June Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday & Happy Anniversary!

Ethan (7), Melissa, Ben, Bailey Cole (15), Brandi (22), Saige (27)

Ric & Marcia-31 years on June 4th. Grandpa & Grandma's anniversary was on the 22nd of June.

Eli is 6 Months Old!!

Happy Mother's Day Shepard Moms!

A baby asked God,
'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow,
but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?'
God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The child further inquired,
'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.'
God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you.
And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'

Again the child asked,
'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?'
God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear,
and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'
'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?'
God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'

'Who will protect me?'
God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.'

'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.'
God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me,
even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard
and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'

God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'

May 10th deck building party!

Anyone interested in hitting some nails and relieving any tention and frustrations, I can offer an outlet by inviting you to help build a deck around the pool on Saturday, May 10th.
If you can make it, we will be starting around 10 a.m.
Marianne

May Birthdays & Anniversaries

I have missed a ton of birthdays so I will just start with May.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Aunt Teresa (3), Heather (5), Uncle Ron (6), Brynn & Lily (15), Craig Cole (Tracy) (21), Drake (30)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Rick & Andrea (5), Erica & Caleb (10) Luke & Nicki (21)

I would love it if everyone would post a comment, but if you are unsure or uncomfortable, please call me!!   Love, Mandy

Getting Started...

Ok, we have a little bit of experience with other family blogs, but we are definitely not experts. 

Once you have signed onto the site you have a couple of options.  If you are interested in sharing news, thoughts or ideas with the rest of us; likely you would compose a "post".  This option can be found near the top right of the page ("new post").  No worries, once you compose and publish your post you are able to return to it through the "new post" link to edit as needed. From what we can tell you are only able to alter those that you created.

If you are interested in commenting on someone else's post you would select the "comments" link noted at the bottom of each post.  Comments are hidden from view and can be seen and added through this link.

Mandy, we hope you don't mind but we thought we would demonstrate this by adding your May birthday and anniversary announcement as a post.

Happy Blogging!!!     Love,  Andrew & Heather