Kurt Christian Servito
Amber Love Gordon
Mark Anthony Gordon
*my pride and joy*
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Here they are with my sistah-
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and here they are with Marky-Mark
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iLoveU guys---muahugs!
Monday, November 9, 2009
For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting miLo...here he is---
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---there you have it, there's miLo with his petsmart ribbon :] I don't know if miLo will be at the ceremony but he will definitely be at the reception...I think...LoL! Adrian said 'no way' but I'm workin' on it. I'm trying to convince him. How can I be OK and merry knowing miLo will be at home all by his lonesome until the wee hours of the night? I don't think so. miLo is after all part of the family right? (don't worry LiL guy, mommie got your back...hehehe) Maybe I should convince my mom and dad first and if I succeed in doing that, Adrian will have no choice but to go along with the idea...hmmmm! We'll see...wish me luck!
Here's another picture of my cutie miLo when he was a LiL smaLLer...look at that face :]
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And now let me introduce Adrian's NOT so LiL doggy (not sure if I'm spelling his name right) his name is Chato...HUGE difference from miLo. Adrian wants to them to be buddies and play but I am terrified of the idea. Chato can easily destroy miLo in an instant if he wanted to. But then again, Chato is a very calm dog who just keeps to himself. And Chato is after all, Adrian's doggy :]
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---there you have it, there's miLo with his petsmart ribbon :] I don't know if miLo will be at the ceremony but he will definitely be at the reception...I think...LoL! Adrian said 'no way' but I'm workin' on it. I'm trying to convince him. How can I be OK and merry knowing miLo will be at home all by his lonesome until the wee hours of the night? I don't think so. miLo is after all part of the family right? (don't worry LiL guy, mommie got your back...hehehe) Maybe I should convince my mom and dad first and if I succeed in doing that, Adrian will have no choice but to go along with the idea...hmmmm! We'll see...wish me luck!
Here's another picture of my cutie miLo when he was a LiL smaLLer...look at that face :]
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And now let me introduce Adrian's NOT so LiL doggy (not sure if I'm spelling his name right) his name is Chato...HUGE difference from miLo. Adrian wants to them to be buddies and play but I am terrified of the idea. Chato can easily destroy miLo in an instant if he wanted to. But then again, Chato is a very calm dog who just keeps to himself. And Chato is after all, Adrian's doggy :]
The Art of a Good Marriage---09/02/09
The Art of a Good Marriage by Wilferd Arlan Peterson
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ’I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry.It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ’I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry.It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Ceremony Readings to choose from...which one do you like?---09/02/09
WHY MARRIAGE?
Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person, With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body… Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me, Who wont hold them against me, Who loves me when I’m unlikable, Who sees the small child in me, and Who looks for the divine potential of me… Because I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night With someone who thanks God for me, With someone I feel blessed to hold… Because marriage means opportunity To grow in love in friendship… Because marriage is a discipline To be added to a list of achievements… Because marriages do not fail, people fail When they enter into marriage Expecting another to make them whole… Because, knowing this, I promise myself to take full responsibility For my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness I create me, I take half of the responsibility for my marriage Together we create our marriage… Because with this understanding The possibilities are limitless.
~Author Unknown
CAPTAIN CORELLIS MANDOLIN:
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part, Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement…That is just being “in love”, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
A Poem
Anonymous Author
I love you,
Not only for what you are
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you
Not only for what
You have made of yourself
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For, putting your hand
Into my heaped��‚�”up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you…
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all
Because to the depths of me, I long to love one person, With all my heart, my soul, my mind, my body… Because I need a forever friend to trust with the intimacies of me, Who wont hold them against me, Who loves me when I’m unlikable, Who sees the small child in me, and Who looks for the divine potential of me… Because I need to cuddle in the warmth of the night With someone who thanks God for me, With someone I feel blessed to hold… Because marriage means opportunity To grow in love in friendship… Because marriage is a discipline To be added to a list of achievements… Because marriages do not fail, people fail When they enter into marriage Expecting another to make them whole… Because, knowing this, I promise myself to take full responsibility For my spiritual, mental and physical wholeness I create me, I take half of the responsibility for my marriage Together we create our marriage… Because with this understanding The possibilities are limitless.
~Author Unknown
CAPTAIN CORELLIS MANDOLIN:
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part, Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement…That is just being “in love”, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
A Poem
Anonymous Author
I love you,
Not only for what you are
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you
Not only for what
You have made of yourself
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you
For, putting your hand
Into my heaped��‚�”up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you…
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all
Union---09/02/09
Union by Robert Fulghum
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks - all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will and you will and we will”- those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe”- and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “ You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word.” Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this- is my husband, this- is my wife.
You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks - all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will and you will and we will”- those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe”- and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “ You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word.” Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this- is my husband, this- is my wife.
What is REAL?---09/01/09
Just something I wanted to share with you...too cute and yet oh so true!
The Velveteen Rabbit
(by Margery Williams):
“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real.”
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”
“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get all loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
The Velveteen Rabbit
(by Margery Williams):
“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but Really loves you, then you become Real.”
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”
“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get all loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”
DIY---08/31/09
So, remember the surprise shower that my fellow Sunday School Teachers gave me? I still have to do part 2 of that by the way.
I wanted to do something for the teachers, just a simple little way of saying Thank You. I came up with this idea-DIY Tote Bags. Everyone uses these nowadays and I thought it would be easy enough for me to pull of…right?
Sorta!
It took me longer than I thought it would and of course I burnt myself once or twice with the glue gun. (keep in mind, I can’t remember the last time I used a glue gun) It’s not a hard project to tackle, it’s just finding time to sit down and actually do it. I was either doing it while watching TV or trying to do it right before I went to bed and my focus just went elsewhere. I consider myself pretty crafty—or at least I used to be. But I was just having trouble finding my ‘groove’ I guess.
Anyways, enough chatter and here’s the finish products. I gave it to the ladies yesterday after church. They seemed to be pleased with my LiL project :) :] :o)
This one is for Mrs. Dugan-->>>
This one is for ms. Linda--->>>
And last but not least, this one is for Mrs. Bulthuis--->>>
I wanted to do something for the teachers, just a simple little way of saying Thank You. I came up with this idea-DIY Tote Bags. Everyone uses these nowadays and I thought it would be easy enough for me to pull of…right?
Sorta!
It took me longer than I thought it would and of course I burnt myself once or twice with the glue gun. (keep in mind, I can’t remember the last time I used a glue gun) It’s not a hard project to tackle, it’s just finding time to sit down and actually do it. I was either doing it while watching TV or trying to do it right before I went to bed and my focus just went elsewhere. I consider myself pretty crafty—or at least I used to be. But I was just having trouble finding my ‘groove’ I guess.
Anyways, enough chatter and here’s the finish products. I gave it to the ladies yesterday after church. They seemed to be pleased with my LiL project :) :] :o)
This one is for Mrs. Dugan-->>>
This one is for ms. Linda--->>>
And last but not least, this one is for Mrs. Bulthuis--->>>
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