Time Flies Even Faster Than Before

Goodness, I thought time was flying in an earlier post. Now it's been nearly a month since my last post & it seems like yesterday.
The "significant snowfall" I reported was gone by Christmas. We did get enough to say that we had a White Christmas, but that really might be stretching it!
Christmas was a beautiful time to be with our family, all four generations. It brought tears to my eyes to see Dave's 95-year-old mother holding Jillian, our 7-week-old grandbaby.
Lots of remembering went on between Dave & I after everyone left for the day. And some speculating what the new year will bring.
I think this year my birthday might bring some trauma as I turn 60. Mind you, 30, 40 and even 50 had no effect whatsoever. But I'm already feeling like 60 is going to hit me hard! Oh well, I'll get over i t.
Hope your Chrsitmas was glorious and 2008 will be a bright shining star that brings glory to our Lord & Savior. Thanks be to God for all the good and merciful things He has done for our family in 2007...Praise Be To God!!!

Significant Snow

I think winter has arrived. As much as I get tired of the snow at the end of winter, the first snow falls are truly beautiful to me. But from a window view...give me a blazing fire, a cozy blanket & a good book, not a drive to Ft. Wayne or even the 6 miles to work. We woke up this morning to 4 or 5 inches. Just enough to cover everything, but not so much to make travel too treacherous
We've discovered a way to help end the winter blahs....take a cruise! Can hardly wait to go in a couple of months!!!

Winding Down or Gearing Up?

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I'm ready to wind down. But instead, I think it's more like gearing up for Christmas. Whatever, this weekend will be far busier than last.
What a neat thing happened this week. One of the many members at SBF left me a message. To my amazement she was from a town about 30 miles from where I live. But that's not the most amazing part...she recognized my son-in-law on one of my pages. It seems her husband was in my daughter's wedding! It truly is a small world.
Take it easy & enjoy this season of peace & joy.

Thanksgiving

What a wonderful tradition & holiday we celebrate this week. I think Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays, this year is no exception. We will be just our family this year (sometimes we have extended family & friends) -- 4 generations together for the day.
It will be exciting to have our son visiting for several days, usually it's just a quick 1-day thing when he comes up or we go down there.
We are much smaller at this point than we have been in the past. I think we were up to 26-28 people or more & had to use the fellowship hall at the church, now we're just going to be 15 & can easily handle it at home. With people moving away & others vanishing for the cold winter months, we have definitely dwindled.
Of course there will be lots of food -- the usual fair, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes & pumpkin pie...plus Dave is smoking another small turkey. Actually this has become a newer tradition the last several years, started I believe by brother-in-law Lew.
There's so much to be thankful for, but mostly I'd say family wins hands down!!!

Time Flies!

My goodness, time really does fly!
Jillian is already 2 weeks & 1 day old.
What a busy weekend (I think they all will be that way until the end of the year)
It was exciting to celebrate Veterans Day with my husband (a VietNam Vet) & my father (a WWII Vet) & my daughter's friend who was in the service as well, (not sure what branch), not to mention the fact that we were celebrating my parents 67th -- YES THAT'S 67TH -- wedding anniversary. Now that's a long time!!!

Retro 50s Papers & Elements

No longer available online. If you are interested, send me a message & I'll see what I can come up with.

Janessa with her new sister, Jillian Faith

The Wait Is Over

Jillian Faith Hochstetler entered the world this evening shortly after 8 p.m. weighing in at 6 pounds 14 ounces and 20" long with lots of black hair. She looks very much like her big sister did when she was born. A very tired grandma here....more later.

The Waiting Game

Here it the weekend again already. Kind of dreary in northern Indiana, but we aren't having tornadoes anymore. There was a terrible one southwest of here earlier this week. Please pray for the people in Nappanee, there was much loss...thankfully though no lives were lost. I'm still waiting to be a grandmother again. Tuesday is the big day unless the wee one decides to show up early. I'm getting anxious, but probably not nearly as anxious as my daughter & son-in-law! My oldest is soaring across the US heading to warm, sunny California for a week. A much needed break for him, its been a long time since he took time off to relax. And we are going with my middle child to celebrate the finalization of her divorce, something that took way too long. It's been 26 months since she called and asked if she & the kids could move in with us. They have been settled in their new home for nearly 2 years. It is so good to have this all behind them. Please pray for the peace they so deserve. I can't remember when I've seen her so happy. Divorce is a sad thing, but it was the right thing in this case. Guess my musings are over, I need to get ready for my youngest -- we're going shopping. Maybe she's hoping the walking around will bring on the baby!

I did it!

I think I've finally figured out how to make my kit available to you. Try the links under the kit. Happy scrapping!

Welcome

Okay, I've done it & am trying to get this blog thing under my belt. It's very confusing, but I want to be able to have someplace where I can share my kits.
I'd really like to thank Sue_Angel for her inspiration & encouragement.