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8 months of Family Health Issues

I do not want to bore you with my last 8 months,

 but here is a short version:

Husband= 4 surgery's

Daughter= Hospital stay for 4 days, 

2 surgery's--now on Dialysis 

Dad= Thumb almost cut off & 

Congestive Heart Failure

 & Now seeing 4 new Dr.'s

Only He can carry you through tough times.

I want to say Thanks to all of you bloggers 

and your wonderful blogs.

 All of you provided me with  smiles and

 hope that things will return to normal soon.

You were my nightly shot of  encouragement!

Here is a post from the past

Summer Deck

Thanks Ya'll for stopping by

Summer Oh Summer !!!!

Summer Oh Summer!!!

I have missed  blogging, just seems that 

things have got in the way.

 I had a few medical issues that left 

me with the do not want too's.

 I am sure that some of you know those feeling. 

Enough of that lets get  on with the show. 

Summer has definitely arrived here in Texas!! As I type, it is just a cool 99 which feels like 103!! 

Yes I think I will stay in the cool for the rest of the day. 

My how our Texas weather can change in a

 six months time. We have been 

snowed in and flooded in, during these last 6 months. 

 What happen to all that rain

 we had a couple of months ago. 

How soon we forget how we were wishing for it to stop. 

This is my backyard in February

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Water-crossing to my house in  May 2015

    

Water crossing in June 2015

Can you say that we had to stay home many days in the last 6 months!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  On a happier note just sharing a few of tables from the past.

July Tables

                                                                        All white with a little blue

                                                                                                A Apple a day keeps the Doctor away

Decoration  for the gentlemen servers at a Ladies Retreat

One of my 5 Tables at the 

Ladies Retreat

Wedding china they lasted for "45"  years !!!

Just a little country!!

Thanks for dropping by
Take care and stay cool

Cathy


I am joining  


http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2015/07/summer-fun-show-and-tell-friday.html

Tablescape Challenge

Goodbye--Farewell--See Ya!!

Thought I would join all of you  Gals in the challenge from Cuisine Kathleen for her Farewell to Summer 

My post is a little different as I wanted to show  you our

Going away  CELEBRATION for a good friend at our church.

This sweet lady is moving to be close to her family due 

to the sudden death of her husband. This is one strong and faithful lady.

Her family has been members of our congregation for over 27 years.

Faithful choir member, VBS Worker, Sunday School officer, 

Praise Team Member, right hand to choir director and 

was always available to provide us with her 

WORLD FAMOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.

She will be missed by all.

The church hosted a going away celebration for her

 before she moved. 

I was honored when asked to 

decorate for the occasion.

One of her greatest loves is music.......so that was the theme we used.

Table Centerpeices

                                 

 My talented daughter came to my rescue and cut out music notes 

hurray for cricut

and I had two ladies 

who helped put everything together.

We placed sheet music under each centerpiece and 

 also had a runner of sheet music on the cake table.

You can also see shredded sheet music 

around the cake table

thank goodness for old choir music

      As she is moving from the great state of Texas to a state up north of here

  OKLAHOMA, you know that is hard to type for  a Texan

We set up a gift and card table representing were she had been

and were she was going. 

    

     

 

Guest were treated to cake and punch 

Has she and two other ladies in the photo sang together 

for many years 

they sang together one last time.

We had a time of remembrance by many folks with laughs and tears.

During our time of celebrations we also had a time

 surrounding her with our prayers and love!

As I say farewell to summer 

I say see you later to a dear and gracious lady.

Thanks for stopping by

Hope you have a wonderful

Labor Day!

I will be joining

Cuisine Kathleen

Tablescape Challenge

http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/

 Christine for "Table It!" at Rustic & Refined this Monday: 

http://www.rustic-refined.com/ 

INSPIRE ME TUESDAY

http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2014/09/232nd-inspire-me-tuesday.html

Lazy days of Summer?????

Someone forgot to tell me it was

the Lazy Days of Summer!!!!

This is just a quick over load  look of Photo's from my Families Spring &  Summer Activities

May

Nephews wedding

(Not a good hair day in West Texas for me) 

June

Had a little Texas storm blow through!!!

                                Visitors for a three day Golf tournament, 

Birthdays & Fathers Day

and gearing up for  July.                                 

July 4th

Church  Celebration

    Food & FUN

                    

Community Golf cart parade 

                             Vacation Bible School

              

  Our entertainment during VBS snack  

                                 

We averaged 140 kids a night. 

We also fed over 100 workers and there families each night. 

What was I thinking when I said I would be the cook. 

It was a great time with Janice, 

Bonnie & Peggy my trusty helpers. 

ROAD TRIP

Along with 22 church ladies

we attend a Beth Moore Conference 

In Lubbock

God is so good and was in our presents!!!!

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Dinner with Kiowa 

Fellowship Group  

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We also received 12 inch of rain in my area of Texas.

Yahoo!!!!!

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Last but not least had  a fun week with grand-dog while daughter was a sponsor at 

 Church Kids camp!!!!

Here in Texas it is Hay harvest time so Son-in-law was working in the

 hay field till all hours of the night, after he left his welding job. 

This is usually the way he spent his afternoon.

They had fun

and

several excepted Christ

Our church is so blessed with a great group 

of  leaders for the Youth and Kids

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Along with all these activities I am still doing genealogy on my 

Dad's family.

I promise last photos

My Dad's Parents

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Hope I did not bore you with all the photo's 

it was kind of an over load. 

It has been a busy summer and now 

to start planning for fall and all the activities.

Time for new tablescapes and maybe a little remodeling!

Thanks for dropping by.