Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Psalm 37:7 (NLV)
Ian came to me after church asking if he could come to our house early and help to do some decorating for our Christmas supper on Sunday evening. I wasn’t going to do a lot of decorating this year, but thought that it would be fun to give him a few boxes of things from the attic. […]
Remember I told you last night that something fun happened after the middle school concert? (Not so funny for Ian.) Our sweet Ian thought we all abandoned him after the program. He didn’t know that we were going to his house to celebrate with ice cream. It was only planned while we were waiting for the […]
Holiday Concert at Middle School Fifth and Sixth Grade Band, Orchestra, and Chorus Tuesday, December 17 The other end of our row – Jana, Roy, and Deb. Even though Roy and Deb live an hour from our area, they love when nieces and nephews invite them to concerts. (Cerwin and I also enjoy these, and LOVE to […]
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Overlook Skating Rink is not far from Chuck-E-Cheeses, so we had an hour to fill with another activity until the rink opened. First we spent some time at one of the playgrounds. Of course Jared tried to climb outside the safety fence. 🙂 I was impressed that there was the story of Noah’s Ark […]
…with our four youngest grandchildren. Saturday morning, November 2. This was a belated birthday gift for Jesse. He was so excited about “snowmobiling” that he didn’t even let Chuck-E-Cheese distract him. When I say belated, I mean belated. Jesse’s birthday was in June. The children were enticed to our table when the pizza arrived – […]
It was fun to have a short visit with Elizabeth – our oldest grandchild – last weekend. We went to the train station to get her on Thursday night (October 31) – after her all-day bus and train ride from Maine. She came to Pennsylvania to attend a weekend retreat – a reunion and time of […]
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I won’t need many words to show that these animals are loved and well cared for once they get to Roy and Deb’s house. When the trucker heard that he lost two baby ducks, he was surprised that they were alive. They must have fallen off the truck at the same time to be discovered together. […]
There were multiple reasons why we and Jere and Kristen’s family met Roy and Deb at RD’s for lunch after church on Sunday. 1. It is a new restaurant in Roy and Deb’s area. 2. I had some things that needed to be returned to Deb (they live about an hour away from us). 3. Deb twisted her knee […]
Roy and Deb were our chauffeurs to The Loft in downtown Lancaster. (Jere and Kristen took us home.) After finding a parking spot, we walked toward the restaurant and were surprised by the clip clop of horses behind us and turned around to see two city policemen. Waiting to go upstairs to the second floor dining area. […]
When I walked outside this morning, this scene took me back to my early teen years when I enjoyed reading Harold Bell Wright books. I loved how he described the light coming through the trees in the Ozarks. He described it so well that I could almost see it and feel it. After school […]
Tonight – after supper at McDonald’s – we took the children to visit Cerwin’s mother. Mother will be 96 on Sunday. Jana read a letter to her from Jon and Jen Stauffer (Minnesota), that I received by email. Mother loves to hear about what is happening in her grandchildren’s lives but can no longer read due to […]
Ian, Jana, Jared, and Jesse – ready for school this morning. This morning when I was making sure that backpacks were ready for school, I discovered a chef’s hat and apron in Jesse’s backpack. When I asked if he needed it for school, he said, “No. I thought maybe I could help you cook.” So we made […]
This morning I sent the boys out for the Sunday news paper. They were still barefoot and in their pajamas. I loved the laughter and racing. This afternoon – when I took a walk around our yard – I discovered that our tomato plant actually has a few tomatoes on it. I am not sure […]
Cerwin and Josh went to Jeff and Chris’ to help finish the deck, which left the other five of us with an open day before us. Jana made pancakes for us. Plain or chocolate chip. The boys were delighted. After a bit of computer and TV time for the boys and Jana – and laundry […]
…especially when we are at the Myers’ house in Maine. The bluegrass organizers must have been praising the Lord that the rain waited until the festival was over. The rain was quite heavy some of the time. It seemed like a good day to play table games. They (Diane, Hannah, and Elizabeth) started by […]
We went to church with Mark and Diane – Brunswick Church of the Brethren – before joining the Bluegrass Festival. There was a worship service on the beach, but we like to spend some time with our friends at the church in Brunswick. Mark and Diane joined us for the afternoon. They left in the early […]
We planned to get breakfast at the festival, so after parking took the scenic walk to the food area. The tide was high, so the beach looked different from my afternoon walk yesterday. A view of the seating area from the food court – before the music started. Our seats are to the left of […]
Yesterday. We had a delightful, restful drive to our family in Maine. It was still dark at 5:15 a.m. when we left the house. We were near Allentown, Pennsylvania, on I-78 when we began seeing signs of daylight. There was no sunrise to be seen on this cloudy, foggy morning. It was still cloudy and […]
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When I took Gloria to Abby’s place to ride horse, Abby asked if I wanted to bring the boys back in two hours so she and Gloria could give them rides. That made two boys – Ian and Jared – very happy. Jesse didn’t think he wanted to ride horse. Abby and Dusty (quarter horse) gave Jared rides. […]
I’m not sure when we began having all the Pennsylvania (and sometimes one or two Maine) grandchildren here for three to five days during the summer. The Maine grandchildren got to join the “party” when they were twelve and spent the summer here. I know that some of the older ones were fairly young. Now we are […]
After TFC’s Board Meeting supper, we went to Jeff & Chris’ house to celebrate Jordan and Diana’s birthday. (Yes, we saved room for dessert.) We sang to Diana (Squirt) first. She needed 15 candles this year. Her birthday picture. Jordan needed 22 candles. His birthday picture. Jordan is making sure that Gloria has enough candles. […]
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On Saturday evening we took Josiah and Sandy to Longhorn Steakhouse for his birthday. Before we left our house, I took a picture of just him – for my family photo file. Sandy and Josiah outside Longhorn Restaurant. Inside the restaurant. A man at the next table asked if he could take a photo of […]
We had reservations at Lily’s for supper on Friday – with Roy and Deb – for his birthday which was July 7 – but when they came to Joanne’s funeral (10:30 a.m.), we changed the reservations to lunch. It didn’t seem wise for them to go home (one hour) and come back (another hour) for supper, and lunch worked for both […]
I have a bit of a mix for my post tonight. The other morning Jere posted a picture of a beautiful sunrise. I was surprised because we do not see the sunrises this time of year – due to the way our house sits and because of the dense foliage and tall corn. It was even […]
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Sunday evening, June 23 I loved Jenna’s decorations. She told me that some ideas came from Pinterest. She had garden tea in pint jars. A rain gutter held bottled sodas. I think this is my first picture of Kezi (second from left – next to Jenna) since she is back from Australia and South Africa. […]