handprints

little handprints
to remember how
little they were...

we are adding on to
our calf barn and have
been pouring new slabs
of cement-
we have marked
these occasions once again
just as we have always done
when we've poured cement in the past,

little handprints to remember!

down our long
lane in the middle of our field,
when my hubbie was still
quite small himself...
his own father
poured cement
and my hubs and
his best friend at the time
put their handprints in the cement...

it is fun
to walk down this path
and find his handprint
still cemented there...
that special day with his friend
forever remembered!


we have done this
numerous times
with our own daughters
when we have poured cement
in the past...
their little handprints
and then as they grew we
would add new handprints,
making new ones as
those hands turned into
bigger handprints...

always there for us
to remember.

and this past week
we have done it
again with our two little grandsons!

on the first day
big boy was here
and so;

the boy and gramps 

gramps, the boy, daddy and granny's hands all in a row :)

watching the big cement truck

he called it a 'mighty machine'

he loves that series on netflix! :)

helping gramps-

watching the cement truck pour-

then yesterday we poured cement 

again and lil' one was here so;

mommy and lil' one

a little handprint

and last but not least...

he walked around in his coonskin cap...

it was hilarious and i could not help 

but get a picture!

what lovely reminders

days like these are

of just how good life

really is!

sweet little moments

that come and go

so quickly-

we turn around and they

are gone.

so today i am 

savoring, treasuring,

making the most

of every single

minute and

feeling blessed

and happy.

i hope you too

have moments 

like this that you

can cherish- 

that you will know

without a doubt

how good life

really is,

and that you can

find blessings 

in each and every day-

because my sweet friends,

they are there!

the blessings may be hiding

and even sometimes

may be hard to find

but, if you look...

they are there!

the sun is out

it is a lovely day

to be alive!

may you be blessed

today and always,