FOOD FOR THOUGHT

My mom emailed this to me and it's pretty amazing. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!

It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born.
These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body! God's Pharmacy! Amazing!

A sliced carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and
radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science
now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of
the eyes.

A tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four
chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, bok choy, rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus makingthem weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, eggplant and pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Oranges, grapefruits, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Sixteen Months





You turned sixteen months on the 28th of last month! Most of the time you are as happy as in the picture above...on this particular day, I had just caught you mopping our hardwood floors with tissue and TOILET water!!!!! Some of the things you enjoy and talk about are:

• You LOVE all animals - especially "Kitty Kitty Kitty" and "Puppy". You spot puppies and kittens in every book and talk about them throughout the day. You even woke up this morning talking about a puppy, so you must dream about them too!



• Your newest phrase (with the pointer finger just a going) is an emphatic "NO WAY." You rarely skip an opportunity to speak your mind, although most of the time it is in some sort of half German and Chinese mumbo jumbo.



• You jibber jabber all day long and I really believe you know exactly what you are saying although I usually have no idea. Your Daddy thought that was what all babies your age did until so many people started commenting on it...and now he is a little afraid that once we can understand you, you may never stop talking!



• Some of your newest words/phrases - daddy, get daddy(when you are chasing or coming for him), momma get (when you are asking me to get something for you), cookie, round (for the wheels on the bus song), Maggie (it is so cute when you say her whole name)
  
  
• You are starting to climb everything. The ottoman in the den has been your target this week. You have already fallen off of it 4 times today. You have fallen and received five big and bruised goose eggs on your forehead to date and I am preparing myself for many many more. Thank goodness you have a hard little head.
  
  
• We say your prayers together every night and I always say names in the same order. You get the biggest and sweetest smile on your face each time we thank God for Nana, Grandaddy and Uncle Mark...it melts my heart!
  
  
• You are a pretty good eater. Lately you have been loving all the fresh zipper and pink eye peas I have cooked from the farmers markets...who would have guessed?
  
  
• Each day your little personality comes alive more and more. I can not wait to get to know you even better! I think you are going to be a truly amazing child...I thank God numerous times throughout the day that He entrusted such a precious gift to us. I pray that He gives your Daddy and I the tools we need to raise you to love Him with all your heart and soul...and that one day you will do awesome things for His ultimate glory!!!
  

Fun on the Fourth...FINALLY!

Sorry this is so late, but we had a great 4th! We spent a relaxing weekend at the lake with good friends, family and great food. Here are a few pics...thanks to all my friends who remembered not only their cameras but also that little neccessity called a memory card!!!

Outside in the Afternoon

Doing a little pruning

Watching for Daddy

Mastering the chair

Found a golf ball!

Sweet curls!

Love those chipmunk cheeks!

Dazed and confused?

Since I have been a little slack about posting lately, I thought I would share a few photos of Thomas playing outside this afternoon. (Don't want to upset you blog junkies too much. I know how you get when people haven't posted in a day or two...no need for names, you know who you are :) Thomas woke up from a LATE afternoon nap right after I had finished a photo shoot (perfect timing since I forgot to get a babysitter!) He wanted to go outside and loved the little chair I had used for the shoot. He climbed in and out a dozen times, found a golf ball, picked lots of mommy's flowers and waited for Daddy to come home. Hope you enjoy!!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

We love and appreaciate you so very much! I could not have imagined a more fun loving Daddy for Thomas. Thank you for our wonderful lives and all your hard work each and every day. I pray that Thomas will someday become such an outstanding man like you!

Love,

Mommy and Thomas

Thomas' Newest Trick Is...

What will I find in here?

Yum, that was tasty!

Opening doors! Thomas has figured out how to open all the interior doors in our house and his favorite one to open is the pantry of course. It looks like I don't feed him enough, right? He is getting to be such a big boy and although this is a major accomplishment to him, it is a reminder to me that he is really no longer a baby anymore. He learns something new everyday and his vocabulary grows more and more. I feel so privileged to be able to experience all these firsts with him. Thank goodness the exterior doors are still a little too heavy for him to get open, but I am sure that's right around the corner!

Ranger Riding

Ali and Stirling came over for dinner tonight (we missed you Brad) and afterwards Michael suggested that we all go for a ride on the Polarius Ranger. This is a favorite activity of ours on the weekends. We often cut through a neighbor's yard onto the golf course and ride up to Devonshire, the townhouse development Michael is building on the golf course, to check on his jobs. Thomas loves riding in the wind and giggles the whole way. Stirling did the same tonight and the trip was pretty usual until riding to the Foster's was suggested. To make a long story short, Michael and Ali had the brilliant idea of cutting through another one of Michael's jobs to get to Molly's house faster. I have never experienced off roading in the ranger like that ever before and never want to again with a baby on my lap and with bare feet. Thankfully we arrived at the Foster's alive and safe and Ali got some really cute pics of the three babies on the back of the ranger (check out her blog for these).

We decided to go home a different way although this meant riding on the sidewalk adjacent to Moores Mill Road....where we passed a cop!! Ali and I freaked out thinking our faces were going to be plastered on the front page of the local paper as the "Worst Mothers in Lee County!" The cop didn't seem to care and we made it home safe and sound. All in all we had a blast and will have a great story to tell the kids one day...

That was fun Daddy!

I'll take you for a ride!

Cute photo opp

Off Roading Family