Friday, April 24, 2009

PINK SATURDAY AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY ONLY SISTER, SHERRY

TODAY IS PINK SATURDAY. IT IS A NETWORK OF TALENTED AND CREATIVE
WOMEN WHO LOVE THE COLOR PINK. SATURDAY IS THEIR DAY AND YOU WILL
FIND THEM HANGING OUT WITH THEIR SWEET HOSTESS BEVERLY, WHO
CORALS 130-165 WOMEN ONTO HER BLOG CALLED:
THERE YOU WILL FIND THE LIST OF EACH PARTICIPANT.
THIS IS MY NIECE HEIDI. SHE WENT TO THE BEAUTY SHOP THE OTHER
DAY AND HAD THEM DO A REALLY CUTE HAIR CUT. SHE WAS ASKING HER
COUSIN AMY WHAT COLOR SHE SHOULD DYE HER BANGS....WELL, WHAT ELSE
WOULD MY DAUGHTER SAY BUT PINK...HEIDI WAS HAPPY TO DO IT FOR HER
COUSIN, AMY. HEIDI IS GOING TO COLLEGE TO BE AN R.N. LUCKILY,
SHE IS NOT IN HER PATIENT ROTATION AS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NO-NO.
THE CUTEST THING IS HEIDI HAS TWO ADORABLE DAUGHTERS....PRINCESS
PINK ISABELLE WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO TURN THE LETTERS LIKE VANNA
WHITE AND BEAUTIFUL DESTINY WHO IS NOT SO FRILLY AND LOVES SPORTS.
ANY WHO.....THEY WANTED TO TAKE THEIR MOTHER TO SHOW AND TELL AT
SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE DIED HER BANGS PINK FOR "THEIR" AMY. THESE ARE
TWO OF THE MOST PRECIOUS GIRLS AND ALSO ELYSE....SHE IS SO SMART
AND BEAUTIFUL AND AN ARTIST.
AMY WAS TICKLED PINK HEIDI DYED HER BANGS PINK. THEY HAVE NOT
ONLY A COUSIN BOND BUT A PINK HAIR BOND.


THROUGH THESE PINK DOORS LET THE PARTY BEGIN......
YOU WILL NEVER SEE SO MANY CAKES IN YOUR LIFE...I WANTED TO POST
A CAKE FOR EVERY YEAR OLD MY SISTER IS BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO INFRINGE
ON ANY ONES RIGHTS. YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER DUPLICATE SOMEONES
WORK OR EVEN TRY AS I CAN BARELY COOK A CAKE IN A PAN AND SLAP
ICING ON IT. I AM JUST NOT REAL TALENTED.
TODAY IS MY BABY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY
SHERRY SMITH
MY ONLY SISTER
MORE PRECIOUS TO ME THAN GOLD
SHE HAS THE TALENT
SHE CAN COOK, SEW, EMBROIDERY, READ A BOOK WHILE SHE COOKS,
MATCH COLORS, IS SO ORGANIZED IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, BLUE EYES.....I
HAVE GREEN LIKE MY DADDY'S AND BROTHER'S..........SHE WORKS FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FULL TIME IN THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.......
SHE IS A GRANDMA AND LOVES ANIMALS. SHE IS PRETTY NEAR PERFECT
FOLKS. COME ON INSIDE AND LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.





FROM MY HEART TO YOURS SHERRY, I WISH YOU THE HAPPIEST
BIRTHDAY EVER AND I SO WISH I COULD BE THERE WITH YOU, SETTING
AROUND THE POOL DRINKING ICE TEA AND LEMON.
WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID AND YOU WERE
ALWAYS SO BRAVE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SLEEP WITH YOU WHEN
I WAS AFRAID.
I STILL HAVE NOT FORGIVEN YOU FOR THROWING AWAY MY PHYLLIS
DILLARD HOUSE SHOES..I SO LOVED THOSE...THEY DID NOT STINK. JUST
KIDDING.
I AM SORRY DADDY WAS NEVER THERE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY BECAUSE
HE WAS ALWAYS OFF FISHING. I KNOW THAT WAS SAD FOR YOU.

















I THINK AS FAMILY WE SHOULD BE ALL THESE QUALITIES TO THOSE WE
LOVE.
I HOPE TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO YOU THROUGH MY LIFE
I PRAY I GIVE YOU COURAGE WHEN YOU ARE WEAK
OUR BOND AS SISTERS SHOULD EMPOWER US TO WIN THE RACE
GOD HAS SET BEFORE US
OUR GREATEST STRENGTH IS TO BE TRUE TO OUR SELVES AND
KEEP OUR HEARTS PURE BEFORE GOD
MAY YOU ALWAYS KNOW EVEN THOUGH YOU LIVE IN ARIZONA AND I AM IN
OKLAHOMA, MY HEART IS ALWAYS WITH YOU AND MY PRAYERS ARE FOR YOU

















I HAD TO POST THIS SIDEWAYS BEAUTIFUL CAKE BECAUSE I ALMOST
ALWAYS DROP EVERYTHING.








YOU WERE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN NOW
YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE MOTHER
















































































YOU JUST WERE NOT AFRAID OF THIS HORSE AT ALL.......BUT THEN MY TURN
CAME TO RIDE HIM AFTER....AFTER HE TOOK OFF RUNNING WITH RICKY ON
HIM AND THREW HIM OVER THE FENCE....I WATCHED RICKY FLY THROUGH
THE AIR AND I SAID, "NO WAY, I'M GETTING ON THAT HORSE...I HAVE A BRAIN".
YOU JUST DID NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD SET THAT HORSIE OFF.
I LOVED SEEING GRANDMA SETTING THERE..SHE WAS SO WELL
AND HAPPY. ALL THE BLACK JACKS IN THE BACK GROUND. THAT IS WHERE
DADDY AND UNCLE BILLY WAS HUNTING WHEN LADY JUMPED UP AND
BIT YOUR LIP WIDE OPEN.


















OUR PINK FLAMINGO BOND




































THIS IS THE CAKE I WOULD PICK FOR YOU AND WILL TRY TO HAVE
MADE FOR AMY'S BIRTHDAY IN JULY. I THINK IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.



















WE WERE THE ADAMS FLYING A'S. THERE WAS NO ONE THAT YOU
COULDN'T BEAT WHEN YOU SET YOUR MIND TO IT....YOU HAVE TO ADMIT
I WAS PRETTY FAST TOO. YOU REMIND ME OF ISABELLE IN THAT PICTURE.
LOOK AT THOSE BEAUTIFUL HARD WOOD FLOORS AND MOTHER
HATED THEM SO...SAID SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING BUT CARPETING.
THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT WHERE YOU ARE STANDING IS THE DINING
ROOM NOW.























































































I SURE WISH AND I KNOW TEDDY DOES.....WE STILL HAD THIS LITTLE
CAR...THEY GO FOR BIG BUCKS NOW....BUT HE PROBABLY TOOK IT APART
TO SEE HOW IT WORKED THE WAY HE DID YOUR BANANA SEAT BIKE.
IS IT NOT AWESOME HOW MUCH MOTHER AND DADDY'S HOUSE
HAS CHANGED. 50 YEARS IN THE SAME HOUSE.
























I WISH I COULD TIE US ON THAT BALLOON AND WE COULD FLY TO OREGON AND
GATHER OUR BEACH GLASS AND THEN FLY ON TO PARIS. OH HOW I
DREAM OF PARIS.



























BEAUTIFUL ROSES FOR A BEAUTIFUL LADY





















































WOW...WE HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH IN 50 PLUS YEARS....MY SOON TO
BE 54 AND YOUR 52.....WOW.........I THINK THE NEXT TIME YOU COME
HOME WE SHOULD GET DRESSES AND CANCANS AND LITTLE HATS AND REPEAT
THAT PICTURE....THAT WOULD BE A HOOT. I WISH I HAD DADDY'S CAR.
I SURE HE PROBABLY STILL WISHES HE HAD THAT CAR.



























I LOVE YOU SHERRY AND HOPE YOU HAVE A FUN DAY.

































THANK YOU ALL FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR SATURDAY WISHING
MY ONLY SISTER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
BUT AS WE PARTY THERE ARE SOME PRETTY HEAVY PRAYER REQUESTS
AND I MUST NOT EVER FORGET THOSE IN NEED
JOANNA OF MOSS HILL STUDIO AND HER HUSBAND RON ARE BOTH
CANCER SURVIVORS. RON'S CANCER HAS CAME BACK AT HIS BRAIN STEM
AND HE IS IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SURGERY.....AWAITING SOCIAL SERVICES
OKAY. HIS IS A VERY URGENT REQUEST.
SPENCERS DAUGHTER AT BELLAMERE COTTAGE HAD SURGERY YESTERDAY
ON HER KNEE. AWAITING A GOOD REPORT
BECKY AT HOLIDAY IN THE SUN LOST HER SIL IN A TRAGIC BOATING
ACCIDENT. PLEASE VISIT HER AND LEAVE SOME LOVE FOR THE FAMILY.
KATHERINE AT COUNTRY ROMANTIC HAS SUFFERED A LOSS WITH THE
PASSING OF HER GRANDMOTHER
DAWN'S SON NOAH, MOLLY'S CONNOR, EDWARD,
DORIS'S ANGELS SERVING THIS COUNTRY: BRANDON, JAMIE, THOR, KRISTEN,
BEVERLY'S MOTHER, CONNIE J'S MOTHER, MY MOTHER IN LOVE IRENE,
MY MOTHER PEGGY, MY AUNT JEAN, JENNIFER AND DAVID, JENNIFER,
PATRICIA, JERRY, JAY, SUZANNE, ERRICA, BOBBY, LAURA, LAURIE, ROBBI,
AMY AND LEILA....AMY'S WHITE COUNT HAS DROPPED AGAIN.....LEILA IS
VERY WEAK...OLIVIA, DORIS'S COUSIN WHO IS BATTLING CANCER.. ALL THOSE CHRISTIANS WHO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND ARE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS, FOR MO'S SON WHO IS A
POLICEOFFICER AND ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE MEN AND WOMEN, MEDICS, ALL THOSE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN HARMS WAY EVERY DAY....MAY THEY BE PROTECTED BY THE LORD...AND MAY THERE FAMILY'S BE PROTECTED AND EVERY NEED MET.
SMILE AT SOMEONE TODAY...IT MAY CHANGE THEIR LIFE
HUGS
debbie



























26 comments:

  1. Great post, love all the pics and a Happy Birtday to your Sis!
    Happy Pink Saturday!
    ♥ Teresa

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  2. Hi Debbie,
    Happy Pink Saturday! What a wonderful birthday tribute to your sister...Happy Birthday Sherry! Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I did use a twig wreath & I tied the cups on with ribbon. I'm so glad you liked it. Have a wonderful day.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

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  3. Oh my - - - these old pictures of your sister look strangely familiar!!!

    The jumper and turtleneck - - - we wore clothes JUST LIKE THAT, mom made the jumpers and they were very fine wale corduroy in our case.

    Also, the picture of you and your sister standing by the car - - - we have a picture of my sister and me that is oh so similar!!!!

    Happy memories.

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  4. What a really lovely post and Happy Birthday to your sister.

    Happy Pink Saturday
    from the Raggedy Girl-Roberta Anne

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  5. Happy Pink Saturday. Your blog is just such a delight to visit each week. Of course, all of the pink goodies always warm my ♥. This week everyone seems to be out-doing themselves!

    Wishing you, and all those close to your ♥, a purr-fect weekend filled with joy, peace and gracious living.

    You can help me celebrate my birthday any day!

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  6. Happy Birthday to Sherry! Those old photos are precious! I love that old toy car. My little brother had a little pedal boat. Oh, I wish I had that! Thank you also for listing all of those who need prayers. Thank you for visiting us also. I tried to reply to your comment via email, but it rejected the address? So, thank you for your nice compliment to me regarding my purse! I appreciate it.

    Mermaid Debbie

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  7. I really enjoyed your pink pictures and the reliving of happy days with your sister. You have been blessed! I am 53 and my little sister 50 so the pictures are much like our album! So many needs. But we serve a God whose size and power is more than ample, yes? I agree with you in praying God will meet their needs and shower them with grace. And that He will bless your weekend,

    Jennifer

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  8. Thank you for sharing. Loved the pictures. What a nice tribute. Happy Pink Saturday.

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  9. Hello Debbie,

    What a wonderful tribute to your only sister. All the cakes,and balloons in the world could not compete with the love shown in this post. What a wonderful "Pink Saturday". I enjoyed the visit. "Happy Birthday to your sister" and prayers going out to all of those people who you listed in this post.

    Kris

    P.S. I always wanted a cancan like the ones you and your sister were wearing.

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  10. Lovely tribute to your sister - Happy Pink Saturday!

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  11. Happy Pink Saturday, Debbie and Happy Birthday to your sister! I wish I had a sister like you to do this for me!

    Linda

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  12. Dear Debbie, There are hundreds of Christian ladies and gentlemen on the blogs I visit and I thank God for each one, BUT you are one of the most thoughtful, caring, loving lady, who regardless of your own trials, always finds the time to visit my blog and make me feel so good each time you come. I know you have many awards and you certainly deserve them, but with your consent I would like to add mine to your list. It is sent with the greatest respect for you and with my prayers for your daughter.

    You know I don't how to do all that linking, so could you please stop by my blog and pick it up.

    Barbara

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  13. Hi Debbie, The pink hair was a hoot. Good luck in her nursing.

    The photos and tribute to your sister Sherrie was awesome. I loved it all. The photo with the matching dresses is so cute.

    Hugs and a happy day to you and a happy birthday to Sherrie...Jeanne

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  14. Wonderful Pink Saturday Post. Happy Birthday to Sherrie. Love the pictures when you two were younger!

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  15. Thank you sweet lady for sharing this wonderful family post ,what a treasure your sister must be,after all she has you and you are truly priceless. Thank you for letting us bloggers in on such an amazing journey.
    If you get time please stop by there is a ladybug smile award waiting on you.
    Blessings and hugs.

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  16. Pretty pink bangs!

    Your posts are always so beautiful, both the pictures you find and scan and the words and the sweet and kind requests for others at the end of each post.

    So heartwarming to see your love for your little sister! The old pictures you posted are just a balm to the heart, old days, old times, never forgotten...

    I hope Amy's wbc count goes up to better levels and that Leila gains strength and the weakness abates soon...

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  17. Debbie, Happy Pink Saturday. You are such a sweetheart. Thank you so much for your prayers for my mother.

    Your sister must love this post. You are both so adorable in the pictures. And, I am in love with that butterfly cake. Your Amy would love it, too. She and your family remain in my prayers.

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  18. Happy birthday to your sister! What beautiful beautiful cakes - I had to smile at the one you photographed sideways. Happy Pink Saturday to you!

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  19. Happy Pinkday!! Thanks for visiting my blog XD
    no - I am sorry to say that the beehive gal is not my design! I wish you sis a beautifyl birthday and I loved your choice of birthday cakes, they all look so yummy!!

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  20. Debbie, what a precious tribute to your sister. That photo of you and your sister looks so much like photos me and my sister. My sister is a year younger than me, and Mother always dressed us alike. Many people in our home town still, to this day, think that we were twins! When will Amy see the Dr. again? I'm SO praying for her. laurie

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  21. oh how i LOVE those older photos of you and your sister! Thank you somuch for sharing such TREASURES!! :) prayers are continued to be sent! :) Have a BEAUTIFUL day, Deb!! :)

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  22. Happy Birthday to Sherry! The wish may be belated, but the sentiment is not. Hope you have a great year ahead and many more Happy Birthdays.

    XO,

    Sheila

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  23. love those pink welcome doors!
    and what wonderful cakes you found...
    chasity

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  24. Debbie, Since I don't know how to send awards to you or anyone, please stop and get yours off my blog.

    LOOOOOOOOOOK DEBBIE

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  25. Hi Debbie,
    I know I can enjoy a nice cup of coffee when I read your post.....your neice Heidi looks adaoable with the Pink hair and Happy Birthday to your sister Sherry...love all the cakes....they are beautiful.....and a big thank you adding by Son to your prayers....you are the best Debbie....
    Hugs,
    Mo ;-)

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  26. Debbie, I'm just stopping by to check on "ya'll". I'm still praying for Amy and the rest of your prayer list. I hope ya'll are ok. laurie

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