Thankful Thursday Friendly Fill In's Feline Friday and Pink Saturday

 

 

Thankful Thursday 

Glad to have grown up with Barbie. I remember my sister received a Barbie doll for getting her tonsils. out. I was jealous but my mom bought me one later on at Skaggs Drug store. Did you ever shop there? They had a whole basement area filled with a toy section. I am thankful for those bygone days. 

Thankful that these two men made a powerful impact on my life. My dad on the left, who will be gone 38 years next month. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him. My father-in-law (holding Rebekah as a baby) was another man with a such good values, he raised an excellent son and I loved him dearly. Both of these men were godly and took care of their phamilies. So very thankful for them both.

Thankful for my beautiful childhood home (minus that ugly creepy fence the owners put up). I guess they are not smart enough to drive in and out of the long driveway to and from the garage with a beautiful chain link fence and matching double driveway fence.  I am thankful to this very day of the beautiful unobstructed view of Pikes Peak from my living room window there. 

Time for the fill-ins.Ellencame up with the first two sentences and her co-host, Lorianne of Four-Legged Furballs came up with the second two. If you didn’t do a post for them, you can also answer in the comment section. Thank you to all who participate. Don’t forget to add your link to the hop so everyone can visit you. The link is open until Wednesday night.

1. My favorite character from a film, tv or book is ____________________.

2. The one word I would use to describe myself is ___________________.

3. If I had to give you my best piece of advice, I would tell you _________.

4. _________ will never compare with _________.

My answers:

1. My favorite character from a film, tv, or book is Clint Walker as Cheyenne. It is an old tv Western but he stood for all that was good and honest.

2. The one word I would use to describe myself is outgoing.

3. If I had to give you my best piece of advice, I would tell you always trust your gut. That first feeling.

4. America will never compare with the way it use to be. It troubles me that people really truly want to live under the thumb of the government and not live freely.

We had company all week so I stayed away from my blogs and I missed them. Hannah and Jake went home today and Avery back to work as his co worker had this day off before he asked for vacation. It was a good week.

I was washing some of my cold water wash and Shea was with me. She saw me hang up this dress:

She said, "I love it!", I said "You're such a girlie girl!" She is something. Smart as a whip and funny and ornery too. She is a strong willed little lady. 

Feline Friday

This Pinterest kitten is so precious in pink I thopught perhaps they would enjoy here :

Pink Saturday

Always share your pinks here and anything else as it is anything goes!

Pink skies are always pretty. Someone mentioned that the Northern Lights could be seen in places in Colorado last night. I sure wish I could have seen them. 

I heard from the Denver Post news that they could be seen over Denver and possibly tonight too. I am going to be out there searching the skies.

Yes, if you can dream it, you can do it! Thanks Walt Disney, what a visionary he was. 

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Memories of A Real Life Angel: Thankful Thursday Pink Saturday

 

I spent a great deal of this day attempting to get this photo on my blog. It is the very last photo I have of myself and Alastor Avery , my grandson Colton and Jacey's second son.  This was taken on August 2, 2019 on a Friday evening. We watched this precious boy and his older brother.  It was the very last time we would see him on this earth. Although the sadness is always there, my hope is to see this beautiful boy in Heaven and have a wonderful reunion with him and all those who have gone before us.

Each phamily member has different feelings and lots of wonderful stories about this little fellow. My greatest memory of him, every time I step into my shower.  I see his smiling face looking  at me as I bathed him and his brother together that Friday night. Alastor Avery was a little character. He would lookup at me and grin and hit that water hard with his hand and laugh the sweetest little laugh. Even when I would say, "Alsator Avery don't you dare splash that water at me." B O O M ! He would splash it hard and water would go flying. We would laugh and  I think of him in this sweet way every single day of my life since he went to live with Jesus in his heavenly home.

" A teardrop on earth summons the King of Heaven." Charles R. Swindoll

Thankful today for these memories, for a small baby boy who will always be 7 months old in our minds. Thankful for my daughter Rebekah who helped me navigate this technical stuff and found a way, she has the patience of Job , to get it on my blog. I on the other hand, am the opposite. I am like Jonah.  Wanting to give it all to God, and often hesitate. But I am getting stronger and leaning on Him more and more everyday.

Avery took this photo with Alastor Avery on April 3, 2019. When we lost this precious baby boy, my sweet husband said," God honored us as  we were given an Ambassador of Heaven."  We were all greatly blessed, even for a short time. Their faces are priceless in this photo and I can still hear that little baby boy cooing at this Great Grandfather. Thankful God gave him to us, even though it was not a full lifetime.

Thankful for my friend Amanda, who is mom to 8 kiddos including a set of triplets. She homeschools  her older children. She always ,always shares 

 these words. One of my favorite people when I was a young lady was Fulton J Sheen. These next words are his and I am so very thankful I was raised with godly parents and attended Catholic school  most of my life. I still talk to and keep in contact with many of those classmates. They are part of my prayer warriors. 

My parents saw to it that we were raised in a godly manner. I am forever thankful for that. I yearn for that Heavenly reunion one day.

This is the serious sister of the "Bathtub Brothers" Harrison and Alastor Avery.  She seems serious, do not let her fool you. I had to cover her up because she said it was cold. She is like a 100 year old granny when she gets cold. Yet she is very stubborn and  went out of that tub kicking and screaming, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, I want the bath, the bath, the bath! I know she is related to the brothers because see her finger in her ear? They all liked to lie down in the water and rush the water in their ears and complain. hahaha....they also like to tell me the water was too hot, too cold. I wondered if someone left the three bears in my bathtub!

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