Never Enough

but we say 'Thank You' to the many servicemen and women,

and to all of their families, for all they have given for our FREEDOM.

To those who might be wondering, Jordan got his prosthetic legs

a few weeks ago and is now learning to walk again!!

Thank you for your continued prayers :)

Blessings,
Marcia 

♥ Sunset Love ♥

Sunsets have been especially good here in So. Cal. lately...

Redondo Beach pier...my husband took me back to the

area we met for our anniversary. We spent a couple of days 

there and we visited all the old haunts of our younger years.

 Sunset in Redondo with the gulls flying by,

 We met at this restaurant, although it wasn't an

Olive Garden back then :)

 Here on our cul-de-sac

and another...

 Sunset last week, here in the desert...

We're known for those trees...they're called Joshua trees,

or as my husband likes to call them, 

"Arthritic life forms."

From the grocery store parking lot, lol

I got outside just in time to see this beautiful show :)

Another pretty orange sunset a few days ago,

a couple of blocks from my house :)

I hope you're enjoying some beautiful sunsets too. 

Some of the photos were taken with my Ipod, 

so they're kind of grainy, 

but the colors have been wonderful!

I haven't figured out what I'm going to use for 

photo editing now that Picnik is gone. Have 

any of you found something just as easy? 

I'd love some ideas :)

Have a great week everyone!

Blessings,

Marcia 

{Spring Blink}

You know you've been gone a long time when try to sign into your

 blog and you can't remember your password. Yes, that happened :)

I want to thank all of you that stopped by and asked about me

or took the time to send an email,

and I apologize for not getting back to you. 

At first I seemed to have bloggers block,

and then staying off the computer seemed more productive than

I realized it would, so I just stayed away from it. 

I've missed all of you though, and I need to catch up :)

The other day we realized we had a little hummingbird nest in the tree in our front yard.

I don't think I've ever seen a hummingbird perfectly still before,

but this little one didn't seem to move at all today. 

When I checked the photos though,

I realized that she'd blinked :)

I do wish I had a better zoom :)

That's what I feel like I've been doing,

just blinking, and before I knew it, over a month had gone by. 

I hope you're all doing well, and enjoying the newness of life

that Spring brings :) 

Happy Easter!

Blessings,

Marcia 

Start Each Day....

Start each day with a grateful heart

and end it with a prayer of thanks.

In the middle though, it's always nice to......

throw in a few M & M's ;)

(and you thought candle holders were just for candles, didn't you?)

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Blessings,

Marcia 

♥ Hands ♥

The were married for years and couldn't have children, It was at a time when couples 

didn't choose "not to", and their hearts and arms ached for a baby of their own.

After quite a few years of marriage, they adopted a son 

and were thrilled to finally become parents. 

Looking to adopt again a few years later, they were surprised to find

that she was pregnant, after so many years of waiting. 

She gave birth to a daughter. 

They always said that there were two ways to get children, 

and they were doubly blessed to get one each way.

Having nearly given up on having a family at one time, 

they are now parents to 2 children, grandparents to 10,

and great-grandparents to 5. When you count in-laws, etc.,

their number swells to 35, and growing :)  

God's ways are not our ways, but His plans are always
so much better.

I am blessed beyond measure to call them......

Dad and Mom :)

(The prompt for the Photo A Day Challenge was "Hands"

and these are some of the loveliest hands I know)

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Blessings,

Marcia

The Rest of the Month :)

Day 24--Color

January is supposed to be a "slow down" month, isn't it? It hasn't worked out like 

that for us. Instead it's been a go, go, go month. I feel like I've been running kids

here and there all month long. So glad we've had wonderful weather!

Day 8---Your Sky

I know I've slacked off over here on my blog, but I've kept up with the 

Photo-a-day Challenge I told you about at the beginning of January. 

This challenge has made me think about taking photos

in a different way. Since I'm taking photos with my ipod,

I'm definitely not getting the quality of a camera, but it's been fun playing,

so I thought I'd share a little bit of what I've been doing this month...

while running kids to and fro :)

The prompt for Day 22 was "Your Shoes"

I caught Milo laughing out loud :) Okay, he was really yawning, 

but it looked like a laugh was about to emerge...either that,

or he thought I was telling him to "Say Ah" :)

One day the prompt was "Light"

I took a photo of the lamp next to my bed with the "lights of my life"
in a photo next to it :)

On Day 27 the prompt was "Lunch"

My lunches aren't usually too exciting, but that happened to be the day

my 16 yo daughter decided to cook a full turkey meal, complete 

with homemade rosemary bread. It was delicious. Thank you Micaela!!

Each photo can be edited in a variety of ways on Instagram,

so you can get all sorts of looks in a matter of seconds.

There are other apps you can add to your ipod or iphone for free 

that make it a bit more fun too.

This was today's photo for the prompt "You Again"

Guess what I was doing? 

Waiting in the car for my daughter during her piano lesson. 

I'm sure her piano teacher's neighbors were wondering about

this crazy woman, taking photo after photo of herself in the side mirror, 

trying to get the desert sky reflection in the background just right, lol.

Do you want to join in the fun? Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim 

has created a February Photo Challenge. You don't have to do it everyday,

and it doesn't have to be on Instagram. You can share them on your blog, 

Facebook, tumblr, etc. 

Here's the  February Challenge:

If you decide to join in, even if it's just for a few of the days of the month,

I'd love to know so I can see what you've posted.  Go over an let Chantelle know too.

Have fun with it. 

If you're on Instagram, find me at mamasmurph.

Happy February Everyone!!

Blessings,

Marcia