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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

O Most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity.

O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein You are my Mother.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech You from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand Your power.

Blessed Mother keep our children under the protection of your loving mantle and Immaculate heart that they may grow in grace and virtue to know and do the will of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Friday was the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. At their baptism, each of our children was consecrated to her. To celebrate, we’ll be enjoying some brown scapular brownies for dessert tonight!

Summer Reading

Summer reading is not a problem. Keeping up with all the summer reading programs, logging the books read, and our time spent reading…that’s another story.

On the Move

She’s officially on the move…As of the 4th of July she started crawling forward…

and she’s also pulling up…

..and behind that cute facade, she’s starting to have vampire-like characteristics…She likes to be up for about an hour in the middle of the night. (So much for that last post about her sleeping better.) And her upper lateral incisors are in but her central incisors are not.

Marc, Misty and Grace visited for the July 4th weekend, and the girls played well along side each other. It was great fun to have them here. Grace’s cousins were quite enamored with her.

The Bride-to-Be

It was a pleasure to host a bridal shower for our friend, Lauren. Matthew’s and her wedding is just around the corner and we’re all very excited for them. The festivities centered around a Kitchen Recipe theme. All the guests stocked her up with plenty of cookware and Fiesta ware to fill their new kitchen.

We caught up with friends. We played games (because I love games). We played one game where the guest had to guess the spices in unmarked jars by looking or smelling it. We also played a memory game with some obscure kitchen items. And the favorite game was one where I read the ingredients to a recipe and the guests had to guess what the dish was. The game prize was some of that homemade blueberry jam I’d been working on the last few weeks.

I found the cutest wedding cookie cutters at Hobby Lobby in the shapes of a wedding dress, cake, double heart and double bells. And I couldn’t resist. They’re not as cute at the examples on the package, but the ones I made didn’t come out too shabby. But the hit of the party had to be the Lemon-Blueberry Cake with White Chocolate Icing. (We have enjoyed this cake many times at our friends, the Selvaraj’s, home on Dominic’s birthdays.) The party favors were lovely herbs that the co-hostess, June, picked out last week.

And Lauren’s wedding favor is a St. Michael Chaplet that she made by hand–250 of them! She gave them out early to friends who weren’t going to make it to the wedding in Kentucky.

We wish you many blessing dear friend. God love you, Lauren!

Father & Son at the Park

Fulton and I had our first father and son baseball outing this weekend. Although the Cubs took a beating by the Astros, we made the best of it hanging out at Minute Maid Park and sampling the fares. Here’s our line score:

Happy Anniversary!

“…I will go to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.” Ps 42.:2, Douay-Rheims

Fr. Tim celebrated his 25th Anniversary of his ordination yesterday!

God Bless you Fr. Tim and my our Bless Mother wrap you in her loving mantle and keep her close to her Immaculate heart.

Rest in Peace, Grandma

My beloved Grandmother, Mary Datzman, passed away earlier this morning after suffering many years with Alzheimer’s disease. She is once again reunited with her husband who died this past February and for the first time can witness all her great-grandchildren.

Grandma was always filled with kindness and joy. We all remember her for her homemade caramel corn and sugar cookies, but her unconditional love and desire to share her time with us is what remains in our hearts.

May the Lord grant you peace, Grandma. We love you.

Party

Does it get any more girlie than this?

Texas Alliance for Life Walk 2010

It is that time of year again! The 16th Annual Texas Alliance for Life Walk 2010 is coming up on June 19 at The Quarries in Austin. This year we have been blessed to be a part of the Austin chapter of the TExas Association of Catholic Homeschoolers (TEACH) and we will be raising funds with our homeschool youth group–TEACH Homeschoolers.

We’ll be walking with hundreds of Texans from dozens of churches to promote the sanctity of innocent human life and to raise funds for life-saving programs and agencies in our community.

One hundred percent (100%) of the proceeds will support these programs and agencies, and all donations are tax-deductible. There are also great incentives for walkers who raise more than $200 in sponsorship pledges — and prizes for the top individuals, churches, pastors, and youth groups!

If you can’t walk with us, please sponsor us. You can register as a walker or pledge to sponsor a walker online today at www.TexasAllianceforLife.org. We are the YOUTH GROUP–TEACH Homeschoolers. (We’ll be at the top of the scroll bar if you donate online.)

Thank you for supporting the Walk 2010 and our children who walking to promote a culture of life!