Missing Cat

This is our cat Sammy. Laying on the dining room table no less.
We haven't seen him since Wednesday night. He got out and
I fear the worse as two days have gone by and no sign of him.
Two years ago this month we had a cat named Alex that vanished
one evening and we never saw him again. We live on a busy road so
I know what can happen to pets that get outside. I called out for him
for nearly a month and decided after 6 months that he was
truly gone. We went to the Humane Society and found our
Sammy. Ian picked him out and he was so cute as a little 4 month
old kitten. I truly love this animal. He sleeps on our pillows every night.
He greets us at the door, sits on our laps, plays fetch with his mice, and
entertains my children. He is gentle and loving and I am so sad thinking
about how sad my kids will be if he never returns.

Signs and Contests

I am so excited for my new bloggy friend Kindra. She has opened an etsy store and her creations are so wonderful! I am thrilled that I finally get to order her beautiful work and you can too. Head over to her blog at http://3guysagirlandaprimplace.blogspot.com/ where she is introducing her new store with a great contest.

You could win this-

Or this-

Aren't they lovely? Isn't Etsy fun?

I can't wait to place an order.

Favorite Foto Friday-Only One!

Sometimes they get along so good that you just have to take
a moment to record it on film. We went adventuring this day
to collect dandelions and rocks and they were loving each other.
You can see their friendship wrapped up in this little embrace.
This is my one favorite picture from the week.

"Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so
that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart."
1 Peter 1:22

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Wordless Wednesday-Deep Thinkers

Miracle Monday-Grandpa Jack

One year ago today my husband's father lay in the ICU with four brain aneurysms. One ruptured requiring surgery. Surgery that was very risky. We had to give the consent for surgery and were told he would not make it without this surgery. He also might not make it through this surgery. He might not be the same ever again either. So, we prayerfully considered this and told them to go ahead. He was very unstable and after an all day and evening surgery he went back to ICU still in a coma on a ventilator. It was a long hard road for my father in law. He remained on a ventilator unconscious for longer than expected and we waited, prayed, spent all hours at the hospital while his body slowly recovered. He was in the hospital 5 weeks and there were ups and many downs but by the grace of God he lived. He made it through surgery, made it through the hospital stay, went to a rehab facility, went home with PT/OT services. Today he is back to work as an RN and you would never know that one year ago he was laying completely helpless in a hospital bed near death.

"A miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning "something wonderful", is a striking interposition of divine intervention by a supernatural being in the universe by which the ordinary course and operation of Nature is overruled, suspended, or modified."

I believe my father in law experienced a miracle. I believe that divine intervention by a supernatural being aka GOD took over the ordinary course of his life and overruled. By all accounts he should not be alive today. Yes modern medicine was there to assist but there are all sorts of variables and events that could have occurred that did not. God's saving grace intervened and by his hands Grandpa Jack was healed.


For more on this "Miracle Monday" check out Beth at A Mom's Life.

Friday Night Excitement

Usually we do Friday nights playing games or watching movies. Just to mix it up a bit we thought we'd spend the evening in the ER just for kicks.

We invited my parents over for steaks on the grill and while hubby was getting the grill hot I was inside making the side dishes. Kids were out back playing in the yard with a couple of neighbor kids. I'm chatting to my sis on the phone while chopping veggies and then the chaos begins.

Autumn came in saying that Ian's mouth was bleeding. I hung up with sis to see hubby carrying Ian inside with a huge amount of blood pouring from his mouth. His top lip was completely split open. I knew he needed stitches. So off to the urgent care we went.

Urgent Care sent us to the ER since none of the four doctors wanted to attempt this kind of stitch. It was vital they stitched it up well or the scar could be really bad. They thought they would have to sedate him to get him to hold still and had to wait until four hours after his last food was eaten. Well, my brave boy allowed me to numb his lip with liquid lidocaine and he laid completely still for them to put in four stitches. The doc said he was such a brave kid and that he did awesome. Four hours later and we were on our way. My mom came to hang out with us in the ER as she has done many times with all of my kids. She's such a great grandma.

Now the question of how did Ian have such an awful injury. Let's just say that since neither hubby or I witnessed it the kids had to fill us in on the details. Ian and Mara were fighting over who knows what. Mara got angry and grabbed the garden hose and whipped it at him. The metal end piece sliced his lip open. Not good. Mara felt very bad and I am sure she will think twice next time her temper flares. She is a fiery little red head. That is for sure. My poor baby though. I hope it heals o.k. or off to the plastic surgeon he will go. Hopefully the rest of the weekend is much more uneventful!

Favorite Foto Friday-Fun in the Sun

This last fall went we went to Mexico for my sisters wedding.
It was the most beautiful place that I have ever been to. It was such a joy
to spend an entire week with all of my family celebrating
such a wonderful event. Here are a few pictures of us spending
a little time having fun in the sun.

For more Fun in the Sun pictures head over to

http://www.kissthefrog4me.blogspot.com/.

Have a great weekend everyone and may you all be kissed by

the wonderful sunshine wherever you are!!