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

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Singspiration

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Click on 5th Sunday Sing and you can hear and see our beautiful daughter sing! She sang, "I'd Rather Have Jesus." The 1st mic wasn't working right as you can hear, so she had to switch mics but she did great. She got so many compliments after the service. We are so proud of her. I am soooo glad she can sing! I have passed my singing ability on to her. My voice is about worn out from singing all the years I sang. Anyhow, we were so proud of her tonight. We have to brag on her some!!! She does everything Preston can't do. We are proud of him for what he can do, don't take me wrong! Missie just found out today that literally about half of his brain is gone. She was quite shocked. She gets so aggravated at him sometimes, but I know she loves him. He gets on my nerves some, too, LOL. It is normal. But like I told her, if we don't love him, no one will. I will make sure he is taken care of as long as I possibly can.

We woke up to snow this a.m. The children loved it, and frankly, I did too! It was so pretty. Missie and I went to church as usual. We are to get more snow tonight.
We will see!

Junior is working for Bro. Mowery tomorrow and probably Tues. Thank the Lord he has some work. God has been good. I haven't had much money to even buy anything for the children yet. But mom has sent $50 each and that will buy them something nice, and I have one gift for Missie and 3 dvds for Preston. And really they don't need much, but I know as children they love to get Christmas gifts and that is normal. But I am glad that over the years we did not spend a lot of money on them, so this year won't be much different. Missie has asked for a study Bible. I have to get her to show me on the internet which one she wants. We stick with the KJV. She wants to be able to understand it better when she reads the Bible. Isn't that awesome for a 14 yr. old to ask for a study Bible for Christmas? We are so blessed to have her for a daughter! Preston loves the Lord with all of the mind that he has. You know, I almost got up at the end of the singspiration. The last family that sang was the Campbell's. They all looked so nice up there, and I almost got up and said that is the result of going with God; not going the easier worldly way, but going the Biblical way. Once you start down the lesser road, you never know where you will end up. That family is a testimony of God's grace when we chose to follow Him wholeheartedly.

That is about it for tonight, almost my bedtime.

2 comments:

Janiece said...

Melissa did do a very nice job tonight, way to go!

Anonymous said...

hey Norma! Missie did a FABULOUS job!! especially with the microphone mishap. She didn't even flinch. She is a such a little blessing. Well, not so little anymore :)

Cindy G