live in the northern Sacramento Valley in California. I enjoy making new friends and learning new things every day! My postings will fall under the headings of faith, family, friends, food and fun with many overlapping. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. Thank you for dropping in from all four corners of the globe!Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-67576051927685247302018-12-18T16:19:00.000-08:002018-12-18T16:44:20.501-08:00Francis of Assisi and the First Creche<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #aadd99; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18.200000762939453px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0.25em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Francis called it a “crèche,” the French word for cradle. Francis created the first crèche using real people, a real manger, a real ox and ass, and real shepherds. It was what is now called a “living nativity,” and there are many being created around the world at Christmastime, much as in the year 1223. (from <u>The Life of St.</u><u>Francis </u>by Thomas of Celano)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Then two and a half years ago our very large pistachio tree in front of the Yuba City house fell down in the early morning of Pentecost. Miraculously the only damage was one small chip off a brick in the sidewalk. It took our dear friends, Deacon Brad and his brother, Jeff, about five days to cut up the giant tree and haul it away. I was so sad as we had planted the tree and enjoyed it for many years! Before they left I went around and picked up twigs and wedges of the cut limbs that were left on the ground. I planned even then to make a twig crèche with the little pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">A number of years ago I had purchased a very small bag of tiny plastic nativity figures that I had tucked away for a project like this. A few days ago my husband, David, and I got them out with our hot glue gun and started to build a very small nativity scene. We used tiny pieces of bark for Baby Jesus’ cradle. I think Deacon Brad would be pleased!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">This is one way I keep my eyes on Jesus, by looking down upon the crèches of the Christ child as I walk through the house. May you be blessed as well with ‘comfort and joy’ in this Advent season, and all throughout the year. Amen.</span></div>
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This is a photo a friend sent me of the beeswax angel I made for her this Christmas. Actually I made 45 of them to give one to every family at our church, Trinity Anglican Church in Marysville, CA. I wanted to thank everyone for serving as prayer warriors on our Trinity Prayer Team!<br />
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Every single person in our church who has an email address serves on our team, answering the call for healing prayers for those sick or injured. We have witnessed miracles...<br />
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The reason I chose beeswax angels is because last year we spent Christmas up in Portland with our son, Grady, and his lovely wife, Marianne. She was expecting a baby in February, so it was a really special time! My favorite ornament hanging on their tree was a beeswax angel made by Marianne's mother, Judy. I couldn't take my eyes off of it, how the light from the window shone through the angel's translucent body. I made up my mind right then and there that I was going to make some beeswax angels!<br />
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You start by procuring some beeswax. We live in a small community in the Sacramento Valley and I couldn't find any blocks of beeswax, so I bought some white blocks of wax from Michael's. They turned out very well, but the stark white did not appeal to me. I then ordered some blocks of beeswax from Amazon which also worked very well, but the angels were a little dark! So, I threw the white angels into the pot of beeswax, and I got pretty much the color I wanted, that the light would shine through.<br />
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I had looked around on the internet and found some ceramic angel molds from the Brown Bag Company. I don't believe they are still in business, but I saw lots of the molds available on ebay and ordered three different angels. They have little recipe books and direction books that you can get also, to make cookies or chocolates as well.<br />
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The first thing you need to do is brush <i>a little bit of oil </i>around inside each mold. Periodically you will need to brush a little bit of oil again when the angels become a little harder to get out.<br />
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Put a large pot on the stove with several inches of water on it. Take a smaller pot and set it in the water (double boiler style) and add a block of beeswax and a block of white wax to the smaller pot if you want lighter colored angels. It will take quite a long time to melt the wax, so start that early and keep an eye on the water so it doesn't go dry. Cover your stove with aluminum foil because you will get some splatters and spills of wax around. I put the burner on low for that reason. I sent for a butter warmer from ebay as well to use as a pourer. I just propped it up in the pot to keep wax from solidifying on it.<br />
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A few minutes before you start pouring angels, put the ceramic molds in the refrigerator or even in your freezer for a few minutes. It helps to get the angels loose if the molds are cold.<br />
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The other thing you will need is some medium weight wire to cut about three inches long, then twist them with the ends going out to the sides. As soon as you pour an angel, take the wire loop and gently place it down into the top of the angel, and prop it against the top of the mold. Or you can wait a couple of minutes and put the loop down into partially solidified wax a little lower than the top of the angel so the loop won't show.<br />
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Let the angels set for a couple of minutes before you move them. You don't want the hot wax to spill out of the mold when you pick them up. Then you can carefully set the molds into your refrigerator to cool them faster. After a few minutes when you look in you will see that the angels are hardened and pulling away from the edges. That is when it's time to take them out of the molds.<br />
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You may need to go around the top side of the molds and remove any little pieces or strips of wax before you try to remove them. Throw them back in the pot as well! To remove the angels, you can gently insert a table knife along the side between the angel and the mold and apply a little pressure to lift it out. It should come out easily. If it doesn't, put the mold back in the fridge for a few more minutes and then try.<br />
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These three angels are ready to fly! After taking them out, look each of them over, and if necessary you can take a paring knife and go around any edges, very carefully, and trim off any this that doesn't belong there. When the molds are empty pop them back into the fridge or freezer to get cold again. I don't know for sure what the name of these molds are, but I call them...<br />
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The Lute Angel!<br />
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The Candle Angel...<br />
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And the Star Angel!<br />
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You could hang them with a pretty ribbon just as they are, but I wanted to get some gold paint at Michael's and paint on highlights. It really adds a lot and is so relaxing and fun to paint.<br />
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I set up a painting station on my kitchen table and just sat down to paint between other activities. I ended up painting 45 angels! I handed them out to the women at church on Sunday. The looks on their faces were priceless! What fun, what fun...<br />
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May you all have a Blessed and Merry Christmas and the Best Year Ever!!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"You’re my best friend and I love you." Pete only started dating Rebekah a year ago, but he knew she was the one<span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pete lost 90 percent of his right Achilles' tendon and suffered multiple broken bones in his ankles. He spent months in physical therapy, learning to walk again. He has also had surgery on a ruptured eardrum.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Rebekah has undergone 14 surgeries as she still battles to keep her left leg. She can't put weight on it, has faced the idea of amputation multiple times and struggles with her situation every day.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Going through an experience like the marathon makes you realize how short life really is and how we don’t really know how much time we have left. And I know that with my time there is nobody else I would want to spend it with," Rebekah said of her fiancé, who she met while on a work trip to Rochester. "It made me realize how much I cared about him and how much he was the only person for me."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So Pete got down on one knee beside Rebekah's wheelchair and asked her to share the rest of her life with him. True love cannot be stopped.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A football in my hands is worth about $20.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A football in Peyton Mannings hands is worth about $15 million.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A basketball in my hands is worth about $25.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A basketball in Shaquille O'Neal's hands is worth about $30 million.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A baseball in Alex Rodriguez's hands is worth more than $20 million.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A tennis racket is useless in my hands.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A tennis racket in Venus Williams' hands is a championship winning racket.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A sling shot in my hands is just a kid's toy.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">A sling shot in David's hand was a mighty weapon.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">As you see now... it depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So, put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your families and your relationships in God's hands. Because... It depends on whose hands it's in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This message is now in your hands. What will YOU do with it?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It Depends on WHOSE Hands it's in!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As the sunflower grows, small buds will soon appear, surrounded by protecting leaves. Like those leaves, your parents, leaders, and teachers surround you, and love you, and protect you, and help your budding testimony grow. As a sunflower grows taller, its stalk grows thicker, for it must support the large flower that will soon be full of seeds. So as your spiritual stalk must grow, and your testimony will grow stronger as you prayerfully read the scriptures that teach of Jesus Christ and strive to become like Him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When the sunflower bud opens, bright yellow petals form, and its head becomes a golden crown. The blessings of its growth at last begins to show. And, having been born of a seed, it now produces seeds of its own that nourish people, animals and birds. Your testimony will likewise produce its own new seeds and you will nourish family, friends and others who will see the Son reflected, like a golden crown, in you, for you have become like Him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, turn to the Son. Open your heart to His light. Seek it first thing each morning. Follow its warmth across each day's sky. Let its comfort be the last thing you feel each night. Then as the evening of your life's last setting comes, you will arise to a glorious new morning and turn again to Him and He will see His image in your countenance.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">me through whatever troubles may come my way, from now till eternity! </span></div>
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Josiah Willis is an eleven year old</div>
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throughout the entire Bible! Josiah<br />
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After the books of the Bible, listen until the end and you will be amazed!!!</div>
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Come... Holy Ghost</div>
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Abide inside with me</div>
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Let's look, out my windows</div>
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Show me what I need to see</div>
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Point and I will go</div>
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Oh, I will follow Thee</div>
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Come... Holy Ghost</div>
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Abide inside with me</div>
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Let's decorate my mind </div>
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With thoughts, Divine</div>
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We'll set a guard at my heart</div>
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To keep my mouth, in line </div>
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We'll receive our directions</div>
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From the Holy Throne above</div>
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Oh, Come... Holy Ghost</div>
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Teach me to walk in love.</div>
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Come... Holy Ghost</div>
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Abide inside with me</div>
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Let's look, out my windows</div>
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Show me what I need to see</div>
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Point and I will go</div>
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Oh, I will follow Thee</div>
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Come... Holy Ghost</div>
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Abide inside with me</div>
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Happy 4th of July, America!Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-46208407765870275532012-04-08T07:51:00.004-07:002012-04-08T07:56:03.865-07:00Happy Easter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg61ZjEXU5JUY0RGotWCRfYJFiv93RYHDJVv965cHvR7gMorWqxyfr4Z7M0hiRFgoc8BjX8ousbYQvBTeRS1bdzr_zlLnROZu4Bfz2y_1qSzuev_5_5O6EO8sI_gxD-a7Nkkuc0Za0B94/s1600/269498_225459347484911_205226856174827_708431_4686451_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg61ZjEXU5JUY0RGotWCRfYJFiv93RYHDJVv965cHvR7gMorWqxyfr4Z7M0hiRFgoc8BjX8ousbYQvBTeRS1bdzr_zlLnROZu4Bfz2y_1qSzuev_5_5O6EO8sI_gxD-a7Nkkuc0Za0B94/s640/269498_225459347484911_205226856174827_708431_4686451_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!<br />
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!<br />
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!<br />
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-46211540570214416372012-03-17T07:46:00.001-07:002012-03-17T07:50:13.504-07:00St. Patrick Breastplate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Breastplate of St. Patrick, sung by Donna Cori Gibson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/A6kltwrkATY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-28271446865077719552012-02-14T07:37:00.000-08:002012-02-14T07:37:00.478-08:00Happy St. Valentine's Day <br />
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Ephesians 3:17<br />
May Christ through your faith dwell in your hearts!<br />
May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.<br />
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Please click on this beautiful and meaningful song below, and sit back and sing along with the words...<br />
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<b> Do You Have Room?</b><br />
They journeyed far, a weary pair, they sought for shelter from the cold night air.<br />
Some place where she could lay her head, where she could give her Babe a quiet bed.<br />
Was there no room? No corner there? In all the town a spot someone could spare?<br />
Was there no soul come to their aid? A stable bare was where the family stayed.<br />
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Do you have room for the Savior, and do you seek Him a-new?<br />
Have you a place for the One who lived and died for you?<br />
Are you as humble as a shepherd boy, or as wise as men of old?<br />
Would you have come that night? Would you have sought the light?<br />
Do you have room?<br />
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A star a-rose, a wondrous light, a sign from God this was the Holy night.<br />
And yet so few would go to see the Babe who came to rescue you and me.<br />
This Child Divine is now a King. The gift of life to all the world He brings,<br />
And all mankind He saves from doom, But on that night for him there was no room.<br />
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Do you have room for the Savior, and do you seek Him a-new?<br />
Have you a place for the One who lived and died for you?<br />
Are you as humble as a shepherd boy, or as wise as men of old?<br />
Would you have come that night? Would you have sought the light?<br />
Do you have room?<br />
Will you come tonight? Will you seek the light?<br />
Do you have room?<br />
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<b>Do You Have Room? Lyrics by Shawna Belt Edwards, Sung by April Meservy</b><br />
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<center style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanksgiving Day brings to mind</center><center style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> the blessings in our lives<br />
that usually go unnoticed:<br />
a home that surrounds us<br />
with comfort and protection;<br />
delicious food, for pleasure<br />
in both eating and sharing;<br />
clothes to snuggle up in,<br />
books and good entertainment<br />
to expand our minds;<br />
and freedom to worship our God.<br />
Most of all we are thankful<br />
for our family and friends,<br />
those treasured people<br />
who make our lives extra special.<br />
You are part of that cherished group.<br />
On Thanksgiving, (and every day)<br />
we appreciate you.</center><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div><center style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Happy Thanksgiving!</center><br />
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<div><i>Thanksgiving Prayer~Thanksgiving Song</i><br />
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Today is my great niece Elizabeth's 11th birthday. Happy birthday, Lizzie! We decided to celebrate by making a Pig Pickin' Cake. "WHAT IS THAT?" you say! Pig Pickin' Cake is a local favorite here in our town in Northern California, and don't worry, the title does not cast aspersions on the person eating it. This cake is a grand tradition that originated in the south, enough said!! In order to better explain the history of this wonderful dessert, I'm going to About.com to give you the whole explanation as well as the recipe...then you can look at Lizzie's creation as we made her birthday cake. Click on this link:<br />
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<a href="http://baking.about.com/od/cakemixcake1/r/pigpickinmandar.htm">Pig Pickin' Cake a.k.a. Mandarin Orange Cake a.k.a. Sunshine Cake</a><br />
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Now you know the whole story about Pig Pickin' Cake. You can buy one here in our town by The Cake Lady, or you can make your own and save a bunch of money! <br />
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Pour a Pillsbury Moist Supreme Classic Yellow Cake Mix into the mixer bowl. Chop fine an 11-ounce can of mandarin oranges and put in the bowl with the juice, or simply process in a food processor with the juice, then pour into the bowl. There should not be any large pieces of fruit in the cake. Crack four eggs into the bowl and add 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.<br />
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Beat for two minutes with the mixer.<br />
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Pour into three greased and floured 9 in. cake pans, and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. I'm glad I checked the cakes at 20 minutes because they were done!<br />
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Let the cakes cool for an hour or two, then you are ready to put the frosting together.<br />
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Put an 8-ounce carton of frozen whipped topping in a bowl. I had bought a second one and added about half of it as well, just to make sure I had enough, and I'm glad I did, as all of it was used to frost the cake.<br />
Stir in an 8-ounce can crushed pineapple with the juice. Add and stir in a 3.4 ounce box instant vanilla pudding. Stir well until ingredients are thoroughly combined.<br />
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Start frosting the layers and build that cake. Lizzie is left-handed and it is fascinating watching her learn how to spread frosting around! Didn't she do a wonderful job?<br />
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I can hear you asking, "Is it as good as The Cake Lady's?" The answer is, "I don't know because Lizzie liked the looks of it so much she took the whole thing home!" She promised to bring us some tomorrow, though... :D<br />
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Happy 11th birthday, Elizabeth!<br />
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Note: The cake is <i><b>delicious</b></i>. The cake layers are a pretty light golden orange color inside and are very moist and very tasty! The frosting is light and yummy with tiny pieces of pineapple...and it is just as good on days two and three as it is on day one!! The ingredients cost about $10.00 which is less than it costs to buy the cake, and it is very easy and quick to put together. All in all I give it 5/5 stars!! *****Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-67208765326910682222011-07-31T06:26:00.000-07:002011-07-31T06:31:46.993-07:00Welcome Baby Sophia Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Friday, July 29, 2011 the world welcomed little Baby Sophia Grace. She was born in the Bay Area to her loving parents, Claudia and Rocky. Looking on is her honorary Auntie Olivia! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-10475330747508124632011-07-04T06:58:00.000-07:002011-07-04T06:59:29.163-07:00Happy Fourth Of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA2uygjmg6-hd4uuYJRzv2cDKTANaRgwDPd04RYwFoRVtOMkYD2LoY_vKeVv2tvRaoGrFTedD_XgW8vyL6eIEqWd5hMWV8wNuFjIPOH45Xw4KbCcMoOnUkoj7WU4CnZCk64oJoW3Ic9M/s1600/ATT00001%252819%2529.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghA2uygjmg6-hd4uuYJRzv2cDKTANaRgwDPd04RYwFoRVtOMkYD2LoY_vKeVv2tvRaoGrFTedD_XgW8vyL6eIEqWd5hMWV8wNuFjIPOH45Xw4KbCcMoOnUkoj7WU4CnZCk64oJoW3Ic9M/s640/ATT00001%252819%2529.gif" width="542" /></a></div> God Bless Our Troops Around The WorldSylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-74659442142841224112011-06-30T19:07:00.000-07:002011-06-30T19:07:51.154-07:00Grady and Marianne's Wedding ~ June 25, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSPeVyyE3WOTGQOuQxNx139sLJnCC-YcJJQaknfk9KWhx5_LqL2tx8vGGJF7vSxtSOz8XxB-KDpMHpdrE_tbJvlvzglLeBrc4w8C0jSeiSpfF0ebFqs44-9EYa6dvZ397czEVwk5pp8k/s1600/Wedding+Vows" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSPeVyyE3WOTGQOuQxNx139sLJnCC-YcJJQaknfk9KWhx5_LqL2tx8vGGJF7vSxtSOz8XxB-KDpMHpdrE_tbJvlvzglLeBrc4w8C0jSeiSpfF0ebFqs44-9EYa6dvZ397czEVwk5pp8k/s640/Wedding+Vows" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Grady, our son, and his fiancee, Marianne, were married on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at the Garden Vineyard outside Portland, Oregon. Everything about the day was gorgeous: the bride and groom and all the family and friends, the setting, the food and wine, and especially the weather! We were so blessed with a day full of sun...as I receive more candid shots I will post them up to share with everyone.Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-74446017832439702262011-05-08T14:23:00.000-07:002011-05-08T15:01:23.038-07:00Happy Mother's Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> There are times when only a Mother's love</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Can understand our tears,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Can soothe our disappoints</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> And calm all of our fears.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> There are times when only a Mother's love</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Can share the joy we feel</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> When something we've dreamed about</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> There are times when only a Mother's faith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Can help us on life's way</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> And inspire in us the confidence</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> And a Mother's steadfast love</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Were fashioned by the Angels</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> And sent from God above.</span></div><div><br />
</div></span>Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753702607087879276.post-32063407587843128382011-04-24T17:45:00.000-07:002011-04-24T17:52:56.276-07:00The Meaning Of Easter, by Billy Graham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO-4MQT46pbcUn8DQMYSapzVOdVWva4BcjGqILLYQYH45VK7UA0yW5u4gnTiRsWtdneJRXae-4fRToliXgj-haTrzOlV5vHxduYv7cl5JJZ6vLTxprGoUT0sVpQDPdl10w5CnqYr-MHc/s1600/easter-pictures-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO-4MQT46pbcUn8DQMYSapzVOdVWva4BcjGqILLYQYH45VK7UA0yW5u4gnTiRsWtdneJRXae-4fRToliXgj-haTrzOlV5vHxduYv7cl5JJZ6vLTxprGoUT0sVpQDPdl10w5CnqYr-MHc/s640/easter-pictures-1.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><br />
We worship a risen, living Savior who has promised to give immortality to all who believe on His Name. No longer do men and women need to stumble in the fog and darkness of hopelessness. A light shines brighter than the noonday sun, offering hope to everyone who has been born again.<br />
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Jesus promised,<b><i> "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."</i></b> (John 11:25-26).<br />
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Long ago Job asked the great question of the ages: <b><i>"If a man dies, shall he live again?"</i></b> (Job 14:14). Death carries with it a certain dread. It has always been the enemy, the great, mysterious monster that makes people quake with fear.<br />
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Death stalks the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated. Death is no respecter of race, color or creed. Its shadow haunts us day and night. We never know when the moment of death will come for us.<br />
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Is there any hope?<br />
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I take you to an empty tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea. Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Salome had come to anoint the body of the crucified Christ, and they had been startled to find the tomb empty. An angel sat on the stone by the door of the tomb and said, <b><i>"I know that you seek Jesus...He is not here; for He is risen." </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Matthew 28:5-6). </span></b><br />
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The greatest news that mortal ear has ever heard is the news that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, as he had promised. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the chief proof of the Christian faith. It is the truth that lies at the very foundation of the Gospel. Without a belief in the resurrection there can be no personal salvation. The Bible says, <b><i>"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."</i></b> (Romans 10:9).<br />
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In the resurrection of Jesus Christ we have the answer to Job's question. The Bible teaches that because Christ lives, we also shall live. The greatest truth that you can ever hear is that Jesus Christ died but rose again, and that you, too, will die but can rise again into newness of life.<br />
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The resurrected Christ still lives today. Though Jesus is in His glorified body in heaven, through the Holy Spirit He dwells in the heart of every Christian. The Scripture speaks of <b><i>"Christ in you, the hope of glory."</i></b> (Colossians 1:27). Christ, in whom <b><i>"dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily"</i></b> (Colossians 2:9), lives within the hearts of people. This is a mystery that is beyond comprehension and yet is gloriously true.<br />
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The Scripture says that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead on the first Easter will raise us from the dead if the Spirit lives in us. Call upon His resources. His grace is more than sufficient; He will cause you to triumph over the world, the flesh and the devil.<br />
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From PRAYER FOCUS, by Billy Graham<br />
Thank you to my dear sister in Christ, Carol, for sharing!<br />
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</i></b>Sylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451082809488277710noreply@blogger.com0