Monday, 10/31/22, Nice warm night for chili at Melissa and Bruce's, Good food and fun to be with family and friends

 

Kenzie got her kitten's brother today.  They look like twins!  So cute!

Jacob M., Hailey, Jacob and Adam...the non dress up kids.  Didn't want to trick or treat this year

Cutie Evan as a Guinea pig holding his Guinea pigs!

Picture Vikki took of the kids...Livia, Peyton, Jack, Caleb, Connor, Eli, Max, Evan and Isaac

Max walking Vader and doing a great job !

Jack, Eli and Caleb

Adam and Jacob...Max let Jacob walk Vader

Kids trick or treating...Evan in front

Peyton and Livea

Rody, Melissa in front....Adam, Jared, Jacob, Tasha, Ryan and Beth

Ryan, Beth, Tasha, Rody, me, Melissa Jacob (Adam behind him) , and Jared

Me and Jacob

Jacob, Vikki and me in our He gets us shirts and Jacob wearing the He gets us hat!  Jesus gets us!!!!

Livia, Peyton, Hailey, and Rody

Peyton, Jacob and Livia

Vikki and Brielle

Peyton

Jacob, Hailey and Jacob M.

Jacob and Hailey

Maddy, me holding Brielle and Peyton

Got up early and went to the VA to meet Bill and get my Covid booster.  We had breakfast there while I waited for my 15 minutes to be up.  It was a delicious breakfast too!  We came home and I made turkey chili for Kimmy for tonight.  I sampled it for lunch.  Bruce is making the regular chili.  Bill read his Bible while I made the chili, then when I was done, I read my Bible and did my Bible Study lesson.  Took the crock pot I had bought in Cadillac back and got a different one at Meijer here.    The one I returned was new, but after I used it once, I noticed some paint flaws in the glass bottom.  I washed it, then put the chili in it when I got home.   

We got to Melissa's around 6.  Kimmy and Jared were just getting there too.  Vikki was already there and so were the Mulder's.  Beth and her family came a little later.  We walked around while the kids tricker treated.  I was so nice having a nice day in the 60's to be outside.   Max did good walking Vader and going up to houses, even by himself.  The kids all got lots of candy and had so much fun together.  We got some good steps in.  Maddy and Alec and the baby came after were back.  We all enjoyed chili with all the fixings, and Tasha's delicious pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting (well maybe Bill didn't enjoy the frosting).  Bruce and Melissa did a great job hosting.   It was sure nice hanging out together.                      

Sunday, 10/30/22, Went to prayer, worshipped, then taught Sunday School, Fred and Lourdes came to visit, went to Michael W Smith Concert

Me, Fred, Lourdes and Bill

Vikki, Peyton, Fred, Lourdes and Isaac

Vikki, Rody, Bill and I in front of the Temple Theater for the Michael W. Smith Waymaker Tour

Vikki, Rody, Bill and I at the concert

Michael W. Smith playing the piano and singing

 We had good intercessory prayer before church.  Worship was amazing today!  After worship, Vikki and I went back to teach kids.  She had 2-3rd grade and I had 1st grade.  It was a great lesson with a fun activity for the kids.  I had a nice talk after church with Mary Jane and Kathleen.  We came home, and I got stuff ready for Fred and Lourdes's visit.  I made potatoes on the grill.  It was a beautiful warm day which was so nice.  We ate and visited.  Vikki and the kids came over to see them for a while.  They are always happy to see our family and interested in how everyone is doing.   They are so fun to be around.  They told us Fred and Ashton are having a baby boy.  That's pretty exciting.  The due date is St.Patrick's Day.  The day before my birthday.  

I can't wait to see video's of Jacob playing in the CMU Band.  We are going to the Michael W Smith concert, so will have to talk to Kimmy later to see how it went.

We went to the concert and it was so good.  Lots of new worship songs and lots of old ones.  His voice went out and he asked us to stretch forth a hand and pray for him.  He said he's never had that happen.  Of course we prayed and he was able to finish the concert and sounded great.  He even came back out and sang "Friends" after they had walked off the stage.  The girl singing with him was amazing too.  What a great concert and what a fun time with Vikki and Rody.  We saw the Bakers and Langeneckers there. We talked to Kimmy on the way home, and Jacob did great.  Hailey sat with Kimmy and Jared and then took them on a tour of her campus, which they enjoyed.

Sat., 10/29/22, Went to Jacks, Went to see Hailey, Went to Rachael and Aaron’s Wedding in Mt. Pleasant

Eagle Bill spotted while we drove to see Hailey

Us with Hailey at Panera Bread for lunch

Me, Hailey and Bill at Hailey's dorm

Rachael when she walked to meet her dad to walk up the aisle

Me, Rachael and Aaron

Debbie Rachael and Aaron

Debbie and Jeff at the reception

Bill and I at the reception

Went to Jack's in the morning to get burger for sloppy joes and ground Turkey for chilli for Kimmy when we go to Melissa and Bruce’s on Monday.  I made the sloppy joes and will just start the crockpot tomorrow morning before we go to church.  Planning on making potatoes on the grill tomorrow too. Fred and Lourdes are coming to visit us for a while and have dinner with us before we go to the Michael W Smith concert.

We left to go see Hailey at 12:15.  I called her when we got there and she came down to the parking lot.  We went to Panera Bread, got our big hugs in the parking lot there and then ate. Bill got us each a big chocolate chip cookie.  Yum!  We had a nice visit and Hailey told us about school, Unite and her church.  She also told us about her upcoming trip with Unite to Gatlinburg, TN.  She's pretty excited about it.  She said she is playing on the worship team for Unite.  She also told us she is reading the whole Bible in a year and showed us what she's read so far.  What an awesome girl!  We are so proud of her!  We went back to her dorm so Bill could see it.  He thought it was pretty nice.  She showed us her Bible notes from the message her pastor gave.  They were amazing notes.  I'm so thankful she is in a great church that preaches the Word of God in truth!  So many churches now days are just going by whatever they want it to be and how they feel about things.  The Bible warns about that.  The Bible is our standard to go by.  It never changes!  I'm so thankful she will know what the Bible says and won't be deceived.  She has always read it since she was little, but now she will know what the whole thing says.  

We helped her carry some things down to our car, then gave her a ride to her car as she was going home to get her new computer and have her dad help her set it up.  We got our hugs, then dropped her off, and we headed to the wedding.  It was an outside wedding and was a beautiful sunny 60 degree day for it.  Rachael and her bride maids looked beautiful.  The reception was so nice too.  Amazing appetizers, a great meal, wonderful cake, and then an amazing chocolate bar with fruit, pretzels and rice krispy treats to hold under the chocolate fountain.  Yum!

Bill and I danced a few slow dances.  Rachael came and got us girls at our table and we danced the twist with her.  It was such a fun reception, with so many from our church family there.  

Friday, 10/28/22, Went to Bible Study, Kimmy and the boys came over, Vikki and the twins came over, out to eat with Charlie and Sue, then cards and Skip Bo afterward

 

Deb, Maddy and me...Maddy and I decided last night we would wear out He gets us shirts to Bible Study today.  Deb had hers on this morning too, so we took a picture.

Jacob

Adam

Peyton, Eli and Isaac

Eli just took pictures underwater in the pool

Jacob in front, Peyton in the background.  We are very thankful for all the hard work Kimmy and all the kids did for us today.  Bill sure worked hard too.  Nice to have garden cleaned out and ready to till.  So nice to have the wood pellets unloaded and stacked so nice in the garage too.  A big thank you to all of you.

Melissa sent these pictures to me today

Max with Vader and Abby

Vader and Abby napping..so cute.  It's hard to believe Abby would even do this.  She must sure love her new brother

Went to Bible Study.  It was very good and we sure had good discussion at our table.  I got home and a few minutes later, Vikki, Peyton and Isaac got here.  The kids only had a half day, but Vikki still had to work, so I was the lucky one to get them.  I had a new crock pot I had bought that I was carrying in the house and Isaac came right away and got it from me and carried it in, then Peyton came and carried the other stuff.  They are really good at noticing when someone needs help.  They played outside for a long time, then came in and Peyton worked on cutting pictures out of a Meijer toy catalog that came and then she glued them on paper.  It wasn't long and Kimmy came over with Jacob and Eli.  Papa was out in the shed, so Jacob, Eli and Isaac unloaded the wood pellets from the trailer quickly before Bill could come help.  They were pretty fast too!  Kimmy and I had a muffin, then later ate a salad for lunch.  Eli had already eaten and Jacob wasn't hungry either.  Kimmy and the boys went outside to see what Bill needed help with.  He was burning the corn stalks in the garden.  Kimmy worked on getting the fire started as it kept going out.  The kids and I picked up sticks so she could burn them to keep it going.  Jacob and Kimmy worked on helping did and pull out the corn roots.  I cut down some plants along the side of the shed.  Kimmy and Bill ended up hauling the corn stalks over to the fire pit to burn them as the fire in the garden kept going out.  They got them all burned and then Bill tilled in the garden where he could.  It is sure nice to have such a loving family who are great helpers to us.  In the afternoon, Kimmy, Vikki and I went to pick up Adam from school.  We got to see Claire for a minute and say hi.  We came back and Kimmy made Adam a turkey sandwich and Vikki had some of the salad I had made.  Kimmy worked on transferring pictures and files from my computer to The Book I had gotten a long time ago for storage.  I was getting messages that my storage on my computer was full and I needed to buy more.  I didn't want to do that, so this worked perfectly.  Thanks for all of your help Kimmy.  

Thurs., 10/27/22, Lunch with Maddy and Brielle, visit at our house, coffee at Coffee Beanery, Bill did lots of yard work

Sweet Baby Brielle is doing so much better.  So thankful to God!

I walked on the treadmill again today.  I had to wait a couple of days because I was so sore from Monday when I started back at it.  I even had to take tylenol.  Bill asked me if I was getting old when I stood up from sitting on the loveseat next to him last night, because I was moving so slow and groaning.  Bill went and had his blood work done early.  I went to Costco to get Protein drinks for Bill and to fill up the car with gas.  It was 3.89 which is 30 cents cheaper here by us.  I came home and dropped stuff off, then headed to Buffalo Wild Wings to meet Maddy for lunch.  We had a yummy lunch and a great visit.  She came to our house afterwards and hung out for a while, so I got my snuggles with Brielle and we got more visiting in.  Bill joined us.  Bill went out to pick up leaves with his tractor and Maddy took me to the Coffee Beanery and treated me to a delicious flavored ice coffee.  She dropped me off and headed home.  I started working on my Bible study again.  It's a great study, but takes lots of time.  

Bill did a great job picking up the leaves, blowing the leaves off the deck and driveway, and cutting down the corn in the garden.  I wasn't much help today because of spending time with Maddy and then having to do my lesson.  It sure was a fun day though.  

I talked to Vikki and heard really great reports coming from Peyton's teacher.  Peyton is Student of the Month tomorrow and he said she exemplifies what a student should be.  She is always positive, caring and reaching out to kids and being kind.  That's my sweet Peyton! Several people have commented on Vikki's facebook posts that she has the best kids.  Kind and respectful kids are appreciated these days.  I'm glad my grandkids are being taught and brought up right.  

Tonight, I decided to listen to Chasing the Joneses.  I've wanted to ever since we camped next to them at Outdoor Adventures and became friends, but haven't got to.  Their message tonight was on 1 Peter 3.  The chapter my Bible study lesson is on this week and tomorrow is the day I go to it.  God is awesome!