Monthly Archives: December 2009

    Breakfast ~ Scum …and L. L. Bean Wednesday, December 30      Lydia was helping Hannah prepare breakfast when Elizabeth, Diane, and I got home from Curves. The breakfast preparers went to Curves after breakfast.         … Continue reading →

  When blizzards roar out of the north and freezing rain crusts the land. It’s God’s breath that forms the ice, it’s God’s breath that turns lakes and rivers solid. Job 37:9-10 (The Message)  

    Traveling to Maine …and going to Curves Tuesday, December 29 & 30     Traveling to our daughter Diane’s family in Maine is a ten-hour drive, so we left home at 5:30 and enjoyed this pretty sunrise later in the morning. … Continue reading →

  Let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. 1 Peter 1:14 (The Message)  

    Christmas Sunday Sunday, December 27     Cerwin’s mother ~ his Pennsylvania siblings ~ and their children ~ and their children. This Christmas celebration is usually held at our place on Christmas evening. However, there were two surgeries earlier in the … Continue reading →

  If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. [Jesus] John 14:15 (The Message)  

    Our Christmas Celebration Part 1     Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was wonderfully quiet. With the exception of making this apple pastry for Christmas breakfast, I spent most of both days finishing a scrapbook for Cerwin’s … Continue reading →

     Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night. 1 Chronicles 16:11 (The Message)  

    Getting Ready for Christmas Tuesday & Wednesday, December 22 & 23      After several busy weeks, Tuesday was the night we took time to get a few things for our Christmas celebration. I love traveling through Ephrata in … Continue reading →

  Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we’ll never comprehend what he knows and does. Psalm 147:5 (The Message)