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

Monday, January 24, 2011

It's been awhile...

since I posted.

We got through Christmas. God was good to us. We don't have a lot of money to spend at Christmas, but the children are thankful for what they get! When our taxes come back we usually get them something that they need. Missie needs a new laptop, and Preston needs a new recliner.

It has been quite a winter here! Wow, lots of snow. Cold cold weather. I have lived down south to long, to really enjoy this. I miss South Carolina. Preston has been asking to go back down there and live! We will see what happens when Missie graduates, and moves away from home. She is in her Junior year and doing great! I am so glad she is a good student! It lightens my load a lot.

Jr. is still working 2nd shift but got the promotion and likes the new job at NTK much better. He works in quality control lab. He has about 5 people under him. I am thankful he was able to get this promotion!

So we are doing quite well. Time marches on so quickly. Missie wants to go to UBC at least a year, and then wants to also get her RN degree, too. She feels called to be a missionary, and a missionary nurse is even better! We are so thankful for our daughter; she is just a joy to our lives.

Preston has been taking buspar for years, for anxiety. Well, they quit making namebrand, and he has been taking generic. Lately, he is still nervous even with the buspar. We also have xanex for when he needs it, and it is working a lot better for him. So we are probably gonna take him off buspar and put him on the xanex. Yes, it is habit forming, but he will have to be on meds. the rest of his life, so I can't worry about that. He needs his anti-anxity meds. to cope. When he is not nervous, it helps us all!

So that is about it for this time!