My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas Eve!

Well, it is Christmas Eve and it was about 60 degrees here today. After being born and raised in Canada, it doesn't really seem like Christmas with such warm weather. But I should be used to it by now. Next winter if we are in PA, we will see lots of snow.

Today I had an unexpected blessing. Missie was lonely so I called a friend to see if she could play with her daughter for a while. So I took her over there and the mom wanted me to stay and eat a piece of pizza with them and we worked on some cards. I enjoyed that little time away doing rubber stamps and relaxing with a friend.

Jr. and I did most of the Christmas cooking today. My inlaws are driving down in a.m. and sometimes get here by 10 a.m. Dad is an early riser and likes to get on the road early. So I didn't want to have work most of the day cooking. We cooked the turkey and dressing today; I made a sweet potato casserole that is ready to be popped in the oven for the last stage of cooking; and made a 7 layer salad. I am going to do homemade rolls in a.m. and mom is bringing dessert. I will make gravy and open the cranberry sauce in a.m. That will be our meal. They will stay 3 hrs. or so and leave to go back home.

So I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! They come and go so fast.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Norma,

Hi! It was so good to hear from you. I hope you had a great Christmas! It is good to see Preston is up and moving around so well. Our Christmas was pretty good. Grandma spoiled the kids terribly, but they love her, and it's that much less that we hae to buy! I did get a downer last night. My friend's daughter passed away about 9pm. She had cancer, and it was very expected. I was hoping that she would hold on until today, but God wanted her yesterday. We are all doing great. I am not on Fun Place anymore. I just don't have the time right now. When Zoie is a little older, maybe. Homeschooling Piper, at age 6, takes a lot of time, and then keeping up with Zoie adds alot. Poor Greg, some nights he's lucky to get a bologna sandwich!

Well, I hear loud voices, I better go! Love, Cindy

Norma Gwen Watson said...

Cindy, So sorry about your friend's daughter passing away; that is hard, especially at this time of the year. Sounds like you stay real busy, and I understand!

Norma