New Years Eve Soon the year of 2020 will end. It will proably be most remeber by the Cordvis 19 virus. It brought many changes.

SPRING!

Spring!
We love spring!
So many beautiful flowering trees and beautiful flowers all around.
Most fields are planted and corn fields up all around.  Farmers have been planting soybeans now.

Winter weather

Winter weather
Bob & Esther will remember this as one of the coldest and snowiest winter we can remember.  The actual temperature plus the wind chill have kept us inside most of February and March is starting out the same.  Will be very happy when spring arrives.

Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 Very Cold

We had between 10  -  11 inches of snow.  We didn't go to church.  We felt the wind chill was dangerous if our car stopped at our age.  We have a couple lazy type days. (not doing much)
Snow is pretty, but hard to get around in at our age.

Spring

Spring
We have been enjoying a week of wonderful temperatures.  Today is quite windy, but a pretty day indeed.   So thankful that SPRING has arrived!

Children of the Heavenly Father

I am so glad that because Jesus was willing to laid down his life and shed His blood for my sins I can claim that I am His child!  I am thankful we can go directly to God in prayer because of the price He paid.  There is a hymn I need thee every hour.  Oh how very much I feel that need.

Visit with David and Violet

VISIT WITH DAVID and VIOLET!
We arrived before the snow storm arrived. We Spent Good Friday afternoon ---Easter afternoon with David and Violet.  We attended the Good Friday service Friday evening.  A wonderful beautiful service.  The snow storm arrived later after the service.   The Easter service was very nice also.  Violet had invited a number of people for dinner.  A very delicious dinner.  We left at 4:20 pm to come home.  We arrived home about 7:00 pm.  No troubles on the road.  Good to be safely home before the next snow storm.

Prayer needed

PRAYER NEEDED
Yes we really need prayer.   As I mentioned in my last post. This winter has been long cold and hard for Bob & I.  Please pray God to lead us in the decision where we should move.  HELP GOD PLEASE HELP.  IT is honestly a little scary.

Spring

Spring is coming
This has been a long, cold, and extremely difficult winter for Bob and I this year.  Both Bob and I will be extremely happy when spring arrives.  In front of our garage and the side walk close to it nearest our house are  extreme sheet of ice.  We have been leaving the car out on lawn near our steps. Our mayor has scooped out the area for us with his tractor.  We really appreciate it.  We are ready to see robins, tulips, hyacinths, iris, and green yards again.  Oh spring, oh spring please hurry!

Frustration

Frustration
Esther's computer at times causes it.  The past few weeks over a web browser.  Uninstalled then reinstalled.  Glad we won't have to have Tom Hage come to reinstall.  Es couldn't sleep at all last night.  Es and Nila Gene are serving the fellowship at the Bible study later this morning.

Christmas Eve Day

Christmas Eve. Day
We didn't go to church this morning.  Dad had headache and I was still not feeling top notch.  Spent most of yesterday in bed.  We ordered a pizza for lunch.  We both napped this afternoon.  Listened to Christmas music.  Cindy called tonight.  That was the highlight of our day!

What I am doing!

Baking Cookies
One of the missionaries that our church supports is home for a short time.  They will be at our church Sunday.  We are all giving them Christmas gifts.  So  I am filling two tins with cookies for them.  I also purchased some peanut brittle to include.  One tin is filled with sugar cookies and peanut brittle  The other tin is half full with Russian Tea cakes and later today I  will add peanut blossoms when I get those baked.  It has been fun.  One of my cousins Gloyd & Roxanne Wellman called tonight and wants us to get together before Christmas with the family of two others cousins;Chuck and Alice Wellman and Norman and Jeanine Wolford.  That is exciting.  They will let us know the date in a couple of days.

Signs Of Fall!

Signs Of Fall!
     Exciting  to have cooler temps and  lower humidity.  A number of maples in town are starting to show there fall leafs. Our crimson maple is starting to drop its leafs.

Hot & Humid

Hot & Humid
We are having a week of yes very hot and humid weather.  We do need some rain.  The crops in this area look beautiful.  They could use rain.  The corn fields are now over Bob's head high.  Off to bed now.

Hip Replacement

Hip Replacement
Back on April 6th I had surgery and had my right hip replaced.  After 7 days in the hospital I came home.  The people from our church supplied many meals and much prayer from many people. They give us two gas cards which were a blessing to go back and forth to post op appointments.  My husband always a sweetheart was an excellent help.  Thank you Bob. I had seven weeks of home therapy.  The therapist was Brad both Bob & I really thought he was good. He (Brad) twice brought us asparagus from his garden.   Yummy!   I am now walking most places without the cane.  I do on occasion use the cane outside yet.  I fell on Saturday June 10th.  Thankfully I landed on my left hip.  I was not hurt.  I saw Dr. Hedman, my chiropractor twice and feel quite good and not sore now.I am glad I had it done and all went so well.  Praise God.

DIFFERENT CAR

DIFFERENT CAR
Bob applied for a loan on Feb. 28  The loan was approved on March 1. We went and signed papers .  Then we picked it up the afternoon of March 1,  from Tim and Dianne Pearson here in Trimont.  The car is a 2001 Buick Park Ave.  It has the same engine as our 1992 Buick Park Ave.  We will keep both vehicles for now.  We went to Fairmont on March 2 and got the title transferred and new tags for it.  We plan to call her Blessing  #2. 

NEW YEARS EVE

New Years Eve
Looking back on this year.  Some joys some sadness.  The highlight of this year was celebrating our 5oth wedding anniversary!  Thankful for God drawing Bob and I together.  Also thankful to God for the children He gave us. Thankful for a Heavenly Father who loves us and provides for us daily.

Sleepless again - Coldest night of the yearso far!

Sleepless and Cold
Can't sleep again. That isn't all bad, because I always get a lot done when I can't sleep.  At 2:40 am the actually temperature was  -22  degrees with a windchill of -40 degrees. Church has been cancelled for today , because of the danger of the extreme cold weather.  Last weekend was our first snow storm.  This weekend starting Friday till Saturday noon we got about 7 inches of snow.  There was a lot of wind also.  Yesterday afternoon. (Saturday)   I was setting in our living room writing Christmas cards.  I got 35 finished.  I looked out the window and there was a tractor with a front end loader cleaning our sidewalks.  It was our mayor, Tom Eckmann.  He cleaned a wide path.  Cameron will still have to do our lower sidewalk and also around to the back door, oh and shovel our steps.  Well I just want to say.  I love the beauty of the snow, but really do not like the extreme COLD.

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving!
We had a very nice Thanksgiving today.  Es made a green bean casserole and we purchased a pumpkin pie from HyVee yesterday.  We took them with us and went to the Thanksgiving meal at the Covenant church here in Trimont.  The meal was great and enjoyed being with some of our friends from there.  Met a few people we didn't know.  We napped and just relaxed the rest of the day at home.

Harvest Home Sunday!

Harvest Home Sunday!
Today we celebrated Harvest Home at Church.  We had a special speaker from Faith Baptist Bible  College of Ankeny, Ia.  He was a Pastor  but, now is a  Professor. ( Dean Taylor)  He spoke in Sunday school-Church-and afternoon service.  He spoke of the many different ways God loves us.  He proved His love for us by taking our sins upon Himself at the cross of Calvary.  He loves us when life is going really well and also when it is hard.  He spoke from out of Romans 5.  The choir sang two specials  in morning service and we choose favorites for afternoon service.  Dixie Hines catered our whole turkey and ham dinner with all the trimmings.  It was a delicious meal and wonderful fellowship.  Es won the centerpiece from our table.  Pastor Fury shared with us that a former intern Pastor Sharpie had passed on to heaven yesterday.