Blessing 43 - February 12, 2011

Beginnings of recovery!

Blessing 42 - February 11, 2011

Making baby gifts!

Blessing 41 - February 10, 2011

New babies! Welcome Thaddeus!

Blessing 40 - February 9, 2011

A class outing with an excellent bunch of kids!

Blessing 39 - February 8, 2011

Love for faithful pets.

Blessing 38 - February 7, 2011

Completing a big project!

Blessing 37 - February 6, 2011

Celebrating the Super Bowl victory with family!

Blessing 36 - February 5, 2011

Sewing!

Blessing 35 - February 4, 2011

My dedicated son, Richard!

 



















Happy 22nd birthday, Richard!
We love you!

Blessing 34 - February 3, 2011

Tutoring kids one-on-one!

Blessing 33 - February 2, 2011

Hope of an early spring?! (No shadow!)

Blessing 32 - February 1, 2011

Snow plows!

(A blizzard warning is in effect today.)

Blessing 31 - January 31, 2011

My fun loving son, Nicholas!

Happy 21st birthday, Nick!

Bessing 30 - January 30, 2011

Hospitals!

What a comfort to know my uncle Jerry can receive the best of care here today!

Blessing 29 - January 29, 2011

Bunnies!

Blessing 28 - January 28, 2011

Psyching up for the Super Bowl!

Blessing 27 - January 27, 2011

Chocolate Cake!

Today's special day was CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY! I just HAD to celebrate it!

Blessing 26 - January 26, 2011

My spouse!

Today was Spouse's Day!

Blessing 25 - January 25, 2011

My sister Melissa!

I got to see where she works today!

Blessing 24 - January 24, 2011

Handbells!

I absolutely love, love, LOVE playing handbells!

"It is good to praise the LORD

and make music to your name, O Most High"

Psalm 92:1

Blessing 23 - January 23, 2011

Football!
The Packers beat the Bears 21 to 14 to become the NFC champs!

Blessing 22 - January 22, 2011

Jim's famous potato pancakes.

Blessing 21 - January 21, 2011

M-RAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles!

Providing protection for one of my boys and occupation for the other.

Blessing 20 - January 20, 2011

Sunsets!

Blessing 19 - January 19, 2011

Kids willing to help shave the dogs.

Blessing 18 - January 18, 2011

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream!

Blessing 17 - January 17, 2011

Clean clothes on a Monday morning!

(Jim did the laundry and put it away too.)

Blessing 16 - January 16, 2011

Natalie and WLA's Traveling Choir

Blessing15 - January 15, 2011

The joy of baking!

(Cranberry-orange bread!)

Blessing 14 - January 14, 2011

First date anniversaries!

Celebrating 28 years together since our first date!

Blessing 13 - January 13, 2011

Crochet!

Blessing 12 - January 12, 2011

Praise therapy!

A sure cure for the blues!

Blessing 11 - January 11, 2011

Snow!

Blessing 10 - January 10, 2011

Chocolate!

(The Therapuetic Chocolate Stash narrowly escaped being eaten by the dog.)

Blessing 9 - January 9, 2011

The peace and comfort that come from knowing God loves someone even more than I do, and the confidence that He will be watching over those I love.

(Richard leaves to complete his training before deploying to Afghanistan.)

Blessing 8 - January 8, 2011

Knowing I'll be able to communicate with my son while he's in Afghanistan.

(Gift of a new netbook from Grandma and Grandpa.)

Blessing 7 - January 7, 2011

Loving someone so much it breaks your heart to say good-bye.

(Nick goes back to Camp Lejeune.)

Blessing 6 - January 6, 2011

Knowing I can be of use to my boys...

...both of them needed minor repairs to their dress blues.

Blessing 5 - January 5, 2011

Grilled ham steaks...

...my favorite!

Blessing 4 - January 4, 2011

Tuesday morning Bible class!

Blessing 3 - January 3, 2011

The peace of mind that comes from finding little signs everywhere that the kids are all home...

Blessing 2 - January 2, 2011

Packer Parties!

Blessing 1 - January 1, 2011

Looking forward to another year with my wonderful family!