Surprises are fun not matter what shape they come in. I think everyone loves them.
Come on, girls, isn't it fun when your husband comes home with a dozen red roses for no reason at all. I know that one made brownie points for my husband when he did that way back when he was working out of town a lot and had been gone for some time. One dozen long stemmed red roses. How could he go wrong there ! Very impresssive it was, I must say !
Anyway, today I sat here looking at my e-mail etc and thought I really should blog something but all was a blank. So I got up and started doing other things. I guess God looked down and said "OK, I guess I'll give her a surprise and she can blog that.
So about an hour ago He started sending big - I mean BIG - silver dollar size snowflakes coming down. Like, I mean, this is six days into spring - Jackie mowed our lawn twice already this year -and believe it or not this is our first snowflakes of the year (including all fall and winter of 2007) Is that a surprise or what !!
But He knows I love snowflakes so I think he did it just for me. It has been snowing big flakes every since and the lawn and trees are all white. My birdies are scuddling under the trees and Chester is sleeping under the house, not on the porch in the sun like he has been doing in the afternoons. Bob put gloves on and took a cup of hot coffee instead of a soda to do his lightship duty this afternoon.
So I finished my WW lesson for tomorrow night, now I'm home alone, the house is quiet, soft music is playing, just fixed myself a latte. What a beautiful afternoon. Just wanted to share this afternoon with you all !
Hope you are all having a good one too !
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
It's daffodil time
I have two beautiful tubs of daffodils blooming outside of my door. I love daffodils. When I visited Steve and Lorraine the spring of 1989 (when Cameron was born) to help out for awhile there were no daffodils. I had not realized that daffodils bulbs had to have cold weather to be able to bloom I learned not everybody has God's gift of daffodils in the spring. I love daffodils. I love spring (fall is still my favorite season but I do enjoy spring too)
One of the main reasons I love spring so much is it makes me think of my Mom (Grandma Young to most of you). She always loved spring and I see her in every daffodil, tulip and lilac bush when they bloom. She would sometimes say to me as she got older, "Just don't forget me after I'm gone. " As if I ever could. She was such a special person and I still miss her terribly. It doesn't seem possible she has been with the Lord now for 7 1/2 years.
The times I really miss her is when something special happens. I find myself thinking how much she would have enjoyed this or that if she could have been there. Especially when we go to things the grandkids are doing and knowing how proud she would have been of them . She would have just been thrilled to watch Aubrianne and Tanner dance. She loved to watch dancing on TV. And she would have enjoyed our energetic Savanna on the soccer field and she would have been so proud to have watched Cameron and Aubrianne graduate last spring. She would have claimed hugs from Spencer and Riley and Kyler and Ethan any chance she could have. I am so glad that all of our grandchildren were born before she left us so she did get to see them all. Ethan was just a baby but she still got to hold him and love him for a short while. They would all have enjoyed her so much.
She was just that type of person she was. People loved her. Kids loved her. I can not even remember how often I would come home from school and find one of Jean's friends sitting at the table with Mom even when Jean wasn't at home just talking to Mom. My girlfriends went to visit her long after I was married and out of town just to be with her. She was quiet and behind the scenes but so full of love and gentleness and always ready to listen.
Many times when something special happens I still find myself wanting to share it with her but that will have to wait and when we get together again it's a good thing we will have eternity to talk because we will have so much to catch up on.
Love you , Mom. - Enjoy the daffodils in heaven - I'll be along eventually and we'll catch up.
One of the main reasons I love spring so much is it makes me think of my Mom (Grandma Young to most of you). She always loved spring and I see her in every daffodil, tulip and lilac bush when they bloom. She would sometimes say to me as she got older, "Just don't forget me after I'm gone. " As if I ever could. She was such a special person and I still miss her terribly. It doesn't seem possible she has been with the Lord now for 7 1/2 years.
The times I really miss her is when something special happens. I find myself thinking how much she would have enjoyed this or that if she could have been there. Especially when we go to things the grandkids are doing and knowing how proud she would have been of them . She would have just been thrilled to watch Aubrianne and Tanner dance. She loved to watch dancing on TV. And she would have enjoyed our energetic Savanna on the soccer field and she would have been so proud to have watched Cameron and Aubrianne graduate last spring. She would have claimed hugs from Spencer and Riley and Kyler and Ethan any chance she could have. I am so glad that all of our grandchildren were born before she left us so she did get to see them all. Ethan was just a baby but she still got to hold him and love him for a short while. They would all have enjoyed her so much.
She was just that type of person she was. People loved her. Kids loved her. I can not even remember how often I would come home from school and find one of Jean's friends sitting at the table with Mom even when Jean wasn't at home just talking to Mom. My girlfriends went to visit her long after I was married and out of town just to be with her. She was quiet and behind the scenes but so full of love and gentleness and always ready to listen.
Many times when something special happens I still find myself wanting to share it with her but that will have to wait and when we get together again it's a good thing we will have eternity to talk because we will have so much to catch up on.
Love you , Mom. - Enjoy the daffodils in heaven - I'll be along eventually and we'll catch up.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Do angels drive SUV's ?
We drove over to Spokane on Friday last week and spent the weekend with Cathy, Asia and the kids. It was so fun to watch Ethan in his wrestling match. He did such a great job. He is quite the go getter ! Came away with a silver medal. GO, ETHAN ! Gold next time ?
We headed home Monday am early as I had a class at 6:30 I wanted to be back for. No problem - we do that often always arriving on time.
BUT - heading down the freeway about 70 miles or so we began to hear a loud roar. We both looked front and back for the truck we expected to see - but lo and behold - NO truck.
What is that noise !! I looked up as it sounded like a huge airplane going overhead.
No airplane ! Everything seemed fine except for this loud roaring sound.
Bob pulled over, hopped out to check things and found our right front tire flatter than a pancake.
No indication of a flat = no flop, flop of rubber you would expect - no pulling of the car to the right which could have been serious doing 70 down the freeway. Just the loud roar !
So the trunk was unloaded - jack and tools brought out and Bob began to undo the lug bolts.
The cars and trucks were zipping by, of course, everyone hurrying as the world does now a days.
Then suddenly this big black SUV lurked on the horizon and the next thing we knew he pulled over ahead of our car - the door opened and this big strong young man jumped out heading toward us saying "Everything under control or could you use some help ?" Bob said, "No, I think we are ok." "Well" he continued " Why don't you go get your spare and I'll loosen those for you."
Upon the arrival of the tire, he promptly took it, plopped it on the wheel, tightened everything up, shook hands and was off after letting me give him a hug. All in about 15 minutes.
"Angels do appear out of no where !"
Anway we proceeded on our little donut tire (which by the way had about 20 pounds of air left in it ) When did you last check the air in your spare ?? Limped to the next service station, got some air - then proceeded to good old Les Schwab in the Dalles and ended up buying two new front tires. They were both worn on the inside due to being out of alignment he said.
I arrived about 15 minutes late for my class and they were waiting for me so it all worked out great. We do have a great God. He really does care about every little detail of our lives and is always there when we need him !
We headed home Monday am early as I had a class at 6:30 I wanted to be back for. No problem - we do that often always arriving on time.
BUT - heading down the freeway about 70 miles or so we began to hear a loud roar. We both looked front and back for the truck we expected to see - but lo and behold - NO truck.
What is that noise !! I looked up as it sounded like a huge airplane going overhead.
No airplane ! Everything seemed fine except for this loud roaring sound.
Bob pulled over, hopped out to check things and found our right front tire flatter than a pancake.
No indication of a flat = no flop, flop of rubber you would expect - no pulling of the car to the right which could have been serious doing 70 down the freeway. Just the loud roar !
So the trunk was unloaded - jack and tools brought out and Bob began to undo the lug bolts.
The cars and trucks were zipping by, of course, everyone hurrying as the world does now a days.
Then suddenly this big black SUV lurked on the horizon and the next thing we knew he pulled over ahead of our car - the door opened and this big strong young man jumped out heading toward us saying "Everything under control or could you use some help ?" Bob said, "No, I think we are ok." "Well" he continued " Why don't you go get your spare and I'll loosen those for you."
Upon the arrival of the tire, he promptly took it, plopped it on the wheel, tightened everything up, shook hands and was off after letting me give him a hug. All in about 15 minutes.
"Angels do appear out of no where !"
Anway we proceeded on our little donut tire (which by the way had about 20 pounds of air left in it ) When did you last check the air in your spare ?? Limped to the next service station, got some air - then proceeded to good old Les Schwab in the Dalles and ended up buying two new front tires. They were both worn on the inside due to being out of alignment he said.
I arrived about 15 minutes late for my class and they were waiting for me so it all worked out great. We do have a great God. He really does care about every little detail of our lives and is always there when we need him !
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Aristarchus ? ?
Do you know who he is. Along with Tychicus, Epaphras and Justus.
All very special people to the Apostle Paul in the book of Colossians.
As I read thru these guys names this am during my quiet time suddenly I got to thinking
about these very long some unpronouncable names of people in the Bible.
I realized I tend to skip over a lot of them in certain parts of Scripture not
really thinking about them being just as real as us and holding a
very special place in history and many times in our future.
Take the "begats" for instance. We get to Leviticus in a 'read thru the Bible"
attempt and many times it is easy to get bogged down during this section.
And yet every word and name in Scripture is put there for a very specific
reason.
Can you imagine how you would feel if your name was included in the Holy
Bible - WOW - These guys and gals are very important.
I'm afraid I have some research to do before I get up there and one of them
heads over to me and asks me how I felt about his/her comment or his/her story
that was related in one of the books of the Bible.
How very special every person is that's listed in Scripture. Take note
next time you get to reading and check them out. Who were they related to, what can we learn from them and how can we glean more information about our precious Lord because
of their relationship to Him. What could be more special than to have that personal
relationship with our God and Savior in the flesh!
Gives me goosebumps just to think of having that opportunity.
All very special people to the Apostle Paul in the book of Colossians.
As I read thru these guys names this am during my quiet time suddenly I got to thinking
about these very long some unpronouncable names of people in the Bible.
I realized I tend to skip over a lot of them in certain parts of Scripture not
really thinking about them being just as real as us and holding a
very special place in history and many times in our future.
Take the "begats" for instance. We get to Leviticus in a 'read thru the Bible"
attempt and many times it is easy to get bogged down during this section.
And yet every word and name in Scripture is put there for a very specific
reason.
Can you imagine how you would feel if your name was included in the Holy
Bible - WOW - These guys and gals are very important.
I'm afraid I have some research to do before I get up there and one of them
heads over to me and asks me how I felt about his/her comment or his/her story
that was related in one of the books of the Bible.
How very special every person is that's listed in Scripture. Take note
next time you get to reading and check them out. Who were they related to, what can we learn from them and how can we glean more information about our precious Lord because
of their relationship to Him. What could be more special than to have that personal
relationship with our God and Savior in the flesh!
Gives me goosebumps just to think of having that opportunity.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
March 6 - A Special Day
Wow !
41 years ago today I was in St Mary's hospital here in town waiting for my second son to arrive.
How time flies. He didn't arrive until 2 o'clock in the afternoon but I had already been there for some time by 8:45 AM.
I can remember dropping Steve off at a neighbor's house where he was going to stay but when we got there we had forgotten to bring his big stuffed "purple mouse" so in spite of being in labor we had to go back to get it before he would quit crying about not having his mouse with him. He was sort of his security blanket. Fortunately, it wasn't far back to the house.
Finally my big ten pound 6 ounce baby boy arrived. That was before the days when Dad's were allowed in the delivery room so I bopped this young man out all by myself (with Dr Kettlekamp's help of course) That dear man delivered just about every baby born in this town
so he was well qualified.
That was also when we spent three days or so in the hospital before arriving home which wasn't really such a bad idea. Gave us time to get acquainted with our new sweet little guy and also get some rest before bringing him home to big brother, meals, night feedings, diaper changing and all of the other tasks a new baby brings into the house. I can still remember the soft feel of his little head I would stroke as he was feeding in the wee hours of the night when just he and I were up.
I remember it snowed the day we brought him home. March is late for snow here and it didn't amount to anything but it was pretty coming down as we brought him home in our big old beige station wagon to our home on Dow Road.
What a joyous time that was. He was a good baby in spite of it being hard to keep him filled up.
He emptied the little baby bottles quite easily (that was before breast feeding was in)
and there was lots of formula to fix each day.
But those days are precious to us and so is the beautiful young man he has turned into.
We are so proud on him and his family and their walk with God as they travel thru life.
What more could parents ask for. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN.
PRECIOUS MEMORIES TO BE SAVORED ALWAYS !
Yes, March 6 will always be a very special day for me !!
41 years ago today I was in St Mary's hospital here in town waiting for my second son to arrive.
How time flies. He didn't arrive until 2 o'clock in the afternoon but I had already been there for some time by 8:45 AM.
I can remember dropping Steve off at a neighbor's house where he was going to stay but when we got there we had forgotten to bring his big stuffed "purple mouse" so in spite of being in labor we had to go back to get it before he would quit crying about not having his mouse with him. He was sort of his security blanket. Fortunately, it wasn't far back to the house.
Finally my big ten pound 6 ounce baby boy arrived. That was before the days when Dad's were allowed in the delivery room so I bopped this young man out all by myself (with Dr Kettlekamp's help of course) That dear man delivered just about every baby born in this town
so he was well qualified.
That was also when we spent three days or so in the hospital before arriving home which wasn't really such a bad idea. Gave us time to get acquainted with our new sweet little guy and also get some rest before bringing him home to big brother, meals, night feedings, diaper changing and all of the other tasks a new baby brings into the house. I can still remember the soft feel of his little head I would stroke as he was feeding in the wee hours of the night when just he and I were up.
I remember it snowed the day we brought him home. March is late for snow here and it didn't amount to anything but it was pretty coming down as we brought him home in our big old beige station wagon to our home on Dow Road.
What a joyous time that was. He was a good baby in spite of it being hard to keep him filled up.
He emptied the little baby bottles quite easily (that was before breast feeding was in)
and there was lots of formula to fix each day.
But those days are precious to us and so is the beautiful young man he has turned into.
We are so proud on him and his family and their walk with God as they travel thru life.
What more could parents ask for. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEN.
PRECIOUS MEMORIES TO BE SAVORED ALWAYS !
Yes, March 6 will always be a very special day for me !!
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Mark and Jill
We had the privilege of attending a reception for Mark and Jill Sunday night in Portland.
What a special evening to be able to meet the young lady (finally) who knocked him off his feet and won his heart. I used to tell him when he would begin to question his relationship with someone that he had to quit analyzing the whole situation and just "fall head over heels in love"
and quit questioning so much. Then finally one day last summer he called me and said "Know what, you were right!" That lucky young lady is Jill.
Now they are married and that long awaited event spurred a special ceremony Sunday night with four members of the past Bible Baptist "Blues Brothers" group from the 80's that were at the reception officially announcing their group had their MISSION ACCOMPLISHED after all these years. Each and every member of the official Blues Brothers was finally married.
The Blues Brothers name was officially set to see all the unmarried Bible Baptist young men married so they would be 'blue no more' - It took awhile but was finally accomplished in January when Mark got married ! It was quite a night of celebration to see to that mission succeed!
Jill is a very special young lady and we look forward to having her in the family. They will be coming to Astoria to meet everyone up here as soon as we can get a date set.
SO after 25 years of praying for this young lady, I finally know who she is and she was worth the wait. We do have a faithful God. Never give up when you ask for something and it just doesn't seem to happen. It is all in God's timing !!
What a special evening to be able to meet the young lady (finally) who knocked him off his feet and won his heart. I used to tell him when he would begin to question his relationship with someone that he had to quit analyzing the whole situation and just "fall head over heels in love"
and quit questioning so much. Then finally one day last summer he called me and said "Know what, you were right!" That lucky young lady is Jill.
Now they are married and that long awaited event spurred a special ceremony Sunday night with four members of the past Bible Baptist "Blues Brothers" group from the 80's that were at the reception officially announcing their group had their MISSION ACCOMPLISHED after all these years. Each and every member of the official Blues Brothers was finally married.
The Blues Brothers name was officially set to see all the unmarried Bible Baptist young men married so they would be 'blue no more' - It took awhile but was finally accomplished in January when Mark got married ! It was quite a night of celebration to see to that mission succeed!
Jill is a very special young lady and we look forward to having her in the family. They will be coming to Astoria to meet everyone up here as soon as we can get a date set.
SO after 25 years of praying for this young lady, I finally know who she is and she was worth the wait. We do have a faithful God. Never give up when you ask for something and it just doesn't seem to happen. It is all in God's timing !!
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