Marriage

One more here.....friends passed this on to us and I, in turn, am passing it on to you! If you find it interesting you should check it out. I don't know anymore about it than what is advertised. Mr. M

"Marrying Well-Practical Wisdom for Courtship" from the Botkin families

Some topics discussed:

- Preparation for marriage starts early
- What the Bible says about courtship
- What about betrothal?
- Why strong brother-sister relationships are essential, in families and between families
- Dominion, discipleship, and life mission: Marry for the same reason you live your whole life
- Love like Jesus: Selflessly
- Risk management in relationships
- The deadly danger of worry
- What to think about emotions
- How do I know this is the right one?
- How to determine God's will
- The place of faith
- Maintaining peace and harmony between families
- When to skip courtship altogether
- Engagement periods
- Wisely reforming American wedding ceremonies

http://westernconservatory.com/marrying-well-biblical-courtship-geoff-botkin-family

Divided

Watched a good movie tonight called "Divided". Thought I would post the trailer here and a link. Enjoy, Mr. M

Divided Trailer from NCFIC on Vimeo.

http://dividedthemovie.com/#top

Oh, by the way, it's only free for viewing until september!

This past weekend was delightfully spent with Stephen and Katie...what a relaxing time!I don't have too many pictures from the visit, as we spent some of the days in our p.j.'s for the first several hours after waking.....making great memories :) Well, enough jibber-jabber...on to the pictures!

There they are...our host and hostess!

Team work

Stephen doesn't like to waste matches...he uses them for as long as possible before burning his fingers!

"Snap to it!" :)

Stephen's parents and siblings came over one evening, and we had a little birthday celebration for Mrs. Mouring

Mrs. Mouring was wearing her ladybug shirt, and Anna got her a ladybug to use when snuggling with her soon-to-be-born grandson, which was wrapped in....

...ladybug tissue paper! So cute. It was a ladybug evening!
"I look this tired because you kept me up so late last night" :D

It was great to catch up with Anna!

Bunco time!

Tim

Such great expressions :)

The winner's table

Mr. Mouring was in charge of the bell...probably to keep some people's hands (like mine :) from unnecessarily ringing it :D

Daddy got the fuzzy pink dice! (somehow, having the fuzzy pink dice is good, but I don't know why :)

Creating my usual mess when I use the blender

Healthy(er) chocolate milk shakes combined with....

...great people leads to.....

.....ahhhhh....satisfaction :)



Now for the verses of the day, from a sermon we listened to: "Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him." Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

~S~

The Morton Maiden

Stephen and Katie (and baby :)

We were so delighted to have Stephen and Katie over the July 4th weekend!

We simply had to go to the coffee shop so Katie could get her iced mocha fix. :) Stephen, Katie, and I had fun visiting together and running into friends/acquaintances!

:)

After the coffee shop, we stopped by Daddy's workplace to give him an iced mocha

Mumzie doing some food prep

Daddy and Stephen chatting before heading out for dinner

"Let's go eat!"

Dinner! What a great meal.

After dinner, we headed to one of the best dessert places we know of

Mumzie and Daddy anxious to get started on their desserts

Be assured that it was just as delicious as it looks :)

Daddy and Mumzie outside the chocolatier

Cool lighting

Love

Yours truly

The following daw we hosted a baby shower for Stephen and Katie. They were so sweet and helped us set things up!

"Clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere, clean up, clean up, everybody do your share." What toddler doesn't know that song? :D

"What-ho"

Balloons on the mailbox

Stephen's Art

Let the party begin!

Cousins

Cousins, and the mommies to the cousins in the top picture :)

Stephen tried out their son's toy. On the packaging for the shield it said "Warning: This is a toy. Does not provide protection.".....just in case you weren't clear on that :D

My great-grandparents writing advice and memories for Stephen and Katie

Cousin Chris and Aunt Kay

Eden and London

C. and Uncle John

Relaxing

The couple of the hour

The quilt made by Great-Aunt Patty

Playing the bucket-and-balls-with-water game

They all loved the refreshing water on such a hot day!

It was so nice to see the older kids helping the younger ones

Bubbles!

We also did the fruit-rollup contest....it was hilarious...

...especially because Stephen participated, too!

Aunt Peggy writing out her advice card

Great-Grandpa and Stephen

Chris and Aunt Peggy

Stephen and Katie with our Great-Grandparents

Katie darlin'. Love ya, sista!

Natalie, Eden, and Katie

Watching C. put together his Lego's

Pretty hair

It was a very, very hot day

Natalie

An arm wrestling match

Katie reading all the advice cards that the guests filled out...they were so precious.

Mr. Alexander and Stephen at church

Katie and Baby M.

Talking about '80's hairstyles :)

Cutie Rose

Mumzie enjoying having another daughter around

LOL!

:D

Peaceful bubble-blower sleeper

More talk of "80's hairstyles

M. and Bugsbee

Relaxing at home

I love how both Mumzie and Katie have their feet propped up :)

We headed over to Aunt Beth's house on Brendan's birthday to give him his birthday gift

Happy Birthday, Brendan!

Eden showing one of their new kittens

Matching sisters in our skirts from Grandma G.

Enjoying the coffee shop again

Love

We found this on our van window...a little "note" from one of the young fellas at church :)

Washing off the window

~S~

The Morton Maiden