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

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Wow, time flies!

It is hard to believe the month of June is almost gone! Where does time go?

We are enjoying sleeping in this summer! With Jr. on 2nd shift, we all sleep in.

Midwest Pilgrim Camp just closed out here Sunday night. I enjoyed it so much, the services I was able to attend. The Lord moved and came in the services. A backslidden holiness preacher that had been out of the fold for 27 years came back to the Lord. Some were saved, sanctified, and encouraged. It was a great encouragement to me!

Junior got the job!!!! He is very happy. He is now training someone to take over his job. Then he will go on days while he is training for his new job within the company, and then back to 2nd. That means he gets $2/hr. raise! We are so thankful to the Lord. He will also be working in an air conditioned lab! God is so good.

Missie is flying to ID for a week, to meet James' family and be there for his high school graduation. Then she will leave ID and fly to SC to spend time with Kellie, her best friend, in Six Mile for at least a week or so. She is excited but I am nervous about her flying alone, but hope she will have assistant since she is just 16. She is a little nervous too. She has 2 layovers from ID to SC. One is about 3 hrs. That will be the hardest one. I won't rest easy until she reaches her destinations!

I have sent off for my passport - hoping that comes in, and am gonna get Missie's too. James is also getting his, as we are hoping he can fly up here and go with us to Canada. He can help me with the driving and get to meet the family up there. If it all works out, we plan to go over labor day weekend. He really wants to go, and I really want him to go! So we will see what happens with my passport, hopefully there won't be any problems. I did finally get my driver's license, so thank the Lord for that.

Preston is doing great! He has been riding his bike. He really enjoyed campmeeting. So glad we have a good campmeeting in our town. But it won't always be here because they are building a new one somewhere else. They rent the facilities here in town now for the campmeeting. Bro. England and Bro. Noel Scott were the evangelist and Paul Gray and family were the song evangelists. As I said, it was a wonderful campmeeting.

So that is the latest for now!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Wow, It's June!

Where did this school year go? Missie is now officially a Junior! Unbelievable.
She did so well this year. She got the most 100's in the upper learning center, completed the most paces in the upper learning center, and got a medal for scripture. We are very proud of her work! Her courses for her Junior and Senior year are already laid out, and her Junior year is going to be very busy! She is not going to play volleyball this coming school year. Her hypermobility and her heavy school work load would make it just too much. So she is gonna concentrate on her studies and do her best.

Another big item of news is: MISSIE AND JAMES are now a couple again! They took a few months off, but they never stopped caring for each other. They are not going to get serious at least until her senior year. They are very happy! Missie is flying out to ID in July to go to his youth camp, and get to meet his family, etc. We are very happy for them! I never felt they were over. I knew God had brought them together, and Missie needed some time to grow up so more, and was stressed because she had so much on her plate. She is much more relaxed this time, at least during the summer, and they are much better at communication! She is also hoping to go to SC for 2 weeks later this month, to see her best friend, Kellie. Her mom and I have to work out the details, they have said they could probably meet me 1/2 way, and that would help so much! Missie is very excited because she has been asked to sing at a Nazarene Church on Sunday night in Indy! She and I are going over to our friends' home - Greg and Cathy Patterson, and go with them. Greg is doing a concert and has asked Missie to sing. She is nervous and excited at the same time! I'm going to take a video of part of the song so I can post it on facebook.

And yet another big event in Missie's life is that she is driving now! She got 100% on her test and is driving. She is very careful and is doing great. It doesn't seem possible my baby is driving! In less than a year, she will have her driver's license.

Preston is doing great! He has been able to ride his bike the last 3 days due to the cooler weather. It helps him so much to be able to do that. He went to psychiatrist and everything stays the same as far as his meds. I cut back on his sweet intake and he lost a few pounds. He loves those sweets! Eating is one of his joys in life and it is hard to say no to him. While Missie and I attend campmeetings, etc., Junior and Preston stay here and go to our own church. Preston doesn't like to travel much, and now that we have 2 vehicles, we can split up so Missie can attend special things.

Junior has applied for another job within his company. He would get $2/hr. raise and be in air conditioning! We are praying he will get the job if the Lord wills.
He has had $1.00/hr. raise lately, and we are so happy he has such a good job now! We are currently trying to pay off some bills that we want to clear out of the way, and only have our van payment. We want to get out of debt and when Missie graduates, try to buy a house. But right now, we are concentrating on getting her through school.

Well, I guess that is most of the news this time!