Peanut Butter Chocolate Cip Cookies

Cream:
1 Cup of sugar
1 Cup of brown sugar
1 Cup of butter

Add:
2 eggs and mix well

Add:
1 tsp baking soda
0.5 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
mix well

Gradually add:
3 Cups flour

roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in flour to prevent sticking.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 min.
So buttery they melt in your mouth!

This is one of my mom's portulaca roses, also known as moss rose. Her others are yellow and pink.
I just thought that I would post something pretty for you to look at while I will be gone.
We have to go back to Missouri to take care of some family business. Don't worry, I will be back in a week or so.
Have a nice summer y'all!

The Isaacs "Peace"

I love this song. It makes me so grateful for the peace that I have and makes me wish that there was someway I could share it with all the searchin' hurtin' souls out there looking for God.

Peace

 

Peace.

A little white dove,

The calm after a storm,

A gentle breeze on a lazy day.

No, not my Peace.

My Peace is...

 

A serenity deep within your soul,

That while all hell rages you know,

You are safe.

You are protected.

You are loved.

That is my Peace.

Most folks think you obtain Peace by forsaking war,

Or by giving to the poor,

Or even simply saying a prayer.

But that's not how you get Peace, 

Not my Peace.

My Peace is a taste of Heaven on earth,

Obtained only through a change of heart.

A change caused by conviction,

Brought on by repentance.

Settled in your soul through trust.

For by grace are saved through faith.

Not by works of righteousness that we have done.

Lest any man should boast.

Therefore being justified by faith,

we have Peace,

Peace with God,

Through our Lord Jesus Christ.

My piece of Peace.

Whew! What a ride!

We have been very busy this month and that is why I have not been posting or getting on blogger at all. Then I got on and realized just how much I didn't like the way I had set up my blog before we left. (sorry) So I changed it. Anyway, we went to Alabama for the 4th of July. That was a blast! We watched fireworks off a bluff,spent a whole day swimming, visited Unclaimed Baggage, and thoroughly enjoyed our first vacation as a family! Then we were home catching up on all the work we left behind when we learned that we have to go back to Missouri for family business. This is after we had spent a month and a half ( March and April) in MO. when my Grandma was sick.
   Well, since my mom will not fly and felt guilty for leaving 2 out 3 of her children in NC, she decided that we are going to rent a car to go to MO,then get the other car, camp at a river, and spend a little time with family, then come home. The challenge is to do this as inexpensively as possible and leave for MO next Monday. All the while my Dad still has to work, we are still trying to continue to serve God in our church just like we have been, do our school work, tend the garden and all the regular things around the house. It's a little overwhelming but God gives grace!
   The other day we were listening to a preacher on cd, Bro. Mike Qualls, and in his message he said that he thinks when we get to heaven, we're gonna' look back over our life and, even though our life is but a vapor, We'll stand in amazement and say "WOW, what a ride!" That will definitely be true for me. My life has barely began yet, the countless experiences, both bad and good, have made it that much more memorable. Thank God for grace!