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 ...

Busy... busy... busy... As I am sure all of you are, too !!! We are ready for Christmas !!! All our cards sent, gifts given, tree and lots of decorations this year.. made lots of cookies, church programs, dinners and Christmas parties.. We have had visitors from Ca. and are now anxiously waiting for more company from Colorado.. They will spend Christmas with us so that should be fun !!! We have not had any snow but have had some COLD weather lately in Florida... The pool has been closed since the last of November but we plan to heat it up over Christmas..... and enjoy it for a few days.... We celebrated our 45th Anniversary on Saturday ... Went over to Fort Lauderdale for the night ...took our friends to the airport, did some shopping, watched our son and daughter -in -law and granddaughter Emily run in a race.. in the rain !!! We have attended some beautiful Christmas dinners and programs all to celebrate Christmas and the birth if our Saviour .. Jesus Christ !! IT is a WONDERFUL time of the year !!!

How do you like my new Christmas blog?? Actually Tabitha did it for me.. She knows how to do those kind of things... Now she will have to change it again after Christmas..... We have been busy sending out our Christmas cards, decorating, baking... Tim has been volunteering out at ECHO.. an organization that sends seeds to 3rd World countries.... They are having a big conference next week so I plan to volunteer there, too.... It is starting to look like Christmas up and down our street as our neighbors are putting up more and more decorations.. A lot of activities will soon be in demanding our attention.. with parties, church programs, visitors, Christmas dinners, etc.. May we not forget the Birthday of our Saviour. JESUS CHRIST !!!

Thanksgiving !!!

What a great time we had over Thanksgiving !! Some Sower friends , the Pickards from Ca. came to visit us.. We spent 2 days visiting, eating, playing games and swimming.... We celebrated Thanksgiving dinner at Golden Corral along with 1/2 of Ft Myers.. ha ha .... The pool is lovely and warm.. Our daughter-in-law ran the 5K early in the morning and then they came over to meet our company and swim and soak in the hot tub !!! Tim had a safe and good trip to Haiti. Thanks you for all your prayers... Since he has been back, we have been busy with church, finishing the painting and decorating the entire house ( including bathrooms ) for Christmas.... The lanai has so many lights that the neighbors have commented.. Love to swim at night under the lights.....so calm and pretty... Have most of our shopping done and are starting to work on the Christmas letter... Hope you had a good Thanksgiving and an even greater Christmas !!! In all your business.... Celebrate the Real Reason for Christmas !!

The Team in Haiti !!

An update of the Team to Haiti... Heard a few hours ago through internet.. They had hope to get their tickets changed and fly out a day early because of the Hurricane Thomas BUT all flights are cancelled out of Haiti on Friday !!! They sent a few pictures of unloading a truck with bags of rice into a church in anticipation of the people who will come there during the Hurricane.. They are all in good spirits and want to help all that they can.. Please pray for safety and the people living in tents.... Thanks Carole