As most of you know Joshua is now in LasVegas on a mission for our church.He gets the chance to e mail home once a week on his prep day. We have received letters which made us laugh,cry,and most of all watch his spirit grow!!! He is living in the guest house of Scott Piercy's parents and part of his backyard is a tennis court which they get to play on. Oh, by the way Scott Piercy is a PGA golfer and seems to be pretty good at it.
Well our fussy eater has now given in to eating Mexican,not sure if he has over come his hate for pineapple yet,but has told us that he ate fried grasshoppers and liked them. He is going to try bolute(the egg with the duck still in it) I draw the line for me no way but if the soul is willing and stomach able I say go for it Josh! Loren and Josh would always watch the exotic food shows and did watch the bolute show!
Josh says he has had A COUPLE OF WEIRD EXPERIENCES SO FAR, he said he knocked at a door and the teenage girl who answered yelled to her mother "no Mom it's not th e strippers" he said it caught them off guard and they started giggling so hard they had to leave. Another time someone stopped and threw them (Josh and his companion)a 20 (twenty) dollar bill,they said hey DINNER!!! Not every time was great so far though, he talked of the dogs "ankle biters" nipping at their toes,(by the way they are on bikes) and people throwing things at them like ice and food.
They have a baptism set for next week and working on another which he calls a "golden investigator" so life is getting better for him he asks everyone to say lots of prayers and to send lots of letters"oh and one more thing he is jogging every day but Sunday and loving it!!! so for now I'll end on Josh.
Jared is doing really good ,also he has become a Manager at the Journeys shoe store in the mall he is their youngest Manager in the company thus far. We are very proud of him and his accomplishments on this . Jared will be walking the Graduation walk on April 20th he actually graduated early(in December) and then they have them walk with their class, so another accomplishment in the 2010 year for Jared.
Chelsea has just started Tennis and will have lessons in June,Jackson doesn't have a large Tennis team but that is even better for her ,she is having a little difficulty because she is left handed but will be working on that several nights a week.
Ryan and Wanda are still waiting for the new baby to enter the world any day now!!!! I'm getting impatient!!! And of course, Tenley is just our pride and joy she is a very smart baby and sweet, she loves to tease her mom and call her Dada and then laughs,she says ut oh every time she drops anything or when something falls and of course numa numa is I want food and more food please!We can't wait for the May trip we will make back to Pa. to visit, but until then I'll be writing.
Christmas
8 years ago
The trip back to Pa.(Aunt Pat that is for you)was wonderful but way too short.Being that Jared's graduation was on the 20th we lost a couple days of vacation(lack of planning on my part).We were able to visit with most of the family at the Grotto (Harveys Lake)Thank you Mike & Jaime! It was so good to see everyone and their babies and Aunts & Uncles,Grandma Bea,all the brothers and Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteWe had a pleasent visit with Uncle Tom and Aunt Pat, who were able to come to our home on the 19th-20th and visit, eat, and learn card making with stamping.Wow,I didn't realize how much card making Aunt Pat did,and beautiful at that! She was able to give me some lessons, I'm sure I'll be calling her for more direction. Oh, I am so excited to get started!Too bad the weather didn't agree those days, lots of rain, and Loren wanted to take the boys and Uncle Tom skeet shooting! Darn!
Jareds graduation was held at the Show Me Center due to the down pours and actually right before it started the tornado sirens were going off. Now if you know me,when the tornado warning goes up I go to the basement! Lived through 3 and the one at Lake Carey scarred me for life!I kept thinking where do I go ? Under the Bleachers? Thank goodness it went over us and all was well! We got to scream and Yell and embarrass Jared,and that was great!
Prior to all of the Graduation and visits I became really ill,went to the doctors and he wasn't sure what was going on with me. Wound up in the E.R. and found out I have Diverticular disease Ugh! why my body is so sick,I don't know so as one of my friends says, "go to life plan B" I am learning more about this disease and what to do and not to do.so very sad that seeds are a problem though,because if you ask my family I love every thing with seeds,berries,tomatoes and the list goes on!I will now take much more time to prepare and deseed everything!I never want to be that sick again!
So now we are the proud Grandparents of two beautiful baby girls Tenley and Olivia! They are beautiful and fun to be with, we were able to spend some time with them and Loren is so pleased that Tenley wasn't afraid of his beard! She was so sweet to her Grandpa and he sure ate it up,and Olivia is such a good baby,holding her head up and looking around so much she wants to be fully aware of what is going on already!