Eric and Christy: Happy Presidents' Day!

Members of Our Home Full of HOPE:

The Mr:
6'2"
Black/Gray hair
Hazel eyes
Computer Consultant
Loves computers, numbers,
the color blue & fettuccine
alfredo
Wrestled in high school
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The Mrs:
5'10"
Brown hair
Brown eyes
Stay-at-Home mother/
Former Family & Consumer
Science teacher
Loves family time, adoption
advocacy, baking & anything
chocolate
Loves basketball
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Tyler:
4'2"
Blonde hair
Blue eyes
Adopted at birth
King of the toys
Loves pancakes, cheese, books,
Legos and swimming
MORE FUN FACTS

Isaac:
32 lbs.
36"
Dark hair
Hazel eyes and
the cutest giggle a mommy could ask for!
Loves trains, helping everyone, and preparing
his own food
Adopted at birth

Hope Quotes

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.~ Saint Padre Pio

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.~ Mother Teresa

I'm only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.~ Edward Everett Hale

"So much has been given I have no time to ponder ever that which has been denied." ~Helen Keller

The Gift of Life
I didn't give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you the gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
~ Unknown

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
~Helen Keller

"God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs." Spencer W. Kimball

"Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come." Joseph F. Smith

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
~Marin Luther King, Jr.

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
~Christopher Reeve

"Remember that while you are seeking you are also being sought… you will be found. You will be led. You will enter in. Look for that. Expect it. Expect to come to revelations of the Lord. Expect shells to break in their season. Expect boats to ride as the tide comes in. This is hope, to desire and to expect."~Oswald W.S. McCall

"In the New Testament patience means waiting for God for any length of time, not going away, and not giving in to boredom or discouragement. If you wait, God will manifest Himself."
~Thomas Keating

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
~Martin Luther King Jr.

"What we have once, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
~Helen Keller

“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” ~Elbert Hubbard

"No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible." ~George Chakiris

Monday, February 20, 2012

Happy Presidents' Day!

We here at our house celebrate this holiday extensively; we have 44 stuffed animals named after the 44 Presidents of the United States (all chosen and named by Tyler). My favorite is Eisenhower who is a four foot stuffed snake and Ulysses S. Grant. I don't recall which stuffed animal he is, but Tyler pronounces his name Use-el-ess :)

Our morning consisted of making cookie dough and cutting out state shapes; mostly the state of Illinois.

This one retrieved the baking sheets and supervised the inventory that fell on the floor.

(All from his command center of a pizza pan - enlarge the photo; it's under his bum!)

(Please note the Diet Pepsi on the counter - yes, that's mine. 2 of 3 today)

This afternoon we did some decorating

And then this evening we had a Presidential dinner of
Grover Cleveland Corn Kernels
(the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms - 22nd & 24th President)

Richard Nixon Gnocchi

Madison Milk
(not pictured, but I am sure you know what milk looks like!)

IL State Cookies

Happy Presidents' Day

3 comments:

Justme said...: Absolutely mind boggling! There is no end to your talents! But, what's gnocci?; February 20, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Christy said...: gnocchi plural of gnoc·chi
Noun:
(in Italian cooking) Small dumplings made from potato, semolina, or flour, usually served with a sauce.

Trader Joe's Grocery sells an amazing frozen gnocchi with a 3 cheese sauce -- 7 minutes on the stove top -- my kind of meal!!; February 20, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Dale, Julie, Jaxon, Britta, and Max said...: You are too cute and creative...the perfect Mommy for Tyler's wiz mind : ); February 24, 2012 at 7:44 AM