Some Belated Posting

Okay, these pictures may not all be in order, but these are
ones I took from the past months, ever since February!

Beautiful Sunday morning snow with sunlight

Beautiful red roses from Dad for Valentine's Day

In March, Dad took us to the ST. Louis Philharmonice Symnphony again. Rachel really liked it.

Rachel is a cowgirl fan.

Annah and Rachel ready to attend a horse show with a friend. I was sick, so I couldn't go.

We did this gorgeous princess cake for the daughter of a coworker of Dad's.

We celebrated Caroline's 1st birthday in April.

Caroline loves pink pigs, so Leona made that the party theme.

Birthday girl

Leona did this watermelon fruit bowl.

The birthday girl surrounded with her gifts.

Nora, enjoying her ice cream and cake.

Our trip down to Doniphan

The pool water looks so inviting.

Graduation cake for Nathan at church

Nora's 3rd birthday

Two of my souvenirs from Branson. The blue heart is really a key chain. Yes, Dad took me to the Titanic Museum down there!

As a Wise Man Once Said...

Hello, everyone.

Hopefully this week I'll be doing some posts with some pictures I've
been planning to put on. But right now I'm so tired and it's been
one long day. This quotation has been on my mind for weeks
lately, so that's what I'm sharing.

"It ain't what you don't know

that gets you into trouble.

It's what you know for sure

That just ain't so."

-Mark Twain

We Are Back

Hello, everyone!
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We're back from Branson now.
We had a fun trip and enjoyed being together. Lord willing, I'll be telling you
how things went later. We did have some car trouble but thankfully, God
brought the right people and it's fixed, so we were able to do our
planned activities.

But now everyone else is out in the living room cleaning, I'm lying in bed
sick! I'm not sure what happened, but it started the day we came back. Anyway,
they're telling me not to share my germs.

Rebecca

Super Late Posting

I'm sorry it's been a while. I was trying to gather photos.

2 weeks ago we celebrated my 23rd birthday! I asked Annah to do some things
different this year and she did. Oh, yes. Mom took me out to get a hair cut...AND
I have bangs now! I've never had bangs before, ever. First Mom took Annah and
 Rachel shopping for me, then as soon as they walked in the door, they told me to
leave so I could a haircut. I got in the car and waited for Mom. On the floor of the
front passenger seat I saw 2 pink shopping bags, AND I knew which store they
were from! I honked the car horn so someone would come out, but no one did!
I banged on the window, still nothing. They finally came out and I beckoned
them to come. I pointed to the bags and asked," Am I supposed to see these?"

They said,"No."

I said, "Well, get them out of here."

On the way to get my haircut, I opened the glove compartment looking
for napkins (we keep them in there sometimes to be handy) and my eyes
fell on an iced and sprinkled sugar cookie from CASEY'S gas station! I
 always want to get those when I see them and practically never do. I
knew Annah got it for me. I asked Mom if I wasn't supposed to find
the cookie either. She said, " I don't know. Annah probably got it for
herself."
 I thought to myself, No. If she did, it would've been chocolate chip. 
(That's her favorite)

On my real birthday, they hung up orange and white streamers for a
Dreamsicle theme (I love, love, love Orange Cream themed things, the
taste, the scent, the colors). They also gave me a plastic tiara with purple
jewels. We all went out together for lunch at Chik-fil-A. Aunt Jean, Jeremy
and Leona met us there. When we came home, guess what we had to do?
Bake and decorate a graduation cake for Sunday!

When opening my presents, there was one huge box that I could hardly lift.
I thought maybe they were giving me a kitchen appliance or something. When
I opened the top, the box was full of numerous little gifts! Annah and Rachel
tried to equal them up to 23. When I saw all the little wrapped packages in
the box, I sat there and burst out laughing for some reason. It took me a minute
to compose myself. I got a lovely notebook, a light blue white floral tote bag
(which I've been using a lot), some of my favorite candies, a beautiful sky blue
scarf, baking mixes, and many other things I can't recall or picture at the moment.

I had a fun, blessed birthday.

More posts coming up! Tomorrow morning, we're heading down to Branson! Yay!

Just to name a few.

I like this one a lot: pizza, lemonade, sugar cookie, blueberry muffin, and more.

Lunch at Chick-fil-A

Me

Happy Mom's Day

I know it's a day late, but I wanted to wish my mother and
mothers around, a Happy Mother's Day.

I'm so thankful for my mother. She takes us shopping, she's a
great cook and taught us, she will go out of her way for us to
do our projects, she prays for us, she buys us sodas, she has
a burden for other people. Happy Mother's Day, Mom! Love you.

Sue Thomas F.B.Eye #5 Diplomatic Immunity

Even more than The Pilot, Diplomatic Immunity is my
top favorite episode on the show of Sue Thomas F.B.Eye!
This one is very true to life, but I really like this one
because it shows how sometimes standing up for what's
right holds a very heavy cost, and how instead of
doing much good, it seems as if it only brings more
and more trouble, and knowing what needs to be done
but with what seems no light at the end of the tunnel.
At this point it seems as if all the circumstances in the
world are against you, instead of being in your favor,
but in the end of this episode, it shows that even in this
world, in the end, the truth will pay off!

Bobby sees a man attacking a woman on the street and pounces
on him. The woman is critically injured but an ambulance shows
up before Sue can even call them for help. But they are forced not
to arrest the man because he has diplomatic immunity. He is a
Sudanese ambassador, MuTambu, who doesn't regret his violent,
heartless action and demands a public apology from Bobby for
his rough misconduct! The team is appalled at the nerve of this
guy and start investigating him. It turns out that MuTambu is
involved in Sudanese trading bringing shipments to the US,
but no one knows what the cargo is.
Though Bobby's job is already at risk, he and Jack sneak
in the shipping yard and inspect the container, where they
find signs of evil they wish they didn't know about. MuTambu
is a slave trader.



Levi cheers Bobby up after a hard day.

The 911 call came from his secretary who knows what kind of 

person he is, but she's afraid. The injured woman was trying to buy her sister

from MuTambu.

Jack and Sue visit and question the injured woman in the hospital.

Sue promises the woman that they will find her sister.

MuTambu thinks nobody can stop him, but Bobby has been giving their clues to

Darcy (Polly Shannen) who uses her newspaper to expose the horror of this crime.

When Darcy's job is put in danger, Bobby speaks up for her which only makes things

worse for him.

 



Jack, Sue, and the rest of the team don't care how powerful MuTambu thinks he is
and they aren't going to  let possible consequences stop them. When that next
Sudanese shipment comes in, they will be there to greet it!

Do the right thing, come what may!









Sue Thomas F.B.Eye #4 Pilot Episode

 

Sue Thomas (Deanne Bray) is on her way to Washington D.C.!
Her childhood has been different and difficult compared to many,
due to her deafness. She has learned American Sign Language,
learned to speak, and read lips. Fresh out of college, she is
about to enter his very first job. She chooses an unlikely
former abused beautiful Golden Retriever, Levi (Jesse)
to be her companion and hearing-ear dog.

When her car breaks down, she gets to know the older, widowed mechanic, Charlie Adams 

(Jack Jessop) and reaches out to him as he is lonely. Her excitement about working for 

the F.B.I. turns to boredom and insult when it turns out to be a special project-finger

printing for people with disabilities. When she wants to transfer, instead of going 

to Personnel, she stumbles into an agent's office and pours out her complaints to

Jack Hudson (Yannick Bisson). He runs into her again and has her demonstrate

her lip-reading where she lands on a conversation involving Myles Leeland

(Ted Atherton). Sue bumps into Lucy Dotson (Enuka Okuma), the Bureau

roader who is intrigued by Sue's personality.

Jack works to have her transferred to the surveillance team. Sue and Lucy agree to

be honest with each other which means Sue has to tell Lucy of some bad news 

about her friend. While on an assignment in New York, Sue has trouble doing 

her role and breaks up the bust. When they have another chance to catch the

fugitive, the boss wants Sue to stay out of it. Just trying to help, she tracks

down the guy only to be captured by him! But Jack does not abandon her

and goes in to save her. He gets shot in the arm. When Levi nearly dies from a gunshot he kept off

of her and not only does she think she might lose her much-needed dog

but also feels responsible for the incident, Jack, Charlie, and Lucy step

in to help her just when she needs a friend.

After knocking her down, Sue rises and sees Levi lying on the ground-shot!

Sue bends over him and strokes his head, begging God to let him live.



Sue prays for God to spare her dog.

Sue, in tears, looks up as Jack enters the hospital room.

Jack tells Sue that the incident was not her fault, and that she is a capable, kind person.

Sue cries, afraid of losing her dog and overwhelmed with
the kindness and friendship surrounding her.

Lucy gives Sue the first of a round of much needed hugs.

In the morning Sue wakes from Levi licking her hand. She happily strokes him and
thanks God for giving him back to her!