Sat. 1/27/24, Bill went to coffee with Charlie, Bill and Max hung out together in the morning, Kimmy and Jared dropped Eli off to spend the night with Jack, Bill brought Jack home with him,

Peyton took this picture today.  Her Valentine blanket Rody won for her at Bingo at Debbies is in the background

This is the only picture Vikki took.  I didn’t take any today of him or Peyton or Kenzie

A nice picture Vikki sent me taken today.  

Charlie picked Bill up to go for coffee. I sent some chicken noodle casserole with him to give to Charlie and Sue and also Avocado single packs for Sue.   I called Sue and talked to her for quite a while.  We had a nice chat.  

I read my Bible.  Today I read about David killing Goliath with a slingshot and a stone.  He was able to do that because he did it in the Name of the Lord and the Lord gave him into his hand.  Awesome to read about the great faith of the men of God in the Bible.  Not so exciting to read about those who did their own thing and were prideful and wouldn’t obey the Lord.  All had sin though and needed a Savior, just like we do.  Love reading about God’s mercy and grace.

I got a text from Eli asking if he and Jack could spend the night.  I called Kimmy to let her know we are doing the church visit and then going to dinner afterwards, because Eli wanted to go to our church.  They are going to watch church online tomorrow, and hang out and play ping pong, etc.  

I went shopping for Stacie’s birthday gift.  I am a little late because we have had so much going on, but it didn’t take me long to find something.  We are going to her church tomorrow for a church visit with Faith Riders.  So happy to be visiting there.  We are taking her gift with us to give to her.  I picked up some plastic shelf liner like I have in the bathroom drawers and cupboards for the camper.  It was only $3.50 on sale for a big roll.

I came home, and within a few minutes, Bill told me Kenzie locked her keys in the car and wanted to know if I had her extra set.  I remembered having them so got them and then face timed her to make sure they were the right ones.  They were!!!  I headed right down to Birth Run to give them to her.  Vikki was with her and had her car there also, so they continued to shop.  When I got there, I gave her the keys to unlock her car, then I took them back to put in a safe place at my house again.  We went to an antique store that was really nice, then went to two baby stores.  It was fun hanging out and I was so happy to see Peyton and Rehvyn.  They were both so sweet as usual.  Melissa called me and wanted to know if she could come to visit for a little while.  I told her what happened with Kenzie’s keys and that I was in Birch run, so we would have to do it another time.  We hung up and I got to carry Rehvyn in the antique store for a little while.   

I left and headed for home.  The traffic in Birch Run was awful.  Then even though we had a green turn light, the other side of the road’s traffic blocked each intersection so we couldn’t turn at all.  I finally went around and went down Dixie Highway and got on at the Bridgeport exit.  Bill called and said Eli and Jack wanted burgers from McDonalds instead of my chicken casserole.  I stopped and picked them each up two burgers and an order of fries.  I came home and they were really happy when they saw I got them 2 burgers.  Then Jack only noticed one fry and asked me if they had to share.  Eli already had his in his hand so Jack was happy to have his own fry too. He was so thankful and so was Eli.  They are great boys.   I warmed up some chicken casserole for me.  Bill already ate some.  I wrapped Stacie’s gift after I finished eating.  

The boys spent a lot of time outside with the light sabres.  It was 40 degrees.  I took a couple of pictures.  I will wait to take more when they are in the house.  I talked to Melissa and heard all about their fun time staying in Frankenmuth.  I love that Bruce’s work does that.  Melissa and Bruce even went down the waterslides.  Such a fun family.  

I’m going to crochet now.

 

Friday, 1/26/24, went to Melissa’s, Kimmy, Kenzie, Rehvyn and Vikki came over! Dinner with Bill and Max, watched a movie, called Alter Egos

My nephew Mark and his wife and baby Linda.  She’s named after my sister Linda who passed away when she was 60.

Love this picture of Mark and his daughter 

My great niece almost 3 mouths old

Rehvyn was so sweet and such a good baby today. So happy they came to visit 

 

He loved watching Baby Einstein today.  He keeps his attention focused on it for a long time.  

Kenzie made me this out of a branch from the yard and some yarn. Thank you Kenzie!

Nana and her boy!😘

What a good baby

 

He weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz.

 

Just the cutest smile!

 

Abby when I put her back in her bed
Melissa sent me these fun pictures from their stay at Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth.  Jack and Evan look like they are having a blast! So happy for them.

They had to be so happy when there was a ping pong table there.  They love playing it and are very good at it now.  

 I got up at 7 and put chicken breasts in the crockpot so they would be done by lunchtime.  Then I went back to bed for an hour.  I fell right back asleep.  Kimmy was running lat this morning, so I picked up mochas and donuts and took them to Melissa’s.  Max,. Melissa and I enjoyed our donuts and then I left so I would be home when Kimmy came.  I beat her by 5 minutes.  We sat in the family room and visited.  Kenzie called to let us know she was coming after she went to a couple of stores.  Kenzie came and brought our sweet baby.  He was good the whole time he was here.  He’s happy with any of us holding him and he’s happy to be laying on the floor with toys and he’s happy to be watching Baby Einstein.  He sure is focused on it when it’s on.  He is so smart and way ahead of his age. We all just love him so much.  Bill went to get wood pellets for the kernel burner.  Kenzie went outside to look for a bird feather and came in  with branches and a birch stick instead.  She made things for Kimmy and I.  She’s so talented!  When she saw Bill come back, she went out and helped him unload the pellets, which was so nice of her.  Kimmy went out and helped too.  I was fixing chicken noodle casserole for lunch.  Bill came in and picked him up off the baby matt and held him for a while when he was done.  Vikki came when she was done working.  Of course she grabbed her grand baby right away. She sure is a good grandma.  Kenzie made brownies for Peyton and Isaac to take to church to give away tonight.  The kids are making two more batches at their house after school.  Vikki left to get them. Bill called and told me to come meet him and Max at Culver’s for dinner.  I helped Kenzie get things packed up because she wanted to leave at the same time.  I was a few minutes late getting to Culver’s, but Bill called me ahead of time and ordered for me.  We had so much fun with Max.  What a great kid.  I took him home while Bill went home and got the Zoom meeting set up.  He gave the dogs treats, then waited til 6 and fed them all.  I had to put a treat in Abby’s food to get her to eat.  She sure ate it all then.  Max let Vader and Badger outside.  I let Abby out when she was done.  After all the dogs were back inside, I told Max goodbye then headed for home.  Kimmy called and they were going to stop quick so the boys could get some animal crackers to snack on after going to the fish store.  They were in a hurry because they had fish, so I called Bill and had him get them out and some baggies out.  I texted Eli and told him I could see two good looking guys on my Ring video.  Eli texted me lol and told me thanks for the animal crackers and pops and that Liam really liked them.  I have such wonderful grandsons.  Bill and I had a good zoom meeting with our Area Reps to discuss the upcoming Seasons of Refreshing in February.  After that. we watched a movie called Alter Ego’s.  I was a comedy about a Pastor who wanted to bring some changes to his church.  I sure laughed.  

  

Thurs, 1/25/24,, Went to Prudenville for our friend’s sons funeral, Stopped in Gladden and went in a shop, went to Costco,

We were riding on 18 to Prudenville, 10 miles past Meredith, when we saw flashers and a couple of fireman on the road.  The one stopped us and told us to go really slow because there was a vehicle that slid off the road.  He said a tow truck was coming and to be really careful because it was very icy.  Yikes!  Bill had been driving 55 and we didn’t think it was slippery out at all.  We went past and didn’t notice any ice.  He did drive much slower after that though. 

Rehvyn was at his Grammy Vikki’s and played with the first rattle she bought him the day before she found out Kenzie was pregnant.  

Peyton is loving helping babysitting him

Such a cute smile!

He and Isaac are so cute

Grammy Vikki with her sweetie

Another cute picture of Peyton holding sweet baby

I got up at 7 this morning and got ready.  It was pretty foggy outside.  I fed Kit Kat and gave her some attention, then went inside and read my Bible.  I did some crocheting after that.  I had to rip out some, and redo it and I wanted to do it while I remembered what I had to do.

I’m thankful I have a video to follow.  Bill got up and got ready, then we left for Prudenville to go to our friend’s, Jerry and Sandy’s son’s funeral.  He was 55 and had a bleed and died. 

Very sad.  The pastor gave a wonderful message and the dad shared and lots of his son’s friends shared.  They had a nice meal afterwards.  We sat with some other friends from CMA and visited with them.  We told Sandy and Jerry goodbye and then headed home.  It was even foggier out.  Bill took it slow.  When we got by Gladwin, it started getting clearer out.  We went into an antique and clothing store and looked around.  Bill found a nice leather jacket with a zip in liner he liked, so he got that.  She came down $10 so the price was right.  I didn’t find anything, but had fun looking at everything.  

We got to Midland, and Bill asked me if I wanted to stop at Costco.  I had a $10 gift certificate, so I told him yes.  We haven’t been there for a while.  We picked up a few tings and ate lots of samples.  They had some cashews in a bag for 12.98.  It looked like more than in the plastic container we buy there, so got some.  We also picked up Forever stamps at the checkout.  They are going to be the old price until Feb. 18 for members.  We were getting pretty low and didn’t get any before they raised the price, so this was a blessing.  We talked to Melissa on our way home.  We put groceries away when we got home.  

Vikki face timed me and showed me how Rehvyn plays with a rattle now.  He also loved the toys hanging above him and would touch them.  He just keeps getting cuter every time I see him.  Kenzie was there so I told her I couldn’t answer my phone when she called me during the funeral.  I sure was happy to see her and the baby.  Maddy was there too, but I didn’t know it until I was about to hang up. I told her I would have said hi earlier if I would have heard right.  I thought Vikki said Rody was there.  She and Kenzie went to TJ Max and shopped while Grammy Vikki and the kids watched Rehvyn.  Lucky them!  Vikki sent me the pictures I posted of him.

Bill worked on stuff for the Seasons of Refreshing Flyer and I worked on the blog.  Going to crochet some now.

Wed., 1/24/24, Bill went to coffee with Charlie, I crocheted a lot, Went to Melissa’s and picked up some of her and Evan’s delicious cookies, took Carol to the doctor, crocheted more, FaceTimed with Melissa and Vikki

It got up to 37 degrees today and things started thawing.  It rained most of the day.

One of the delicious cookies Melissa gave us.  They are the best snickerdoodle I’ve ever tasted!

Carol sent bean soup home with me today, so we had it for dinner.  It was delicious and tasted even better out of Kimmy bowls

Kenzie sent me a picture of my sweet Rehvyn today.  He just is the cutest!

We got up at 8:15 today.  I put on good worship music.  Bill got ready and went and met Charlie for coffee.  I made oatmeal and had my coffee.  Then I read my Bible.  I’m in the Old Testament now and reading Samuel.  God’s Word shows the awesomeness of God and how important it is to obey Him.  

I crocheted for a while, then got ready and went to Melissa’s at 1:30 to pick up cookies for us and cookies to take to Sister C.  I was headed to her house to take her to a doctor appt., so it worked out good for the cookie surprise delivery from Melissa and Evan.  I got to her house at 2, then we got ready and went to her appt.  We had a little accident with her oxygen tank as it got caught between the wheelchair and  the door and the piece that loosens and tightens it so you can change tanks broke.  I took her to the desk, then to the waiting room to fill out forms.  I went and moved the car to a parking spot.  When I came in I noticed the piece to the oxygen tank lying on the floor.  I picked it up and that’s when we realized what it went to.  I told the lady at the desk that Carol’s oxygen was getting low and we had an extra in the car, but we couldn’t change it because the piece had broken off.  She got the nurse and she went and got a tank they had on wheels and let Carol use it for her appt.  Carol said she could make it home on what was left in the tank.  They were so nice though and let us take the tank with us and then I dropped it back off after I took Carol home and headed home.  I was very thankful because I didn’t want her running out on the way home if something happened that it took longer.  When we got to her house, she gave me some bean soup to take home for Bill and I.  She had made a huge pot of it.  That was so sweet of her.

When I got home I crocheted more.  Then I called my friend, Vikki and we talked for about an hour.  It was so nice catching up.  She’s such a great friend.  Bill and I ate our soup after that.  I texted Carol to let her know we loved it and thought it was delicious.  She let Melissa know she loved her cookies too and said they were the best.  She invited us over Sunday to watch the game with her.  She is fun to spend time with.  

I Face Timed with Vikki and Melissa and then crocheted more.  I’m making good progress now that I know what I am doing better.  I worked on that until bedtime and also did the blog.

 

Tues., 1/23/24, It was a snowy morning, schools were all cancelled,Bill took the trash out, He went in to town, I crocheted lots, went to prayer in the evening

Pretty outside this morning with the new snow 

We had cardinals in abundance again

The grandkids didn’t have school because of bad roads...this is one of them.  Silly Lucy is in the picture too

Evan was off too and helped his mom bake snickerdoodle cookies

I love this picture of them baking together

They sure look yummy

They look pretty happy about those yummy cookies.  Melissa looks beautiful and Evan looks handsome and the cookies look amazing

We slept in again today until 9:15.  Stayed up very late again last night.  It was snowing lots and we had gotten a couple of inches.  When I talked to Melissa, she told me the kids schools were cancelled.  By that time they didn’t show all the cancellations, but it did show Midland Schools were closed.  I assume Eli’s school was closed too, but Kimmy didn’t answer my calls, so I don’t know for sure.  That girl!!

Bill took the garbage out. Then we had our coffee and read our Bibles.  We ate breakfast after that. I was happy that Jacob answered my texts.  It’s a sign he must be starting to feel better.  I’ve been doing lots of praying for him.  

Bill went into town for bread, almond milk and some other things.   I wrote out some cards and got them in the mail.  Then I worked on my crocheting project.  I called Vikki and she and the kids were home because their school was cancelled too.  Bill said the roads were pretty slushy.  I’m glad the kids didn’t need to be out on them.   Bill cleaned the drive way off and shoveled the deck.  It warmed up and started raining instead of snowing. 

In the evening, I went to prayer.  Our road was pretty bad because of the slush, but the rest of the roads were good.  Prayer was great and lots were there.  It went over our normal time, but no-one minded.  It was getting more slippery on the way home because temperatures were cooling down.  I did more crocheting.  I would much rather knit than crochet.   

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, 1/22/23, Bill went to lunch with Charlie, I went to Melissa’s, Bill and I watched a movie

 

Our Cookies Debbie gave us

Cookies Debbie sent to Melissa and family

Eggs with potatoes cooked in them and Stollen bread from Frankenmuth Debbie gave me

Our cute Christmas ornament from Debbie and family

Melissa and Bruce with their cookies from Aunt Debbie

Max, Jack and Evan with their cookies and their ornaments from Aunt Debbie

We slept in this morning.  It sure was nice because we went to bed at 12:30 last night.  I made Bill a coffee and me a cappuccino.  He drank his protein drink and I had oatmeal with blueberries, bananas, walnuts and raisins.  Charlie picked him up and Bill went with to run some errands and then they went to Riverside for Lunch.  I called Sue to see how she was doing and we talked for an hour.  She needed some encouragement and prayer because of all the health issues they are going through right now.  I was happy to do that.  They are like family to us.  I filled all of the bird feeders because it was snowing out and they were getting low.  

After we finished talking, I went to Melissa’s to deliver their cookies and ornaments.  I stayed and visited for a while.  It’s always fun to spend time with Melissa.  Abby was snuggled comfy in her new bed.  I should have taken a picture because she was in the bed and it has a soft blanket cover attached to it.  She looked so cute.

I started crocheting the bag holder I am making for Vikki.  Learning new stitches and trying to carefully follow the pattern.  I stopped to watch a movie, called A Wave of Kindness.  It was really good.  

There was an orange cat that came the night before last.  It ran off the deck quickly when I turned on the light and opened the door.  I didn’t see Kit Kat at all yesterday, but I was gone most of the day and evening.  I haven’t seen Hershey, the other cat that’s been sticking around, last night or all day today.  I think, Caramel, which is what Vikki named the orange cat, stole Hershey from Kit Kat.  Kit Kat slept on the deck by the door pretty much all day and was still there when it was dark out.