we are blessed

here's more baby writings. you can skip it if it nauseates you.
of course, everyone's baby is the most beautiful, most talented, most intellegent, etc.
which, of course, leads to baby comparisons and measureing-ups.
however, last night as there were several babies gathered for church directory photos and others who currently had babies in their lives were watching each others' babies and sharing stories and memories and joys, it struck me: every baby is a precious life and a blessing to be cherished.
during the many years of fertility treatments (with no success) that rhonda and i faced, we often found comfort in the truth from scripture that says children are a blessing, not something to be expected. we never are good enough to deserve blessings; God just gives them to us because He loves us. we realized that we were so blessed in so many ways, that we cannot deny that God loves us, even though the pain and emptyness was overwhelming.
so, to everyone who sees a baby, i say, "take note of God's handiwork."
every baby is precious and fearfully and wonderfully made.

praise to the God in heaven for His indescribable gift of babies. help us be diligent in teaching them about You and raising them in the admonition of the Lord.

update on last post

after posting about our plans for the annual christmas open house, rhonda and i finally confirmed some of our menu items. we're pleased to announce that 2007 is the year of fudge with 25 different flavors of fudge on the menu.

of course, that will probably actually trim down to 15 flavors, but always start by dreaming big and then trim down as situations necessitate.

update on last post

after posting about our plans for the annual christmas open house, rhonda and i finally confirmed some of our menu items. we're pleased to announce that 2007 is the year of fudge with 25 different flavors of fudge on the menu.
of course, that will probably actually trim down to 15 flavors, but always start by dreaming big and then trim down as situations necessitate.

update on last post

so, after i wrote the last post about the upcoming christmas open house, rhonda and i made some decisions on menu, etc.

we're proud to announce that 2007 is the year of fudge with 25 different flavors of fudge planned (that'll probably actually work out to about 15, but dream big and then work out the details).

a sobering reality

even the big guy likes our cookies!

as the old gospel song says, "Christmas time's a-coming!"

that means plans have already been underway for a couple of months planning the menu for our annual christmas open house. this event is one of the highlights of our holiday traditions. it's our way to use our gifts (of food & cooking) to say "merry christmas" to our family, friends, students, etc. we've been doing it for 7 years now and we can hardly wait to do it this year.

but...

(everyone has a "but...")

this year perspectives have changed.

it's very difficult to make so many cookies when you're keeping one eye on the crawling baby. he'll only stay in the pack-n-play for so long.

it's very difficult to do baking times when you're helping your teenager with homework and then taking her to work (and then pick her up from work).

we'll we're still committed to having, continuing our tradition. but, we warn you now--even though i'm sure we'll have plenty of cookies for all to enjoy, this year may be the year to do "adamson open house greatest hits". instead of variety, we're just going for volume.

but, as stated before, we'll have plenty of cookies for the 200+ guests we anticipate this year.

mark your calendars for saturday, december 8, 2-10pm.