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Granddaughters

 

This weekend happens to be a very late birthday celebration for our granddaughter Diana – and half-birthday celebrations for Jenna and Jana.  Gloria gets to come along for the fun.

 

 

Friday evening they decided to use my good dishes and crystal for supper – a meal which included macaroni and hamburger casserole, peas (with milk and butter), and dinner rolls.

 

 

Settling the table began with a “special” tablecloth which was hand-crocheted for me by a special TFC friend many years ago.

 

 

Diana, Jana, Cerwin, Jenna, Gloria

 

 

Following prayer, they decided to do a toast with their gingerale.

It is so much fun to have a girly weekend.

 

(More to follow tomorrow.)

 

 

 

I will praise the LORD God with a song

and a thankful heart.

Psalm 69:30 Contemporary English Version

 

 

 

 Grandparents’ Day

 

We had an enjoyable morning at Grandparent’s Day – for three of our grandchildren.

 

Our granddaughter Jana was one of the designers of the program covers.

 

 

Grandparents began gathering in the gym at 8:45 a.m. for coffee, orange juice, fruit, and pastry.

 

 

 

 

Their other grandma, Betty, was able to be there today because Elwood, a friend of the children, brought her.  She hurt her foot the other week and cannot drive.

 

 

After refreshments, we visited the children’s rooms.  First was Ian’s kindergarten room.

 

 

Ian and his teacher

 

 

Elwood, Betty, Cerwin, and Ian.  Ian didn’t stop smiling the whole time we were there, although he would have liked us to stay longer.

 

 

He gave us a laminated drawing of his hand…

 

 

…and colored two pages.

 

 

 

 

Ian and Cerwin

 

 

Ian and me

 

 

Betty and Ian

 

 

Our next visit was Jana’s fourth grade room.

 

 

She presented us with laminated leaves and a photo.

 

 

Jana and her teacher

 

 

Cerwin and Jana.  Notice the other grandparents in the background.

 

 

Me and Jana

 

 

We helped her finish her wordsearch page.

 

 

Elwood and Jana

 

 

Betty and Jana

 

 

Cerwin and Jana

 

 

It was more difficult to find eighth-grader Josh, who was not in a classroom, but helping grandparents find their grandchild’s classroom.

 

 

Cerwin and Josh

 

 

By 10:00 most of the grandparents were back in the gym waiting for the program to begin.

 

 

 

 

Kindergarten through second grade were first.  Notice Ian in the front row – third from left.

 

 

 

 

Jana (front left) waited on the sidelines until it was time for her class to present their part of the program.  She also helped to direct the first song, but I missed getting a photo.

 

 

Third through fifth grade.

 

 

 

 

Grandparent’s Day is always a delight for us and the children.

 

 

 

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is so good,

and by raising Jesus from death,

he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

1 Peter 1:3 Contemporary English Version

 

 

 

Autumn ~ Pain ~ Subway

Exclamation in the Sky

 

 

 You can probably tell by my entries that I am finally having an uneventful week – AT HOME.  I’ve been busy enough in the office, babysat grandchildren a couple of times, visited Cerwin’s mom one evening, and our youngest daughter another evening, but it has been nice to have only soft deadlines this week instead of hard deadlines every day.

 

 

 The cooler days and coloring trees in our area are a sure sign of autumn.

 

 

 Many leaves are falling – even before they color – and make wonderful crunching sounds as we walk around our property.

 

 

 The cockscomb are displaying their prettiest red – before cold weather puts an end to their life for the season.

 

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 The week didn’t start out so ordinary, however. 

When Cerwin woke up on Sunday morning (during our visit to Lansdale) he complained about pain in his left leg.  We didn’t think too much about it until breakfast time when he was in serious pain, went into a sweat, and turned very white.  After taking a pain pill and lying down for a bit, he felt pretty good for the rest of the day, and was able to drive the TFC chapel back to the shop.  The pain settled in his knee, and several times he mentioned that it felt numb.

Our children encouraged him to go to the doctor on Monday to make sure it wasn’t stroke or blood clot related.  That thought was kind of alarming.  We are both in our midsixties and have never had any serious health issues.  It was a relief when the doctor concluded that he had probably pulled a muscle or nerve when setting up the steps to the chapel during the weekend.

 

 

 Last night when we visited our youngest daughter Deb, she encouraged him to try her remedy of Polar Ice and a wrap.  He applied the jel and wrapped his knee before going to bed.  Today he has a lot less pain, and thinks it may have helped.

 

 

 Deb lives an hour away, so we picked up Subway subs on the way to her place on Wednesday evening and treated her to supper.

 

 

 My delicious roast beef sub.

 

 

 The reason for our visit was for Cerwin to measure her shop wall for shelves.  She owns her own layout and design business and needs some more storage space.

 

 

 I have no clue how this exclamation mark happened – but that is what I got when I took a picture of the sunset this evening!  I think maybe it was God’s way of trademarking his evening painting.

 

 

 

 

Hold tightly

without wavering

to the hope we affirm,

for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Hebrews 10:23 New Living Translation

 

 

 

Don’t Worry

About Things

You Can’t Control.

 

 

 

Exercise daily in God

—no spiritual flabbiness, please!

 

Workouts in the gymnasium are useful,

but a disciplined life in God is far more so,

making you fit both today and forever.

1 Timothy 4:8 The Message

 

 

 

Be Still

  

Keep a still place in your daily life

A place where God can dwell and speak to you.

 

 

 

A healing place.

A place of renewal.

 

 

 

The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.

Exodus 14:14 NIV

 

 

 

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him.

Psalm 37:7 NIV

 

 

 

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10 NIV

 

 

 

I also pray

that you will understand

the incredible greatness of God’s power

for us who believe him.

Ephesians 1:19 New Living Translation