Little Lambs

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. Isaiah 40:11

Ellie is squealing with delight in this photo.

Spring Botanicals

Brothers and Best Friends
Lunch Pals

Breathtaking Beauty

Here is my Elizabeth Faith at 16 months, what a sweet, and loveable little girl.

This week I am going to......

blog more about her, I just wanted to post this adorable pic.

Club Blues

We had a great time dining and watching a great game! Hockey is fun to watch live.
Oh No! The predators have the puck!

Blues score again! Making two little boys very excited!

So it is time to start the silly faces, because it is just plain fun! And because we are Lloyds!

EEK! Check out that face!

Mommy and those blues brothers

This is the "I don't want to go home soon face, I am not tired" Elijah

Daddy and Elfarella

It was a good night, great memories were made!

And I don't mean Blue's Clue's. We had a great night as a family, at a very thrilling Blues Game, where they played awesome, and we hung out in the club! We even indulged ourselves, with a St. Louis favorite...of course I mean toasted ravioli! Thank you to our dear friends who gave us the tickets to enjoy!

Spiderman, spiderman, Snowwhite??

Here we are on the "Story Time Couch" in Ellie's room, this is where we enter new lands, and discover new characters, we especially enjoy Picture books, and any stories by Dr. Suess (they are my favorite to read) Elijah can spend hours looking at Richard Scarry books. We praise and thank God for books.
Dressing up really helps them with their immgination and helps create their love for reading. The Clubb's gave us this amazing Disney set of books, and Ellie will point to the pricess stories, and shake her head yes.

here is Noah dressed as "Black Spiderman" and this day we talked about struggling with sin.

Here is the wand that never stops shooting beautiful silks, spun by "Spiderman" (Elijah and Noah) My three little blessings, love to dress up. We are always dressing up around here. It is just fun, and we like to have FUN! So like most days, I had, 2 spiderman, one very dark one who is confronted with his sin, and one who was running around saving a very fair, beautiful maiden, Snow White. This snow white does not live with 7 dwarfs, she lives with 2 "piremann" or as Noah says as he shoots webs at you, the sound affects leaves to wipe your face off. They are so much joy! Elijah, so thoughtful as not to leave out his sister, said her Snow white wand was actually filled with never ending "silk webs" so that she may shoot with them......aahhhh she was so happy.

Get a tall glass of milk

CLONE OF A CINNABON

PREP TIME 20 Min

COOK TIME 15 Min

READY IN 3 Hrs

INGREDIENTS

1 cup warm milk, 2 eggs, room temperature1/3 cup margarine, melted4 1/2 cups bread flour

1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup white sugar2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast 1 cup brown sugar, packed2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1/3 cup butter, softened1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened1/4 cup butter, softened1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1/8 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS: 1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start. 2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. 3. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.4. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. 5. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. 6. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400* .7. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. 8. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving. Are you drooling yet?

A Practical and Creative Gift for a Bride

I wanted to make a wedding gift for my dear friend whom is getting married in May. I used watercolors for this rendition of a family tree. My prayer is that they will grow in Christ as they become one, representing the tree, Erin, She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed. Proverbs 3:18 Also I pray that their family would be like that of The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise. A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. Matthew 12:33. Dear sweet friend I pray that you will bear much sweet, ripe, and pleasant fruit, all the days of your life, and pass it on to your children, your grandchildren, and etc.

Remember, run your roots deep so that Christ will always be with you, that so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love.

Ephesians 3:17

Finally, Dear sweet sister you may find comfort in this blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.

I know the image of the tree probably originated with one in medieval art of the Tree of Jesse, used to illustrate the Geanology of Christ in terms of a prophecy of (Isaiah, 11, 1)