12/12/15 Baked and decorated Christmas cookies today.

Cookies are baked and ready to decorate

This is how Cole and Kenzie showed up to decorate Christmas cookies. Ha Ha  They looked really nice as they were going to go to Olive Garden, but this nana was worried they would get messy doing cookies.  Below is what they wore to decorate.

Cole and Kenzie did a good job decorating cookies.  Kenzie mentioned she notices she sticks her tongue out like grandma used to do while working on something.

Isaac playing in the mall.  I had just walked in and called him

Jack did a great job singing at Macy's for Salvation Army

Hailey, Jack and friends bell ringing and singing at Macy's.  They sounded great.

Isaac had fun playing in the Mall with Peyton and Evan

Isaac, Peyton and Evan in the boat

Isaac the Penguin

Peyton the Penguine

Evan the Penquine

Isaac and Nana at the Mall

Bruce led a great group of singers and bell ringers

Hailey did a great job and looked beautiful in her new glasses

Max with his bell

Started in the morning making 3 batches of Christmas cookies.  Kenzie and Cole came over to help decorate.  It was fun and they did great and were a huge help to me.  They were all dressed up when they came.  I told them they would get messy so Kenzie got something to put on and Cole took his sweater off.  We had fun and it didn't take long.  I told them they could eat round steak and mashed potatoes with us and save money on going out, but Kenzie had her little heart et on going to the Olive Garden.  Bill wasn't feeling too good so he didn't help.  He had offered earlier. We ate and he stayed home while I went to Macy's to see Bruce, Melissa, their kids and some friends from Bethlehem sing and ring their bells.  They sounded great. What a wonderful thing for them to do.  Saw Patricia Clark in the store and she wanted to go out and see Melissa so I took her out.  Then went inside and spent time with Vikki, Rody, Peyton, Isaac and Evan in the mall play area.  Left and went out to hear one more song before heading home.

12/11/15 Went to see Kimmy and the boys today

The boys after they got off the bus. It was so nice out that we walked down to see them get off the bus.  48 degrees out and sunny 

Love seeing the boys get off the bus

These boys give the best hugs!  Thank you Jacob, Adam and Eli

Thought this was so sweet of Adam so borrowed it from Kimmy's blog

Eli drawing a tree and Norman relaxing

Adam and Whitie

Jacob doing playing the songs he played at his concert for me

Love this picture of Adam, Eli, and Jacob in front of their tree

Love this picture of Uncle Tom, Isaac, Peyton and Aunt Debbie so borrowed it from Vikki.  They went to help her decorate Christmas Cookies

12/10/15

Beautiful sunrise this morning!

Evan trying a helmet on while we were shopping

Melissa had a huge sledge hammer to keep Evan in shape Ha Ha.

We had the helmet on backwards the first time.  Got it right now!

Now Evan gets to hold the big hammer

Met Melissa and Evan this morning at Toys R us.  Got Jack, Evan and Max's Christmas presents and Max's birthday present.  Went to Target and got Bruce's Christmas gift.  Glad to have most of my shopping done.  Went to Applebee's for lunch.  Came home and Kenzie came over for a while.  We made brownies and she had a bowl of chili with cheese and sour cream and saltine crackers.  I made dinner for a friend in our care group who just had shoulder surgery.  Took Kenzie to get her car from Poppi's work.  She had a boot belt repaired.  She went to work and I went to deliver the meal to Kay.  She has a friend  (in her late 70's) of hers taking care of her in her apartment.  She was such a sweet amazing lady.  She made banana bread when she heard about Bill's surgery and gave me a loaf.  Kay's mom and dad were there too.  Her mom was very sick and in a nursing home and now is back doing great.  Such a miracle and a very sweet lady.  Love seeing all the miracles God does.  Such an awesome God!  Bill and I watched a movie called "Letters from God" when I got home.

129/15 Took car in for extimate

Our sweet kids at Kids Care Groups  The front row is my group and the little guy with his hands on the girl in pink's head.

Bill did great today.  I am so happy to see him have it better this time.  Mykenzie called to give me her new phone number.  She is going to come this weekend and wrap Christmas presents.  Bill and I took my car into to get an estimate.  It will cost $1,126.68 to fix.  I am thanking God that the insurance company is waiving the deductible.  After we left there, we went to Riverside to get a hamburger.  I hadn't been there in a couple of years.  When we got home I did my lesson for tonight.  We made nativities.  They got all of the parts colored and now next week we will put them together.  Great group of kiddos!

12/8/15 Bill came home today! Thanking the Lord!

Went to breakfast today.  Had scrambled eggs, yummy american fries and rye toast.  Haven't been able to be there for a couple of weeks so it was nice seeing everyone.  After breakfast I went to see Bill.  He had a dental appt. in the VA Hospital so I went with him.  He has to have a couple of things in his mouth removed and tested for cancer.  Has to go to Detroit again for this.  Praying no cancer.  He was getting tired so I came home to get things ready for care group and waited for him to call.  He called me and I went back.  He was in an appt. with a Urologist so it took a while for him to come where I was waiting.  I was in a chair by the elevators.  Lots of people went by and said hi and then a guy came and sat on the bench across from me. The two elevators were between us.  He started talking about how everyone there was so nice.  His sister was in.  Talked about how many kids today don't know anything about respect.  Told me he loved reading and got one of the free books that people donate there.  I asked if he ever read the Bible.  He said he does now and then.  Told him about how Jesus is the only way to heaven and he repeated it and agreed.  God had just put on my heart that I needed to put some tracts in my purse which I had just done in the morning.  After about 15 minutes, he said he had to go and he got on the elevator.  I was able to give him a tract and he seemed very happy to get it.  Praying for him now.  Bill had many opportunities to witness while he was in and has a good testimony he shared at care group.  Bill finally came and as he was checking back in at the desk, I saw Pastor Bob Schultz sitting in the room by the desk.  We went in and talked to him.  He had been waiting for Bill to get back too.  I went to get the car and he helped Bill carry his things.  I was going to pull up to the door, but Bill is doing so great that I looked up and he had walked to my car in the parking lot.  We got home, he rested, then we ate chili.  Had a good care group  and amazing worship.  Sam was concerned about the strike at Nexteer and we prayed.  Before care group  was over the strike was over and people were back to work.  Praise God.  We had many testimonies of answered prayer.

12/7/15 Caulked the shower downstairs today..

Spent the morning taping and caulking the shower

Did the outside too.

Bill and I had a good game of 3-13.  I won but only by a little

Peyton and Isaac posed for me when I stopped at their house.

12/6/15 Went to the VA hospital to visit dad after church and in the evening went to the Boar's Head Festival. Went to Mc Donald's afterwards.

 We went to McDonalds on State Street after the Boar's Head.  Fun time with wonderful family.  Cute hat Aunt Debbie gave Hailey!  Someone made it for her Aunt Debbie  but it didn't fit her.

Visited Bill at the Rehab.  Watched him have therapy.  Bruce, Melissa and the kids came while he was having it.  The kids all made cards for their papa.  He loved his cards.  Hailey and Max had to leave to get ready to be in the Boar's Head. Bruce ran them to school and Melissa, Jack and Evan stayed and visited with me while Bill had therapy.  Bruce came back after dropping the kids off.  At 4:30 I came home to let Mocha out and change for the Boar's Head Festival.  I ate chili too.

Sue was going to come, but when I called to see where she was, she said she couldn't go because her leg was hurting her.  I left.  Dropped off Fireproof to Vikki's so Misty could watch it.  Got to church before Melissa so saved a row of seats.  Melissa, Bruce and the boys got there shortly after.  The performance was amazing.  Such a wonderful job by Hailey and Max and everyone else.  Absolutely beautiful.  Max really sang (moving his mouth lots and doing motions) this year. So proud of him and Hailey.  Afterward it was getting pretty foggy.  Debbie went to Vikki's for a minute and the rest of us went to McDonalds.  Enjoyed our visit and food.