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My Blog has a NEW look

May 3, 2012 by     6 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Family

As you can see I have a NEW appearance to my blog thanks to the skills and time our son-in-law Neil shared with me. He has been a wealth of information and is extremely patience in his teaching this ‘old dog to learn new tricks’. I hope these new tricks  will become salient and I can move on to learn even more from him.

Each on one of our kids has so many talents and attributes and John and I appreciate these in Neil:

  • He is willing to share his knowledge & skill
  • He is a continual learner
  • He’s patient
  • It’s a good teacher
  • Good father
  • Serving & loving husband
  • Humble
  • Hard worker/diligent.
  • Godly man
  • He’s very fun to be around!

I thank God for  Neil  as I know all of our family does.

Peacemakers

Oct 27, 2011 by     No Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Family, Spain, What we're Reading

Our home church in California sent us and our Spanish church this wonderful gift for helping our little church be peacemakers. We have hopes for these materials to do their work in the body. I downloaded it on my KINDLE too (which I LOVE) and we’ve shown several of the DVD’s to our leadership at church.

This is ‘worth it!’

Christmas in October

Oct 5, 2011 by     2 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Bobbie's Store, Family, saving money

 This is MY month to start and FINISH all of my Christmas shopping.  It’s the month I spend all the savings in my ‘Christmas Fund’ to look for that little gift for all the children & grandchildren that the Lord has given to us. Our Christmas probably doesn’t look like some of yours. We aren’t able to be with most of our family, and we don’t spend as much money as I imagine the typical American family spends. We also  don’t charge (use credit) for any gifts, but rather I put a few dollars away each month throughout the year for these Holy Days.

Now I get to REJOICE because:

 

* I have 12 children to buy for

*25 (almost 26) grandchildren to buy for

*  parents (praise the Lord for healthy and strong parents)

*Gift Cards are easy to purchase from overseas on the internet and can be mailed directly to a recipient.

* some of our kids prefer to buy their children the gifts from ‘Papa & Grandma’ knowing their needs and desires. This is a HUGE help! I just send the check to them. Talk about a WIN/WIN!

*We have a family that is not materialistic and more and more has a desire  to focus on the Lord and His AWESOME gift of salvation.

John and I will give each other a week of vacation. We could both use that and we really don’t need anything else.
Here are some ideas:

Also, a couple of years ago our daughter Rebekah (who is a very wise steward of her/their resources), told me about EBATES. I signed up and if and when I buy something via the internet, I get some cash back. Love that! It’s free… you can do that here:

Grandchildren

Oct 4, 2011 by     No Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Family, Spain

Here is a peak into our lives in September with some of our family.

 

A paella to celebrate the birth of Jude Baptiste Moree

Aug 7, 2011 by     6 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Family, food, photos, Spain

Here is a photo of the celebratory paella we had for the birth of Jude Baptiste, our 25th grandchild. The other couple talking to Anita are their French neighbors.

 

 

 

 

Another new grandson

Aug 7, 2011 by     16 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Family

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for us; 1st with the birth of Ava Katherine and now little Jude. We’re in France now helping out where we can while Anita tries to get some much needed sleep. We’ll head back to Madrid on Wednesday.

Here are a few photos of our precious new grandson:

A new granddaughter

Aug 1, 2011 by     11 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Family, photos

Ava Katherine

Last week, on July 25th, our 24th grandchild was born to Bobbie & Ron DeVos. Ava Katherine DeVos has joined her siblings:

Joel

Alexandra

Jesse

Wesley

Riley

Winston

Audrey

& Annabelle at  home in Virginia.

Of course we are very excited and feel rich with God’s blessings.  She looks so much like her mom when she was born. So pretty!

The other DeVos kids.

Bobbie & baby #9 Ava Katherine

A labor of LOVE

Jan 29, 2011 by     12 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Family, photos

Isn’t this the most beautiful quilt you have ever seen!?! The colors are gorgeous  for our beige walls and fits our bed perfectly. Cheri made this  quilt called Blooming Nine Patch. I looked on the internet to read about the history of this pattern but couldn’t find any information. Our son John made the comment that the instructor at Cheri’s quilting class said, ” no one makes Blooming Nine Patch and gives it away!”

I love being the recipient of such a lovely gift. Please leave your comments and any information about the history of this quilt.

What I do with Chicken Wings

Nov 11, 2010 by     8 Comments    Posted under: Family, Grocery Challenge, saving money

Chicken

I was chatting recently with one of our daughters about budgeting food money and buying whole chickens.  I think chickens are a bargain Read more »

A new grandson: Caleb

Jun 2, 2010 by     4 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Family

I had a wonderful time seeing both Ron & Bobbie and their 8 children and also Rebekah & Dave and their new little guy, Caleb.

Here are some photos of the trip: Double click for a larger view of the photo. Also, please leave your comments!

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