Old school vestments

Well it's been too long.  Here are a few pics of the stole set Elizabeth made for Rev. Mr. Vreeland, FSSP as well as the full set for Fr. Bernhard (which won grand prize at the county fair ;) and a Gothic set being worn by Bishop Oscar Cantu.  It's ordination season and her plate is clear at the moment.  If you need something made, be sure and drop a line.  Prices vary based on materials.

Spring: Our Renewal!

It is my great joy to announce the refreshing arrival of spring! 
I wasn't sure if it would ever get here.... all the cold fronts in March, no certainty of a garden, too little green grass and sprouting green leaves..... but now I'm certain- it has truly come!  

So many wonderful things are appearing around our place,
like kittens- 

A Re-Post of good 'ol papal encouragment

Encouragement from the Pope

"You need to know what you believe. You need to know your faith
with that same precision with which an IT specialist knows the
inner workings of a computer. You need to understand it like a
good musician knows the piece he is playing. Yes, you need to
be more deeply rooted in the faith than the generation of your
parents so that you can engage the challenges and temptations
of this time with strength and determination. You need god’s
help if your faith is not going to dry up like a dewdrop in the
sun, if you want to resist the blandishments of consumerism, if
your love is not to drown in pornography, if you are not going
to betray the weak and leave the vulnerable helpless."

-part of Pope Benedict XVI's introduction in the new Youth Catechism

God Bless Him!

Has it been a month????

It has been a month since my last post!  Oh dear.  Let me right that right away....

Two 'diaper' babies sleeping peacefully in Mama's bed.......

....AND the birthday girl chasing balloons on her big day!

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Thanks be to God for health and all the many benefits

 He has most graciously supplied to us this year.

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Annie Get Your Gun!

Our first little princess turned 5 this month & to celebrate the occasion, her Mammy & I threw her a Grand Tea Party at Nana's Tea Room. 

 (That's code for my mom's beautiful dining room!) 

The party was complete with fancy friends, finger sandwiches, 

dainty treats and 8 pots of delicious tea.

And THEN, her Daddy gave her a birthday present........

This is her very own and very first pink, Red Rider Daisy BB Gun!

(he is holding the BB gun his parents gave him as a child)

Personally, I think 5 is bit young for owning a gun but it was quite endearing to see how Jason was beaming over it all!  Go figure, Mommy was gleaming over the fancy tea party and Daddy was beaming about the BB gun....

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And the day after she turned 5, we held our first official day of Kindergarten Homeschool!

Our schoolroom is complete with a calendar & weather center, a double desk/ table for both girls to use, music, letter chart, 2 chalk boards, a white board, a Bible Knowledge & virtue wall (I'll post pictures of that another day!), learning manipulatives, and a hook for Anne's new backpack!   

I like teaching homeschool and the girls are adapting quite well to our new schedule which includes dual-school time in the morning & Anne's 1-on-1 lessons in the afternoon. Rosie is weather girl, Anne is calendar girl, Lily is 'naptime baby', and we are still working on Michael.... he plays, watches a show, eats a snack or tries to get up to the school table. (Actually, he does all 3 of those things!) 

 ** Anyhow, 3 cheers for school 

and 5 cheers for my Big Girl getting bigger! **

Tremble

Have I come to casually 
Because it seems to me 
There's something I've neglected
How does one approach a deity
With informality
And still protect the Sacred


Cause You came and chose to wear the skin of all of us
And it's easy to forget You left a throne
And the line gets blurry all the time between Daily and Divine
And it's hard to know the difference


   Oh, let me not forget to tremble...... Oh, let me not forget to tremble
    Face down on the ground do I dare
    To take the liberty to stare at You
   Oh, let me not forget to tremble


What a shame to think that I'd appear 
Even slightly cavalier 
In the matter of salvation
Do I claim this gift You freely gave 
As if it were mine to to take
With such little hesitation?


   Oh, let me not forget to tremble.......


Cause you came and stood among the very least of us
And it's easy to forget you left a throne
The cradle and the grave could not contain your Divinity
And neither can I, oversimplify this love


   Oh, let me not forget to tremble. Oh, let me not forget to tremble
    Face down on the ground do I dare
    To take the liberty to stare at you
   Oh, let me not forget to tremble"
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  Lyrics to Nichole Nordeman's song, Tremble
   

Oh, you're gonna love this!