Lots of Bread and our BIG BIG God!

I have some really good, really great, really exciting news. Do you ever marvel at just how big and awesome our God is? Today is certainly one of those days! Our friends Jon and Amy Moffett were given a baby today!!! Her name is Amanda Joy she is 9 1/2 months old and weighs 14 pounds. Her grandmother has been looking since before her birth for the right parents to give her to and today they chose John and Amy! It's a long and wonderful story but the ending is the most wonderful part. We have a new Moffett in our 'family'.

Now about the bread.... Yesterday, Sarah and I made 18 bread items. Darrel had sold 12 at work and we sold 4 others and we made two for our family.

Who will help me mill the grain said Sarah. Who will help me mix the dough? Who will help me kneed the dough? Who will help me watch it rise? Who will help me bake the bread? The answer to all of these were her momma. Who will help me eat the bread? The answer was everyone who smelled it! I tried to talk Sarah into changing the name of the bread business to The Red Hen Sisters Bread Co. Thinking the story would be very cute, but she would not go for it. She wants to change it to The Three Sisters Bread Co or Three Sisters Better Breads.

We worked for several hours. We made 6 cinnamon rolls, 3 garlic cheese rolls, 5 loafs, and 4 dinner rolls. We were very very glad when it was all done. (11:45- 5:15 and then packaged it all from 9 - 930 or so.) Daddy delivered his to the people at work and Joshua delivered two of the ones due today. We do not deliver, but he was doing some other things in town anyway. We will take a couple to church tomorrow night. (frozen)

Crazy enough, we made three more things today: 2 cinnamon rolls and one loaf. Then we ran completely out of yeast. (But Daddy came to the rescue and picked us some up on his way home from work. Yeah Daddy.)

So I will end this blog entry with this blessing upon you.

"Deut. 28:5 "A blessing upon your grain-basket and kneading bowl."

Be Blessed!

Graduation Invitation

Graduation Invitation
Originally uploaded by darrelsgang

Here is the Graduation Invitation for Joshua's Graduation Ceremony.
Joshua designed it then we printed them at Sams as 4x6in color photos, then mailed them.

The Graduation Invitation says:

With joy and praise to God
Darrel and LeAnn Russell
announce that their son
Joshua Darrel Russell
has completed foundational studies
in preparation for the calling
God has placed on his life.
Please join us for a
Commencement Ceremony and Reception
on Saturday, May 31st, 2008
at 2pm at
Cornerstone Community Church
Springtown, Texas

My First Blog

I think maybe I am ready to start my blog. Joshua has had it ready for sometime, but I have not had things ready. I do a 'family newsletter' each month. The intended audience is my children, I am writing it to give to them, sort of like a scrap book, just done on the computer. I will try to post that here each month. Here are the ones from the first of the year.
January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

These are PDF's so they will be downloaded to your computer and then you can look at them on the computer. Grandparents may want to print them off, but that will take a good amount of ink. They are graphic intensive.

Let me know what you think.