Praising God...

Monday was one of the scariest days of my life.  The tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, came much too close for comfort.  Our grandson, Pierce, was in daycare in Moore, right in the path of the tornado.  This is a picture of the house he was in as it looked immediately after the storm.

We owe Pierce's daycare provider, Miss Janet, and her husband more than we could ever repay.  Their quick thinking and God's protective hand saved our beautiful Pierce.  We have not ceased praising God and are praying for rich blessings to pour down on our own personal angel - Miss Janet.  Thank you seems very inadequate.

Spring has finally Sprung...

Well, Spring is finally here.  Our weather went from the 40's to the 80's, so I guess we actually skipped Spring and went straight to Summer.  The flowers and trees are very confused and are trying to make up for lost time.  It is nice to drive around town and see the flowering crab-apple trees.  They are beautiful.  The lilacs won't show up for a few weeks, I'd bet.  The weather should level out to more normal temperatures this week so the plants can calm down and go through their normal Spring fling.

You're kidding me...

Somehow I don't think that this is what is normally meant by April Showers!!!

Happy Birthday, Shyla...

Today is our daughter, Shyla's, birthday.  Happy birthday sweet girl.  We love you and are so proud of you!!1

Five years has flown by...

Today is our oldest granddaughter, Lily's 5th birthday!!!  I cannot believe she is already Kindergarten age.  My how the time does fly.

Happy birthday to a beautiful, sweet, loving granddaughter.  Geezer and Gramby love you very much!!!

Clementines One..

Today, Miss Clementine turns one year old.  Happy Birthday precious girl!!!  We love you so much!

P.S.  This was supposed to be posted yesterday (3-6-2013), but I was having trouble accessing the blog.
Sorry I am a day late little girl.

Christmas 2012...

Bruce and I had a quiet Christmas this year.  Neither girl was able to come, so we were alone - but not completely.  Our good friends, Robin & Steve, invited us to share Christmas dinner with them, their daughter and her husband and his parents.  It was a wonderful meal!!!

After dinner, we all headed to the basement to Karaoke our lungs out!!!!!!!!!!  We always have a blast doing Karaoke at Steve & Robin's.  He has a professional setup and we can embarrass ourselves with quality equipment!

Shyla drew Bruce's name this year and he got a great pair of house slippers, among other things.

My Christmas gift was a little more extensive.  Bruce let me get new solid surface countertops in the kitchen:)
We had recently gotten new flooring and I also changed out my electric cooktop for a gas cooktop.  I love it!!  The lighter surface really brightens up the kitchen.(the old countertops were black!)  Bruce was very generous to let me do this and I love it - and him!!!

More importantly than the material things we received for Christmas were the blessings of friends and family.  We were able to Skype with both kids and were able to watch the grandkids open the gifts we sent them.  When family is so far away, technology makes life a little more wonderful.

Our wish for all of our friends and family in this new year, is for God's blessings to pour down on you.  We love to have visitors, so if you are ever in the area, you are welcome at the Blackketter Arms Hotel!!