Monday February 11, 2013

 

A School Morning

&

Saying Goodbye to Elizabeth

Friday, February 1

 

 

When I asked Jared what he wanted for breakfast, he said, “Moose Tracks ice cream.”

 

 

Maybe it was because it was the last school morning before his parents came home, or maybe I was in a good mood – but I gave it to him!

 

 

Ian had some school work to finish before school.

 

 

Jana making sure she looks lovely.

 

 

Jesse buttering his pancakes.

 

 

Josh tormenting Jesse.

 

 

Josh and Elizabeth said goodbye to each other before he left for school. She was leaving at 6:00 p.m. and if Josh worked after school, this would be their last chance for a goodbye hug.

 

 

…and he is off to school.

 

 

This picture was taken just before 6:00 p.m. when Jared, Jesse, and Ian gave her their goodbye hugs.

 

 

These two shared our guest room and became good friends during Jana’s one-week stay at our house.

We had lots of fun during Elizabeth’s one-month stay. She has become a wonderful, godly, young woman. After she and her brother Josiah went to a weekend youth conference, he came back to his home in our neighborhood, and she went back to Maine with a van load of friends.

 

Saturday, February 2

 

This is what happens when you go to sleep with a cousin in the house!

 

 

On Saturday evening when I went to change some laundry, I was surprised to find our bedroom door closed. I soon discovered that Jordan was on our bed Skyping with Kezi in Australia.

 

 

“Hi, Kezi!”

 

 

Back in the kitchen Nathan and Jared were wrestling.

 

 

I must tell you a funny thing that happened a few days earlier.

Just before going to bed, I went to the garage to check on the little boys who were in the room in front of the cars sleeping on air mattresses. (The garage is next to our bedroom, and we heat it when someone sleeps in the back room in winter.)

I was surprised to see someone sitting in our van, and laughed when I noticed that it was Nathan on the phone – talking to Sabrina. It was the only place in the house where he could find a private spot to talk to her. 

Cerwin was in the living room, the girls were in the guest room, there were several guys in the man cave, the kitchen is too public, someone might need the bathroom, Josh was sleeping in our office, I was in our bedroom, and the boys were in the garage room.

 

 

This is what it looked like outside when I went to bed on Saturday, February 2.

 

 

 

 

I love a beautiful snowfall at night.