Family Fun Day April DWTS/TC

This is the only photo from FFD I am allowed to put on the interwebs, having to do with DWTS (Dancing w/the Stars) there was glitter and dancing involved and the males of my family while totally participatory did not want the day plastered all over the place to be used against them and since their participation was amazing due to the females fondness for DWTS I am honoring their request....reluctantly....

Let me just say the day was a BLAST....There was glitter as I said and flowers and competition FURIOUS....there was a tango complete w/costuming and drama that blew the judges socks off. There was some criticism... hubs and I's Paso Doble' was reviewed somewhat harshly.....the exact words of the judge was "you were handsome and you were handsome and then you went to work and you died"....so that was taken with a grain of salt and we moved into the second part of the evening.....oh yeah the Tango won....big deal.
Ok here's a small photo of the youngest competitor who was a member of team Mambo, the shaking of her little booty in the costume was pricesless if NOT prizewinning..

Top Chef style..we drew spoons, having those under 2 in the competition completely negated using knives!....We had 5 teams/pairs, a theme (rainbows), 5 courses (beverages, appetizers, soup/salad, main course and dessert) ...15 minutes to plan ....10 minutes to shop ...and 10 dollars per course to spend!! I can't begin to describe the fun we had....ahhh my kitchen was never intended to be more than a 2 butt kitchen and at any one time it was inhabited by at least 5 butts!!
We brought in impartial judges (yeah right lynz) and following intense butt crowded preparation.....we plated our food and were judged on originality and taste.....
originality.....we had some hot dogs marinated in tabasco....nuff said...can we say 'bottom 2!!'
uhhmmm....not to out anyone but they lost.....
We had such a good time all afternoon and into the early evening. Celebrated Allison's and my Birthday's in the process....Oh the first picture is my very first Grand pup...a long haired chihuahua named Petrie and she is adorable with or without her little dress and tolerates all the love Emma, Gabe and Millie shower her with outstandingly for her breed I would think, her life is always in peril around all THAT love!! :)

I was reading this morning in 2 Samuel 2 and gonna paraphrase here …
these 2 guys are chasing each other relentlessly and one guy looks back and says to the other ‘hey, how long you gonna chase me’ the guy replies w/’if you hadn’t said something all the way to the end of the world’ or something…so I think about how I just get caught up in the pursuit or feeling pursued or persecuted and IF I would just address a situation, knowing that He’s with me…. what could happen…??...
and then in Matthew 14, it’s the story of Peter walking on the water…and the message says….Peter ‘suddenly bold’ , I mean it’s Peter and he’s been following Jesus and KNOWS him and he just asks Jesus about walking on the water with Him and of course Jesus say’s ‘come on’ and he does it, Peter walks on the water, I mean HE WALKS ON WATER….
until he looks down and see the waves at his feet and then he starts to sink and he yells for Jesus to help him and Jesus … in Matthew 14 vs….31Jesus didn't hesitate. He reached down and grabbed his hand. Then he said, "Faint-heart, what got into you?"

He was close enough to ask and close enough for Jesus to reach out and help him….makes me wonder what if I followed Him that closely….