Thursday Thankfulness

 First of all, let me say thank you to so many of you who took the time to read my "Life Story" on the Tuesday 4 Meme this week.  I have appreciated your comments, and will try to get around to responding and also visiting with you more as the days go by. Yesterday was a very busy day for me, so I kind of got behind.

Why was it so busy, you may ask?  Well, first of all it was my sweet hubby's birthday!  And we celebrated last night by inviting some friends and our kids over for dinner and birthday cake.

And actually it was also one of our friends' birthday too! It was her big 7-0, and so she shared the birthday cake with my hubby...

Here we are singing Happy Birthday to both of them. BTW, my friend's name is also "Pamela". You may have already heard of her from some of The Adventures of Lily Grace episodes, like this one, where she is known as "Auntie Pamela"

Anyway, "Auntie Pamela" is a "snow-bird", spending her winters here in our fair land, so she doesn't have any of her own family nearby to celebrate with her, and since her big day is the same day as my hubby's, it just seemed right to celebrate both together. Our Pastor's wife also came, but our Pastor had sadly developed a cold and could not come.  Our kids were all here, but for some reason they did not make it into these pictures, except for Benton. Rose was helping me in the kitchen and our son Scott, after grilling our chicken and hamburgers and enjoying dinner with us, had another engagement and had to leave before the birthday cake...but I assure you he got a piece of cake later! LOL.

Anyway we are singing Happy birthday to them, and I love how happy Pamela looks in these pictures. My hubby was happy too...and then came the big "blow out"...

Ha Ha, they each had their own "number of years" candles to blow out at the same time. 

And there you have it!

We had lots of fun and laughter. Oh, and fresh strawberries and whipped cream on the side of the Red Velvet cake topped with my very own homemade buttercream /cream cheese frosting. Actually, my sweet dil Rose taught me how to make that frosting...and it is SO good!! Easy too! 

As you can tell, a great time was had by all!

But I have to say, the highlight of the evening was when our grandson Noah sent us a text message with these pictures:

This is Noah with his "girlfriend" Dawn.  

However, THIS is Noah with his Fiance' Dawn!!!

He wanted to share their joy with us. He said he proposed to Dawn on Valentine's Day, and she said YES!!

Now that was the best birthday present ever! And then he called to wish his Grandpa a happy birthday! A double blessing indeed!!!

The happy couple do not have any immediate wedding plans as they are on an adventure to find new prospects for a place to settle and jobs, etc....a long journey across country from Maine to Texas, working as they go/camping with another couple...kind of like the pioneers of old traveling by wagon train.  They are young and full of the spirit of hope and adventure. 

We pray that God will guide them and show them His plans for their lives.

We may not always understand the why's and wherefore's of life, or the "order" of things...but we commit our dear ones to Christ and let HIM do the leading.

The next thing I am thankful for was I had my six month check up yesterday at the Dr., and he said everything was great...lab work, EKG, etc., etc.  I am very thankful for this, although I did have some questions about why I still feel so fatigued, etc.  Probably a combination of things...aftermath of surgery, frozen shoulder, Covid, etc., etc., and perhaps some vitamin deficiencies.  So we will be working through all of that, but the overall picture is great, and I am truly thankful to God. 

We still have another birthday party to celebrate...again for my hubby and another friend who also has a February birthday...we will meet up with more family and friends on Saturday at a restaurant about an hour + south of us, which will be a good meeting place for all of us.  I will definitely try to take more pictures to share of that.  

Now it is time to go take our morning walk and enjoy this beautiful day that the Lord has made! We WILL rejoice and be glad in it!!!     Here are some happy children singing this song, based on Psalm 118:24.  Sing along and enjoy!!