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.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Cold!

Well, IN is cold! My brother is worried because he says we are not ready for winter. He says Junior needs long johns, gloves with fur in them, etc., but Junior doesn't feel he needs these items, LOL. It was 18 this a.m. when we got up. It never got past 33 today.

Well, Junior worked Monday and Tues. this week, could have worked the rest of the week: Wed. for Mike and Thurs. and Fri. for Bro. Mowery, but he was sick. He has had a terrible cold and fever, and slept a lot. But at least he worked 2 days this week; next week he should be working 4 days.

Mike and Bro. Mowery and going to keep him busy. The days that Mike need him, he will work for Mike. The days that Mike doesn't need him, he will work for Bro. Mowery. So thankfully he should have work 5 days/week! Thank the Lord. That will be such a blessing.

Missie's school had a field trip to a dairy farm yesterday. She enjoyed that. This week they only have school Mon. and Tues. Then she will be off the rest of the week. She is almost ready to retest and see if she can move up in Math and English. She has been doing so well on the make up paces but she gets nervous when she had that testing online. Pray for her that she will remember it all, so she can move up. She has tried so hard, and it would be discouraging if she didn't do well.

Preston has had some sinus problems, but otherwise doing well. He is happy that Christmas is almost here, but not worrying about it like he used to, since he has a good working shunt now! That is a relief! LOL

Not much other news; but wanted to update everyone!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Sunday!

Well, how time flies. Junior has feverishly been putting in applications, and so far only has had one call. It looks like he will be getting a 3rd shift seasonal job at Walmart, but since the turn over is quite high there, it might work into something more than seasonal. He also can get unemployment if he doesn't work at Walmart. Either way the money is low, but it is much easier to stretch some money than none at all. It is hard not having any income at the moment. I don't know how we will ever get out of this financial valley we are in, but God knows! It is hard to catch up when you get behind, with the economy the way it is. But one great thing is that gas has really come down! Praise the Lord for that! Now if groceries would come down, that would be even better!

Missie went roller skating on Friday with her school for PE and has been in a lot of pain since. Every time she does something like this she suffers days afterwards! We do have a family dr. for the children and as soon as the children are in their computer, we will go there and Dr. Wright will help us find the specialists we need for both of the children. Missie wants to get help so bad, so she can live a more normal life. The prescription pain meds. hardly do a thing for her now, concerning the pain.

Last Sat. p.m. we had a GBS rally and we kept 2 of the girls here for the night, from the choir. One was Katie Kaufman: Jr. and I both went to Bible school with her parents. And we also kept Aleena Smith. They were both very sweet girls. Missie enjoyed it so much. Tonight we have UBC quartet and the youth are getting together after church at the school for a meal and fun time. Missie is excited about that.

Our pastor's parents celebrated 75 years of marriage yesterday! Isn't that wonderful? Preston loves the older Bro. Mowery and loves to hear him testify! He will be 95 this month. He also loves our pastor Bro. Mowery. He takes time to sit down and visit with Preston at the back of the church. After the service on Sunday nights, Preston likes to sit down on the bench at the back and visit with people who come by. I have seen Bro. Mowery sit down there and visit with Preston. Preston loves our church and the people; everyone has been so good to him!

It has been snowing here this afternoon, and it looked so pretty falling! We still get excited when we see snow as it was very rare to see it in SC.

Missie and I are in the contata for Christmas so we have practice every Sunday p.m. at 5. So Jr. takes us and comes back and gets Preston ready then they come.

So that is the latest. Should have more news this coming week, concerning a job. I have been praying something would work out so Jr. doesn't have to work 3rd shift. A day time job would be better for him. But he has to has some job, so at this point has to take what he can get, even though the pay is soooo low, only 1/2 of what he made in SC and $5/hr. less than what he made at Laminque. Oh, the guy from Laminque came by and visited and wants to hire Jr. back if they can get some jobs in that they have bids out on. But so far none have come in. A lot of places are slow right now.

Until next time!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Tuesday!

Well, it is Tues. Jr. has not had any work so far this week. But Walmart called him yesterday, they are calling his references, etc. If he gets this job he will be working 3rd shift. That will be hard for him, and hard for me to get a lot done during the day when he is sleeping. But it will be a job, and he has to have a job! We are just living week to week, not knowing how we will pay our bills, but so far so good. Bro. Mowery preached about trusting the Lord Sunday p.m. and how well we could relate to that! Junior also applied for unemployment from SC and if he gets it it will be $261/week. That would barely be enough, but I will take it. It is much easier to stretch some money than none at all, LOL. I learned a long time ago how to get the most out of a little money! So far my mom has been paying most of Missie's school bill, so thank the Lord for that. God does supply!

It is cold here now, and we have had to turn on our gas heat. Have no idea how high these gas bills will run; our hot water heater and range (stove) is gas too. Time will tell.

I will give Preston his shower today, and then he is riding with his daddy to put in some more applications for jobs. He enjoys just getting out and riding and seeing things.

So that is all I know right now; will post if and when Junior gets a job! God is in control.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Thursday

Well, this week is almost gone. Jr. has worked every day this week for Mike Peck. He has an interview at Walmart at 9 a.m. and there a couple of jobs in Lafayette that came through Careerbuilder. He will probably go there after his Walmart interview in a.m. One of the jobs is at Caterpillar. They have great benefits, but it is 2nd or 3rd shift. But we will see how happens.

Tonight is our school's soup supper and silent auction. We have lots of baskets up for auction. You can see these and bid on them here: www.frankfortca.com

Preston couldn't get to sleep last night. It was 2:30 a.m. and he came in and woke me up and I gave him another half of a pill. I hope we are not starting that problem again. I am letting him sleep late today as he is so excited about going to the soup supper. He is enjoying getting out a lot more since he has recovered from this last illness. So that is good. Missie and I are serving soup from 7-8 and then cleaning up from 8-9. Preston said he wants to stay until the very end. So we will see if he really decides to do that.

Gotta run and give Preston his shower and wash his hair and get him dressed for the big event.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Hello on Monday!

Well, it's Monday again. It was quite a busy weekend.

We had a wedding at our church on Sat. After over a year of waiting, (due to the bride not being from US) Bradley and Elizabeth were finally able to have their wedding. It was beautiful with a big crowd!

Sun a.m. was Pastor appreciation service. I am so thankful for our pastor, Bro. Mowery and for our associate and teen pastor, Bro. Johnson. Bro. Mowery is a very caring pastor. Our pastor in Easley was very caring too, so we have been blessed!
Bro. Johnson and his wife, Jody, have done a lot for Missie. They are a blessing! We are privileged people!

Sun p.m. was a service about the Reformation with communion. It was a special time during communion. I am so glad for the Savior who died for our sins that we might have life everlasting. The time of communion was very meaningful for me last night.

Junior hasn't been able to find a full time job yet. We are waiting to see if he can draw unemployment off his SC earnings. We pray he can for the winter. Today he is working with Mike Peck, a man from our church who is self-employed. Preston started to worry about 3 o'clock, because he was not home from work. When he worked in the wood working shop, he was home at 3. Well, it will be about 6 this evening before Junior will be home, and that bothered Preston for a while. He is ok now. He missed having his daddy around, too, as he has been going with him every day when he applies for jobs.

Thurs. is our soup supper; fundraiser for our school. We are going to that, and Missie and I will be helping to clean up after it is over. We also have a silent auction. We are looking forward to going.

I put several auctions on ebay today; praying I can sell some stuff; we just need the money with Junior not working. My ebay link is:

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/homeschoolmommyof2

Well, I did a big laundry today, vacuumed and mopped the floors. So I was happy with what I got accomplished.

Until next time!