Grounded

The Lord blessed us with a little red car a couple of years ago. It has been such a great car for us! We really have not had to put any money into it but unfortunately that was about to change. The car was not acting right and we had a friend check out the car for us. Well, we needed to have some major work done on the brakes and all sorts of things underneath. The car was deemed unsafe to drive until we could get the work done. So our red car was "Grounded" until we could get it into the shop. On Friday we had the car in to get fixed. (It was painful to see the bill at the end of the day. ) We are very thankful that our car is up and running again. And we hope it will go many more miles for us.

SURPRISE!!!

This morning instead of having our normal ladies sharing time we had a surprise baby shower for Megan who is one of our first year students. Although many "surprise showers" don't end up being a "surprise", we were able to surprise Megan. Instead of gifts we collected money towards a rocking chair which is some thing Megan was wanting to get. We had such a great time honoring the radiant Mother-To-Be.

Games Night

Tonight we had a first year social. A group of our students planned the event and things came together nicely for a great evening. The room was decorated in a game theme. (Great job on the decorations ladies!) There were games and tables set up and we broke up into groups to play table games. Half way through the evening we all got together to play a "Guys Against the Gals" in a game of pictionary. We all brought snacks with that were of course enjoyed by all. It was a great time of hanging out together.

Thanks Aunt Brenda!

Ruth is on the mend but is still feeling a bit out of it. She was home again today trying to get back some of her strength. Her aunt Brenda dropped off a "Get Well" balloon for her and it did lift her spirits. Thanks Aunt Brenda for bringing a little sunshine to our daughter.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

We woke up this morning with our first snow fall on the ground. Titus is the only one in our family that really loves the winter weather. (He was wanting snow at the end of September already.) So I guess it is time to get the snow shovels out as well as all our winter gear and admit that winter is here.

Pray for our Sickies

As much as we would have liked to think our family was going to stay healthy throughout the fall and winter those dreams quickly vanished as we have the flu in the house. Titus had quite a bad day on Saturday where he was struggling to keep water down. Although he seemed to perk up a bit he is still not feeling well today. Then early this morning it hit Ruth. She is totally wiped out and has zero energy. We would appreciate your prayers for Ruth and Titus that they can get over this quickly. Vern and I would of course love to be spared from from this sickness but time will tell.

Sisters?

Ruth loves each of her brothers and really enjoys hanging with them. However, she would have loved to have at least one sister. Moriah has been a great "little sister". The girls have had a lot of fun together. When we were at that big mall Ruth bought them both matching sweat shirts.

Toronto Here We Come

The kids have had off of school for the last couple of days and so yesterday afternoon we headed into Toronto. We wanted to take the kids to a huge mall that is down town Toronto. All the Christmas decorations were up and Christmas music was playing but it seemed a bit early for us. We like to wait until after American Thanksgiving before we think of Christmas. After the mall we walked around outside checking out the area. We then drove through China town. It was nice to get out of our little town a enjoy a bit of city life. (You can't tell I grew up in a bit city.)

House Guests

Since Tuesday night we have had Bret and Moriah staying with us while their parents are away. The kids all get along so well and we enjoy having a house full of kids.

Report Cards

Yesterday Ruth and Titus came home with their first quarter report cards. Ruth once again did an awesome job. She works very hard on her school work and plans to enter into her university studies in the fall of 2009. She has some challenging classes this year with taking her chemistry and geometry via video classes. If she has a question on what she is learning she can't ask the teacher. We are also very proud of Titus and how hard he has worked on his school work this quarter. He does not enjoy school and would rather be doing anything but school. However, he has taken a lot of responsibility in his school work this year and it is really paying off. GOOD JOB RUTH & TITUS!