Kelly (SIL married to my brother Steve), Melissa my niece (Sister Kathy’s 2nd daughter) Jessica (soon to be my niece by marriage to my nephew Timothy, Kelly will be her MIL), Kathy my oldest sister, My Mother Nadia, My sister Vera, Debbee my niece (Sister Vera’s daughter), Michelle my niece (Sister Kathy’s first born daughter), and myself. (Wish my daughter Katie and DIL Laura, my sister Lana, my SIL Letty, my SIL Mandy, and my niece Kristin (Vera’s DIL) could have been with us, too!!)
In honor of my mother’s 85th birthday I spent a couple hours today with these lovely ladies having an afternoon tea. (More tea posts to follow) My mother the guest of honor shared with us some verses she wanted to gift us with. She read them in Russian from her Russian Bible. (This Psalm is 132 in the Russian Bible)
Psalm 133 ~ “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! It is lke precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard running down on Aaron’s beard, down upon the collar of his robes. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing, even life forevermore.”
What a blessing it is to live with these ladies in unity. It is good and pleasant everytime we get together. Thanks mom for sharing this Psalm with us at your tea.
Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage and they have blacked them all out. I’m slowly working at restoring my posts without their help. Such a tiresome bother!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Awe….what a special time you had with the women of your family! Your mom is very blessed to have all of you with her on her special day!! Happy Birthday to Nadia! God Bless you!!
Happy Birthday to your Mother!
Sounds you all had a wonderful time!
Have a nice Sunday!
Enjoyed the pictures and scripture. Please visit and have ‘tea’ with other lilies in God’s garden at http://www.thedailylily.com
Oh, I wish I could have been there with you guys! Too fun!
Looks like a lovely time and I spotted the three tier server, those wouldn’t happen to be cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches would they? lol Nothing like a cup of tea to soothe the soul. Happy Birthday!
I was actually looking for a tea blog but stumbled into this one and saw the post about your mom’s birthday tea. As a believer in Jesus, I was so happy and blessed to read your entry. I had tears in my eyes as I thought of your mother reading that Bible verse. God bless you!
Linda
http://glorybeeattitudes.blogspot.com/
Happy birthday to your dear mom! What a lovely way to celebrate 🙂
Thank you for planning all the details of our truly “good and pleasant” afternoon, Ellen! So glad you were feeling better and able to be there. I’m thanking God for my family today, especially the ladies! 🙂
Looks as if you all had a great time. The photos are lovely.
Happy Birthday to your Mother!
What a wonderful time you must have had with your family! I live far away from my own, so I understand so well how important those times together are!
Happy birthday to your Mom! What a sweet afternoon that must have been! I enjoyed reading about it…and the pictures too!
Thank you for blessing us with this post and your mother’s wise choice of Bible verse. Truly wonderful.
Looks like a lovely time was had by all! Happy Birthday to your mother!
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