Our Life,Our Love,Our Family,Our World...: Berry-licious

Friday, July 9, 2010

Berry-licious

Today, we crossed off one of our summer bucket list items...BERRY PICKING! We visited the Berry Patch in Forest Lake to gather raspberries and blueberries. The weather was very warm, but the berries were PERFECT for harvesting...

Next, was the scrumptious blueberries...We have been told that this year the blueberries are absolutely superb due to the large amount of rain and early warm weather we have received. Mmm, they were right!

Our masterpiece...we created with our fresh picked raspberries...homemade Raspberry Crisp complimented with vanilla ice cream.

YUM!!!

A Family Is Forever

A family is made of love and tears, laughter and years. It grows stronger with the passing of time. More precious with the making of memories.

Sometimes a family is made of ones you don't like for a awhile.. but you love for a life time. It's a gift whose value is found not in numbers but in its capacity to love.

It's the place you find someone to encourage you, believe in you, celebrate with you and comfort you.

A family is where your heart feels most at home because you're always wanted, always welcomed,always needed, always loved.

The Greatest Gift

One of the greatest gifts that life can give to anyone is the very special love that families share...

As years go by,it's good to know that there will always be certain people in our lives who care.

For there are countless things that only families have in common and memories that no one else can make...

And these precious ties that bind a family together are bonds that time and distance cannot break.

How fortunate we are when we have relatives to love us, it makes the world a happy place to be...

Few gifts in life will last as long or touch the heart as deeply as the very special gift of family.

"The Art of a Good Marriage " by Wilfred arlan Peterson

"The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry.

It is never taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years.

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.

It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel.

It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience,understanding and a sense of humor.

It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room
for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is
equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner."

CADEN "LIGHTNING LEKSON" BMX RACE RESULTS