Thank You for your Prayers

We wanted to thank you for all your prayers for Carissa's grandma. She has gotten her ultimate healing in the arms of the Lord Saturday morning. Continue to keep the family in prayer as they make funeral arrangements. Again, thank you so much! Your prayers really sustained them through this whole situation.

Please Continue to Pray

Dave & Carissa went out to visit her grandmother for Thanksgiving. When she got there she was still alert & talking to them. She said that both her grandparent have a great peace. Only prayers could be doing that! They were glad that they went & said their goodbyes. Today though she has been unresponsive & her breathing labored. Please continue to pray for that family as they as they release her into Jesus' loving arms. And as always, for as long as she has breath, ask for a complete healing. Thank you all so much for the prayers that you have raised before the Father in her behalf so far. They really feel them!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We want to wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving!
And we just thank the Lord for His many blessings!
For He has blessed us mightily!

More Snow!

Yesterday it rained almost all day washing away the old snow. It was a good thing that it wasn't snow or we'd be snowed in. But the Lord brought us some fresh stuff this morning. I thought I would upload the pictures I got as I was driving through Bethel Park. Please forgive the quality.









They did have their pretty decorations out for Christmas which made the snow all the more enchanting.











We actually got more at home than they did up in Bethel Park, but it was coming down quite a bit as I was driving home. I was worried that I would make it.





Dave & Carissa were coming in tonight, but got as far as route 40 & had to return to the interstate to crawl on to Morgantown & up route 79 instead. That added at least 2 hrs to their trip. They are planning to drive on to Missouri tomorrow to be with her grandma, so please pray for their safe journey!

Happy Birthday !

Today is my sisters', Vicki & Jacque, birthdays.

Happy birthday ladies!

Prayer Request

Please pray for Carissa's Grandma. She's the one I asked for prayer for before. She is back in the hospital, only this time they have found cancer all through her body! They give 1 week to live!!! So please pray!

Is it January?

I can't believe how cold is has been during this month! Last night it was suppose to dipped down to 16! I feel like its January instead. We even got 2 inches of snow yesterday. When it got dark, it all froze causing many accidents in the area. Scott said that on his way to work last night that they were pulling someone out of the woods. :( Lord, God Almighty, please be with those people & their families! Route 70 was backed up for miles as well. No one was going even the speed limit. This is not the weather we're used to in November. At any rate the snow is beautiful, & I thought that I would show you how Bentleyville looks right now.



Yesterday it was blowing so hard, you couldn't stay warm in the house. And you definitely didn't want to go out! We had several white-outs during the day.









But all that left pretty results!

This was taken this morning.

Do you think that we can hope for an early spring?!

Look what I found!

I found out how to embed the weekend last summer that I spent with my sister, Vicki, at the Beth Moore conference. It's just pictures done by a fabulous photographer whose name is credited under the video below. It's put to one of Travis Cottrell's songs. If you look carefully, I'm in there about half way through. Enjoy!

My Weekend with Beth Moore

Living Proof Live Louisville KY Simulcast from Rich Kalonick on Vimeo.

Dave & Carissa's

Saturday

After we packed up, we headed to Dave & Carisssa's place.

It was wonderful driving through the mountains.

Parker was happy to see us! After a 5 hour drive, it was good to just relax.










We visited as we anxiously awaited Carissa's return from work.

We got to see the wonderful kitchen Dave has been working on. It's absolutely beautiful! He tiled the floor himself!















Carissa fixed us a wonderful dinner when she got home. We made plans for the next day over dinner.















We were graciously put in the guest room. We felt like a king & queen!

Sunday

Dave & Carissa took us up to Charlottesville. It was such a beautiful day! We so enjoyed the drive. They closed off a portion of the road to make a "mall" of sorts. The thing that is so neat is that there are so many historic buildings that have been renovated into shops & cafes & such.
















We took a lovely stroll down the mall avenue & looked at all that was there. I took random shots of the goings on the different types of people.

Dan stayed with Parker as we each took turns in the library.

We made our way around the Historic Court Square a few streets up.












They had an encampment going on in the center of the square.





















It was neat to see all these old buildings in good shape & being used.

































These guys were waiting for us. We had a wonderful day exploring!

Monday

Time came for our vacation to end, & to head home. It begin to flurry as I took this picture of Dave & Parker. Yes, the weather changed again, but God blessed us with good weather when we needed it! In fact, God blessed us through the entire trip! He is so good!








We made our usual stop at Crackerbarrel to end the trip.

Mid-November snow

We have had flurries off & on between the good weather & now. I should have known when we had flurries as we left Dave's in Oct. that we would have an early snow season. Our temps dropped all day Saturday & has been cold ever since. Well, today we got snow showers that has laid! It looks like Christmas out there!

The trees are now beautifully lined in snow!

I'm not used to this just yet! Isn't this supposed to come after Thanksgiving?

The Last Few Days at the Beach

The last 2 days at the beach were cold, so there wasn't any swimming.

Thursday

Thursday morning, Dave headed back home & we went to the south end of the island. I tried to find my way to my brother's family, who were hunting shells, but I just couldn't make it.




But the boys did & they brought back a haul. This picture of them is courtesy of my niece, Robyn, who they were with.














Scott on the other hand went fishing. It was very cold until most of the way through the morning. Most of the fisherman were dressed very warm. I was not dressed near warm enough, but I survived.
















I did take random pictures while I was just hanging.


































That afternoon we went & got seafood for our dinner at the seafood market in town.















When we got back, we found that our sons had been busy making, well, I'm not sure.... a hole?













The guys did more fishing....

The Blocker crew fishing as well.

Early evening the boys were still working on their... project.














After a wonderful seafood dinner, we went over to the Blocker's to celebrate Joshie's birthday. The cake & ice cream were sooo good! What a great way to end the day!











The birthday boy! Happy Birthday Josh!

Friday
Now Friday was another story! The good days were all gone. Wind & rain had moved in. So we spent the day packing & cleaning.

One of the last 2 nights the wind howled so bad that it woke me up, which was a good thing, because I found that porch furniture was bouncing in the wind! I was scared that it would blow away. So I fought the wind just to get out the door & the beating rain to wedge them in so they wouldn't take flight!
















By the time we left Saturday morning, the boys hole was completely filled in again.















Considering what time of the year it was, we had a pretty good time at the beach! Saturday we packed up the minivan & headed to Dave & Carissa's.