Monday,1/2/23, Kimmy and the boys came over for leftovers

Evan was the first boy up this morning.  He loved standing in front of the fireplace

These were the next two up

Evan making a pout face because I had lots of good plays

Eli on the move

Jack and Jacob

Evan relaxing

Adam and Jacob playing the wii.  Jacob was a stinker and stuck his tongue out

Eli...It was a relaxing kind of day for all of us!

Melissa sent me these pictures of the boy's friend, Elijah, who moved to Florida.  He and his mom came to visit them today.  They had so much fun hanging out.  They played together all through Covid times and their family was great friends to Melissa, Bruce and the kids.  So happy they always visit them when they are back in Saginaw.

 I woke up at 6:30 with a problem with my gum around my tooth.  It was very swollen and when I took dental floss to clean it, what felt like kind of an abscess started bleeding and went down quickly.  It started filling back up, so did some fervent praying and quoted Scripture.  Amazingly it went right down and stayed that way.  Bill told me I should still call the dentist, so I did at 8.  He wasn't supposed to be in his office until after noon, but he came in early to check it out.  He didn't have any hygienist coming in til after noon either.  His receptionist took the X-ray and did a good job.  The tooth was fine, praise the Lord, and he said it would be fine in a couple of days.  There wasn't any pain, just some swelling.  Nothing that I could feel anymore though.  He told me to rinse with warm salt water.  Evan got up, so I prayed with him and he ate breakfast.  We read chapter 4 in Proverbs and talked about it.  He is pretty wise for his age and knows lots of scriptures.  I told him I would only be gone to the dentist for a short time.  I left at 9:50 and was home by 10:15.  Very fast!  Yay!

I got home and Evan and I played 2 game of Skip Bo.  Evan won both games.  Then we played Sorry.  He won the first 2 and I won the last one.  He sure is fun to play games with.

The other boys got up while we were still playing Sorry.  They ate breakfast and then the kids all went down in the basement to play  They had lots of fun, then picked up all the nerf bullets before coming upstairs.  

Kimmy and Jared got here and we all ate left overs.  Kimmy and Jared played partners against Bill and I in Skip Bo.  Bill and I were ahead the whole game and then Kimmy and Jared got amazing cards and won.  I was stuck with the number 9 for much of the game.

Kimmy worked on returning Adam's Christmas light mouse pad we got him because it doesn't work.  She also ordered me some screen protectors for my watch.  Jared and Bill were partners against Kimmy and I after that.  They did lots of table talking.  When Kimmy tried the exact same thing they did the hand before, they wouldn't let us get away with it.  Kimmy put the card back and we played fairly.  We were ahead, but at the end there was 1 card difference.  Jared motioned to Bill to pick up his card (table talk for sure) (cheat cheat) and Bill who was laying his card down.  He stopped and did what Jared was showing him.  So therefore, Kimmy and I declared ourselves the winners  We sure had fun hanging out with them.  

Bruce took Max and Vader to Kimmy's so he could see how Vader would do with Wyatt.  I know Max will have a good time there.  

1/1/23, Happy New Year

 

Isaac sitting in our new camping chair

Peyton and Rody relaxing after our leftover meal 

Bill and I went to church.  We came home and Vikki, Rody and the twins came over for leftovers which has been our tradition for a long time.  We all relaxed afterward.  We were all tired from being up so late the night before.  They left so Vikki could go home and take a nap. Bill and I took a nap after they left.  

Bill took Eli, Jack and Evan to see a movie.  I put my Christmas gifts away while they gone and did my Bible reading.  The boys all spent the night.  We watched some You Tube Minecraft videos, then started watching a movie that Jack thought was good.  It had a bad word in it, so he turned it off right away and apologized because he didn't remember any bad language in it.  I was proud of him for turning it off right away.  Crazy how they stick that in so many kids movies now.  Jack and Evan ate some cereal, Bill went to bed, and about a half hour later the rest of us went to bed.  We were all pretty tired.

Sat., 12/31/22, Happy New Year

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

Fun celebrating Christmas at our house and then going to Vikki's in the evening and celebrating New Years.  Lots of good food, lots of family time and lots of fun playing games.

Friday, 12/30/22, Prepared for our family Christmas Celebration tomorrow.

Evan last night when Melissa was going to read him a bedtime story

Banana Cream pies were made today

Got up at 2:30 and added the water and yeast to the bread makers and started the dough cycle.  When I got up in the morning they were ready to shape into rolls and let rise again, then bake.  Made a chocolate banana pie, two banana cream pies and got the apple pie thawed and ready to heat up.  Made the cheesy potatoes for tomorrow, got the ham in the crock pot ready to heat up tomorrow, and in the evening got the potatoes peeled.  I made ham roll ups for at Vikki's tomorrow night for her New Year's Eve party.

Bill and I hauled the presents down from upstairs and put them under the tree.  He brought in the tables we will need for tomorrow and set up the one in the family room.  He brought up the roaster oven for me from the basement too.  It was a day of preparation for our special celebration of the birth of Jesus tomorrow.  We are so looking forward to all of us being able to be together.  

In the evening, we went to Pat and Rich's 55th anniversary party.  We sat with Dennis and Amy which we had planned to do a month ago.  It was so much fun getting to hang out with them.  Pat and Rich shared their testimony of how God has blessed their marriage and helped them through many trials and sicknesses.  He did so many miracles for Rich when he was dealing with cancer.  The doctors here said there was no hope, but the doctors at U of M prayed for him and so did the nurses.  He had chemo, radiation, and surgery.  It was such an amazing miracle, and they gave God all the glory for what He did!  Very touching!  He keeps going back for check ups and getting the all clear great report.  Del Bedford, their brother in law and an amazing man of God who once led worship and gave his amazing testimony at a men's breakfast we had at our house.  I listened to the tape of it afterwards many times and it was amazing.  What a huge blessing to see him and be encouraged that the Lord is coming soon!  We also talked to Lisa who is the head of His Restoration and her husband Sam.  It is amazing how God uses people to touch so many lives!  

I am looking forward to having everyone here tomorrow morning.  Can't wait!