A Beautiful, Cold Winter Morning at Our Place
I love looking out our kitchen window each morning to see the landscape.
Month: December 2025
An Unplanned Photo
I was outside one night, when the moon was not shining, to see the starry sky. My camera was not able to capture what I wanted, but my eyes were thrilled to see all the stars in the sky. The longer I stayed outside, the more stars I saw. I kept changing camera settings, but […]
A Beautiful Winter Sunrise in Our Valley
I love looking at all the colors and changes as the sun rises.
Christmas Lunch at Jere and Kristen’s House
Thursday, December 25 Lunch being prepared in the smoker. (Photo by Jere) When we got there the turkey had already been sliced and Jere was working on the ham. Deb and Roy arrived looking like they knew it was the Christmas season. Those who enjoyed this feast: Cerwin, Jared, Yeira, Kristen, Jere, Austin, Jana, Nicole, […]
Christmas Morning at White Oak Church
Thursday, December 25 Following a short message which reminded us to not miss the best things in life by being busy with good things, Dave Wenger shared a great Christmas story with the children. He asked a few questions about Christmas which got interesting responses. The final part of the service was a great blessing […]
A Beautiful December Sunrise
Saturday, December 20 I love a beautiful sunrise.
The Gaucho’s Way
Thursday, December 18 Several weeks ago, our friend Inge asked us to choose a day that would suit us to go to her favorite Brazilian restaurant The Gaucho’s Way which is located in the Park City Mall (next to Boscov’s west entrance). Inge was born in Brazil and wanted to treat us to a meal […]
Christmas Carolers
We were blessed to have some members of White Oak Church’s youth group and two sets of advisors at our house on Wednesday evening, December 17 for Christmas caroling. We have a fairly large church, but I still “bravely” tried to come up with each one’s last name (I knew I couldn’t do their first […]
Interesting Happenings in Recent Days
It began on the evening of December 3 when the dishwasher we bought in 1999 stopped working – just after it filled with water. We figured that we got our money’s worth out of it, so went to Longenecker’s Hardware the next day to order a new one. (This is where we usually go for […]
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Becca
Facebook We love you and are happy that God placed you in our family. Grandpa and Grandma High
Our Family’s Christmas Celebration
Sunday, December 14 – 12:30 Brunch It’s time to eat. Cerwin praying before our brunch. There was French toast, egg casseroles, creamed dry beef, potatoes, muffins, bacon, sausage, yogurt, fruit, cookies and cupcakes. Nathan enjoyed cuddling with his niece Aleah while her parents (Zach and Gloria) got their food. His girls (Lauree, Emmy, and Lainey) […]
Overnight Snow
Sunday, December 14 – The day our family was coming for our Christmas celebration. When I woke up and saw the snow, I hoped it wouldn’t keep anyone from coming to our family Christmas lunch. As the sky got lighter and I saw the township snowplow (background) going by, I assumed that everyone would be […]
Saturday – After the Birthday Party and Before Our Family Christmas
Saturday, December 13 Following breakfast of a delicious Caramel French Toast that I tried for the first time, these four: Becca, Josiah, Diane, and Mark played a game in the garage When they finished, it was time to set up the room for our family Christmas on Sunday. I didn’t get any photos. Josiah, Becca, […]
Diane’s 60th Birthday Party – The Guests
Saturday Evening, December 12 Most of these photos were taken by our youngest daughter, Deb (Diane’s sister). This card was from a birthday guest who could not be here, a good friend from their childhood, Cheryl, from Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Diane and her husband, Mark Diane and her dad, Cerwin Diane and her mom (me) […]
Diane’s 60th Birthday Party
Friday evening, December 12 Photos by Deb and me It was a drop-in party at our place from 4 pm until 8 pm and planned by her daughters Abby and Lydia with help from Diane’s sister Deb (our youngest daughter). Our oldest daughter with two of her daughters – Lydia and Abigail Sisters: Diane and […]