Trip to Xenia- fixing the roof

John and JD spent a good part of the day,Saturday, fixing a hole in his roof. It was quite the project but it is now hopefully fixed and weather resistant.

Christmas with family

Christmas was special with family.
Lily was 6 months old at Christmas.

Christmas and family

I know! I am mighty late getting around to posting some Christmas pictures but as it still is very wintry outside I guess it is not tooo late!

We had great time with Jim and Marisa and with JD, Danielle, and Lily. We hope to be able to travel to Xenia at the end of the month to see Lily, and yes, JD and Danielle as well!

AWANA Quiz meet

And the Answer is~ One of the 3 parts of Awana quizzing is the multiple choice section. Here our fist book team is divided on the correct answer. Hopefully the correct answer was not C!

T&T AWANA Quizzing

Last Saturday we traveled to Hudsonville, MI for our annual AWANA Quiz meet. We had a great time and my 2nd book kids came away with a 3rd place finish which was awesome. We had good times practicing the 3 Sunday evenings prior to the event. It was a great time to review our Bible verses, study the Awana book content which centered on the church and family, and of course have a snack. Ruth's 3rd book team got a second place and Jim and Marisa's 1st book team did well also. Abby received this ribbon for a 100% on the written exercise which gave our team 200 points. I praise God for the lessons learned and for safety as we traveled.

Attitude of Gratitude

This Thanksgiving I want to express my gratitude to God and to my family. Most important is my thankfulness for the cross and the empty tomb which provides for my salvation. God showed his love to me, while I was still a sinner, and Christ died for me and rose again. Romans 8:31 & 32.

I am thankful for my family & for their love and support. May they have a special, blessed year in Him.

Autumn in Michiana 2007

It has been an unusually warm fall here in Michiana. Last weekend John and I took a leisurely drive through the apple orchards and vineyards of southern Michigan. The distinct aroma of ripe grapes was amazing. We ended our journey on Silver Beach at Lake Michigan. The entrance to the beach was wide open, concessions and beach houses were boarded up and closed for the season, and the snow/ sand fences meandered all along the upper beach. The beach itself looked just like mid summer with a whole host of sun bathers, swimmers, sand castle makers, and boaters moored in the shallow waters. It was a very strange mix of sights.

Mid week we had a taste of fall with temperatures in the 50's and lake effect rain showers for much of the day. Today is sunny with temps in the low 60's. My nieces birthdays are tomorrow and by mid October in Michiana it is almost always the peak of the fall foliage. This year as I look out over our fields to the woods, I notice the leaves really have not even started to change. John and I watched a half a dozen deer playing in the fields in the early morning light.