Lisa and Reed

This is Jim's oldest daughter....Lisa. Her son Reed was the ring bearer...obviously the rings were on a starfish. I love this picture of the two of them!

Abby Reed

Hopefully you will see the pictures of Abby's wedding...if I have done this correctly

Making a costume

Enjoyed the warmer weekend, but stayed in most of the time. We had Tanner for a little while on Friday...he is the youngest of our three Grandboys . In two weeks he has to be in costume for his Social Studies class...he is to be General Cornwallis...soooo I am trying my best to make him a costume at a reasonable price...we went to some thrift stores and found boots and a red jacket...I have his wig ordered on line...hopefully there will be pictures to post. Tanner got to choose where we were going for dinner...McDonalds...not our favorite...bit the three of us had fun.

Sitting again

I'm sitting with my friend Judy...she is sleeping right now. Got her to eat a little something...but she sure was itchy from medication. I had her husband go get her some benadryle and it let her go to sleep. I made a hug pot of homemade chicken soup yesterday and I will wake her up after a bit and try to get her to eat a little. She is the Visitation Minister for our church and is always the "doer"... It is important to do for her now.

Sitting With a Friend

Spent the majority of day sitting in the waiting room while good friend had surgery. I think everyone scheduled their surgery today.
Watched our awesome President today on live feed on my iPad...it sure made the time going by more enjoyable.

Busy Wednesday

On Wednesdays I work at the Food Pantry sponsored by our church for two hours...probably the most rewarding thing I have been a part of in a long time...It is wonderful experience to get acquainted with the clients and see how for most of them things are getting better.
Then on the third Wednesday we serve a community free meal...which means Mike and I are down at church working from 1:30 until about 8. Our church has been in this little community area for 100 years and like any community it has gone through a lot of economic changes...we have now had this Community Meal for 4 months....it certainly is a heart warming experience...many in the neighborhood are really seeing our church as a warm and inviting haven...this has been a lot of hard work...but many of us believe that this is what we should be about...Thanks for listening to my preaching 😇

Abby

Jim's daughter Abby got married on Saturday down in Cabo...hopefully some pictures will be posted on FaceBook. Skip and LouAnn went to the wedding. That's all I know about that!
It has really been cold here...especially since it was in the sixties here on Friday....but, no SNOW...thank goodness. Again, I can post from my IPAD, but have not figured out sharing pictures taken with my phone ...easy to put on FaceBook...but I'm missing some step to share on the blog.

Very Proud

Last night our Grandson Paxton and 17 other teenagers were Confirmed at their church.  It was a beautiful evening to watch these young adults make their choices to become part of the Christian community of believers.  It is so meaningful that Paxton is following in the footsteps of his ancestors.  I know his Great and Great-Great Granparents were looking down from Heaven and rejoicing.  Sure wish I could accomplish showing you pictures I took on my phone...it's just one of those days that I can't hold my mouth right and get it to publish..-:)

Happy Birthday MOM...

December 27th is a day that has always been a day of remembrance and celebration.  I miss her each and every day and always remember to give thanks for her guidance and her strong faith ...she was a tremendous example of one classy lady and I am blessed to have had her for my mother.. Always remember that the 27th is not a day to take down decorations!!!!

An Awesome Day

How I ever got these published tonight...I will never know.  We had a wonderful family time together this morning....first brunch, then packages....such an awesome time.  I hope and pray you all have had a fantastic Christmas.  I also hope the family in Arkansas is not too snowed in...Love you all!

Heading out early!

My new phone is not working, so Cindy is coming at 9:00 to take me down to the Apple shop on the Plaza.  I'm glad she is taking me.....I'm feeling so e better with new meds from Dr. Saturday.  Mike is some better....but this has been a week of nasty stuff.  Glad I had all the main things complete.  the kids will all be over for Brunch in the morning and tonight Cindy is having us over for dinner....our church does not do an evening service for Christmas Eve any more....must tell you how old our congregation is any more...
MERRY CHRISTMAS to each of you!

Creeping Crud

Mike, Cindy, Kris and myself have this awful upper-respitory crud.  We are all on heavy antibiotics and trying to get well before Christmas.  I'm happy that our shopping is complete and all wrapped under the tree..It is suppose to snow tonight...so, since I  feel ever such a little bit better than Mike, I went to the store for some basics.  The kids and Cindy have a 1/2 day tomorrow...we'll see.  Thank you to Helen for her RAKS...random acts of kindness...I have really been sad since last Friday.

This is where my heart is tonight...

How do you wrap your heart around this horrific act ...for the love of God...they were making gingerbread houses and talking about  the Gingerbread Boy...something I did every year with my 1st Graders or my Kindergartners...my heart really aches-:(

One Day it works

One day I can post just fine...the next blahhhh!
I worked at the pantry this morning....we had so many we ran out of meat!!!
I hope the Cruz's are alright...not one single new post that I can read today.....it always worries me when I can't read any of their posts...but today...not any one of the three!
Taking the Grandboys out for dinner in just a few minutes...I will try the picture thing again!

Whew!!!

Cindy and her family helped get all the decorations up this weekend.....then we helped decorate the church yesterday.   This morning I'm off to breakfast with my really special support group.  I'm trying to post a picture and write on the blog from my iPad...hopefully this will work -:)

Happy Thanksgiving

Word just came in last evening that after the final money count for our auction that we made our yearly budget, plus $100 over...yippppeee skippppeeee!
Sure glad you are home and safe Helen -:)
We are heading to St.Louis in a couple of hours to spend Thanksgiving with Mike's family...and tomorrow we will see Skip....all should be good!
Love you all....

One More Huge Project

Today I am responsible for a huge auction to raise money for our annual budget for PEO.  PEO is an organization of Women that work to raise   money for scholarships for women to further their education.  We own Cottey College and there are PEO chapters all over the United States.  We also have an outreach program to help women that need a helping hand...we just got a $2800 grant that helped a woman in our community that desperately needed a deck with a ramp built on the front of her home.  She is diabetic and must use a walker and has many volunteers in the community that help her.
I am very proud to be apart of this organization and feel that my heritage leads me to stand up and help Women wherever I am able....Wish me luck...we need to raise $2,000 today...we have accomplished the last 3 years that I have been involved <3 p="p">

Time to go to pantry

I'm off to work at the pantry with a huge smile on my face.  Very tired, but so worth all the hard work...Missouri actually went some blue and especially our county went back to blue....Yippee Skippeee!!!!! I'm a happy girl this morning

Home to Rest

I have been at headquarters since early morning...now home to rest.....I am encouraged, but I think it will be a long night....