Happy Birthday Brooke!!

Today Brooke turns 12 years old!! These kids are getting so old!! She is a beautiful young lady, just lives too far away. They did move to Georgetown, Indiana...just across the river from Louisville, KY...a lot closer than Colorado, but still not Pa.

Want to wish you a great birthday Brooke!! Wish we could be there with you, but looking forward to seeing you at Thanksgiving.....love you lots!!!

Senior pics, college interview

Well, I can't believe we have a senior!! Seth has started his senior year at Donegal High School in Mt Joy. The time has just flown by. I thank the Lord for the young man he has grown into. He has been a real blessing to us. He has also started the college process and wants to attend MIT in Boston. He has his essay's turned in and tomorrow his personal interview. He should hear by the end of January if he is accepted or not. It is one of the hardest schools in the country, if not the hardest to get into. He is going into computer science, and would like to work for google someday!! Big plans and big dreams and goals..........

We wish him all the best...nail it tomorrow!!!!!

Dino Concert

On Saturday night we went to dinner and a Dino concert. It was an awesome concert!!! I wasn't feeling the best because of my asthma and debated on going, but decided I may as well sit there and feel lousy as well as home. Am I ever glad I did. He has a fabulous testimony, and is quite humorous .It was an entertaining evening, but an evening that brought glory to the Lord. He certainly has the joy of the Lord in him, and shows it!! It was just a fun evening. If you ever get a chance to go see him, GO!

Gary thought he would be bored stiff--was going for me. He loved it!! So you know he had to be pretty good!!

Williamsburg

We went to Williamsburg in September for a week. It was so good to get away. I think we both needed it, Gary more than me. He is so busy with work and then church stuff. I gave a lot of my ministries up this year. I only am on our women's ministry team. It was just so hard with my asthma not knowing when it was going to be flared up. Anyway, I'll get off that rabbit trail, and back to our trip. It was just good to get away. We were there until Tuesday night by ourselves and then Greg, Deb and the boys got there. Deb's Dad and step Mom came on Wednesday for the rest of the week, and Gary left on Thursday. Him and Greg couldn't both be away from the store at the same time for too long. I stayed and came back with Greg and Deb on Saturday. I stayed back at the apartment and let them go do their thing. I got 3 books read and the 4th started so you know I did a lot of relaxing! The perfect vacation. Sleep in, do what you want when you want, no schedules, ........ you get the picture. Not the fast pace life we seem to have at home. It was good to spend some time with the kids. We really don't get to see them that much at home!! The boys are so funny. They loved the hot tub-- I should have put a picture of them in that on here! I don't know how to add it at the end or I would. It is a very nice resort we go to. We just love going down there. Blake loves history but he said the day they came back from going into Williamsburg that it was too much history for one day!!

Nothing like making memories..........

At it again

It has been forever since I have been blogging. Is that a real word?? Anyway. I need to get back at it, if my brother John can do it, so can I!! It has been a pretty un-eventful summer around here. I have pretty much stayed in trying to keep my asthma under control. We went to Ohio to see Betty before her surgery, and that was our trips. The summer just seemed to fly by. Then time for school. I can't believe we have a grandchild graduating this year!! Seth is a senior at Donegal and hoping to get into MIT next year. We have 3 in high school, 4 in middle school, 2 in elementary, and 1 in pre school! Gary is getting old!! We are so proud of all of them........



Gary has turned over a new leaf and trying to get healthy. He drinks Bragg's apple cider vinegar a couple of times a day--( not me...just couldn't do it...I found pills to take ) and is really changing his eating habits. He is working very hard at it, and has totally changed his thinking, which is the key. He just needs to get some more exercise in. We do have some equipment and moved it in the family room and the pool table in the back room---which I am not real happy about, but if we will use it more I will compromise the "looks" of my room.



I am battling my asthma right now. The time of year is part of the problem, but I just got a cold and it went straight to my chest and starts the asthma. I am on mega doses of steroids trying to stay out of the hospital, we will see!! Hopefully it will work. This gets so old at times, but I guess it is something I am going to have to get used to.

Not much else for now, see I told you we didn't do much this summer.