January and Still Busy!!!

I thought with all the Holidays behind us that the business would slow way down, not. We started off the new year with a trip down to our daughter Melisa's and our son-in-law Johns house in Jasper (near Corning). Our two grand daughters, Hannah and of course Rachel too, well they had a little play at their church were Melisa and their pastors wife have started a Friday School program through the church they attend and so we thought we would love to go and support them, so we did. It was fun... Well Dave and I and Robert and Julie and Nathan and Sarah(Nate's soon to be wife) we all decided to go together and we had a great time too... We had fun and of course Melisa and John were so good to us and they worked really hard at putting so many of us up and we were fed good as well. After the girls play that night we went back to Melisa and Johns and we had many good snacks that we had prepared, yummy... The next day was New Year's Day and I had ordered to bring with us some Prime Rib and Melisa made twice baked potatoes and and veggies and oh yeh I made some small crocks of french onion soup too. We had cheesecakes for desert, it was all good.
The food was good the play was cute and family time, well that is just the best of all. We all had a wonderful time and it ended much too quickly... Thanks John and Melisa for your hospitality... Oh yeh, time with the girls, well that was the best...

Then we have been busy with our Anniversay and two grand girls birthday too... A good friend of mine is in the hospital and she really needs prayer...I have been trying to help her too. We
had our 26th Anniversary on the 22nd of January. We ended up going to my friends house her has been sick and in the hospital and was now out, yet still in trouble and so we went there and I spent the night with her and she is back in the hospital again for another stay...So the next day, our lovely daughter Kayla and her husband Jesse invited us and we went over with Nate too and she made us a nice dinner for our Anniversary. She did a good job and we had a really good time with both of them and Nate too, we all know he is entertaining..
Thanks Kayla and Jesse... My husband purchased a new gas fireplace for us for our Anniversary, we love it and it is a good thing as that evening and last night remember it was cold, well our blower on our furnace decided to act up, thank God we had this fireplace... Andy Dennis was kind enough to come over at 11pm. we thought it was fixed but in the night it quit again so he came back this morning and it is up and running once again.

We moved into Madrid back in November and Dave and I are doing good with the move. I wondered how it would be, the house we left was new and everything was in place and it was a very warm house, so I had wondered how comfortable it would be, but I really felt as though the Lord really spoke to me this summer while we were camping and was saying this was the time to move, see we knew we were going to move we just weren't sure about the timing, but when God speaks we shouldn't question and so it has been a fairly easy transition for us...We have settled in and are happy and contented and loving our time together in life living alone for the very first time since we have been married...It was an adjustment, but we are good to go now... God is good and there are many seasons of a person's life...Enjoy each one as it comes, for surely they are coming and that is a part of each of our lives...

Getting Settled Back In Again...

With all the Holidays behind us and our move getting settled (some what) , the busyness has
slowed down so much. I know some people have commented on how bored they seem with all
the hustle and bustle behind them, I seem to enjoying it very much. Maybe because the people
I am talking to are all quite a bit younger than me. Anyhow I am quite happy things have slowed down at least for a little while. See we have yet another LaFaver wedding planned for the 1st of March, yes Nate will be marrying Sarah Rowland. The plans are underway right now. Myself and some of the girls in the wedding party will be giving a bridal shower for Sarah in February sometime. They will be living in Potsdam where Nate and Kyle live right now, except Kyle will be moving out...Sarah is a lovely girl and she will make a great wife for Nathan and she will be a lovely daughter in law too.

This has been a very busy season for Dave and me. With our move, before that happened, my
husband was working full time for himself and every night down here working quite hard. He is
a very diligent man and when there is a job to be done, Dave will not be found shirking the task.
We still have many things to be done here. When you drive by you will notice our house is not
quite finished.... With Dave being a painter and all, our house should look a little different. It
will be taken care of in the spring. We have still some task to be taken care of inside as well. I
am confident it will all happen... Right now though, my husband was suppose to be working at
taking care of some things inside, but God has blessed him with work, and lots of it, inside for
the winter months. That truly is a blessing for us... We serve a good God....

I suppose it is back to Friday School very soon. It is always nice to have the winter break. I am
sure the kids had plenty of snow for skiing this year, unlike last year. I am happy for the snow,
our kids use to love going skiing at Titus. Anyhow we will be back at School soon...