It's April - No Foolin'

What a beautiful day it is this April 1, 2009. Although nobody has tried to fool me today, I did wonder for a minute or two at 6 A.M. Jim was poking me, saying, "Get up, Pam. The phone is ringing." Maybe he even said, "your phone is ringing." Just like babies crying in the middle of the night, then they were mine. Anyway, I ran into the living room, answered the phone.

Me - Hello!

Caller - Hello!

Me - Hello!

Caller - Hello!

Me - Who is this?

Caller - I'm looking for Frank.

Me - You have the wrong number - CLICK

Honestly, I am usually quite gracious about wrong numbers, but at 6 A.M., my nice genes just weren't working. As I crawled back into bed, I wondered if maybe that was my crazy brother in law, but either it wasn't or he is no longer speaking to me.

It has been a really fun couple of days. I don't know if I mentioned it or not that we were going to spend the day with Brian and Gretchen yesterday. These kids are so good to us. They get to spend so little time together because of their differing work schedules, nevertheless, they manage to spend at least one of their days off with us while we are here.

They are always taking us places and showing us new things, so Jim was thrilled yesterday to be able to take them someplace they haven't been yet. We drove out to the Colorado River and a little spot called Eldorado Canyon Trading Company. We had gone there with Linda and Jason while they were here. It was a great day and both B&G loved the spot. They are planning escapes there already.

Everyone tried skipping some stones, but Jim was the champion with six skips. Pretty good for an old guy, huh?

Our Blue Lagoon. What a delightful spot.

Brian and Gretchen are already planning a canoe trip/picnic.

We had lunch at a little outdoor cafe/wine cellar in Boulder City. I love that restaurant (and their yummy wine). I was really hoping we'd get back out there one more time this trip. YIPPEE!! After lunch, Gretchen thought we should have ice cream so we stopped at a DQ. I think everyone was astonished when I told them that I had never before been to a DQ. In our area, we had Tastee Freeze and not DQ's. Let me tell you, that was one of the best sundaes I've ever had. Yum!

The down side to the day was the wind. It was very windy, blowing a lot of pine and ash pollen around. Apparently, I am highly allergic to those two pollens as I was a real mess last night. I told Jim that I am no longer walking with him on windy days. Come On, Wind!!

Today was my last day at Women of Spirit. We finished our study book last week and today we did our mission project. Each quarter of the year, these gals take on a different project. This time, they chose a group called Lullaby Connection who provide newborn layettes to homeless and other needy babies. Each layette contains a new outfit, hat, booties, receiving blanket and two diapers. What a wonderful ministry this is. Well, you can just imagine how much fun we ladies had shopping for this shower.

This is just one of the three tables which were laden with gifts from the W.O.S. Added to the goodies was a whole cart of brand new baby clothes brought in by the pre school and Kindergarten sponsored by the church. The speaker, who is the director of the charity, was just overwhelmed, notice the box of tissues on the table.

The story behind this group is just beautiful. This totally volunteer organization was started because the director, while doing volunteer work in a local hospital, watched a young mother wrap her baby in her sweater to take it home from the hospital. VOILA! Lullaby Connection was begun.

I am so moved by this. My head has been spinning with ideas where we can help in some capacity such as this in our own little corner of the world. Sunday, Pastor finished his sermon series on grace. He said that grace should make us generous. I sure hope that's true in my life. If you haven't read Cheryl's post today, please do.

~Hippo Hugs~