Monday, October 29, 2012

Rainy Days and Mondays

Hi Everyone,

I just to touch base with everyone.  I live in PA and watching Fox News all about the storm that just came ashore.  We are in western PA and getting a lot of  rain and winds.  It is also very cold.  My heart goes out to those on the coast.  I have family right outside of Philly.  So prayfully they are ok.  If any of your are in the path of this storm please be safe.  I know God is in control, Praise The Lord.

Sending my prayers and love out to all of you this cold and rainy evening.

Hugs,
Janet

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sad Day

Hi Everyone,

Today was a sad day for me.  You may think me selfish and if I sound that way I am sorry.  Today my daughter left.  She is going to visit my Mom and then tomorrow she is going back to California.  I know her family miss her and I understand, it is just so hard when we only get to see her and the family once a year.  I thank the Lord for the phone and computer so we can keep in touch.

Also today our son and his bride got home from their honeymoon.  They really enjoyed themselves, thank the Lord.  They had several chore to take care of and when they got home (they are going to live across the street from us) my son came over to get some more of his things to take over to the house.  We talked a few minutes and then he said well Mom I better go home now.  That was hard because for almost 26 years this has been his home and now he has his own home.  I know I will get use to it.  It is just that I can close my eyes and see him as a little boy playing in the yard.

Well both of our children a well grown up and I am very proud of both of them.  They both love the Lord and their spouses.  My daughter loves her daughters so this all makes me happy.  I just want to thank the Lord Jesus for his constant care and love for my family and I and how he always provides for us spiritually, emotionally, physically, financially, etc.

It is time to close for now.  Everyone get a wonderful nights sleep and I will be posting again real soon.  God bless all of you.

Hugs,
Janet

Monday, October 22, 2012

Wedding Day

Hi Everyone,

I hope all of you are having a great Monday.  My daughter is in for a visit and today is her birthday and Jim and I took her out shopping and to dinner to celebrate.  It is hard to believe she is 32 years old.  Tiffany came in for her brother's wedding.

What a beautiful wedding.  It was simple yet very elegant.  The happy couple will be home tomorrow from their honeymoon.  I want to share with all of you some pictures of their happy day.

Have a great evening.

Hugs,
Janet

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Family

Hi Everyone,

Hope all is going well with all of you.  Today is very exciting for my family and I.  Tonight our daughter will be home here in PA for her brothers wedding.  Such an exciting time.  She has not been home for over a year and a half.  We wish the whole family could have come back for this great celebration, busy schedules in her family are very busy.  She is so excited about coming home and seeing her little brother get married.    Another thing is while she is home we will be celebrating her 32st birthday.  That day, Oct. 22, 2012, we (her Dad and I) are taking her shopping at PatCatan's, Westmoreland Mall and Barnes and Noble.  To top it all off we are taking her to the Olive Garden for dinner.  She is so excited about the time she can spend with us.  Her time here will be too short but we will cherish the time we have with her before she goes back to CA.

Well I better go for now.

Hugs,
Janet

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Autumn In PA

Happy October Everyone,

I am so excited.  Autumn is one of my favorite seasons of the year.  I love the cool fresh air, the landscape of  autumn colors and the scents of the season. I took a couple of pictures the other day from the Wal-mart parking lot of the trees.  The reds, yellows and oranges are so beautiful. I just had to share so I am posting some pictures of the trees.  If you have any pictures or comments of autumn please post me and let me know.

Hugs,
Janet

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Last Full Day in California

Hi Everyone,

Here I am with my daughter and granddaughters at Horizons, a homeschooling coop group.  Tiffany is one of the teachers, she is teaching a class on the Reformation.  Kristy is taking a California history class and a drama class.  Abby is taking a Colonial America class.  This is such a great way to enhance what Tiffany is teaching them at home.  After this we will be leaving for Los Angeles.  I leave tomorrow morning to go back to Pennsylvania.  It has been two great weeks with my daughter and her family. The girls tell me they do not want me to leave, but I told them that their PapPap needs me.  I will be back next year toward the end of May beginning of June.  It will be hard them and definitely me.

I do miss my husband and son.  I wish Tiffany and her family lived closer but they are where the Lord wants them right now.

Well I better go for now.

Hugs from California,
Janet

Monday, September 10, 2012

From Sunny Callifornia

Hi Everyone,

Here I am in sunny California enjoying being with my daughter and her family.  It is so good to see my granddaughters.  We are having fun together.  This week I will be doing some crafts with them as part of their homeschooling.  It is so wonderful to see how well they are both doing.  Tiffany also has a field trip planned to the Santa Barbara Bontanical Gardens and to the St. Inez Mission for history and science.  Kristina and Abigail are getting a truly wonderful homeschool education that not only includes book work and worksheets but hands on activities.  I am truly amazed at how bright they are.  Kristina is reading so well, it is one of her favorite things to do.  Among her reading activities she includes many of the classics.  Abby is doing so well not only with her printing but her math as well.  I have gone over both of the girls work sheets and I am so proud.  For their Bible class they are doing Keepers at Home which is a curriculum that teaches young girls how to take care of the home and the different activities that are involved in doing this.  Many of the activities involve sewing, crafting and cooking.  They are also involved in homeschool co-op groups where they get together with other homeschoolers and learn science and history that enhances what they are learning in their classes at home.  The girls are also involved very heavily with 4-H.  I am also very proud of my daughter and her commitment to making sure her daughters get a proper and Biblical education that will bring glory to the Lord and help them become the woman of God that they were meant to be.  I am also proud of my son-in-law and the support that he gives to Tiffany and the girls in these activities and education.

Well it is time for me to close.  Have a support day.

Hugs from sunny California,
Janet