Keri On

Current Memory Verses

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.[a]
3 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit,[b] as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; 7 as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8 who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood,[c] the forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which[d] is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Queen of the One Dish Dinner

I have a confession to make. Though I love to be in the kitchen, and actually really like to cook and bake, somehow, dinner frequently takes me off guard. Someone will inevitably ask, "Mom, what's for dinner?" and the response that quickly comes to mind is, "Didn't we just do that last night?"....I mean, somehow, I just don't get a "dinner" plan going very early in the day....or afternoon, for that matter.

As a result, we eat one dish dinners. We really only have one dish on the table (well, duplicate dishes...one at each end of the table) unless it's a holiday. That dish generally contains most of the basic food groups. And, just as a note, we tend to be a pretty healthy family......but we do eat "one dish dinners".

Tonight it was cottage pie. (We make cottage pie in 9x13 pans...two of them) This is one of our favorite meals. Tomorrow it will be pizza. That is a meal we have at least once a week. Tomorrow we may have it w/ salad since it is Joshua's birthday, but no guarantees.

What are some of your family's favorite One Dish Dinners?

Friday, October 14, 2011

We got the Beauties!

From this.....

To this.

Delicious!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Saddle Shoes and Poodle Skirts...

Megan and Madeline were invited to a 50's birthday party....

And the mama of the birthday girl made each of the girls a poodle skirt...

Can you hear the giggles...oh, my girls were SO thrilled....talk about a great twirling circle skirt!

And now they know what the jitterbug is....

Are you ready to laugh?

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Zeek - Matthew 4:1-11 Age 7

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Red Alert in San Francisco..

Well, only because I had the privilege of visiting that fair city w/ 3 of my favorite red heads.....

.........and this one suggested the title! (Yes...his pants are short....growing boys...can't keep up!)

This is the first time we visited Fort Point...under the Golden Gate Bridge on the city side. It was a lot of fun...right down on the water under the bridge.

There was a fun hallway of doorways.....

We also went into the city, and did the Lombard Street thing and walked the piers and Ghiradelli Square - Have you tried the Sea Salt Caramel squares yet?...Delicious!

It is a great place to visit! ESPECIALLY because of the people we go to see! Not certain where the pictures are of our dear family....but THEY are the reason we head to the area!

Monday, October 3, 2011

A Bit Overdue...

No...not the sheep...she won't lamb until spring....but this picture of Z checking out the ...inside of the ewe should've been posted a while ago. Anyhow...here it is.....(not too graphic...but perhaps a bit...awkward)

Friday, September 23, 2011

Beauty and the Beast

Here are our grapes.......

........ Beautiful!!! (but not quite ready to harvest!)

Believe it or not.........

Here is the Beast....beautiful as well, but NOT when in the same vicinity as our grapes!

Every morning this critter and a friend are hanging out in our yard......they have not yet eaten our grapes....but certainly seem to be eyeing them. We've yet to see if hanging strong smelling soap on the trellis will deter them to the end...so far...they seem to have been bothered enough to stay away (in other years they haven't minded eating them at this stage of ripeness!)....We'll see who gets the beauties!