a little birdie told me so: Happy New Year!!!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!!!

Only Rachel's hubby is missing from this group shot, fortunately he was able to join us a little later. It was a great day to have all my children and grands together at the same time.

6 comments:

Betsy BrockDecember 31, 2011 at 10:16 PM
What a wonderful family photo! :) Happy New Year, Steph. xo
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HilaryJanuary 1, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Fantastic group shot. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family.
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Lisa at GreenbowJanuary 1, 2012 at 4:41 PM
What a beautiful family portrait. I see so much love sitting there together.
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Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiJanuary 1, 2012 at 6:54 PM
What a fabulous photo, Stevie! You have such a beautiful family. Wishing you and yours a very happy & healthy New year! {{hugs}}
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ZuzanaJanuary 2, 2012 at 2:46 PM
What an incredible picture, how lucky you are to have such a large and happy family.;))
Happy New Year dear friend, may 2012 be a wonderful one for you and yours.;)
xoxo
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Jill from Killeny GlenJanuary 3, 2012 at 1:30 PM
HOW WONDERFUL!!!!!
Happy New Year to YOU too!
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...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'