Seeing how it’s Monday, and it’s getting close to Christmas, I definitely feel in need of a laugh. Hope these provide you with a modicum of jocularity. 🙂 Slainte, Lisa
This “is” my best Christmas smile.
Polar bears after watching too many Christmas specials.
Does this hat make my ears look fat?
Oops, got your nose!
Merry Christmas to ewe! (and yes, I do use conditioner)
All you need’s a long nap, a soft sofa, and some good friends…Merry Christmas!
Cessna
Final approach into Bayse, Bryce Ski Resort
Bryce Airport
When I was younger and still living at home, my dad took flying lessons and got his private pilot’s license. It was thrilling to think of my dad up there flying around, and we couldn’t wait for him to be able to officially take us up for the first time. He had a little Cessna 4-seater, and it was perfect. Dad & Mom up front, my sister and I in the tiny backseat. That little plane would take off, and magically we’d be soaring up in the sky with the birds and the clouds and landing in places like Bryce Ski Resort for dinner, or sometimes just the neighboring airport. It didn’t matter too much where we went; it was how we got there that made it amazing. And the fact that my dad was flying us there made him super-cool and made us all feel super-safe. One time I got to fly with Dad alone, and he let me take the wheel for a little while. Amazing memories. And amazing how the fun things that parents do, stick with their children for a lifetime. 🙂 Thanks, Dad, and thanks, Mom, for being cool enough to let him fly. Love, Lisa
“Let my soul take refuge…
Beneath the shadow of Your wings;
Let my heart, this sea of restless waves,
Find peace in You, O God.”
-St. Augustine
His prayer is my prayer for the day. Be blessed and be God’s. Slainte, Lisa
*Images provided via Google*
Oh boy…it hit me this morning. The overwhelmingly exciting feeling I get every year at some point that Christmas is coming. 🙂 The little kid, look at the pretty lights, wow-do you see that beautiful tree kind of feeling. The looking out the window, wondering if it will snow a little bit for a white Christmas feeling. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we will be spending it eating way too much food and laughing and enjoying family. And then…we will be decorating soon, and turning our old house into a wonderland of fairy lights and green and red and gold. And although I know Christmas would still be Christmas without all the decorations, it still makes me happy to see the wonder in my children’s eyes as they look at the lights, and when we set up the manger scene and save baby Jesus to put into the manger last. Christmas…Jesus’ birthday…time to remember and treasure and cherish. Enjoy every moment and have fun making memories. Slainte, Lisa
I just read the story of the monogamous penguins who have been together for 16 years. And it touched my heart, because it reminds me, once again, of how much humans and animals can love each other and be faithful to each other. It doesn’t have to be fighting and conflict and division. It can also be faithfulness and loyalty and patience. Love that lasts through the hard times, perseveres, and is rewarded with the sweet abiding passion that only comes through time. The love that is placed in us by God, because we are made in His image. Think of all the countless trips made back and forth solo to find food, and then returning and searching to find the one you love. Hearing him or her call with their unique voice that you love, and nuzzling happily together after months apart. So precious.
Read about this happy couple and rejoice. Slainte, Lisa
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