The Amazing, Extraordinary, Spectacular....

DNA!!! 

"When it comes to storing massive amounts of information, nothing comes close to the efficiency of DNA.  A single strand of DNA is thousands of times thinner than a strand of human hair. 
One pinhead of DNA could hold enough information to fill a stack of books stretching from the earth to the moon 500 times!
Although DNA is wound into tight coils, your cells can quickly access, rearrange, copy, and translate the information stored in DNA.  DNA even has a built-in proofreader and spell-checker that ensure precise copying. Only about one mistake slips through for ever 10 billion nucleotides that are copied.  If only our word processors were that good!"  Answers in Genesis article.

Here our wonderful Creator made something that we can hardly compete with.  We can't even make a computer that small- let alone complex!  I stand in awe every time I read how amazing our bodies are- and we didn't even think it up!

We get the Answers in Genesis magazine which is just amazing.  If you don't get it, you should check it out.  The earth is an amazing thing which is fun to learn about.  AIG gives you that from a Biblical, literal 6-day creation standpoint.  Wonderful, wonderful.

My brother, Caleb, came running in telling us about the thousands of sizes thinner than human hair, and that you can put a pin-pricks knowledge in books from the moon and back 500 times. 

Needless to say, we didn't believe him. 

So he promptly ran and grabbed the magazine and read us the artivle. His exuberance reading the article was wonderful. I wish you could have seen him.  It was priceless. 

Filled with Awe in our beyond-comprehension Creator,
Rebecca

New Blog!

I decided to go ahead and open up a photography blog!  It is just started up, and I don't have my computer so I can't add any pictures right now.  Go to http://mastershandiworkphotography.blogspot.com/ to see it, and tell me what you think!

As I said, I can't post any pictures as my computer cord died.  You know, the one that chargers your computer.  The thing that is vitally important to your computer.  Sooooo, I finally found a good deal on Ebay and it is on the way.  Thank goodness!  I have been using Mom's computer (she is such a sweetie to let me use it. :D) but I don't have all my normal stuff on it, which can drive you nuts.
 
We had an inch of rain on Sunday!  God has greened up the grass greatly.  Just in time too, the cows were looking pretty awful. 

Blessings!
Rebecca

Rain & Lady

We have had a total of 1 inch and 3 tenths so far at our house!  We are praising God for the rain we have had, and asking for more to keep the grass growing.   Remember how I said that our feed bin had stayed full?  Well, right before we got a bit of rain, it went empty.  God knew that we wouldn't need any more because we would be growing grass from the rain.  Praise Him for keeping it full as long as He did!!!

A side note on all the beautiful thunder storms we have been having. Our dog, Lady, hates all the noise rain storms make.  She just sits there and shivers.  Hates them.  Right now she is ready to pop her puppies out at any time!  So we had a scared, scared pregnant momma everyone was comforting while the thunder was going on.  Unfortunately she doesn't share our joy of rain..... 

Yes, our dog should be having puppies soon.  Anytime now.  She is so big right now!  HUGE!  All she has to do is come up to one of us and we will sit there and rub her tummy for hours on end.  Yeah, she's spoiled.  We are really excited though.  We are in need of a good male dog to keep the headquarters "secure". *ahem*  We also have some friends who live out in Edgewood near some lots that nobody owns and those lots are notorious for having...interesting....characters out there.  We need another good "Hank Head of Security" dog for them as well.  Plus the owner of the father wants a dog for his daughter.  We need her to have 3 puppies.  She only had 1 puppy last time!  That was the fattest pup you ever did see. 

Alright, we are hosting church at our house tomorrow so I need to get going.  Goodnight!

Rebecca

A Stone

Drop a stone into the water-
In a moment it is gone.
But there are a hundred ripples
Circling on and on and on.

Say an unking word this moment-
In a moment it is gone
But there are a hundred ripples
Circling on and on and on.

Say a word of cheer and splendor-
In a moment it is gone
But there are a hundred ripples
Circling on and on and on....



Anonymous
*Taken from the magazine"Seeing the Everyday.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

My Dear Sister turned 18 this past Thursday!  I can't believe she is that old.  I want to think of her as just 8 of something.  When I look at her though, I see the lovely (she truly is beautiful!) young lady that has matured so much this past year or so. 

She has grown in so many different areas.  Her personality has strengthened into a young woman of sweet disposition.  She is a friend who is willing to encourage you to keep growing in the Lord.  She is a sister who is seeking to put others first.  She is a daughter who is becoming a great help and comfort to our parents.  She is a Princess of the Lord who seeks Him first above all.   Seeks His help and advice out in all areas of her life. 

When you first meet her, she might not say much.  She is a bit shy at the first meeting.  After she gets to know you- you can't keep her quiet!!!!  She loves having wonderful conversations with friends about important things in life.   She enjoys having a bunch of friends to have to chat with.

The wonderful day started out with Breakfast in Bed.  the family tradition we all enjoy.  We try to have at least one gift there, so we gave her the ones from us kiddos. 

(Don't you love the curlers!!!)

We then started getting ready for a wonderful Birthday Tea with her friends.

Here is the table spread with all the homemade goodies!

This is the Strawberry Soup Sarah made.  (it is a cool soup, really good!)

You can't have a tea without scones

Sarah made three different types of Curd. They were all yummy!

Princess Sarah

Sarah and I

Sarah wasn't sure what the posing was about....

...so she smiled...

Then got the hang of it.

Mom had fun and started "fainting", so Sarah ran to get...

A fan.

Sarah, for the past many, many years, has always had rain on her birthday.  For some reason, this year she didn't.  We were all very bummed, but forgave her anyway. 

She did have a beautiful sunset that my camera hardly gives justice to...

Happy, Happy Birthday, Sarah!  You are a Princess of God's, and a delight to our family.  How boring we would all be without you!!!

I love you,

Rebecca

Happy 11th Birthday Caleb!

 My little brother turned 11 today!  Can you believe it!  11!!  I can still remember going to see him in the hospital.  Mom being gone a lot during the 56 days he was in the hospital.  (you can read more of his story at Mom's Blog!)   I remember lugging him around while playing games with friends.  At times it was great, and at others he was just a bother. :)  He used to call me "Bom".  We think it was a combination of "Becca" and "mom". :D  I thought that was so sweet.  I hated it when he quit calling me that. 

Here are some pictures of his day.  To read it go to Sarah's Blog.

We had fun wrapping his gifts- even if it wasn't fancy wrapping paper!

Lady was not sure what to make of all this racket.  She just kept getting "under foot".

Ussens waiting for everyone to gather. We do breakfast in bed and take the presents as well.  :)

 Yup, bathrobes, pj's and everything!

Caleb wanted in that BIG box!

He actually posed for me!  I asked him to for this one, and they he kept posing the rest of the time!!!!

The BIG box was..... A jump rope!  (some rocks taped to the bottom to

make it heavy is a great way to fool them..... )

He picked Cap'n Crunch for his breakfast (no, we don't usually eat cereal and usually have Monkey Bread. But some need to go against the norm. Or rather, they aren't the norm. )

Can you guess what he is getting??? 

I think he did about here.

Here's the certificate! 

We fooled him!!!!  He thought he was just getting a jump rope and not a parakeet like he was wanting and we surprised him and got him!.....

This cute little...guy/girl!  We aren't sure why he picked yellow, but he will be easy to find!  He It is a nice youngin, so hopefully we can tame him easily.  We won't know if it is a male or female until it is about a year old.  We did learn how to tell how old they are, so this one is under 4 months. 

As you can see, this first day is pretty traumatic for the poor fella.  He will get used to us.... I hope!

Happy Birthday Caleb!  You are such a Joy in our lives.  I can't imagine life without you.

Love,

Rebecca

Cute Kitty

Although we do not have this kitten anymore, :( I thought these were really cute pictures.  This is Button and this is why offices have a door. 



She was having a blast watching the ink container go back and forth.  I love how her front legs are on the stand, but her back end is sitting on the printer!  Kittens are soooo much fun!  We are down to 1 cat again. so hopefully we can get some more.  Joshua needs a new wood project, so he can build them a house to keep them out of the way of predators.  Although they have the barn, shop, lean-to's, house.....

Love,

Rebecca