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

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas!

Well, it is Christmas Day!

Yesterday Junior and I were away for several hours; just us! It was very nice. Our church gave us a love offering and we were able to buy a few more gifts for the children, and what a surprise it was! They were sooo thrilled. We got Missie a phone card and also a card for texting for her cell phone. She was so happy! I was able to get some VHS for Preston at the goodwill! Our church has been so helpful and supportive of us since we have been here; they are wonderful people. We are so blessed.

Anyhow, we shopped yesterday, went out for lunch, and went to visit another pastor in town whom we knew years back. We had a great visit with them; it was so relaxing.

Today we had steak and shrimp for dinner; fries, slaw, pickles, cheese and for dessert I had made custard and chocolate pies, and had bought some cheesecake. So we had eaten good today; an untraditional Christmas meal. And we have played games. Junior and Missie played Monopoly (electronic banking version) and had a blast with that. Missie got it for Christmas from us. Then we all played UNO attack; I like that game! And we relaxed! I did wash some clothes and did some work in my craft room (which is part of the utility room) and organized it some.

Here are some more pictures!

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