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

Friday, October 23, 2009

Flu!

Well, the flu has hit Frankfort. Some have the H1N1 flu, and some the stomach flu. At least I think there are 2 kinds of flu. Missie got sick yesterday evening and threw up all night. She was feverish during the night. Today she is very weak, and has had a headache but no fever. So we don't think it is the H1N1, but a stomach virus. But some schools have already closed to try and slow the epidemic down. It is a possibility that our school will be closed too. There are students in our school that does have H1N1. We are praying Preston won't get the stomach virus or the H1N1, both of which would probably land him in the hospital. We hope no one else in our family will get either one.

Missie and James have broken up. He is unable to attend UBC in Jan. They are 2,000 miles away and long distance relationships are hard. He is a wonderful young man. But Missie stays so tired from school and volleyball, she doesn't have much energy left to work at a good relationship. So they have parted ways. It is sad, but Missie told him if the Lord wants them together, He will bring them back together. James agreed. Pray for James. He graduates from high school in Dec., and is praying for leadership as to what to do next. He will be 18 on Monday. I pray that the Lord will work it out at least by next fall for him to attend a Bible College. We want God's will in His life and hope someday our paths will cross again. He is the kind of young man we want for our daughter. But we want the one God wants her to have.

Jr. is doing well with his new job. We are so thankful to God for this job! He is drawing a decent paycheck finally, and we praise the Lord.

So that is about all of the news for this time!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Busy week!

This has been a busy week!

Missie of course has had school. She got her new volleyball shirt today and was thrilled about that. She is so excited to be on the volleyball team. Her mouth is fine from the root canal. She talks each evening to James, and they usually see each other on the web cam. He is such an encouragement to us. Last night he and I were chatting on IM after Missie went to bed. We got to talking about prayer, and it really encouraged me. James was telling me that each day he writes down everything the Lord does for him, even the small things. Missie was still awake and I shared with her what he was saying. It encouraged her and she got up to look for her gratitude journal that she had started this summer. Today she posted it in again; her first fall posting. James is not going to be able to attend Bible School right now, close to us. It was a disappointment, but it is expensive and he needs to work and save some money. We understand that fully!

I have been working this week. Our pastor and his wife take care of her mother. Well, the pastor had gallbladder surgery on Wed. and was supposed to go home that evening. But he is still in the hospital. So I have been staying some with Grandma Fry. This week I have stayed with her about 15 hrs. She is a very sweet lady. But she cannot walk and sometimes it is hard to get her transferred from the wheelchair to the potty, etc. I had to call someone today to come and help me with her. Anyhow, Preston told me today that he just might get a new mother since I was working so much, lol. I have to take Missie to dr. in a.m. and then hopefully tomorrow afternoon clean my house!

Junior is working 6 evenings this week. So I know he will be tired out. Thankfully he can sleep on Sunday afternoon. But the overtime will really help! He seems to enjoy his new job. He has uniforms too, which the company pays for. We are so thankful for this job! God is good!

Preston has been doing well. We switched his medication so that I am giving him the new medication at night, except for 1/2 pill in evening. That way he is not so tired during the day. I am looking into getting home health to come in and shower him etc. He has suggested it himself several times, since my back hurts, etc. So I am gonna ask the nurse about it when I take Missie to the dr. tomorrow.

So that is the latest on the Watson family!

I want to add part of my gratitude journal here! I would love to hear yours too!

season of fall
good church family
my wonderful husband
answered prayer this week
work for me this week to make some money
my washer and dryer
my children
cup of caramel hot chocolate

this is just a drop in the bucket! I have so many blessings.