Chasing Rainbows...

How is it...
that something so beautiful in our world
can get attached to some things not so beautiful?

I don't know how this happens.

But...

I love rainbows!




The other day, we were driving home from tennis and ballet
and saw a beautiful huge rainbow in the sky.
We were so excited!

It's such a good day when you get to see a rainbow.
Since my girls were little I've told them to
Never miss an opportunity to stop and look up at the rainbow.
Sure enough, they were scrambling for their phones to
snap some photos.
I'm happy my girls like rainbows too:-)

One of the pastors at our old church was John Maxwell.
While speaking of Noah, he said
"Whenever you see a rainbow,
remember that one person can make a difference."
I wrote that one in my Bible immediately.
What a way to look at rainbows.





Some people see rainbows as hope...
and they should.
I imagine this is where the phrase "chasing rainbows" comes from.

Hope...
Remember that God loves you and even through the bad storms,
there will always come a bright new day.

Promise!
Pinkie Promise:-)

So next time you see a rainbow...
feel free to stop what you're doing and gaze up at that beautiful promise in the sky.


And for a bit of rainbow silliness and fun...



"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." Dolly Parton




How about a stack of HAPPY for breakfast???





No WONDER my all-time favorite cereal is Fruity Pebbles:-)





:-) :-) :-)




I'll have a slice of this!




...Or one of these!



Oh my gosh...

...real live PEEPS!





Okay, I promise to never do this...
and I always keep my promises! ;-)




What do you see?
Colors...
or possibilities?
I remember when I was little,
nothing made me happier than getting one of those big boxes of crayons.
I was so happy when we got the box with LOTS of colors!!!
Oh...the possibilities:-)




"And when it rains on your parade,
look up rather than down.
Without the rain,
there would be no RAINBOW."
Chesterton


XOXOXOXO

A Happy, Rainbow Cake...

My daughter had a friend visit over spring break and to celebrate,

Taylor made the coolest cake I have seen in a long time.
It is totally wild...just see for yourself!



I first saw this cake idea on lillypulitzer.com
from there, you can find a link to the step by step procedure
and a recipe for cake using a box mix and adding sprite and a few other things.
We didn't follow this recipe, instead just making the recipe on the box,
but I will tell you how we did it and if we can do it... you get the picture:-)

First of all, we used 2 round cake pans and 2 boxes of french vanilla cake mix.
(If you don't double the recipe, the colors don't pop
as much since the layers are thinner but you can use one if you like.)
After mixing the cake batter, seperate into 6 bowls and add food coloring. (we used red, yellow, orange, blue, green and purple.)
By the way, the gel food colorings work much better when you want bold colors
...and this cake is bold!!!:-)
Add a color to each bowl. In the center of the pan, scoop one color batter (approx. 2/3 cup) in the center. Then, you add another scoop of a different color in the center of that batter,
so your pan will begin to look like this.
We baked it as directed, checking it after an additional 5 minutes to see if it was done.
(You have to bake it a little longer than you would if using one cake mix.)
We then used a family recipe for frosting that we love but you could use anything...
even whipped cream. I'm telling you, the girls are CRAZY over this cake!
Kids and adults will love it.
How perfect for a retro-60's or 70's party, too.
Or now that I think of it, you could make one with softer, Easter pastels.
(Another cool thing to do for little kids is ask your bakery at the grocery store
to dye the bread rainbow. I used to do this for our preschool
and make mini sandwiches.
I think the kids ate just because they had rainbow sandwiches:-)
Happy Monday!