The Armor of God

Yesterday I went to Girl’s Camp. I was only there a few hours, but I’ve been preparing to go for a long time.

When I was a teenager my parents sometimes took me to something called Know Your Religion in St. Anthony, Idaho. I really enjoyed one particular night when they talked about “Putting on the Whole Armor of God.”(Ephesians 6:10-18) I decided then that I wanted to use that in a speech, talk, or presentation one day.





As a missionary I did this two or three times and then again a couple of times since that. Yesterday however was the first time I thought it appropriate to actually have some armor available for the young women to touch and feel. Goldie, Josiah, and I spent quite a bit of time making each piece that is mentioned in the scriptures.



I made the armor to fit me but a young woman happily wore it. It will make a great costume for Halloween.



You’ll notice that there are two young women in the picture. One of them is dressed in a bad imitation of Revolutionary war garb. I also told the story of Deborah Sampson who fought in the Revolutionary war and was the first female to receive veteran pay.

OLD Habits

Old habits are hard to break. Here we are at the park taking pictures again.



I've let the camera sit around for a week or so, so it was time to get back into it.



Four minutes left to play in the park. Four minutes till dark!



Another of my old habits I've given up, but decided I should introduce to my kids today...it was lunch! Oh boy have I missed it!



Josiah loved it...Goldie, not so much.

Hands, Feet, and other Body Parts

Aren't our bodies awesome? I'm so glad they heal. About a week and a half ago Goldie wanted to help me mow the lawn. I was glad to let her so I asked her just after we got stared if she would run around and grab a cable laying on the ground and pick it up.



I wasn't communicating very well because instead she grabbed the muffler of the lawn mower...perfect trust! Of course, she immediately let go and went running away screaming. I ran her down and we went and got ice and all day long she held ice to her hand. We put lavender as well as some prescription stuff a pharmicist gave us and it is now doing much better. Just red spots on her hand. I'm so glad we heal.



We've been hanging out since then. Just doing summer things. Summer is great! Here is Stuart showing his hand. He is laying on the backside of the Girls Camp flag I've been working on. I had a ton of fun making it.



Then he had to show his big brother how he could cross his legs.



Next, all three of them got in on the action. Not a completely still kid among them.



Finally, hands were busy writing, coloring, and imagining.



One last picture for today. Stuart is learning to eat with his hands and mouth. We buy him what are called biter biscuits, but we lovingly refer to them as doggy bones. He loves them and gets them everywhere. This was a relatively clean experience.

One week in May

This past week has been a full, fun one. Last Saturday Mike & Josiah came home from the Father's and Son's campout.



Goldie took some time out to write a few letters.



We made a dinosaur Birthday cake for Aunt Rosa's fifty -something birthday.



Here is how it turned out!



Stuart made googly- eyes at the cake.



We found, examined, played with and were delighted by an orange lizard.



We made this cake today to auction off at the Girl's Camp fund raiser.

Now I've got to finish their flag and feed the kids lunch before the auction tonight!

Chopsticks and Flowers

I'm experimenting with Flickr. Trying to decide the benefits of a photo site as opposed to just posting through Blogger. If anybody has any ideas or thoughts, please let me know. I don't really know much about it. This is my first attempt.

The kids have really been enjoying the chopsticks lately. These are pictures of their first attempts. It has been a lot of fun.

Finally, there is also a picture of my Mother's Day Flowers. They were perfect. Bright and lovely. Hope you all are having a lovely day.

Goldie is FOUR!

April 30, 2009

Goldie Emma Richardson turned four years old.

She invited friends and family to her birthday party for months before the day finally arrived.

Together we decided to have the party at Mom-Maw's house. We woke up in the morning and after a lesurley breakfast we went for a hike with Mom-Maw. These are the flowers that we picked along the road to her old house up the holler.





Here is one of the spider cakes we made. This one has chocolate under the white icing. Her cousin Megan and her brother Josiah had lots of fun helping to decorate her cakes.













She got a camera for her birthday and had lots of fun taking pictures of everything all day long.

This is her spider cake with the eight to ten legs that were on it at any one time. Josiah or one of the other kids would steal a leg and then Goldie and Megan would add extra ones back. When it was time to eat it they gave forks to all the little kids and just let them have at this cake. They had lots of fun.






We went on two hikes during the day. The second one was in the evening after we ate sloppy joes or cooked hot dogs over the open fire. Our friend JoBeth and her three little ones and our niece Amanda went on the second hike with us.

Mike and Goldie showed us this plant. The green thing on Goldie's cheek is called a May Apple. They are not edible but they are fun to throw.

Here is our beautiful little Goldie Girl. We love her very much. We are so glad that she if four years old. She had a great birthday!

Daring, Daring

I don't know if this is a sommersault or if it's close, but it sure is Josiah!