Busy, Busy, Busy 9/7/07

Didn't have time to blog yesterday. Off again on the motorcycle for a wonderful ride. Today I made sloppy joes, then went to visit dad. Left there and went to meet best friend, Vikki, for lunch. Had a great visit as usual. She always knows the right things to say and do and she is such a blessing to my life. Stopped back at dad's and ran some of his pictures off for him and put them in a book. Came home pulled weeds I have been going to pull for a month now and then went in to eat. After supper it was time to head off to church for an elder's seminar. Came home and watched a Christian movie Wes and Gayla lent us. Enjoyed it immensly. Tomorrow morning we are off to the elder's seminar again and then we will head over to one of the two weddings Bill is doing. What a way to celebrate our 34th anniversary. Is Bill getting cheap? We are eating out at the weddings. He did have a surprise for me today though. Beautiful red roses awaited me as I walked into our bedroom to get something. He had the bouquet laying on my pillow. What a sweetie!

Wonderful breakfast at Riverside...9/5/07

Kimmy and I took Kenzie to school and then headed over to the Riverside for breakfast. Had good fellowship and the boys were well behaved and adorable.
Then Bill and I took a love offering over to a couple we know who's 3 yr. old son got his eye gouged with a dandelion puller. Poor little guy. Our CMA took an offering for them last night so we delivered it. Tomorrow we are sending pizza over to the 5 children while their brother has his surgery. Please keep them in prayer.
Took dad's doggie to the vet again for his eye. Have to go back again next week for a recheck. I enjoyed all the comments regarding the newborn pj's I put on Jacob. I had to laugh myself. Thanks for all the input and humor. We took our pool down today. Kenzie swam while the water was going out. The neighbor girls came over for a while and watched too. Always sad to put it away, but don't want tons of leaves falling in it. We met Vik and Kenzie at Culvers for ice cream tonight. Thanks for the call and invite Kenzie.

Jacob made a noise this morning so papa got him up and put him in bed with us. Then I heard them laughing and playing. I thought he was going to have Jacob so wide awake he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, but by the time I had to get up, he was sound asleep again. He slept good through the night and I only had to get up once to pat his back and tell him I was there for him. That only took about a minute. I took my dad to the dr. and when I got home, Papa had Jacob fed and dressed and was playing with him. They have so much fun together. Papa chases him and he laughs so hard. I forgot to mention, that when I got Jacob's pj's on, I pulled them out of a bag with his bedtime bears, etc. in it. I put them on, and they were very snug. I found a different pair in Jacob's suitcase, but he didn't want to take the ones he had on off. I found out the next day the pj's I put on him were size newborn. Kimmy and Jared got a good laugh and I know they are putting pictures on their blog. Jacob had fun in the sandbox and on the slide. I think he would have stayed out there all day, except we had to go pick up Kenzie from school. He was happy to see his mommy when she came in the afternoon. He ran and gave her the biggest hug ever.

Fun with kids on Labor Day...9/3/07

Dad, the girls and families, and Bill and I all gathered together on Labor Day for a cookout. It was a relaxing, fun day with good food, family videos, and beautiful grandchildren. Jacob spent the night and was such a good boy, even though he didn't have a nap all day.

Josie came to church...9/2/07

Josie came to church with Kenzie today. I was so happy to see her. She went in Kenzie's class for Sunday School. I taught Sunday School today and the kids were just wonderful. I played a new kids worship song and the kids did the actions to it. They kept begging me to let them worship to the song again. It was so touching to see them so excited about worship. I teach K-1 which is an adorable age. Josie came over with Kenzie after church and spent the day. They swam for a couple of hours which surprised me as the water was cold. They had so much fun playing together. I took videos and we watched them when they came in to eat. After lunch they painted their nails on the top part of the swing. Josie took a picture of me swinging on the swing. She is such a sweet little girl. I love her and I'm so happy she visited today. Vikki and Rody came over and picked the girls up. After they left, we went to visit a lady from our church who is in the hospital with pneumonia. Then we stopped at Rody's parents to pray with his dad who is fighting cancer and to meet his mom's brother. Much of the family were there. They were all so nice to us.

Took dad to Meijers...9/1/07

This morning I took grandpa to Meijers. Poor guy, I got a cartful and he only got three or four things. He was very patient with me and smiled the whole time, even while I picked out some tennis shoes. Went back to his house and Bill was pulling in right as we were getting out of the car.
I left and came home to put groceries away. I started making blt's for Bill and me when we got a nice surprise. Kimmy, Jared and the boys came through the door. We all had lunch then Bill and Jared played ping pong.
Jared was happy he won some games. Kimmy and I practiced on the computer so I could learn how to do a better, easier job on my blog.
She's really quick and good at it. Bill has a wedding at 3:30 today so he's off in a few minutes to go there.