First day of Spring!

In honor of the first day of Spring, we made cookies with a variety of decorations. First we made melting snowmen,

then flowers,

and then just plain springy looking cookies. Loads of fun!

Very Short Post

This is indeed a very short post, but I wanted to be able to share at least some pictures and videos with you, even though I have not yet written up a whole post.  Following are some links that you are more than welcome to visit and enjoy!

Some pictures a friend took at Adam & Valerie's wedding.  {no longer available}

Video of the live-streaming of Adam & Valerie's wedding.  (Sound doesn't kick in until after the prelude due to copyright issues.)

Some pictures a friend took at Joe & Mary Jane's wedding.  {no longer available}

Video of the live-streaming of Joe & Mary Jane's wedding.

Some fun pictures of couples (married and and engaged ones) amongst the Mueller Family that were taken by a friend after Joe & Mary Jane's wedding.  (After Joe & Mary Jane had left, which explains why you don't see them.)  {no longer available}

Gifts

The average person gives and receives many gifts at Christmastime.  We all tend to do it for many different reasons: because it's a tradition and that's just how we always do it, to show our love and appreciation for one another, because it's fun....

Here's something to consider though.  For every gift that is given, somebody has to be willing to accept it, to receive it.

Chances are, if you're reading this, you have already opened all of the gifts for you...at least so you think.  For some of you there is still one more gift waiting for you.  It's label reads, "To: ___________  From: God".  God says it's for whosoever - that's you!  You can put your name in that blank!

The gift is Christ and the salvation He wants to give you.  You've broken His law (sinned) and thus God can't let you into His perfect Heaven because He is a just God.  However, God loves you so much and wants you to live in Heaven with Him forever so He planned a way for somebody else to be able to pay the price for your sin.  He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for you, paying the price for your sin so that you don't have to...but it's a gift, and a gift does you no good until it is received.  Will you leave that gift?  Are you unwilling to accept it, to receive that gift - the greatest gift of all?

The Bible says, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."  "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

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For those of you who have already accepted the gift of Christ and the salvation He offers, have you taken time to reflect on that recently and to thank Him for it?  Are you living in such a way as would please the Giver of that gift, He Who loves you so much?

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Merry Christmas to one and all!

Grandma & Granddad's 59th

Happy Anniversary to Grandma & Granddad! 

They celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary tonight!

To do something special for them, a plan was hatched up to give them a nice meal and serve them a quiet (which is significant) table for two by the fire with some soft music playing in the background.

Meet the waiter and waitress!

Lisa was thrilled to get to wear Kimberly's pretty apron.

Don't you think Zachary looks pretty sharp when he dresses up like that?!

Garçon!

It was a festive restaurant.

Zach and Lisa did a pretty good job!

(I don't think there were even any casualties!)

They seemed to find it enjoyable.

Congratulations, Grandma & Granddad, and thank you for your 59 years of faithfulness to each other!

We love you!