I didn't realize how LONG it had been since I posted on here until our daughter called and asked WHEN I would post again. I'm sorry. It's been one of those times when you don't really do much, but are always so busy.
I am going to start off with some photos from the time we came out until yesterday. They don't explain it all, but you can get a quick vision of some of our times. I have already put a couple of Vero's visit to the US, but I'll start way back there anyway.
I can see why our daughter-in-law has issues with inserting photos here. It simply did not do what I wanted, so am starting over again.....(This is a smile on my face, with a grimace in there somewhere!)
While Vero was still in the US, my brother and most of his family came to see us in Fort Pierce. Had to get a photo of all of us then.
After we had been here a while (you saw the photos of our "home" here in Wisconsin and our wonderful "landlords")....we went to see our son and family in Tennessee. In our short time there we did a LOT of things. It was over the 4th of July and of course we saw fireworks, but went boating, swimming and spent some great family time....and saw a sunset that was awesome. The first is our boating trip. That's granddaughter and husband, and our grandson testing muscles on his "brother".
On the boating trip, we stopped at a great waterfall. I put one of part of the waterfall, to show a bit of the height, and then one of granddaughter (and boyfriend) who climbed up part of the way. (Her suit is pink and so is she, so it looks a little risque on here, but wasn't).
Here is son and family...after a dip in the pool. You get family photos when available. Guess we could have gone for the "dress up" kind, but this is more natural. Note the neat stairway our son made for the second floor of his home!
Now we are back in Wisconsin at the family picnic on Don's side of the family. One of his nieces got a "celebration cake". His sister has been doing the picnic for 25 years and it was sort of a party. Neat cake, huh? And it was all edible.
Don, his sister and one of our twins.
This is one of Don's GREAT nephews who I am close to. (Is he so extra tall, or am I so extra short??)
Two of our sons....
And the family of one of them.... (yup, the shorter one....but he is still taller than me.)
And finally, our trip to the zoo in our small home town. We walked there (yup, in the 90+ degree weather), but it wasn't bad at all. Small town, right? Well, here is a pheasant...could not believe the colors....
And a zdonkey.... yup, a cross between a zebra and donkey.....
And the petting zoo...(remember it's a small town, small zoo...but fun anyway).
Our grandson enjoyed it anyway. Even when a lamb tried to chew on the footrest of the wheel chair.
We are presently waiting on some paperwork to come back before we start our trip south. We'll be seeing our son and family again, then our daughter in Alabama, then on to Florida. Time frame is still pending....but we are anxious to see the "kids" in Haiti.
I really am sorry it took so long to post, but this has been an a very special time with family that we have not had in many, many years. God wrapped us up in family love in a way that we will treasure for a long time to come.
Add to all of that the spiritual feeding we have gotten. That has been really fantastic. It seems we have been like sponges soaking up all the teaching we can get. Our God really is an AWESOME God, isn't He? He provides what we need when we need it. And we really needed the family time and the spiritual time. So, although it seems we haven't done a lot while here, it's been really a full time in so many ways.
I do hope to post a lot sooner next time. In fact I will try to do a weekly one. I hope you all forgive me for this lapse in posting. (This crazy blog has done some weird things to me this time!!)
Remember, you can draw near to the Lord, not only in church on Sunday, but via radio, TV, and most of all, through reading God's word!!! We have listened to some awesome radio programs, watched some REALLY awesome teachers on TV, and found God's word a major uplift in many situations!! And church has been an extra special blessing to us, too!! Open your mind and hearts to what the Lord is showing YOU!!
Until we see you, here, there, or in the air....God bless!!!
