Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Rob! Oh my goodness, thirty-five years ago today I had my fifth and last baby! And what a joy you were! As you grew up you turned into kind of a dare devil! You loved to take risks! I don't know where you got that from! But it has paid off because today you are a Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Tech. We're very proud of you...a Christian, husband, father, son, brother, friend. Thank you, Lord, for Rob! Please guide him through life as a husband, a father, at work, and on the ski slopes. Keep Your Hand upon him and draw him close to You.

DVD

Last evening we saw the first half of a DVD, Star of Bethlehem. It left us wowed and awed! I can't wait to see the second half next Wed. evening. If you have a chance to see it, do. Today I want to start looking up all the scriptures that go with it. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him? You made Him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned Him with glory and honor. Psalms 8:3-5.

Jerry

Here's my boyfriend watching football on TV.
And here's my husband smiling at me!
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for Jerry. He loves me! And I love him.

Live Nativity

Today we went to Covenant Hills to a live nativity. It was very cold out. We rode in a wagon pulled by Clydesdale horses - # 1. Mary, Joseph, & baby Jesus - # 2. Shepherd's arrive - # 3. Shepherd's keeping warm by fire (Pat & Cherilyn & sons) - # 4. There were hundreds of lights and displays. It was well done. We almost didn't go because a big snow storm was predicted. But nothing was happening at five o'clock when we left here. It started snowing a few minutes before we left to come back home. It is turning into quite a snow storm. We're glad we went though, it was a very good evening with two other couples: Penn & Joan, Richard & Marilyn, and Jerry & me. We're getting lots of snow now. We saw other folks we know like Doyle & Margaret. It was a good evening. Thank you, Lord for good friends. Thank you for dedicated people who give of themselves for others even when it's terribly cold out. Thank you for Jesus: the reason for the season!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Madelyn! I can't believe a whole year has gone by since you were born! You are one of the sweetest and prettiest little baby granddaughters we've ever had! You are #6 of our granddaughters and # 13 in all! We were there when you were born so we know how sweet you are! The problem is we haven't seen you since, except in pictures! But that will change, probably in February! Thank you, Lord, for our little Maddie! Please keep Your Hand upon her as she grows into toddler stage and even well beyond that. We all love her so much but Your Love is far greater than we can even imagine. I Praise You!

A Tough Decision

We made a tough decision yesterday. Andrew is graduating this month. Wow! Are we proud! We had planned to go to see our oldest grandson graduate from university but we had to make a decision and so decided not to go! I don't understand universities that limit the number of folks who can attend. At the last minute extra tickets will be available to those students who need more. We're talking about going up to the upper peninsula and way west. We can't book a motel in hope that we'll get tickets, we can't know in advance what the weather will be. It's too far to go and then not get in for the graduation. What a dilemma! So, we made the tough decision not to go. It's a big disappointment. Lord, thank you for Andrew! He's a great person. Thank you for his accomplishments. Help him to seek Your guidence. We know You have a plan for him. I praise You because You are Love.

Big Error!

Oh boy, did I goof! It was several blogs ago on the one titled Grandchildren. In it I wrote a little blurb on each grandchild. On the one about Haleigh I told about her new puppy, Plaid. I said Plaid was a Shih Tzu, which is right. My mistake was that I totally blew the spelling. Yes, Annie, I spelled Shih Tzu wrong! I remember checking the spelling but apparently it's not in the computer dictionary! The reason I caught it today is because there's a picture in the newspaper of a model holding a little Shih Tzu in a tote bag! So I went back to my old blog and corrected my error and now I'm confessing it to you! I hope the newspaper is right! Thank you, Lord, for loving us. Sometimes we just make little tiny innocent mistakes, like this one that I made, but sometimes we make huge mistakes. Thank you for making a provision (Jesus), for us to be forgiven no matter how big or small our mistakes (sins) are.

Christmas Is Coming!

We have a good start on decorating for Christmas. I mailed a package today and three over seas Christmas cards. We got our first two cards in the mail today. So, yes, Christmas is coming. I'll be mailing the bulk of my cards in the next few days, so if you're on my list, be watching for it. Dear Lord, in all the business of the season, help us to remember that Christmas is the remembrance of the birth of Your Son, Jesus. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Unbelievable!

This is totally unbelievable to me! I sat upstairs in the loft in my Lazy Boy recliner with my lap top and read, then wrote an e-mail to my daughter, Christy! How cool is that? Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!

Whole New System!

Oh boy! I'm on-line now on my new lap top! Wow! I can hardly believe it! I'm having to learn a whole new system of doing things! A well meaning, very good, friend told me to stick with XP but my daughter-in-law told me to be sure I ordered the new Vista. Well, I know I'm slow (now that I'm aging!) but I still want the latest! So I'll learn the new system...it may take me longer than the average bear but I'll learn! So be patient with me, okay? It took me all day to get on-line! But I did it! Thank you, Heavenly Father, for my new lap top computer. Thank you for helping me to get on-line and for giving me the ability to understand at least a little bit of what I'm doing. Help me to use this for Your Glory and to Honor You in all I write.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Annie! Oh, you're so far away! And I guess your birthday is actually all over with now! I'm not late, but yet, I am late! I hope you had a great birthday! Knowing your family and your dorm brothers and sisters, I'm sure you did! You were our first granddaughter! We already had three grandsons when you were born so you were welcome indeed! Happy, happy birthday! Dear Lord, thank you for Annie. She is a blessing to our family and to You! Please guide her through her teen years. Help her to remember that You have a plan just for her and it's the best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland! Ted and his family came last night so they came through rain but no snow. I was just glad when they arrived safely. Well, now, the turkey is in the oven, the pies we baked yesterday so they are sitting pretty and delicious looking; 2 apple and 2 pumpkin. By the way, Gene, Jerry peeled the apples for me! Thanks for giving him the idea! I've got to get my dinner roll dough mixed next. I can imagine everyone working on dinner, the same as I am. To my family in Colorado: I wish I could be there too! 17 of you, wow! I hope you have a wonderful day. To Lorraine: where ever you are, Washington or Oregon, have a great, wonderful, blessed day. To the Georgia family: have a happy, blessed Thanksgiving. To the Illinois family: have a happy blessed Thanksgiving. To the Malaysia family: have a happy blessed Thanksgiving. To our family right here in Michigan: have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. WOW, that's alot of family! To all my friends everywhere: Have a blessed Happy Thanksgiving Day. Thank you Lord, for all the many, many blessings You've given us here in the USA. Thank you for life and love. Thank you most of all for Jesus.

Present

On my birthday I mentioned that Jerry was buying me a certain gift and when I got it I'd say what it was. Well, it came today. I'd better say right up front that it's now my birthday present and Christmas present! A Dell Lap Top Computer was delivered here today! I love it! Of course I knew it was coming because I ordered it. I have a lot to learn...I nearly panicked when it came today. But I've been reading and playing with it and figuring things out on it. I'm not on line with it yet but I will be soon. I've got to get the old computer, desk top, cleaned out and get organized. So you know what I'll be doing for the next several days! Oh Lord, thank you for all this new technology. Thank you for helping me to learn how to use computers. Thank you for my old computer and for my new lap top. Help me to use it for Your Glory. Help me not to abuse it. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Mumps???!

Max has the mumps! We hardly ever hear about mumps these days. It was such a relief when they came out with the shots for mumps, that was when my kids were small. Max had the shots but maybe needed a booster shot. I was about the same age as Max when I had them. Oh, was I sick. I had them on one side and when that side went down I got them on the other side! I was sick for about a month! Hopefully, he'll get help, which we didn't have when I was young.
Lord, You are our Healer. I praise You. You are All Knowing. You know all about Max and these mumps. You know where he got them from. Please, touch him. Help the rest of the family not to get them.

GrandMEN!

These two young men are our grandsons! I'm very impressed with them! They have turned into two of the finest young men I know! I caught Matthew working on his computer and Andrew is in a candid pose! Matthew is a college sophomore and Andrew will graduate from college next month! I love you guys! Heavenly Father, thank you for Matthew and Andrew. Please keep Your Hands upon them. They are both at such strategic times in their lives. Help them as they make life changing choices and decisions. Help them to seek Your Will. Please be with Andrew as he goes for interviews.

Emergency!

We just made an unexpected trip to Illinois. I wrote about Pam having an appendectomy last week. We went to be with her and help out any way we could. We're back home now. Home is always good! We left there this morning. Gene is very efficient and his mother cooked supper for all of us two times and was planning on fixing dinner today, with us included, but we felt like Pam was being very well taken care of without us so it was okay to leave her in their hands. We saw improvment in her each day. It was kind of amazing. Here's a list of the little bit that we did: Jerry helped Gene clear the front yard of leaves, and worked on a wood project for Gloria; I baked a couple of apple pies (with Gene's help), folded a basket of socks, did a little dusting, and changed the sheets on our bed so it's ready for their next company. Oh man, I just thought of something I meant to do and forgot. Well, it's too late now. Hopefully, Gene did it. I know you're not interested in what I did but, like I've said before, this is my journal written for myself!
Lord, thank you for allowing us to go to help Pam out, for giving us a safe trip, most of all for touching Pam's body. Please help her to continue to heal and gain her strength back. I praise You because You are our Healer.

Pam

What's next? Pam didn't feel well Tuesday so she left work early. Wednesday she still felt bad, like she had the flu, so she stayed home and called the doctor. After describing her symptoms the nurse told her to go to emergency. Pam didn't want to but they wouldn't give her an appointment so she asked Matthew to drive her to emergency. He took her but couldn't stay because he had class with a test scheduled so he was to go back and pick her up after the test. When he got back she had been admitted to the hospital and was being prepped for surgery! She had had an appendicitis attack! So Matthew had the job of calling Gene and telling him in a cool, calm voice, that mom was being prepped for surgery, so he wouldn't break all speed records getting to the hospital! Today is Friday and she just came home. She's got to take it easy for a few days but then she should be fine. We never know when something is going to happen! Thank you, Lord. You are our Healer. Thank you for being with Pam; for helping her to get to the hospital before her appendix burst! For giving the nurses wisdom to tell her to go to emergency; for guiding the surgeon's hands. Thank you for Pam.

Grandchildren

I haven't bragged too much on my grand kids, have I? Let's see: 1. Andrew graduates from MTU in Dec. Go Andrew! 2. Matthew is a college sophomore. I'm very proud of him! 3. Kaleb is junior class vice president! He's still growing! 4. Tyler is in high school now. Doing well with guitar lessons. 5. Annie is doing well in school, loves her dorm sisters and brothers, plays flute in the band, and plays volleyball. 6. Max played football this fall. He was hurt near the end of the season...suffered a concussion. After having a headache for several days he's fine now. 7. Megan is growing up too and is in middle school. I can't believe it! She's learning to play the flute. 8. Haleigh is in a stix ministry and loves it. She has a little Shih Tzu puppy, Plaid! 9. Miller is doing well in school and growing like a weed! 10. Sydney is learning to play piano! 11. Isabella loves kindergarten, lost her first tooth and has another one loose! 12. Mason loves going to kindergarten and loves riding his bike. Christy put #13. Maddie down on the floor after her nap one day last week...Maddie walked across the room and hasn't stopped walking yet! She turns one Dec. 1! Lord, thank you, for all 13 of our grandchildren! They are all precious! Guide them, keep Your Hand upon them.

Cameron

Cameron is home! He is finally released from the hospital. He's the little boy I wrote about the other day. He was very sick, and on a ventilator. He's almost 2 years old, his birthday is close to Thanksgiving Day. This year the family has much to be thankful for! Thank you, Lord, for Cameron and for touching his little body. Please reveal Yourself to the family. Help them to know You are the Almighty Healer.

Good evening

Last evening was an interesting, delicious, fun, creative time! A friend is working on a project and gave me a great compliment! She called and asked for my help! No better compliment then that! I said, "Sure, I'll help you." So she said, "Okay, we'll bring supper!" What fun! All I did was set the table and we ate a delicious supper! After it was cleared up, we spent the evening working on her project. It's something I love to do so it was fun. We're not quite finished yet but almost. Thank you, Lord, for friends, for creativity, for good food, and most of all, for the Love of Jesus.