Living Life Together

Monday, October 12, 2009

Grandma's Heart ~ Melted

The grandkids love to write and draw notes....this one was delivered to me this week.....and oh how it touched my heart.

It will go in a special place. Rebekah ~ I love you. You gave Grandma a wonderful treasure.

Courtney and Pat had their first home study last week for their adoption process.

Courtney headed to meet up with Pat......and we got to watch the kiddos. :)

We played outside in the gorgeous weather ~ Sawyer enjoying the bike.

Joshua and Rebekah playing football

Rebekah enjoying the car :)

Enjoying the sandbox in our backyard

and the swing

simple fun

Kids "helping" Papa get the trailer out to help Hannah move to her new house

Walking to McD for dinner

precious

yum

silly Bailey

What a great time we had!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Hannah has wanted to live IN the city for awhile. Her dream has come true and we are so happy for her. She has moved from Arlington to DC! Her place is so cute. She and a college friend, Sarah are living together. So fun!

Leaving her house in Arlington

arriving at her new home in DC

packing up

two cars and a trailer full

............moving into the new place

her front door is open: The doors and windows are all barred, so she is very safe.

They walk in this front door (the ones up the stairs), into a little foyer with two doors. Their front door and the apt above them also has their front door here. There is a basement apt. and you can see that door to the left of Hannah's, downstairs. So you see, to get to Hannah's apt. you go through three locked doors. The gate, the brown door and then the green door. Yep, mom and dad are happy about the security!Isn't the door beautiful?

walking in their real front door, to a foyer and kitchen straight ahead

Hannah and Sarah will keep their bikes in their foyer :)

living room and door out to the deck

This apt. is newly renovated and so cute. See how they kept part of the original brick and framed it! Really adds character.

kitchen (it is NOT pink, not sure why the pic came out so pink)

bedroom

Beginning to look like home ~ the hardwood floors are beautiful

deck out back (again, it has a locked gate over the door and windows!)

this is the patio for the basement apt. If you look over Hannah's deck you see this. :)

So lovely Home :) Standing on her front porch looking down the street. If you look both ways, this is what you see. Lovely row houses. Dreams do come true.

Happy living in DC Hannah and Sarah. :) God's blessings on your new home.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Alden's Home Church ~ 100 Year Anniversary

Alden grew up in North Carolina ~ part of a most wonderful family...... that I cherish beyond measure. This family loves the Lord and each other. They went to a little white church ~ a Presbyterian church, where we have many, many precious memories through the years (while we were dating, newly married, and married many years with children). Alden's parents, his brother Gary, and our precious daughter Elizabeth are buried at the church cemetery.

This church celebrated it's 100 year anniversary this past weekend and we went to be a part of it. How blessed we were ~ to see old friends (lots of his parents' friends) and family. They had a wonderful program all planned ~ great music, some of the old pastor's spoke, and church members spoke. The pastor that married Alden and I was there. No, we weren't married at this church, but he came all the way up to Bolling AFB to marry us. So very special.

A wonderful buffet lunch was served following the service.

Church filled with people

Beautiful music (Alden's mom would sing with these very people many years ago now)

Alden and I with his Aunt Elma

Mrs. Blaylock (to the left). She taught our kids Sunday School when we would visit.

Jim and Susan ~ the pastor that married us

Alden and Lotes Holmes

Alden with his buddies (they were in youth group together)

Alden's Mom ~ she was a most special lady. She loved her Lord, her family and any one who met her, she was a friend. She would do anything for you. Honored in her church.