Just returned from a trip to Tn. to visit our new grandson Jonathan Corban. We brought back our 10 year old grandson Christian with us. He sure loves the pool and has been swimming every day ! We were 50 miles north of the devastating tornadoes but it was sure stormy !!! Saw some damage along I 75 on the way home...

Tim and Christian before we left Tn. to start home on Friday !! Tim is wearing his new Christian T shirt he got for his Birthday... Tim and our son Mark love to wear Christian T shirts !!

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Hope that you like my new blog look for the spring !! My grand daughter Abby helped me... We have been busy with working and swimming and enjoying company and the grand kids.. Plan a trip to see our grand kids in Tn. after Easter !! Swimming and a ham dinner for Easter !!! It has been HOT and in the 80's lately... Tim has been volunteering to work... Had Free Methodist Missionary friends Ken and Letty Myers from Mexico visit us lately in between their misssion fields... They are a neat family.. Their kids LOVED the pool...

Tim's 70th Birthday !!!

On Sunday, we celebrated Tim's 70th Birthday by having a very nice dinner party... It was actually put on by grand daughter Abby.. ( front row left ) for her school grade.. We all gave her an A plus !!! There were 17 there with 2 of our kids and families and my sister and husband... Very good food ( roast beef ) and caramel apple pie !!! This is Kari's living room here in Florida..We have the same rug...Nine of our 20 grand kids.. They put on a nice performance and gave lovely gifts... which I will get to share,too !! Pizza Hut gift card, a novel and t-shirt ( NOT my size !! )

Our church just had a directory made.. so... Can you believe Tim will be 70 ??? I think he looks great !!!! Have been busy with daughter Kari and her family moving just 3 miles from us when they were 1700 miles in Wisconsin... The weather has been in the 80's every day so lots of swimming !!! Have also enjoyed having my sister Donna and Dick just 3/4 mile away for the past 3 months... Still looking at RV's and plan to do a few Sower projects... GOD is good !!!

Our fun filled week-end !!!

We spent Monday on Sanibel Island with our friends from Michigan.. Chuck and Sue.... The weather was perfect 80* Do we look like twins ??

On Sunday we had a small group of friends from church over for a hot dog roast for our 3x4.. That would be 4 family units getting together for 3 months and having a social.. Ben was busy at the grill keeping the hot dogs and hamburgs cooking...

We sure had a GREAT picnic and enjoyed the company... Our next social may be a movie and I heard the next one....maybe a wii challenge... FUN !!!!

On Friday, Tim and I traveled to Lakeland to attend the Reunion for the East Michigan Free Methodist Conference.. We stayed over night at Jeuneta and Burton.... long time friend from our ministry days..

We also spend some time playing games and eating breakfast with long time friends from Michigan .. Walt and Dora.... Delicious pancakes and bacon on their lanai....

Tim spend quite a few days cleaning, primeing, tapeing and painting our driveway... We had to park the cars in the yard.. probably be able to drive on it tomorrow....

This the result.. I think he did a very good job.. We have a big circular driveway !!

My birthday was last Wednesday.. ( YES !! I know Groundhog's Day ) and I received yellow flowers from Mark's family and red roses from Kari's family ( Ben actually bought them )

68 !!! Can I really be THAT old???

Ben and Tim enjoy the Hot Tub after work !! It was 102* .... NOT the weather !!!

Back to blogging .... We had a good Christmas with friends visiting from California and Colorado.. After New Years our son -in- law Ben moved down from Wisconsin and found a job.. His family will be joining him shortly and we are looking forward to having the 5 grand children live closer.. Lots of plans....We have never been able to live near them until now.... We were enjoying the pool and warmth but as you know Florida has gotten some COLD weather lately... It promises to warm up this week- end..... Hurray!!! We worked a week "off and on" at our church Garage Sale... put up LOTS of Christmas lights and took them down... attended parties and programs and all the activities and realized again the precious gift of GOD sending JESUS at Christmas ...