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Happy wife to my loving husband, Tom, I thank God for him everyday. I have five children in our blended family three of mine and two of Tom's. 1)John (who Tom adopted and then I when we married) and Kelly,who live in Indiana and from them our grandchildren, Olivia, Elizabeth, Dillion, and Little John, 2)Rebekah (who Tom adopted and then I when we married) and Jose, who live near us in Holland and from them our grandchildren, Tomas, Alex, and Daisy, 3)Michael and Ashley, who are in the Navy in Georgia and going to school full time with 4.0GPAs and from them our grandchildren, Mikey and Kyla, 4)Jennifer, who live hear us in Holland and struggling to find herself again after a sad divorce and from her our granddaughter, Rylee and last but not least Erik, who is in the Navy in Great Lakes, IL and still finding himself in life and working on his career.Tom and I enjoy time together, we work together, we enjoy nature, camping, our doggies, gardening, riding our Harley, and fishing. Our family is so important to us. We've had our struggles blending our family and still do but ALL our children and grandchildren are such a blessing to us and we are grateful for each one. We live in the country and love God and worship together in a new church to us recently.*************************************************** ******** “Hardening of the heart ages more people than hardening of the arteries.” Unknown***************************************************** *******"Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves." Romans 12:10, "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:31-32, "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:12-14 "Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." Romans 13:10******************************************************* *****"I can do everything through him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13******************************************************** *** flowers layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments

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Mom & Dad's Anniversary

Tom and I, and my brother Dave and his wife Onolee took my parents out to dinner to their favorite restaurant in Holland, Alpen Rose.  They are so sweet and we all had a great time - anyone can view t...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Moving the chickens

As some of you might already know, we are raising chickens for the eggs and soon will be raising broilers for the meat.  We picked up our first group of Isa Brown chickens for laying the big brown egg...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:29:00 GMT

Things I've been learning...

First let me say that what I am putting on here is for me and not at all intended to preach at anyone else but if through my experience you can be helped then that will be a blessing too.  I have trie...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Life in 2009 so far...

Hubby went to court this morning with a customer over a lens and camera the customer brought in a year ago.  This gentleman brought in a lens he dropped and a camera he bent the pins on the insid...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:37:00 GMT

In God We Trust

"It's easy for us to say we're trusting God, but are we doing so with our fingers crossed behind our backs?  God alone is sure of the future.  Sometimes we need to get out of the way and let...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:32:00 GMT

A lot of prayers needed

I have a few friends that are in need of prayer and I really feel that myspace can be a great place of help for friends far away.  I know a lot of people use it to hurt others by posting things t...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:06:00 GMT

Change

Do you want change?  In your life?  In your world?  Obama may bring about change but God has a plan that no one can change.  If you want good change then you need to get with God's...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Freedom

Is life dealing some pretty harsh blows your way lately and it seems unbareable at times?  Did you know there is REAL freedom in knowing Jesus?  I went through some very difficult times in m...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:23:00 GMT

Pray and Vote!

We held hands this morning then filled out our voter cards and took them in.  This is so important.  Please remember to vote if you are registered but please pray for God's guidance first.&n...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Garbage Truck

I had to post this!  Right after posting my blog of "Self-control" I saw a blog that my friend Kathy had posted and it was so good I had to post it too.  Like she said, "it reminds us that h...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:40:00 GMT