Sat, 4/20/19...Busy day getting ready to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus!

Got lots done today, two desserts made, cheesy potatoes ready to bake in the morning, jello made, two batches of rolls made, ice tea made, stuff for stuffing ready to go, ground chicken cooked and ground up fine.  Bill brought tables in and they are covered and ready.  He cut up the tree that fell down.  I helped him stack some of the wood and picked up some brush.  Filled the bird feeders.
Kitchen floor scrubbed, Bathroom cleaned and floor scrubbed.  House vacuumed.  Ready for a great time celebrating the resurrection of Jesus and the Salvation He has provided for us tomorrow with my wonderful family.

Friday, 4/19/19...Filled Easter Baskets for grandkids, (adult Easter basket for all of us adults too), Went to Covenant Rehab, Good Friday Service, Mooneys

Hung the butterfly I got with my birthday money

Max, Jack, Isaac and Peyton

Issac played his drums really good for me.  He is taking lessons

Max playing the drums

Max on Vikki's temporary living room furniture

Jack playing the drums

Melissa by her picture on the 3rd floor at Covenant

This wall has all pictures of Melissa and her therapists on it.  

Melissa's by the picture of her, Isaac, Vikki and Peyton on 4th Floor.  There was another picture of her in the other hallway, but someone was in front of it so we looked at the other pictures and then forgot to take a picture when we walked back by it.

We walked 2 miles at the SportsZone.  Colored some Easter Eggs.  Missed all my helpers, but it was down to where I had to get it done.  Got all the Easter baskets filled for the grandkids, plus one for adults and kids who don't want baskets this year.  Went to Vikki's for a while.  They were making slime and having lots of fun.  Jack and Max were there.  Isaac did so good playing the drums.  He is doing great with his lessons.  Jack did a pretty good job playing and copying Isaac.  Max just had fun on them.  Nice to see all the kiddos and get my hugs.  Melissa, Bruce and I went to Covenant Rehab to see all the pictures we've heard are up of Melissa.  We started on the 4th floor.  All of the nurses, therapy techs, and the nursing care coordinator were very happy to see Melissa doing so great and they were excited to tell us to look at the pictures of Melissa down the hallways.  There were lots of pictures of other patients Melissa knew when she was in the hospital.  They said Melissa was the star because her pictures were on every floor.  They sent us to the third floor to see more pictures.  A couple therapists and the therapy manager came over to Melissa when they saw her and told her she was a star.  They sent us down to therapy where Melissa had her very own wall of pictures.  Three on the wall!  She had therapists who weren't there when she was in come up and say how good she was doing since the pictures were taken.  Another patient told her she recognized Melissa in the pictures and said it's you.  All the therapists and nurses said Melissa was their success story and that with all the pictures and her picture on the hospital brochure she was famous.  They were all so nice.  She walked into the hospital, put to and all down the halls of the fourth floor,  all down the halls of third floor and then down to therapy and all around there.  She did great.  This was all after 3 hours of physical therapy at Level Eleven too.  She is doing amazing.  I got home and Bill and I ate chicken rice casserole that I had going in the crockpot. We went to the Good Friday Service at church at 7.  It was really a good prayerful service, focusing on Jesus  So thankful for Jesus and what He went through for me/us.  Can't wait to celebrate His resurrection on Sunday!  John 3:16 is for everyone!!!  Bill was hungry for a hot fudge sundae after we left church.  We went to Mooney's.  Pastor's daughter, Emily, who is very pregnant and her husband Derek were there getting ice cream cones.  We talked to them for a few minutes and found out she is being induced on Wednesday if the baby doesn't come naturally before that.  I got a baby cone and Bill got a double hot fudge sundae.  The baby cone was very big.  Next time it's a half baby cone for me.  We came home and watched Jeopardy.

Thursday, 4/18/19...Cleaned, Picked Hailey up from school, Went to see the movie Breakthrough

A robin has been working all day on this next.  It's a lot messier than the next last years robin made.
I love that it's right where I can watch the babies from my kitchen window.

A little blurry, but only picture I got.  Vikki, Hailey, Bill, Chuck and Sue at the movie theater

Vikki and Hailey....Vikki's picture she took.  So cute!

Cleaned a couple of rooms.  Cleaned the shelves in the laundry room too.  Hung my Easter Flag outside that Stacie and family got me for my birthday.  It looks really nice.  I will have to take a picture tomorrow.  I picked Hailey up from school early because track was cancelled because of the rain.  She ate with us and then we met Vikki, Chuck and Sue at the movie theater to see the movie Breakthrough.  It was a good movie.  So happy Vikki decided to come and see it with us.  She had a gift card and wanted to meet us there and give us the gift card to use.  Hailey and I talked her in to coming with us.  So happy she did.  She is always so much fun and brings good snacks too.  Thanks for the M & M's Vikki.  After the movie, we dropped Hailey off at her house and then came home and watched jeopardy.  Vikki called us and had a very close call.  She was at the stop light coming out of Meijer's onto Tittabawassee and she had a green turn arrow.  She was going and someone in a big white truck ran the stop light.  She heard people beeping and slammed on her brakes just before he swooshed past the front of her car.  If she hadn't slammed on her breaks, the truck would have plowed right into the driver's side door.  I could tell she was very shook up.  I got shook up just hearing about it.  I sure am thanking and praising God for His protection.

Wed.,4/17/19....Walked at SportsZone, Took Melissa to therapy, Got groceries for Easter, Hailey helped me fill Eggs

Max doing his homework

Jack was working on his homework too

Evan working on his homework

Bill and I walked 2 miles at the SportsZone.  Ate oatmeal when we got home.  I went to drop of some stuff at Salvation Army, and then got gas. Took Melissa to therapy.   I went grocery shopping while she had therapy. Finished shopping and ran home real quick to put cold stuff and freezer stuff away.  Left all the other groceries on the table and floor, and went to pick Melissa up.  We ate pot pies for lunch and then went shopping for Easter stuff.  Melissa found what she wanted except couldn't find bags for the Easter baskets.  They had lots of them at the Dollar Store the other day and I had bought some.  Neither store had any left. I gave Melissa four.  I didn't realize each bag had 2 in it.  Worked out good.  I stayed at Melissa's and visited until I had to pick Hailey up at 5:15.  She came home with me and helped me fill Easter Eggs.  She sure was a great helper.  We had fun and it didn't take long at all.  

Tuesday, 4/16/19....Yay, Kimmy's washer and dryer came. Looks beautiful! Went to PTSD Meeting with Sue, Bill married Sherry and Brian

Me, Lila and Sue....Lila turned 99 a couple of days ago.  Very sweet lady who used to come to our Tuesday morning breakfast

Bill marrying Sherry and Brian at Roethke Park

The guys at the house after the wedding

We went to our breakfast.  Sue came today and wanted to take me to Horizon's for lunch for my birthday.  We planned to go there after we went to a PTSD group meeting at the VA Center.  Sue has gone for a year and wanted me to go with her.  Read my Bible and then Sue came to my house and we went to the meeting.  I sat there listening and being very thankful for Bill.  I did share with the ladies how having Jesus in our lives has helped us so much.  Full blown PTSD sounds awful.  The lady in charge made delicious turkey sandwiches on amazing bread for us.  Sue and I decided to eat there and go to Horizon's a different day.  We stopped at Great Lakes and visited Lila and wished her happy birthday.  She is 99 years old.  She was very happy to see us.  We went to visit Pearlie after that.  Her grandson and his wife were visiting her again.  We visited a friend of Sue's sister in law too.  Came home after that.  Vikki and the kids came over to borrow the truck so she could return the furniture she got 10 days ago.  A board in the armrest broke.  Glad it happened now as they had a 10 day trial period and it was up today.  Bill and I went to Roethke Park and he married Brian and Sherry.  Sherry is the daughter of Mary who is a friend of ours.  Bill did a great job.  It stopped raining just when the wedding which was outside was ready to begin.  I had gloves and a coat on, plus a blanket, so I stayed warm, but Bill got really cold.  We were happy when they said they were taking the food home to Mary's instead of eating at the pavilion.  Bill was cold, so we stopped at Tim Horton's to get a coffee for him and a cappuccino for me.  He heard there was cream cheese in the cake so he got Timbits and I got a blueberry muffin.  We went to the house and ate some snacks.  Came home and watched Jeopardy which I had taped.  James Holzhauer sure is smart and winning lots of money.  

Monday, 4/15/19...Notre Dame Cathedral started on fire....so sad.

So sad that Notre Dame caught on fire today.

Walked 2 miles at the SportsZone this morning.  There was still snow on the ground.  In the afternoon it warmed up nicely and the snow melted.  Vikki called me to let me know about the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.  Very sad to hear.  Started praying right away.  Some of us from Faith Riders went to Community Village to help the residents with Bingo. The residents are so sweet to us.  They love Bingo.

Sunday, 4/14/19...Woke up to ground covered with snow, Went to church, taught Sunday School, Went to Olive Garden with Beemers, Watched a Hallmark Movie

Pretty daffodils.  Peyton and Isaac picked them a little short, but still pretty

Jacob playing in the All Star Band in Shepherd.  So proud of him.   Left of conductor on end in first row

Snowy and windy front yard

Didn't want more snow in April.  Better than a tornado though.

Couldn't believe it when everything was white outside this morning.  I went early to church and set up my Sunday school class.  Worship was beautiful. After worship, the kids and teachers all went to Sunday School.  It was a good lesson on how God gives us hope and brings good out of bad.  I gave a testimony and then all the kids wanted to share something God did for them that brought good out of something bad.  They were very serious and it was a precious time.  Declan Galsterer broke his arm when he was getting off of their trampoline.  We all prayed for him.  His mom stayed in my class and helped because she wanted to keep a close eye on Declan.  He doesn't have a hard cast on yet.  Peyton's friend Katelynn's big sister, Mary, was a helper in my class.  It was her first time helping.  We have a little guy that has Autism and the last two times I have had him he has gone pretty wild.  My adult helper has had a hard time keeping him quiet and under control.  He colored all over the wall, tore posters down from the wall, etc.  I was kind of nervous about Mary having to deal with him and it being her first time and her being so young.  I prayed of course!  She did great with him and it was the first time he was quiet and could stay in the classroom the whole time.  She was amazing and so was he.  He did tear four posters off the wall right when we got in the room, but the rest of the time he was good.  Thanked God for His help!  Thanked Mary too and high fived the little guy.  We went to the Olive Garden with Vicki and Kevin Beemer and their 3 kids.  Had a nice visit with all of them.  Watched a Hallmark movie when we got home and had popcorn.