Sisterly Love

Hopefully their closeness outlasts the poor horse!

*Please pardon the mess on the floor

Happy Birthday Sandra

We hope your day was as special as you are!! Thank you for always being so thoughtful and kind.

Happy Birthday Didi!!

Didi, we wish you a very happy birthday. You are always going out of your way to help others. Thank you for also making our time with you so much fun! We hope your day was very blessed!

Heaven

It is very hard to believe it has already been 10 years. It is also hard to believe how much our family has grown and BLOOMED. I know Dad is always with us, and I can guarantee he is looking down on us laughing and smiling from Heaven. We are so blessed that he has helped to leave such a great legacy.

We thank you Chopins for helping

to make such a special day of memories. Today's focus, other than dad of course, was what Heaven meant to each of us. Nanny Cindy was very thoughtful to let everyone paint pictures of Heaven and even made a cake to celebrate such a great day.

Library Trip

I'm a Little Teapot (Trapani)

Preparing your preschooler for reading: a book of games (Sparkman)

Baby Goofy Catches a Fish: a book about rhyming words

-at as in cat (Salzmann)

Bright, Shiny, Rainbow Colors

Happy Birthday Nanny Barbara

Nanny Barbara, Happy Birthday, and may you feel blessed the whole day through!

St Clare is Emma's patron saint. To celebrate her feast day we shared some Italian Ices ( a real big hit)! We got a chance to learn more about such a wonderful saint. St Clare please intercede for us.

St. Clare

Feastday: August 11
Patron of sore eyes

St. Clare

Clare was a beautiful Italian noblewoman who became the Foundress of an order of nuns now called "Poor Clares." When she heard St. Francis of Assisi preach, her heart burned with a great desire to imitate Francis and to live a poor humble life for Jesus. So one evening, she ran away from home, and in a little chapel outside Assisi, gave herself to God. St. Francis cut off her hair and gave her a rough brown habit to wear, tied with a plain cord around her waist. Her parents tried in every way to make her return home, but Clare would not.

Soon her sister, St. Agnes joined her, as well as other young women who wanted to be brides of Jesus, and live without any money. St. Clare and her sisters wore no shoes, ate no meat, lived in a poor house, and kept silent most of the time. Yet they were very happy, because OurLord was close to them all the time. Once, He saved them from a great danger in answer to St. Clare's prayer. An army of rough soldiers came to attack Assisi and they planned to raid the convent first. Although very sick, St. Clare had herself carried to the wall and rightthere, where the enemies could see it, she had the Blessed Sacrament placed. Then on her knees, she begged God to save the Sisters.

"O Lord, protect these Sisters whom I cannot protect now," she prayed. A voice seemed to answer: "I will keep them always in My care." At the same time a sudden fright struck the attackers and they fled as fast as they could. St. Clare was sick and suffered great pains for many years, but she said that no pain could trouble her. So great was her joy in serving the Lord that she once exclaimed: "They say that we are too poor, but can a heart which possesses the infinite God be truly called poor?" We should remember this miracle of the Blessed Sacrament when in Church. Then we will pray with great Faith to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist: "Save me, O Lord, from every evil - of soul and body." Her feast day is August 11.

Happy Birthday Parrain Scott

Happy Birthday Parrain Scott, we hope you had a great day!

A Zoorific Time

Thank you to the Chopins and Nate for coming to have a day at the zoo with us. Everyone seemed to have a great time together monkeying around!

Happy Birthday Uncle Shannon & Uncle Brady!

We wish you both a very blessed and Happy Birthday!

Day O' Fun

Today was such a great day. We spent time swimming in the front yard, and ended the day with a great Family Night at Hub City with DiDi and the Chopins!

Congrats Josh and Nathalie

Congratulations on your new life together, and may the Lord shower your family with blessings. Nathalie it will be so wonderful to have you in our family.

Way to Go Hunter!

This past summer Hunter played for Abbeville Allstars. We are so proud of you, and you played so well! We were very fortunate to be able to go to several of their games....which thoroughly enjoyed Emma! They made 2nd in State and even went to Regionals.

Emma even met some "friends" of whom she looked for at every game and still prays for during our Night Prayer :)!

There is something so special about Baseball. I can see why they call it the Nation's Favorite Pastime. It often brings back memories of my youth sitting in the baseball park with my best friend Cathy watching our brothers play, eating pickles,sunflower seeds, nachos, and yummy Frito pies. I can vividly remember the sounds of chirping crickets, humming from the lights shinning on the field, cheers from the crowds, and shouts of "STTTRRRRRIIIKKKKKEEEE!" from behind the plate. These are just a few of the things that make not only baseball, but summertime so magical.

Tonight the game was electric. The Allstars were behind but came SO close to winning. You could just feel the excitement, pride, and anticipation in the air. Those boys put their whole heart into the game. What a fitting way to end such a great season!