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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

For the beauty, and glory, and love...


For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.


For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.


For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.


For Thy Church that ever more
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.


For Thyself, best gift divine,
To our race so freely given;
For that great, great love of Thine,
Peace on earth and joy in heaven:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise!

~"For the Beauty of the Earth" by Folliott S. Pierpoint and Conrad Kocher

Thursday, January 5, 2012

A Libbey thing

I just love Libbey Brin.  She is full of cute and logical things to say.  On Sunday, we were driving through Oakhurst and she saw a Chinese restaurant.  She said, "Look, there's a Chinese restaurant.  That's odd, this isn't China!" 

Teaching her math is an entirely different matter.  She logically understands it when it is properly explained to her.  But a while back when Mom was teaching her basic 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3, Libbey pronounced them, "one-half, one-fourth and one-threeth".  I love it!

If you have a funny sibling quote to share, send me a comment!  I'd love to hear more...

From a bakeress...oatmeal cookies

This is probably one of my absolute favorite cookie recipes.  They're soft, chewy, vanilla-y and chocolate chips make them all the better (in my opinion).

Soft Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
3 cups quick rolled oats
1 cup nuts, raisins or chocolate chips (optional)

Directions
Thoroughly cream together shortening and sugars.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Sift together flour, salt and soda.  Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.  Stir in oats and/or nuts/raisins/chocolate chips.  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.