Major Moments

I'm here

2012-01-14T12:16:00.000-05:00

I haven't been on this like forever. Decided to check in.

2011-05-15T23:35:00.003-04:00

Wow I can't believe how long it has been since I have been on here. I guess Facebook has taken over.

Mother's Day

2010-05-10T11:00:00.002-04:00

I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. It started out with my son-in-law, Jason, my daughter, Laura, and her friend, Aurora (who says I am her second mom) cooking me breakfast. They made me a bagel sandwich. I have been losing weight so they used bagel thins, turkey bacon, fat free cheese and an egg. It was very yummy. Then I went to church where all the moms received a gift from the Sunday School. The father's sang a special to the mothers in the AM service. I came home and just sat around while my husband cooked lunch. He made a sirloin tip roast, baked potatoes, mixed veggies, and a lettuce salad. For dessert he served us ice cream. It was very yummy! 4 of my children ate lunch with me. Tina, Sheri, Larry Jr. and Laura were all there. Tanya and Tricia couldn't make it. I talked on the phone to Tanya and Tricia. Then we went back to church for the PM service. I am learning to run the sound system. I guess it is never too late to teach and old dog new tricks! After church my husband heated me up a weight watcher's TV dinner. I read a book and talked to my mom. What a nice day!

2009-10-17T15:09:00.002-04:00

We bought a "new" to us vehicle. My car is going to the junk yard and this is what we replaced it with. Absolutely love it!

2009-08-04T10:24:00.000-04:00

Yes I am still here. Enjoying visiting with our daughter, Tricia and her family. We went to the Thousand Islands yesterday. Headed for Almonzo Wilder homestead today. Love when our kids come home.

2009-05-21T21:56:00.000-04:00

Just letting everyone know that we are all doing good. Very busy time of the year. We have to make a trip to Pennsylvania tomorrow. Just wanted to say hi to all my family and friends.

Praise God for His help

2009-04-20T21:26:00.002-04:00

We went to Dayton on a tour bus. When we got back to Penn View to head home, we climbed into the car and heard a loud bang. My husband, son-in-law and Dan's father checked out the car and found out that the coil spring on our shock had broke. It almost punctured our tire on the driver's side. God was watching over us in that it didn't happen while we were driving. We were able to stay the night at Penn View and rented a car for over the weekend. Then on Monday my husband went back and picked up our car (which was fixed by a mechanic late Saturday night.) We arrived home around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. We are so thankful that we serve a God who watches over us.

Tim & Jennifer Blow wedding

2009-04-06T09:59:00.008-04:00

The groom and groomsmen patiently waiting.

The groom escorting his parents, Glenn and Mary into the wedding

Our son, Larry, escorting one of the bridesmaids into the church
Here comes the bride, Jennifer, escorted by her father.

The new Mr. and Mrs.

Larry walking into the reception

It's a party!

2009-04-06T09:33:00.010-04:00

My husband turned 50 and we had a party. The Shumways gave him this magnifying glass for a present. (plus some other stuff also)

posing with the cake

The cake that our daughter Tanya made. It had a road with matchbox cars signifying the different cars that he has owned. the second cake signified his next 50 years.

Our granddaughter, Felicia, enjoying grandpa's party.

Rev. Shumway and Rev. Montgomery

Rev. & Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Shumway, Mrs. Montgomery and Mr. Childs

The LaVare family and Hazel B.

Rachel M., our son-in-law, Jeff. Our daughter, Tina and our son, Larry.

Our daughters, Tricia, Sheri and Tanya sitting at a table with the birthday boy.

Happy Birthday Josiah!

2009-03-22T21:30:00.001-04:00

Tomorrow is my grandson, Josiah's 2nd birthday. I love you Josiah and hope that you have a fun day. I will give you your present at ministerial. Enjoy your day!!!

Mom's plant

2009-03-21T19:25:00.001-04:00

I wanted to give my mother a dish garden for her birthday so I decided to be adventurous and try and create one by myself. I went and bought a container and a variety of plants and put them together. This is the finished project. I was happy with it. This is the first I have ever tried anything like this.

Jordan update

2009-03-20T20:03:00.001-04:00

Jordan got out of the hospital last night, for which we praise God. Thanks to all who prayed for him. He had pneumonia and is on medicine but is doing much better.

my mom

2009-03-19T06:07:00.002-04:00

Today my mom turned 86 years old. I am so blessed to still have her. She is a great mom and I love her very much. My two sisters are taking her to Pa. today so that she can visit her sister.

Happy 5th birthday DJ

2009-03-19T05:44:00.002-04:00

Happy birthday DJ. We hope that you had a really nice day yesterday. We love you very much. You are getting to be a really big boy. Now that you are 5 you will be going to school this September. I can't wait to see you!!!!!

Prayer needed

2009-03-18T06:32:00.002-04:00

Our grandson, Jordan is in the hospital. (This is Tina and Jeff's 17 month old baby) He has been sick and his fever went up high while I was babysitting him yesterday. He had a seizure caused by the high fever. He is in ICU. They put him there so that he would be monitored closely. In the night his fever was up somewhere between 104 and 105. They aren't sure what is wrong with him. So far all the test have come back o.k. Please pray for him with us that he will soon be well and back to his mischieveous self.

Happy Birthday, Larry

2009-03-18T06:21:00.003-04:00

Happy Birthday Larry
My son Larry turned 20 on the 16th. I love you . Sorry this is late but since you live with us you know that we celebrated!!!!

Happy Birthday

2009-03-18T06:14:00.002-04:00

My husband turned 50 on March 11th. We are having a party for him on the 27th. He is such a good husband and I am very blessed to have his love and support. I love you Hubs.

Congrats!

2009-03-17T08:14:00.001-04:00

Congrats to Tricia the winner of the coupons! I will get them in the mail soon!

A CVS Drawing in honor of my birthday!!!!

2009-03-10T11:48:00.002-04:00

I have some coupons for CVS and since I don't have a CVS up here, I decided that I would give my coupons away. Now I thought, who should I give these to. Immediately I thought of my three daughters who love CVS. I have to be fair so I decided to have a drawing. In order to enter you can #1 entry - leave me your name and e-mail address. #2 entry - leave me a comment and #3 entry tell me which coupon you like the best. Drum roll please ---------- here is the coupons:
#1 - Save $1.00 on any Curel product
#2 - Save $1.oo on any Physicians Formula
#3 - Save $1.00 on any Nivea product
#4 - Save $1.00 on any Fruitopia hair product
#5 - Save $1.00 on any Eucerin product
#6 - Save $1.00 on any Essence of Beauty accessory

May the best girl win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This contest ends on St. Patrick's Day.

Happy Birthday Sheri

2009-03-07T11:57:00.001-05:00

Happy 22nd birthday Sheri. We love you very much and hope that you have a wonderful day. Wish that we could be there with you. When we are down for ministerial, we will have to celebrate!!!!!!

update

2009-03-03T08:02:00.002-05:00

My husband, Larry, had his surgery on February 20th. He did well and is recuperating. We went to see his urologist yesterday and he very hesitantly agreed that he could go back to driving bus on a trial basis. He also had to see the kidney specialist yesterday. She decided to let his insides calm down from the last surgery and will be starting to run her tests the last Monday of April. We are trusting that God will intervene and that these tests all turn out good. Please keep him in your prayers.

Happy Birthday Victoria

2009-02-25T07:26:00.002-05:00

Our sweet granddaughter, Victoria, turned 1 yesterday. She is such a sweet little girl who we love very much! This is her with her birthday cake that her mommy made.

Happy birthday wishes for our son-in-law

2009-02-18T21:22:00.001-05:00

Happy 28th birthday Jeremy! Hope that you had a wonderful day. We love you!

Free Coupons!

2009-02-05T16:14:00.003-05:00

My daughter is offering a drawing for some free grocery coupons. This can really save you a lot of money. Check out her money saving blog MakingOutLikeaBandit.blogspot.com Leave a comment and see if you can win this envelope of coupons.

prayer request

2009-02-02T15:54:00.002-05:00

My husband Larry has a procedure on Friday morning. We would appreciate prayer. This will be the first time that he has been put to sleep. We are upbeat and trusting that everything will go o.k. and that he will soon be back on his feet.

Attention Tanya, Tricia and Sheri

2009-01-29T09:50:00.001-05:00

Oops! I forgot to put the 2 boxes of White Castle cheeseburgers in my picture with my Walgreens bargains. Each box has 6 ready made cheeseburgers in them. So for my $6.00 out of pocket, I also bought 12 ready made cheeseburgers. How could I have forgotten that??????

My shopping trip

2009-01-28T10:22:00.002-05:00

Three of my daughters are always bragging to me about the good bargains they find so I had to post these for their benefit. Enjoy Tanya, Sheri and Tricia!!!!!!I spend $6.00 out of pocket for this packet of goodies! I was pretty pleased. (We had already opened the soda but I decided to take a picture anyways.) These bargains were found at Walgreens.

This little package of goodies cost me $1.03 plus tax. I was shopping at Dollar General and they had their Christmas things 90% off. I had a coupon for the electrosol and the rest is history. I guess it is never too late to teach and old dog new tricks. Thanks girls.

Laura's birthday

2009-01-28T10:11:00.005-05:00

Jordan enjoying birthday cake on Aunt Laura's birthday. He got so excited when he saw the cake. He loves to eat sweets.

Jordan and Aunt Laura opening presents. (They were Laura's presents but he wanted to help.)
Laura opening her printer for with her digital camera. Tina & Jeff and Larry Sr. and me went together and bought it for her. She is big into scrapbooking and prints out a lot of pictures. As you can see from her expression, she was very happy to open it up.

Happy Birthday Princess Laura!

2009-01-26T08:39:00.006-05:00

Happy birthday to Laura who turned 14 today. You have really grown up and I love you very much. You are a sweet daughter.
You really love your grandma H.

Your Grandpa M. is special to you too.

And we all know how you love Grandma M.
Those nieces and nephews are special too.

I hope that you have a wonderful day. I know that you have been counting down the days. Are you ready to start counting for next year??????

Johnson buddies

2009-01-21T23:16:00.001-05:00

Go to Frugalicious Fun and she has a link to a coupon for more Johnson Buddies soap. They are free at Walmart when you use this coupon. If you hit the back button twice, you can print the coupon out 2 times.

points for using coupons

2009-01-06T09:55:00.002-05:00

Join MyPoints.com and you can print out coupons and get points everytime that you use them. If you use 5 or more a month you receive a bonus of 25 points. These are the same coupons that you can print off at coupons.com but here you get points for doing it.

Walgreen's Deal

2009-01-05T09:50:00.001-05:00

Go here to find a coupon for a 25.00 gift card with any prescription transfer to Walgreens. Expires January 10th.

Victoria

2009-01-03T14:38:00.005-05:00

Our last stop was at Sheri and Jasons. We bought Victoria a set of twin dolls. She absolutely loves to play with her baby dolls. Here she is with one of them.

Here she is sitting on her Papa's lap. Papa enjoys holding her.

New Years Eve

2009-01-03T14:25:00.006-05:00

We spent New Year's Eve with our daughter, Tricia her husband, Jeremy and their two boys D.J. and Brandon. We opened presents after we got there then decided that we had better go to the store and get some snacks in for new years eve. Below is D.J. in my shopping cart at the store.

Brandon rode in his mommy's cart and he got quite bored with everything as you can see below.

D.J. had asked us for an MP3 player, even though he didn't know what it did. He knew that we had bought one for his cousins on their birthdays. He sure was pleased when he opened it up. His daddy put music on it and he listened on and off all evening to it.

This a picture of him with his MP3 player.

We decided that we would have snacks and play games to see in the new year. Tricia was elected to go and dig out the games.
Jeremy was playing on his laptop. When he saw me with the camera he tried to act real disgusted that I was taking his picture but I know that he wasn't. He really loves his mother-in-law, just ask him!!!!!!!!!!!!

fun with grandkids

2009-01-03T14:16:00.004-05:00

Between Christmas and New Years we went to visit all of our married daughters and their families. It was a lot of traveling and we only got to stay at each place for about 24 hours but what fun we had while we were there. Below are some pictures of our oldest daughters children with some of their presents that we bought them.

Princess Hannah. They love Laura's crown so we bought both of the girls one for Christmas with matching play high heels. They wore them the rest of the day after they opened them.

We bought Josiah a race track. He sure had fun with it. The girls both enjoyed playing with it too.

Princess Felicia. Hannah opened her crown first and Felicia said I hope that I got a crown because I am the one who asked for it. She sure was happy when she opened hers up.

Jordan

2009-01-03T14:12:00.002-05:00

Larry Jr. bought Jordan (our grandson) a ball pit for Christmas. It had to be blown up! Here is Larry jr., Laura and Brooke hard at work getting it set up.
Jordan and his mommy (our daughter) had fun playing in the ball pit. Here they are peeking out of the window.

Laura with her grandparents

2009-01-03T14:08:00.003-05:00

Laura with my mom when we visited with her for Christmas.
Laura with her grandpa (on her father's side)

Laura with her grandma (on her father's side)

our angel

2009-01-03T13:58:00.001-05:00

Here is Laura at the Christmas program. She was an angel in the program.

New Year's Eve

2008-12-31T20:35:00.002-05:00

Happy New Years to all of my blogging buddies. We are spending New Year's eve with Tricia and Jeremy and their boys. We went to Tina and Jeffs last Friday. Then on Monday we went to Tanya and Dans to celebrate Christmas with them. On Tuesday we went to my in-laws. This is Wednesday and we are at Trica's. Tomorrow we are going to see Sheri and Jason and also to visit my mom. What a busy week we have had. We head home on Saturday. It is so nice to be able to be with family.

Christmas time

2008-12-13T20:38:00.007-05:00

My girls wanted me to post some pictures of my decorations. So, these are basically for my girls but all my friends are welcome to browse also. :)

Our tree! I know it looks crooked! It's the fault of the person operating the camera. (Me)

My mantle decorations. I wrapped one of my wall hangings in snowman paper and made it look like a gift. (I collect snowman and put them out around Christmas time for our December decorations.)

This is a light that a friend made for me as a get well gift when I had my hysterectomy last March. It is made out of a glass wall tile and has white Christmas lights inside of it.

This is Laura's nativity set which she wanted to display downstairs.

Here is another shot of my Christmas tree. I know I have trouble making it look straight. I'm not exactly used to my new camera yet!!!!

Here is one of my shelves that I have up in my dining room.

More decorations

2008-12-13T20:27:00.006-05:00

This is the top of my piano.
My snowman that Tricia and Jeremy bought me a couple of years ago.

My Christmas village. Sheri and Jason bought me most of it. I painted a few of the houses when I first started my village. It is the tiny houses. They are lit up but since I took this during the daytime, it doesn't show up very good. This year I added a stable and the nativity.

This is the top of my desk. The snowman on the right was bought for me by Tanya and Dan and it also lights up.

This is one of my knick knack shelves

Another of my shelves.

freebies

2008-12-09T07:58:00.001-05:00

Hi to all my freebie searching friends! Here is a neat site that I found. It is shop4freebies.com/freebiesamples.html Have fun!!!! :)

New camera

2008-12-02T11:29:00.002-05:00

Our 5 older kids went together and bought Larry Sr. and me a new digital camera for Christmas. They bought it at a Black Friday sale. It was given to us early so that we could use it. I think they really decided to give it to us early because they knew that I wanted one so bad! :) I sure am spoiled by my kids! Thanks to each of you and your mates for giving us such a nice present.

Having fun?

2008-12-02T11:26:00.001-05:00

D.J. was giving Victoria a piggy back ride, with Uncle Jason's help. I'm not sure if Victoria was enjoying herself or not.

Tanya

2008-12-02T11:21:00.003-05:00

I also managed to get a picture of Daniel, Tanya, Felicia, Hannah and Josiah as they were preparing to leave. I forgot to snap pictures of Sheri, Jason, and Victoria and Tricia, Jeremy, D.J. and Brandon.

Tina

2008-12-02T11:11:00.002-05:00

I neglected to get pictures of all my kids but thought I would share some of those that I did get. This was Tina and Jeff and Jordan as they were getting ready to leave on Friday.

busy time

2008-12-02T10:03:00.004-05:00

We had a very nice Thanksgiving. All of our children were home. Thanksgiving night we slept 21 people here at our house. There was 19 of our immediate family plus my mom and Larry's girlfriend. It was so nice to be with all of our girls, their husbands, and their children. (We can't forget Larry and Laura who still live at home) We laughed, played games, ate and visited. Mealtimes were somewhat confusing with so many to feed. On Friday all of our children went Black Friday shopping with Larry Sr. and me. Jeremy, Jeff and Daniel opted to stay home and keep their kids. Jason decided to go and join the madness! What fun we had! Lots of good buys were acquired by all of us. I was the oldest shopper and Victoria, my grand daughter was the youngest.) Part way through our shopping we went to a restaurant for breakfast. That evening we celebrated our family Christmas. We alternate years with Christmas and Thanksgiving. We don't actually do Christmas day together but we get together on New Years every other year. Talk about mass confusion as the grandkids opened their presents from each of their aunts and uncles. We had a buffet of snacks just like we would on New Year's eve. Then came the sad time. :( Tina, Jeff and Jordan left. On Saturday afternoon, Tanya, Dan, Felicia, Hannah and Josiah pulled out. Sunday afternoon Sheri, Jason, Victoria, my mom and Brooke left. Then Monday morning, Tricia, Jeremy, D.J. and Brandon departed. All that was left at that time was Grandma (me) Papa (Larry Sr.) and Aunt Laura. Talk about a quiet place!!!!! Larry Jr. took Brooke home and will be back today. All in all we had a wonderful time except for the departures! To all my girls, thanks for coming home and making Dad and my Thanksgiving wonderful. We love you all loads.

happy birthday Daniel

2008-11-21T11:28:00.003-05:00

Happy birthday to you Daniel. (thanks for the picture, Tanya!) We appreciate you as a son-in-law and hope that you have a wonderful day. We love you. Mom & Dad Major

prayer request

2008-11-16T08:43:00.001-05:00

To all my blogging buddies, Would you please remember a special unspoken request for me. I have something weighing very heavy on my heart and feel that I could use the prayers of some of my family and friends. Thanks :)

I'm still here!

2008-11-13T10:28:00.003-05:00

Just an update to let everyone know that we are doing o.k. I have been so busy with taking care of mom, etc. Tomorrow night we have a zone youth Thanksgiving dinner here at our church. I have to decorate for that. I am also working on the Christmas program for our church. Fortunately, there is a woman here in the church who is helping me. That takes a big load off of my shoulders! I didn't want my girls to be complaining that I haven't updated!!!! All my kids are coming home for Thanksgiving! That makes me very happy. The girls and I are going black friday shopping. I can't wait!!!!!!

Jordan

2008-11-01T11:22:00.003-04:00

We had between 100 and 200 trick or treaters last night. The last one to come was pretty special. This is our grandson, Jordan. He sure made us chuckle. He only dressed up to visit two houses.

He was happier without the costume!

Can you believe this?

2008-11-01T11:14:00.007-04:00

We had a snowstorm this past Tuesday into Wednesday. This is our back yard. If you look close you will see what looks like a snow covered clothesline, it is actually the power line by our house. It was down laying on the road. (The road wasn't plowed!)
More pictures of the power line.

Yes, this is still the power line!

This branch in our back yard was weighed down with snow. This limb is usually up so high that we can't begin to touch it. It was a very heavy snow. We got around 10 inches.

One of our vehicles the next day after the storm.
Notice my husband had shoveled to get our other vehicle out.

Snow in October!!

2008-11-01T11:07:00.006-04:00

this is our backyard a couple of days after the snowstorm.

More snow!

Our dog, buddy. He loves to play in the snow!

New Venture

2008-10-22T15:07:00.003-04:00

My mother has been quite sick and is getting out of rehab. She can't go home to her apartment so she is coming to stay with us. This is on a trail basis for a month. If she likes it, she will be making her permanent home here with us. If she gets strong enough to do it, and if she wants to, she will return to her apartment at the end of the month. Pray for our family as we take on this new venture. I praise God that I still have my mother and count it a privilege to take care of her. She always has been a loving and a wonderful mom. I love her dearly!

The 4 of us!

2008-10-20T19:43:00.001-04:00

My in-laws were here for a few days and she wanted a picture of us. Here is the results of her photography session. Of course it would have been better if she would have had better subjects to work with!

Happy 1st birthday Jordan

2008-10-20T19:36:00.003-04:00

Happy birthday to my little grandson, Jordan. You are such a sweetie and we love you very much. We were happy that we could spend your birthday party with you.

Jordan's 1st birthday

2008-10-20T19:30:00.009-04:00

This was filled with ice and drinks. What a cute idea!
Opening presents. The blanket on Tina's lap was a birthday present that Aunt Laura made him. It is covered in rubber duckies.

The best present of all, Jordan!

Uncle Jason and Victoria watching the presents being opened.

Peeking at his presents.

Great grandpa Major, Great grandma Major, Grandpa Major, Uncle Larry and Brooke

Jordan's birthday

2008-10-20T19:23:00.010-04:00

Jordan trying to share a toy with his cousin, Victoria

These two sure had fun together at the party.

Aunt Laura was holding Jordan and Victoria came and pulled on her skirt and wanted picked up also. Of course, Aunt Laura could not say no. Lucky girl to be holding such precious babies.

Uncle Larry and his girlfriend, Brooke, bought Jordan a drum set. He sure enjoyed entertaining us at the party. Looks like a real pro doesn't he?

His party theme was rubber ducky. His mommy made him a cake of a rubber ducky that was all for him. There was a cake from the bakery for the rest of us to enjoy.

We wanted him to get messier but he was very careful.

Mom

2008-10-09T18:18:00.001-04:00

My mother went to rehab today. I'm not sure how long she will have to be there. She said that her swelling has went down and that she can move her leg better.

Update on my mom

2008-10-08T07:35:00.002-04:00

Thanks to all who have been praying for my mom. She is doing better. The doctor feels that her kneecap was displaced and this caused her to fall. She is going to go to rehab and get some therapy. He feels that this will help the kneecap to go back where it belongs. They have her off the morphine so she is thinking clearly. She was really thinking loopy thoughts for a few days. Please keep her in your prayers. She does well for an 85 year old but has had a lot of physical problems this year.

Happy birthday Lolly

2008-10-07T12:49:00.002-04:00

I want to wish my friend, who also happens to be my daughter Sheri's mother-in-law, Lolly a happy birthday. Hope that you have a wonderful day.

bulletin board at church

2008-10-04T20:42:00.006-04:00

I do the bulletin board at our church. I always have trouble coming up with new ideas. I was telling Sheri about this one and she wanted me to post it so she could see it. The background is material that I bought.

Here is the verse that I used for this month.

I put up a couple of fall pictures.

Another picture.

I decorated a straw broom and hung it on the board also.

Visit with Tina and Jordan

2008-10-04T20:34:00.008-04:00

Laura and I were over to Tina's house today. I took some pictures of Jordan. Here he is caught in the act of getting into his mother's cupboards.

Chewing on his blocks

These were supposed to be a birthday present from his parents but he got hold of them and really enjoys playing with them.

Help from Aunt Laura.

Tina made chocolate chip cookies while we were there. Jordan sure enjoys eating them.

update on mom

2008-10-04T20:33:00.001-04:00

My mom has been admitted to the hospital. They aren't sure what is wrong. Her leg will not support her. A specialist will be in Monday to look at her knee. They think maybe something is wrong with her knee replacement that she had done a few years ago.

Prayer request

2008-10-04T13:13:00.002-04:00

My mom fell last night. She said that her leg just gave out. She was taken to the hospital this morning. I am waiting to hear the results.

Visit with Sheri, Jason and Victoria

2008-10-02T10:25:00.002-04:00

When we were out in the central part of the state for Laura's Dr. visit, we stayed at Sheri and Jason's house. I enjoyed playing with Victoria. I also got to visit with my sister, Terri. My mom came over and ate supper with us on Monday evening. Laura and I had an enjoyable time visiting with family.

Laura's Dr. visit

2008-10-02T08:55:00.002-04:00

I thank God that Laura had another good check up for her shunt. We are so blessed. She has had it in for 12 years and has never had to have a revision. She also had to go the dentist and get two teeth pulled and two teeth filled.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

2008-09-28T17:03:00.001-04:00

Happy birthday Hannah. Hope that you had a nice 3rd birthday yesterday. I love you very much!

Our VBS this summer

2008-09-15T08:22:00.018-04:00

Our church had never had a VBS so we decided to have one this summer. We went on the Jesus expedition. We traveled to 5 different places and learned about them. Each day we had a Bible story to go with the place. The above picture is from Antarctica. We talked about Jesus being the savior. Our story was about the lame man whose friends took him to see Jesus and lowered him down through the ceiling so that he could be healed. I forgot to take a picture the first day when it was set up on the platform, so we took one the night of the program, when it was set up off to the side. Then we visited the Egyptian desert.
The picture above is our archeological dig. The kids loved digging in it and finding buried treasures. We found a couple of items that led into our story for the day about Jarius and his daughter who was raised from the dead. Our theme this day was Jesus has the power over death.

This is Brooke and me getting ready to take the jungle down to the church. What a job hanging it up from the ceiling.

A shot of some of our jungle. This day we talked about thankfulness and we used the story of the 10 lepers and how that only 1 was thankful to Jesus for healing him.

Here we were preparing to climb Mt. Everest. Our theme that day was perserverence in climbing to the top of the mountain and trust in your climbing partner. We told the story of Blind Bartemeus and how he had perserverance in calling out to Jesus until he was noticed and trust that Jesus would heal him.

The last day we visited the Pacific Ocean. We talked about Jesus being our provider. I used the story about Jesus needing tax money and sending the disciples to fish and how they found the money in the fishes mouth. My husband and I acted the story out. I got the priviledge of being Willoughby P. Fish, the fish historian. The kids seemed to lover our silliness.

Me during the closing program.

My husband during the closing program.

Some shots of the closing program. We had different spots set up for each place that we had visited. Far left is Mount Everest, next is the Pacific Ocean, Then the Egyptian Desert, Anarcticia and hanging overhead is the Brazilian jungle.

Laura hurrying back to her seat after receiving her certificate of attendance.

Some of our crafts. We made crosses, cups, Moses in the bullrushes, Egyptian clay pots, and prayer journals. We had a total of 17 children and teens in attendance. One surprising thing was that the majority of those attending were 11 years old up to 18.

Happy 5th birthday Felicia!

2008-08-22T08:58:00.002-04:00

Happy birthday Felicia. You are a big 5 years old now! We love you loads and hope that you have a wonderful day! Make sure that mommy puts a picture of your cake on her blog so that I can see it. (Felicia had asked for an mp3 player for her birthday and we bought her one. We gave it to her when we were down to Binghamton camp. She listened to it all day. ) Hannah has decided that she wants us to get her one on her birthday in September.

Visit with Jason, Sheri and Victoria

2008-08-21T08:46:00.007-04:00

Victoria loves her walker. She runs across the room when she is in it. It is fun to watch her. I have never seen a baby move so fast in a walker.
Isn't she beautiful?

More fun in her walker.
I included this one even though it was a little light.

All ready for bed!
Thanks for the nice time at your house guys. We really enjoyed ourselves (except for my visit to the dentist!) We love you!!!!!

visit with mom

2008-08-21T08:44:00.003-04:00

We were out to see my mother on Monday. We are so happy to have her still with us. She was very sick for a month. She is doing much better.

Tanya and Daniel

2008-08-16T11:38:00.004-04:00

Josiah loves to suck his thumb. He was snuggling with his Daddy.
Tanya, Daniel and Josiah waiting for church to start. (Thumb in the mouth once again!)

Aunt Laura, Josiah and Tanya before service started. (See what I mean about the thumb?)

Some of my grandkids

2008-08-16T11:06:00.008-04:00

We got to visit with our daughter, Tanya, and her husband, Dan, and their three kids at Binghamton. What fun we had!!

Hannah standing on one of the pews after a service. (Aunt Laura's arm is visible because she was trying to give her horns on the top of her head.)
Daniel helping Josiah to smile.
Here is Hannah with a balloon that her other grandma gave her at camp.

family times at Binghamton camp

2008-08-16T10:49:00.004-04:00

We went to Binghamton Church Camp for a couple of days. Here is Larry, his mom and dad and his uncle Everett visiting before one of the services.
Our cousin, Jenny waiting for the service to begin. We had an enjoyable time visiting with her and Uncle Everett and my in-laws.

Uncle Everett (he told me to delete this picture but I didn't listen!!!!) We love you Uncle Everett!

Happy belated birthday Tina!

2008-08-11T10:18:00.007-04:00

We spent Tina's birthday decorating the hall for the reception for her in-laws 25th anniversary celebration. We also went out to lunch with Tina and Jordan on her birthday. Jeff, her husband, had a cake with magic candles which was served on Friday after we were done decorating. Below is a picture of Tina on Saturday as she stood up with her mother-in-law at the ceremony. Isn't she beautiful?

Jordan got tired of sitting in the pew and he ended up front with his mommy. He was fascinated with her bouquet.
Jordan and Mommy cuddling during the ceremony up in the front of the church.

Tina, Jeff and Jordan walking out of the church after the ceremony. Jeff performed the renewal ceremony for his parents and was assisted by their pastor.

The happy family in the receiving line. We love you Tina and were very happy that we got to spend your birthday with you. You are a sweet and thoughtful person. Happy 24th birthday to you!!!!!

25th anniversary celebration

2008-08-11T10:04:00.007-04:00

We attended the 25th anniversary celebration for our friends, Jeff and Rachel. They had a renewal of their vows ceremony at the church. It was absolutely beautiful. I made the dresses that Rachel and Tina wore. I also did the cooking for the reception afterwards. We wish Jeff and Rachel the best as they start their 2nd 25 years together! They are great friends and we love them. (Jeff stood up with Larry when we got married 29 years ago!)

Jeff reading his vows to Rachel. They wrote their new vows that they took. It was a very touching ceremony.

They braided a cord of three strands then they sang the song, "We are one in the bond of love."

What reception would be complete without a cake? Our daughter, Tina planned the reception and did the decorating of the hall. She did a beautiful job!

They were both very kind when they fed each other the cake.

Congrats Jeff and Rachel!!!!

Happy belated birthday Tricia

2008-08-07T14:14:00.002-04:00

I want to wish my daughter, Tricia, a belated happy birthday. No, I didn't forget. I did call her and best of all sent her some money but I didn't get it on my blog. 27 years ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who has grown up to be a beautiful daughter, mommy and wife. We love you Tricia and I know that you had a nice day yesterday. D.J. squealed that you went and ate lots of pizza! You are loved by us all!!!!!

Messy baby

2008-08-07T14:02:00.007-04:00

It all started with these yummy chocolate chip cookies that Aunt Laura made.
Jordan decided that they looked good enought to eat!

It started to go downhill from here.

The end results! What fun!!

Prayer is answered!

2008-07-29T10:52:00.001-04:00

I just wanted to post and thank all those who have prayed for my mother. She is doing much better. A week ago it looked like she wasn't going to make it. It is a real miracle. Today she is being moved to rehab. I thank God for sparing her life and letting us enjoy her for a while longer.

More fun with Jordan

2008-07-14T11:06:00.007-04:00

Jordan is just starting to crawl. We had fun watching him crawl around.
Aunt Laura showing Jordan how it is done. This is how he does when he is crawling. This wasn't supposed to go on my blog (according to Laura.)

such a happy boy!

He sure was having fun!

Ready to take off again!

Enough pictures, Grandma!

A day with Jordan

2008-07-14T10:59:00.002-04:00

We are babysitting our grandson, Jordan, today.
What fun! Aunt Laura and Jordan enjoy cuddling together.

More from the Thousand Islands on the 4th of July

2008-07-10T16:47:00.007-04:00

The boat line that we rode on for the 2 1/4 hour tour

Laura, Grandma, Hannah and Papa sitting outside of the castleAfter visiting the castle, we caught a ferry back to the mainland. Here is Daniel, Tanya and Josiah during the ferry ride.
Laura, Felicia and Hannah on the ferry

Larry Sr. and me on the ride back to the mainland

Tina, Jeff and Jordan on the ferry. We were all tired, hot, and very hungry. After we got back on the mainland we went and found a park and cooked hamburgs and hotdogs. We had also brought chips and salad along with soda. Tina and Jeff brought a boatload of little Debbie snacks for us all the enjoy. We had a very nice 4th of July. We went a played miniature golf and then all of us except for Jeff and Tina stayed to watch the fireworks display.

Boldt castle

2008-07-10T16:42:00.008-04:00

Tanya peeking over the balcony in the castle (the one in the middle)

the marble staircase going to the second floor

Tina, Jeff and Jordan sitting in the main entrance way

The skylight in the castle

View from one of the balconies

Thousand Islands

2008-07-10T16:38:00.002-04:00

Felicia was very excited about going on the boat ride. She said that she can't wait to see the castle that we are going to tour.
Tanya, Jeff, Jordan, Tina, Hannah, Laura and Papa waiting to board the boat.

Rec. Park in Malone

2008-07-10T16:30:00.007-04:00

Felicia all ready to go paddleboating
Come on work !

Josiah stayed in on shore with Papa, Grandma and Aunt Laura

Aunt Laura and Josiah swinging

Lake where they were paddleboating

Doesn't seem fair that the two in the front have to do all the work!
This park is neat because they don't charge to use their paddleboats. Everything is free so make a nice place to picnic and have fun with the family.

Santa's workshop at the North Pole on Whiteface.

2008-07-10T16:19:00.008-04:00

Josiah on the merry-go-round with Tanya
Felicia having fun

Hannah riding a reindeer

Hannah feeding the reindeer

Josiah feeding a reindeer

Felicia feeding a reindeer a cracker. Sorry Tanya, I couldn't get the pictures to rotate! I know that is your pet peeve!!!

More pictures of White face trip

2008-07-10T16:13:00.005-04:00

View from on top of mountain. I wanted to show where we were parked down below. You would park your car and ride an elevator (or climb a trail) to the top.
Tanya, Dan and Felicia chose to walk back down the trail. What a climb over rocks they had. Papa, Grandma, Aunt Laura, Hannah and Josiah all chose to take the easy way and ride the elevator back down.

What a view!

Grandma, Hannah and Josiah enjoying the view from the top of the mountain.

Whiteface Mountain

2008-07-10T16:05:00.006-04:00

Hannah and Aunt Laura on top of Whiteface Mountain
Laura sitting on rocks at top of the mountain

Tanya, Daniel and Felicia at edge on top of mountain

Papa and Josiah sitting on top of the mountain

Hannah with the view behind her (notice Grandma is holding onto her tightly!)

Happy Birthday Jeff

2008-06-19T18:37:00.002-04:00

I just wanted to wish our son-in-law, Jeff, a happy birthday. We hope that you have a wonderful day and enjoy it very much! With love, Mom M.

Our big family

2008-06-17T18:34:00.003-04:00

Saturday at my in-laws 50th anniversary party we, all 33 of us, squeezed into a group to take a family picture. Just think all this because 2 people met and fell in love over 50 years ago!

Fun with Uncle Larry

2008-06-17T18:26:00.003-04:00

Our son, Larry, giving rides to D.J., Felicia, and Hannah on his cousins, Zach's dirtbike. They really thought it was cool. While he was giving D.J. a ride, D.J. said, "Uncle Larry, I can give you money for this ride." We thought that was pretty cute.

Happy anniversary Tanya & Dan

2008-06-17T08:20:00.002-04:00

I want to wish a happy anniversary to my daughter, Tanya and her husband Dan. They have been married 8 years today. Where does the time go? We love you both and hope that you have a wonderful, romantic day! (Enjoy your meal out tonight even though you are making poor Felicia stay behind!)

happy father's day honey

2008-06-15T18:55:00.001-04:00

Happy father's day to my husband, Larry. He has been a great father to our 6 children and a great grandfather to our 7 grandchildren. All his kids know that he loves them. He is the kindest most loving father and husband to all of us. I love you very much and thank you for the privilege of being the mother of your children.

party time

2008-06-15T18:52:00.001-04:00

Here is my husband, Larry, and his parents at their anniversary party. He is the oldest of their three children. What a great son they produced and just think I was the lucky one who got to marry him!!!!

happy 1st anniversary Sheri & Jason

2008-06-15T18:48:00.001-04:00

Happy anniversary Sheri and Jason. We love you both and hope that you have a wonderful day.

Happy anniversary and happy father's day

2008-06-15T18:43:00.002-04:00

I just wanted to say happy father's day to my father-in-law. My own dad died 11 years ago and dad you have stepped up to the plate and became my dad. I love you and hope that you had a wonderful day. I also want to say happy 50th anniversary to my in-laws. We had a wonderful time at their party yesterday. I have the greatest in-laws. They have always accepted me and treated me as a daughter not as an in-law. I love you both!

Happy Anniversary to my husband!

2008-06-09T14:53:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to wish my husband, Larry, a happy anniversary. We have been married 29 years today. It truly is sweeter as the years go by. I don't know what I would do without your love and your support. I thank God for choosing to give me such a wonderful and loving husband. Thanks for the dozen roses. They are beautiful. I love you!!

Victoria Rose

2008-06-09T14:50:00.001-04:00

Here is a picture of our grandaughter, Victoria Rose, in her dedication dress. What a sweetie she is.

Happy 28th Tanya!!!

2008-06-09T14:28:00.003-04:00

Happy 28th birthday, Tanya. We love and appreciate you. You are the best anniversary present that we ever received. Hope that you have a wonderful day.