My father-in-law passed away today after a long battle with cancer and spending the past month in the hospital.  He was 86 years old.  He was a great man of God--a dedicated and faithful Christian.  He was a Deacon in our church for more than 40 years, and he loved his family.  We will miss him.

I have stumbled across a blog that I absolutely LOVE!  It is called Aunt Ruthie's Sugar Pie Farmhouse, and she has great recipes and stories and product reviews. I guess I like it so much because I'm a country girl who grew up on a farm.  I will add a button to my favorites on the right so that you can click on it and see for yourself.

I'm ashamed to say it has been almost 3 years since I've posted anything on here.  A lot has happened in 3 years - ha!   My oldest son who is in the Marines has been to Afghanistan and back twice, he got married in 2010, and in January of this year he and his wife had a baby boy.  My middle son is getting married in August, and my youngest son will be a junior in high school this fall.  So family life has been busy to say the least.

I still make cards and scrapbook, though I'm horrible with taking pictures and posting them.  I must do better with that.  It's these two hobbies that I enjoy most and help me to stay sane in my busy life of working full time, and also a part-time job playing piano for a church.

I will leave you with a picture of this handsome fella who just turned 6 months old on July 6th.