Monday, December 22, 2008

Santa Landen


This was actually taken last year. Landen is now more than 1 1/2 years old. Here he must have been about 9 months old. Soon we will be seeing him downstate. Can't wait!!

Copper Country Snow Pictures





These are some pictures of our big snow. I added them from pasty.com. I have not taken many pitures lately and need to add some new ones. Sure are pretty pictures!!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Thanks to God for all our Blessings

I HAVE FOUND SUCH JOY

by Grace Noll Crowell

I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head,
And in a leaf-laced square along the floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through a door.

I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days: a curtain's blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my window sill,
A rose, fresh-cut and placed within a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.

Oh, I have found such joys I wish I might
Tell every woman who goes seeking far
For some elusive, feverish delight,
That very close to home the great joys are:
The elemental things--old as the race,
Yet never, through the ages, commonplace.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Hey Blog, Long time no see!!





It's cookie baking day. I hope to get many batches done. Christmas is just two weeks from today!
I'm getting in the Christmas spirit. Lots of work--double shifts this week and then things are
slow and hopefully I will have time off for a couple of weeks. Thats if I don't get called in. I love my time at home which is so sparse. Seems that I'm never here to get caught up. I still have to do my big yearly exam online for work, which takes many hours. These past few weeks I've been busy organizing things at home. Leah is helping me. I've been making a few trips to the free store called Angel Missions to drop off things that may be nice for low income families. Seems that so many are having it rough this year. We've been so blessed and I hope the little baking or whatever I can do will help cheer someone.