A beautiful day on the farm and grandma took the kids out for an adventure after Sesame Street... all the kids from Rose on up - a total of 5 kids! It was such a great day to be out, and the kids all said that they had a great time on an adventure with grandma!
As I was talking to my mom this morning she shared a very sweet thing about my dad that made me cry - as my girls all looked at each other and said "so what else is new, mom?" "Your dad was praying for me every 2 minutes yesterday, and I felt him put his hand on me a few times during the night. I sure got a keeper with your dad!" I am so touched over and over in my life by this wonderful man of God/my dad that I have been blessed with all these years! I could tell that he was very worried about mom yesterday and how he wanted those prayers going! The first thing my mom said when she answered this morning was - "Your prayers worked - I am better!" Pat and I had just shared a "Hail Mary" for my mom's being well to enjoy her family this weekend!
Farm boy,Augustine, how he loves to be on the farm!
The 4 toddlers in the back of the pickup, on a beautiful day!
Today is the Gospel of St Joseph and his dream which told him to take Mary into his home and protect her and be the earthly father to the Son of God! How I love to realize that my husband and father were wonderful modern day St Josephs as they brought Faith into our homes and made them wonderful Domestic Churches! A place where the Church was honored and we worshiped as a family, and just as St Joseph brought Mary into home - we have had her here in the center of our home where she brings Jesus to us! The birth of Christ!
Yes, the three one year olds did some sledding behind the 4 wheeler with their guardian angel older Therese watching over their safety!
Jesus, how we lift up our mother to YOU now just 2 days from our family gathering - all 100 of us in Amery, WI at camp wapo! We ask that your healing touch will bring my mother to full recovery, so that she can be there and enjoy all that we share with each other! "For he will rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him. He shall have pity on the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save." Psalm 72 from mass today. Lord, we take heart in knowing that my parents look to YOU to care for their needs through prayer and Trust in YOU. We are so filled with gratitude that you heard our plea and already today my mother is much better. Continue to keep her on the path of healing so that we can share our family weekend with her and dad! Hail Mary - as St Joseph took you into his home and became the father of Christ... so we love having you here to Mother us when we are sick and scared and need help. Jesus, we trust in YOU. Amen and Hallelujah
Bless-bless, Barbara Luke
We came in from our farm adventure to a farm lunch of tomato soup! Looking at all the kids loving the soup we toil over each summer, I said joyfully - "This is why we do all that work!"
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous deeds.
And blessed forever be his glorious name;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory."
Psalm 97
Therese getting every last drop of grandma's homemade tomato soup...
All but what is on her face - tomato soup mustache!
Bernadette loves it too! She had bowl after bowl with mom!
Watching grandpa feed the cows from behind the fence!
The 5 talking to grandpa - farming!
Third Day - Your love O Lord
Little brown eyed Rose Ida in her monkey hat - grandpa thinks she is sooooooo cuuuute and she is!
The two little girls in the back of the pickup
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