We are in the process of moving this week so here is some video of the new place. We cannot wait to get some color on the walls but we are thankful that the house is in such good shape after being vacant for a while.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Happy Birthday Tenley!!!
Morgan is wishing our favorite five-year-old girl a very happy birthday!!!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Bye for now Grandma..
My grandmother, Ruby Jewel Russell died on Saturday after a long struggle with health issues. My children will not have memories of her so I will dedicate this post to her and share a few of the memories I have of her.
--She had a really funny laugh. My mom has the same laugh. I have a very vivid memory of the two of them getting tickled about something and laughing so hard they cried and couldn't breathe.
--My grandma got up every morning between 4 and 5, read her bible and prayed. Her family was always assured of her prayers for them.
--She was a die-hard coffee drinker. Her house was always full of the smell of fresh-bewed coffee.
--She used this lotion called Rose-milk lotion. Not even sure you can still buy it but I remember the smell of it pretty vividly.
--She took a lot of pride in being a wife. Every day, no matter how bad she felt, she got up, got dressed and did her hair and makeup. She believed that part of being a good wife was making yourself look nice for your husband.
--She embroidered beautiful dish towels and linens. I still have some of the tea towels and pillow cases that she gave me for my wedding.
---She always hugged and kissed us when we would leave from visiting her and we always stood in a circle and held hands and prayed for safe travel before we left her house.
---She loved her church, loved to go to tent meetings that they held every year. Assembly of s God folks know how to do some serious church. We are talking all day services people!!
---She was ill a lot during her lifetime, had lots of surgeries and lots of hospital stays but she used those times to tell the nurses and doctors about her faith in God.
Those are just a few memories that I have of her. She was a God-fearing woman that lived a life worth remembering. I am thankful for her legacy of faith. To my grandpa who lost his sweetheart, my mom and uncle who lost their mama, my cousins who lost their grandma--I pray for us all in our sorrow but we have heaven to look forward to where she is happy and whole and praising God!! Until then...
--She had a really funny laugh. My mom has the same laugh. I have a very vivid memory of the two of them getting tickled about something and laughing so hard they cried and couldn't breathe.
--My grandma got up every morning between 4 and 5, read her bible and prayed. Her family was always assured of her prayers for them.
--She was a die-hard coffee drinker. Her house was always full of the smell of fresh-bewed coffee.
--She used this lotion called Rose-milk lotion. Not even sure you can still buy it but I remember the smell of it pretty vividly.
--She took a lot of pride in being a wife. Every day, no matter how bad she felt, she got up, got dressed and did her hair and makeup. She believed that part of being a good wife was making yourself look nice for your husband.
--She embroidered beautiful dish towels and linens. I still have some of the tea towels and pillow cases that she gave me for my wedding.
---She always hugged and kissed us when we would leave from visiting her and we always stood in a circle and held hands and prayed for safe travel before we left her house.
---She loved her church, loved to go to tent meetings that they held every year. Assembly of s God folks know how to do some serious church. We are talking all day services people!!
---She was ill a lot during her lifetime, had lots of surgeries and lots of hospital stays but she used those times to tell the nurses and doctors about her faith in God.
Those are just a few memories that I have of her. She was a God-fearing woman that lived a life worth remembering. I am thankful for her legacy of faith. To my grandpa who lost his sweetheart, my mom and uncle who lost their mama, my cousins who lost their grandma--I pray for us all in our sorrow but we have heaven to look forward to where she is happy and whole and praising God!! Until then...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Weekend Away
My sister Holly invited me to come to Aurora and do a five mile walk for women's health that her company (Delnor) sponsors. So Saturday I packed up the kids and drove down to spend the night with her. We took the kids to a park and had a picnic when we got there that night and then had a "sleepover" as Morgan calls it. Sunday morning we left at 8 and drove to the park. The walk started at 8:30 and we made the mistake of starting at the back of the crowd. We were thinking that we would be slow with the stroller but actually we ended up passing people constantly. Morgan had a rough start and did not want to sit in the stroller so I ended up carrying her for a little ways before I convinced her to sit in the stroller and watch her princess movie on the DVD player. The baby did fine, went to sleep about mile 2 and slept the rest of the way. We finished in about an hour and a half and then went back to Holly's for lunch and then we took the kids swimming at a really cool indoor place near Holly's. I am posting some video of both kids so you can see them in action. What a fun but tiring day!!
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