Starting 2009 with Faith

... And all of nature witnesses to God, that no one should have reason not to believe...

God's Wings -A little something to put things in perspective. ..

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park , forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.

One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick.

When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies.

Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast ...because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

'He will cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you will find refuge.' (Psalm 91:4)

Christmas 2008 Pictures

My three little Angels! Austin, Symeon, & Clover

Symeon and Santa, of course next year he will most likely be afraid of him.

Clover & Oma made a Gingerbread house. Clover did a wonderful job, don't you think?

Sad & Happy Christmas 2008

I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!

We had tons of snow this year! You have already seen a picture of Larry shoveling with his Kubota-his Christmas gift! 13 inches on the ground for Christmas.

Our Christmas, at Mommy's was a little different for us this year. My Mother was very upset Christmas Eve. She got very confused and didn't know anyone. She really got mad thinking we were throwing some kind of a party in her house. She yelled and cried and really was scared, mostly, we realized afterward. I went in her room and she was laying in her bed covered up over her head with the blankets and very upset. She thought that there were a bunch of strangers having a party in her house. She told Linda "if you want to have a party you have it at your house not up here in my house" She really didn't know it was only her family. It was only us three girls, our husbands and our kids and her 3 great-grandchildren. There wasn't one stranger there, but she really didn't know that at all. After we hurried up and got everyone out of the house and cleaned it back up to look "what to her is normal" she finally came out of her bedroom still screaming at my sister, Judy and Me (we were the only ones still upstairs at the time finishing up) and looked through all her cabinets and drawers yelling and screaming that "no one better have stolen any of my dishes or stuff" " I gonna check my china closet too"

Of course we all left crying and upset and left her alone to calm down. there was just no soothing her. I called my sister, Linda about an hour after I got home and asked her how it was going, she said Mommy went to bed. The only good thing was that on Christmas Day she forgot all about it. Didn't even remember all those "strangers" were there. Kind of a Godsend for her because she was so very frightened, but torture for us. This Alzheimer is an awful thing! just awful.

Christmas Day, Larry got sick - it was coming out from the North and the South. He is still feeling bad today and still having "issues". No one else seems to be sick -yet- and we hope it stays that way.

Shawn and Shelva and our little Symeon (10 1/2 months) went home Christmas Day. They are expecting another baby in May so we are excited about adding to our brood!

Michael and his wife Traci and their two kids, Austin and Clover have moved into our two story side of our house and we have "Seniorized" the ranch side of the house for us. A little bit of downsizing for us, but we love it. We have a Master bedroom, guest bedroom and a laundry room (on the living space floor! hooray!). We ripped out all the dark paneling from the 70's that ran throughout the house. Had all the hardwood floors refinished. We remodeled the kitchen and put in an Island and turned the small porch off the kitchen into a beautiful dinnette. It is a perfect ! Larry has built me an incredible sewing /craft room in about 1/2 of the basement and has his woodworking shop in the other half (marriage saving space...haha) Both of our families have been really blessed by this decision.

We all had a really wonderful Christmas here at our home. Our daughter and daughter-in-law are acting more like sisters everyday, which is really nice, and Michael gets along great with Shelva's husband, Shawn. We are truly blessed to have our children and precious little grandbabies around us during the holidays for some of the time. Of course, we did not spoil our Grandchildren during this time either I want you to know! Believe that and I have some Ocean Front Property in Arizona to sell you! haha

Well, just keep us in your prayers and we'll do the same for you and yours.

Happiness and blessings in the New Year 2009!
Can you believe it? Where does the time go?????

Blessings at Christmas

Our family wants to wish Christ's Blessings on you and yours, this Christmas, in the year of Our Lord, 2008, and all the days of your lives.

Remember-The Reason for the Season! Christmas is the celebration of the keeping of a promise...a saving promise.

So, we pray God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is love,..the ALL of Christmas, which is Christ.

Winter in Connecticut USA

We are having some terrible weather here in Northeastern Connecticut, but I love looking out the windows at the birds and my grandkids playing outside. They can't get enough of the snow. Larry bought himself a Kubota for Christmas and of course he had to go out and play (oops! I mean do some serious work) plowing up the white stuff. The grandkids are just loving the forts their Papaw is making for them. We had about 13 inches all together and now we are having some sleet on top of that. Brrr...cold too!

Fireman

Ok, I guess it is time to turn this blog back over to my Oma. I just want you to know this has been my story and I am sticking to it!

Oh, and by the way, I want to be a fireman when I grow up.

Help!

Mom and Dad! I have been here long enough! You have to come and get me! I can't take much more of these camera flashes!

Did I tell you they kept me caged up sometimes too. You have to come get me!!