So there we were--my daughter and me getting pedicures, my two granddaughters getting their fingernails and toenails painted, and then me getting a manicure and my daughter getting her nails redone.  We all had tiny flowers painted on our big toes, and the granddaughters had a flower on their ring fingers.  Yeah, they were the lucky ones.  In the middle of each flower was a "diamond!"

Here is a photo of my toenails.  It was hard to get a really good picture because the flowers are so tiny.

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No one is holy like the LORD,
For there is none besides You,
Nor is there any rock like our God.
1 Samuel 2:2

So much for girly things.  Now they are outside getting the last of the water out of the swimming pool.  (We put up a pool, but it wasn't level enough.  So now we are starting over and need to get all the water out first.)  They each have a bucket.  They are having a great time.  I told them last night that they seem to enjoy anything that they do.  Oldest agreed by saying, "Uh huh."

This afternoon, we are going to see "Kung Fu Panda."

What a great day with grandkids!

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Praise the LORD!
I will praise the LORD with my whole heart.
Psalm 111:1

Below is the reply from one of our granddaughters.  I think it is very creative.

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Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!
For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD endures forever.
Praise the LORD!
Psalm 117

Ahhhh!!  I love her, too!

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Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children,
you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:3

I heard on TV that when a person goes to work with a cold, ten people get sick.  That seems like a lot, but I'm not surprised that others can get your cold. 

When our daughter told our granddaughters that we weren't picking them up, one said, "We can stay away from her."  Our daughter said something like, "But how can she resist hugging and kissing on you?  She doesn't want you get sick."  One of our granddaughters replied, "We could run really fast and go straight to the bedroom and lock the door."

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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows:
After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
before they came together, she was found with child
of the Holy Spirit.  Then Joseph her husband,
being a just man, and not wanting to make her
a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
But while he thought about these things, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,
saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid
to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is
conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
And she will bring forth a Son, and
you shall call His name JESUS,
for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:18-21 

Oldest told her, "Because she believes in God!"

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Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you,
nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall
give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot
against a stone.  Psalm 91:9-12

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Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy,
envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the
pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter 2:1-2

So today I surprised her by taking a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and meeting her outside her classroom door.  When she saw me, she immediately came over to me, grabbed my hand, and stood very close to me.  I leaned down and hugged her real hard.  She held on to my hand all the way to the lunch room.  I went with her when she got her lunch (chicken rings, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, and ice water).  I sat with her at a kind of low table.  I also enjoyed talking to the other first graders around us.  Then we went for ice cream.  We both got chocolate drumsticks.   My other granddaughter saw me, and came over and we hugged.  (Don't worry.  I'll have lunch with her one day soon.)  When I left, we all said good bye to each other.  There was an older boy nearby.  He said, "Good bye, Grandma" to me.  So I said good bye to him, too!

It is days like today that make me so happy that we moved close to family.  I'll remember today for a very long time.

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"Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them;
for of such is the kingdom of God.  Assuredly, I say to you,
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child
will by no means enter it."  Mark 10: 14-15

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Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing.... 
The Lord has done great things for us and we are glad.
Psalm 126:2 - 3