IN HONOR

I know this is short notice but....
Tonight there will be a hymn sing and dessert in honor of Mom & Dad and in joyous occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. It will be held at Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church at 805 Vernon Road in Greenville at 7pm. All are welcome to come and fellowship in song and celebration.

Celebrating the Golden Couple- Happy 50th!

Happy Memorial Day! Scott and I and the kids were up to visit this weekend. As usual there was lots of things to do and much excitement. A snapping turtle was found on the road and transported back to the little creek- Nick was great at finding it in the mud to show everyone. The dogs broke free of their new pen. They also managed to corner a raccon and tear apart a rotted stump in the process back in the woods. Mom was wanting the raccoon population thinned out a little as they are getting out of control. Nick, Ian and Scott managed then to get rid of the coon. Gardens were mulched, faucets fixed and a myriad of other things were ticked off the list. We had Dad out for a lovely drive in the convertible for some frozen custard from Hanks. There was only a little smoke from the engine but we made it back in one piece. Mom and Dad will celebrate 50 wonderful years of marriage on the 29th so please flood the blog with your well wishes.

Springtime in Greenville

Greetings on this semi-sunny Mother's Day. Hannah and I came up for the weekend to spend this special day with Mom. Mom is doing well although her hair is thinning out more. She has had 10 chemo treatments and has 8 to go. Dad seems to be more confused and in need of more help to do things. Mom continues to need your prayers not only for her own health concerns but for strength physically and mentally as Dad's care can be both demanding and stressful. I wanted to share with you some of Mom's gardening work and why she (any several others...more on this later) are working to clean up from the Amish logging mess. I confess these pictures are from previous years but it still looks the same.

For those of you who maybe didn't understand the title of the last post, let me explain. After Mom and Dad started attending Crossroads Christian Fellowship, they missed seeing some people from their former church and Jeanne Ball's playing of the traditional hymns. As a result, she started hosting hymn sings with attendance up to 25 people. Desserts and fingerfoods follow and good times are had by all. She has been doing this for four years now. So that is why it was especially nice that for a change, she was sung to. (If I ended that sentence wrongly with a preposition I admit that I was never really good at English.)