Friday, 2/14/2020..Happy Birthday to Jared, .Happy Valentine's Day....Went to Veterans Valentine Dinner and Dance

My sweetheart Bill really blessed me today.  Roses, an Edible Arrangement, My favorite Forest River Earrings, and a beautiful pop up card.  Cupcake is mine I picked up at the Patisserie when I got a cupcake for Bill haha.  I couldn't resist and it was delicious!

Adam, Jared, Eli and Jacob celebrating Jared's Birthday with a traditional heart shaped cake Kimmy made.  Happy Birthday Jared!  What a great son in law you are!  We are blessed to have you as part of our family

Jack's Valentine's Card Box is so cute and sure shows his personality.  He loves sports!

Evan wanted his mom to message me and show me his cute heart he made.  It's so beautiful and he is so talented at making things!

Peyton and Isaac were so happy with all the cards they got today!  Love this adorable picture of them with their cute card boxes

Kitty and Kenny 

Charlie standing when the Navy Veterans were honored and the Navy Song was sang

Bill, me, Tom and Debbie

Bill, James, and all the Marines standing and being honored, singing the Marine Corp. Hymn

Bill and James

My best friend in grades 9-12, Carol and her husband Jerry.  

James and Sue doing the twist....I took a video but can't put it on my blog

Me and Debbie...I had so much fun with her

Debbie and Bill

Bill went to meet Rich for coffee.  Melissa had to be at therapy at 9 this morning instead of 10, so I got to her house early.  It was only 7 degrees out.  Burr!  Dropped her off and then went to Kroger to get a couple gift cards to put in Bill's Valentine's Card and also some groceries.  Came home and got his card ready and put it on the cupboard.  Picked Melissa up and we went to the Patisserie so she could pick out a couple of yummy things for Bruce for Valentines.  I got us and Bill each a cupcake!
The most delicious cupcake I have ever eaten.  It was chocolate with yummy strawberry filling and a strawberry on top...with chocolate pieces.  When I got home, Bill was in the basement on the treadmill.  He liked his card and gift cards to Tim Horton's and I Hop and I loved my roses, edible arrangement, beautiful earrings and beautiful pop up card with a sweet message he wrote on the back of it.  We had to be to Horizon's at 3:30 because Bill had to help with some stuff.  Dinner started at 5. We had chicken, potatoes and yummy veggies and also bread.  It was delicious, but dessert was most delicious.  It was as delicious as my cupcake and also came from the Patisserie.  Chuck, Sue and James sat with us.  After dinner, we danced and then went to the photo booth and had pictures taken.
Dorothy and I fast danced with James which gave me extra steps so I beat Bill!  It was such a fun night with family and friends.  I talked to Kimmy when I got home which I loved.

Thurs., 2/13/2020...Happy Anniversary Rody and Vikki!

Happy 16th Anniversary Vikki and Rody

Woke up to more snow.  Snow day for Melissa's and Vikki's kiddos.  Kimmy's Boys had school, but they just had a snow day when Melissa and Vikki's kids didn't

Bill walked 2 1/2 miles on the treadmill.  Thankful he is back at it!

Messaged Vikki and Rody to tell them Happy Anniversary!  Called her when I knew she would be awake, since they had a snow day today.  Bill had to go meet Greg to talk with the family whose little girl died and talk about her funeral.  The family aren't believers.  Bill prayed for God to prepare their hearts on his way there.  Greg isn't ordained so when they wanted him to do the funeral, he told them he would need help from his friend that does funerals.  They said no way!  Well Greg and Merijo talked with them yesterday, and explained that Greg would be doing the funeral, but Bill would be helping with the ordained part.  They let them come over to talk this morning.  The guy, his wife, and her little 5 year old boy live with the guy's mother.  Greg and Bill started going over the funeral details and Bill started talking about the Lord and how knowing Him could help them get through this.  The husband and wife received the Lord right then.  The mother was standing off to the side, not saying anything.  Greg said he was wondering about her and what she thought.  Bill walked over to her and asked her if she wanted to receive Jesus and she said yes right away.  God sure is bringing good out of this sad situation.  Now they can see their little girl again someday.  What an amazing God we have, and I am so thankful Bill follows him and is such a great witness.  I walked on the treadmill for a mile and then walked two more miles off the treadmill.  Vikki called and was surprising Rody with a Roast, Carrots and Potatoes meal.  Her electricity went off after she had the roast in for 30 minutes.  She went to take the roast down the road to Rody's moms to finish cooking it, but couldn't get out of the garage because the garage door wouldn't work.  She ended up having to tell Rody that she was making him a nice dinner for their anniversary, since he had to come home and take the roast to his mom's now.  Just before he got home, Consumers came and started working on a pole in back of their house.  Rody talked to them and they said it could be 5 minutes or much longer.  They took the roast to his mom's and got home and the electricity came on.  They went back and got the roast and finished it at home.  Wow what a day for Vikki, not to mention she woke up not feeling good.  In the evening, we went to our Faith Rider's Meeting.  There were 20 of us there.  One new person from First Assembly which was nice.  It was such a good meeting and it was stressed that CMA is a ministry.

Wed.,2/12/2020, Went to Melissa's, Walked on treadmill, Used Air roaster and Air fryer, Taught K-1 kids at church

Chicken breasts I cooked on air roast setting and fried potatoes I made on air fry setting.
Chicken took 25 minutes and potatoes 12 minutes....Tasted delicious...didn't remember to take a picture until we were finished eating so only got the left overs

Isaac's cute I phone Valentine Box

Peyton's cute Kitty Valentine Box

Went to Melissa's in the morning and visited for a few minutes, then took her to therapy.  She sure is looking great when she walks in without the cane now.  They are always happy to see her and so are the other patients there.  She always makes friends wherever she goes.  I came home and watched videos on my Ninja Foodi to learn how to use it.  Bill wanted me to make him some toast after I showed him the video of the lady making toast.  It turned out good, but she said set the darkness on 4 and we will set it on 3 next time.  I went to pick up Melissa, and then we went to have lunch at the Olive Garden.  It was 1:15 and the place was packed worse than on a Sunday at Noon.  We waited for a little while than got to sit at a table.  Didn't bother waiting for a booth.  We both had the lunch spaghetti special.  It was delicious. Melissa showed me her phone cover and it is beautiful.  I definitely have to get the kind the girls have because mine is so heavy and thick.  I came home and Bill had the new plug for the treadmill all put in.  He walked on it, and while the food was cooking I walked some on it.  Tomorrow I will do 2 miles.  I went to teach my kiddos at church after we ate.  It was a fun class with lots of fun activities and games.  My kids pray so good when it's prayer time.  When I got home, I asked Bill if he walked on the treadmill, and he said he walked two miles.  I am so happy to have him walking again.  Peyton, Isaac and Vikki made the cutest Valentine's boxes and they definitely go with their personalities.  So cute!

Tues., 2/11/2020...Went to breakfast, Got early Birthday present, Kimmy came to Saginaw, Had Small Group

Isaac and Peyton watching Papa showing them something on his phone

Three cuties

Early Birthday Present....Ninja Air Fryer, Air Roaster, Air Broiler, Bake, Dehydrate, Keep warm,
Make up to 9 slices of toast at once, and a Bagel Toaster all in one!  Thank you sweetie Bill!

It folds up when not in use for extra counter space which I love

Daisy had her lamb....cutest lamb I have ever seen!

We went to breakfast.  Kenny, Charlie, Wes, Gayla, Phyllis, Dennis, Bill and I were all there.  We had a good devotion and prayer time.  Came home and did Bible reading, worshipped and prayed.  

Talked to Melissa for a long time and prayed with her.  Bill found a treadmill he wants to get.  Not one that I would pick, but he really wants it.  Kimmy called and was passing through Freeland on her way to the dentist.  She stopped and dropped of my Ninja early birthday present from Bill.  It is so nice!  Now I have to learn how to use it.  Vikki, Peyton, Isaac, Bill and I met Kimmy at Tim Horton's after Kimmy was done at the dentist.  We had a nice time and a nice visit.  Kimmy and Vikki went to Best Buy, but I decided I had better come home and get ready for Small Group.  Picked the worship songs and did some last minute cleaning, then got everything ready.  Bill set up the chairs and tv trays.  We had a good study and time flew by quickly.  Bill was expecting the guys to come deliver the treadmill, but they didn't come until 10 p.m.  They got it in the basement and found out it needs a different plug, which Bill said he will be putting in tomorrow.  He is also putting in a plug for me in the kitchen for my coffee pot, since I had to movie it.  The treadmill is super big (commercial) and doesn't fold up.  Guess I am just happy that Bill will be exercising again.  I will be using it too.

Monday, 2/10/2020...Walked 2 miles, Did Small Group Lesson

Walked 2 miles in the morning.  Snowy morning.  Kimmy's boy's school was cancelled, but no schools in Saginaw were.  Did laundry, sewed my boots, and made a roast, carrots and potatoes.  Bill snowblowed the driveway. While he was doing it, Vikki called to offer to come over after the kids were out of school and do the driveway with them.  Sweet of her, but Bill has it pretty easy with the tractor and doesn't have to strain too much when he does that.  I shoveled the back deck path for him.
He slept quite a bit today, and I took a short nap.  The roast was yummy.  We both did our lesson for Small group and watched a nice Christian Movie on Amazon Prime.  Read some on my book, Knowing God.

Sunday, 2/9/2020....Bill was in lots of pain, went to church, took Bill to Urgent Care, Watched a couple of good movies

Pretty empty hospital waiting rooms...both ones we were in were empty...that's a good thing!

Bill wired for his EKG....good results praise God

Pretty snowy on the drive home

Pretty big snowflakes falling

Bill waving to Kimmy while I was talking to her

Max having fun at youth group

Hailey, Luke, Ally and Jacob having fun at youth group

Got ready for church, then noticed that Bill was is a super lot of pain.  He even had me put his socks on for him.  He was gasping out it was so bad.  I told him he should stay home from church, but he insisted on going.  He did let me drive. Everyone at church could tell he was in lots of pain.

When we went up at the end of service to pray for people, people came up and instead of us praying for them, they wanted to pray for Bill.  Lots of caring people at our church.  On our way home, I was going to take him to Urgent Care, but he wanted to come home and change and eat first.  We did that, then Vikki called to check on her dad.  I decided after talking with her and hearing how concerned she was, to take his blood pressure.  It was 180/100, so I took him immediately to Urgent Care.  We were the only ones in the waiting room, so he got in right away. They gave him a pain shot which helped.  We came home and he took a good nap.  I took a short nap too.  I saw these cute pictures posted on Facebook of Max and Hailey at Youth Group.  Bruce gave the devotion message, and other parents helped with food and games.  Melissa said Bruce got lots of nice compliments about his devotion.  We watched a couple good movies.  Melissa called to check on her dad, and so did Kimmy.  Blessed to have such loving, caring kids!

Sat., 2/8/2020, Went to Isaac's game, went to Tim Horton's, Got Lazy Boy, Went to Vikki's

Isaac made this great shot

Isaac bringing the ball down

Isaac with the ball

Isaac in the center

Very happy Kody is feeling better

New Lazyboy recliner...so comfy

Jack making a jumpsuit at his game

Jack in the back going after the ball

Jack's head in front of 14

Peyton

We went to Isaac's game.  He really movies fast now!  Loved watching him play.  After his game, we went over to see Mike P., and his sisters, Ann and Susie.  We also saw Matt, Lupe and Nick.

Vikki, Rody, and the kids met us at Tim Horton's after Isaac's game.  We had fun figuring how to move a bottle of water off from a dollar bill.  Vikki did it before Bill showed her the right way.  The kids each did it than and got a dollar!  We gave a lady next to our table and her daughter a couple Starbuck gift cards.  Her daughter had down syndrome and sure made me think of Kenny.  She was such a loving girl.  I called Melissa and found out she was at Jack's game.  I didn't know he had a game, so I told her to send me a schedule.  I saw pictures later and read comments!  Jack did great and got a couple of 3 pointers although for C teams they don't count 3 points.  Jack was pretty excited though and found his spot.  What a confidence builder.  Can't wait to watch him play.

Bill and I went to Godwin's and found a recliner we really liked.  We brought some material samples home to make sure it would match.  It did, so we went back and got it.  It is a Kipling and is so comfy.  We came home and had round steak and Mashed potatoes for dinner.  Relaxed after that and read some.