Dan's Graduation

This morning Dan Graduated from Seminary!! Yeah, I am SO SO proud of him. His mom and 2 sisters and nephew came to share in the excitement as well.

Here we are waiting for the Graduation to start. We had to get there about an hour and 20 min. early to get a seat in the main chapel. We didn't want to sit in an over-flow room.

This is pretty blurry, but Dan is the 3rd from the left. (in the blue shirt).

Dan is the middle row, third hat from top. (blue shirt!).

Congratulations Dan!!
-now we are onto the PhD-

One more Day!

One more day until Dan Graduates!!! Yeah! We are so excited and can't wait. I'll put pictures on tomorrow of the BIG day so be sure to check back.

God is Good

GOD has been So faithful to us this year. I am currently doing laundry in our "new to us" washer and dryer!!! I hadn't even given it much thought as to what we were going to do long term, as I am trying to get everything ready for our relatives tomorrow and then our trip on Saturday, and then some friends just gave us their old ones!! Dan picked them up this morning.
Hannah and I had so much fun at the laundry matt last week. She really enjoyed putting the quarters in and watching the dryer spin all the clothes. It was fun to try and figure out what each piece of clothing was...at least to her!! lol.

Praise GOD for our new washer and dryer!!

Christmas Party

This morning, we had our first annual Play Group Christmas Party. It was a huge success! We all had a blast. Many THANKS to everyone who brought stuff.

All Done

Yeah!
Dan just completed his last final today. He is ALL done. Yeah. We are so excited and proud of him. Now, we are on to Graduation!

...and then the Phd.

ThanksGiving.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We sure did. My turkey came out great. It was very juicy and the rest of the food was amazing as well. And Dan even got his brown-n-serve rolls this year. They were out last year...which didn't go over well.

Here is a picture of the little turkeys we made to sit by the name cards. Only we forgot to put them out!! O well, we still ate them! Dan made fun of us because they didn't have a gobble.

Here is a picture of the table after we set it. Looked good, huh?

And here we all are!

We had more friends come for dessert and games later on that night.

Buying a Turkey...

Here is a pretty funny story on my Turkey buying experience last night!! I was in the check out line and these "old" ladies behind me (the kind that go all out every Thanksgiving and have cooked over 50 Turkeys themselves) asked me "how many people I was going to feed with the Turkey I was buying?" I told them 5 adults and 1 child. They pretty much laughed their heads off at me!! I had a little 3lb breast. Everyone else had told me to just buy a breast, and that they were easier to cook. So much for that advice!!! Needless to say...I had to go back and get a bigger Turkey. We should have enough now.

Happy almost Thanksgiving.

Sarah

Yeah!!

My sister...or "Aunt Sarah" is coming tomorrow!!!
We are SO excited. I am going tonight to buy all our food for Thursday.

We can't wait till you come Sarah!

Bye Bye....

This afternoon we returned to the Yongs their washer and dryer. I'd like to give a special thanks to the Yongs for allowing us to use them this year! You guys have saved us time and energy and money. You are truly a God-send. We appreciate it very much.
Thanks also to Si and Rich for your man-power and Rich for the truck.




Hannah and I had a nice time watching the guys. I even took a video, but after 2 hours of uploading, Dan and I decided something was wrong! Sorry you'll just have to miss out on that. You can watch it on our computer if you really want to...

Thank You Yongs!!

Bible reading week - 9

Can you believe it? We soared through Numbers!! I can't believe we are already in Deuteronomy.

Here are the chapters for this week.

Wednesday - Numbers 35-36
Thursday - Deuteronomy 1-2
Friday - Deuteronomy 3-4
Saturday - Deuteronomy 5-7
Sunday - Deuteronomy 8-10
Monday - Deuteronomy 11-13
Tuesday - Deuteronomy 14-16

And that will (believe it or not!!) take us through the first 1/2 of Deuteronomy!! WOW.
Have a great week,

Car issues

Good afternoon!
We had a great laugh this morning on the way home from church. Our car wouldn't start, so some of the guys, helped us out. The engine wouldn't start so they tried to wash off the battery, then they tried to push our car down the hill to get it started. Which didn't work, so we were stuck blocking the exit. lol. It was so funny because their knowledge of engines varied from the few that were standing there looking macho(the ones who don't even know what an engine looks like), to the 2 that were actually digging tools out of their trunks. As it turns out all we need to do is replace a little $1.50 piece on the battery. Thank You God!! Also thank you God that this happened at church, so that everyone who knows about cars there (2) were able to help us! (the rest were there for moral/laughing support) I wished that I had my camera with us so that I could have taken pictures or a short movie. It really was the funniest thing. Just picture our car in the drive at church with all the guys in their Sunday clothes attempting to fix it. O...and Hannah crying b/c I told her we might have to spend the afternoon at church b/c our car wouldn't start!!
What a day.

Potato Soup

Here is a favorite of mine. It is so GOOD!!

Let me know if you try it.

Potato Soup!

Ingredients:

4 med. potatoes(baked and coarsely mashed)
3 slices of bacon(cooked and crumbled)
1/2 teaspoon bacon drippings
1/2 cup green onions(chopped)
1 can chicken broth
1 1/2 cups milk
salt(to desire)
cheddar cheese


Cook:

In a 4-quart pot, combine chicken broth, milk, mashed potatoes, onions, and bacon dripping. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
Stir in cheese and bacon, then serve.

Yeilds 4 servings.

Going Crazy!!

Here is a fun video of Hannah going crazy!!

Fall Update.

WOW,
I can't believe it has been almost a whole week since my last blog. Sorry. We have been pretty busy. There are only 1 1/2 weeks left for this semester!! I am very excited about that. Then Thanksgiving, which will be at my house this year!! Yeah, we have several people coming, so that should be fun. I am excited to cook my 2nd Turkey ever. My poor roasting pan needs to be used again.

Dan graduates on Dec 7th. Which we are all so excited about, and very proud! Then in January he will start his PhD work! No break...But that is cool with him. He's been a student since I met him so nothing new here!!

Hannah went to the Dr. Monday for her 3 yr check-up. Don't laugh!! I know she is 3 1/2....Sometimes I forget. She did wonderful for the measuring, weighing and basic exam. Then the Dr went to look in her ear, and Hannah flipped out. I had to pin her down with my leg and arms while the Dr had to pin her head and check her ears!!!!!!!!!!!! It was incredible. Then she had to get the Flu shot. But that actually went well. I think the shot lady had more experience with "flipping out." It was a 2 part so we have to go back in 1 month...which I predict will not go well, seeing as she will most likely remember the first trip. But they gave her candy, so who knows!!

Hannah has been struggling lately with hitting and pushing. So do be in prayer for her...and us. Pray that we can deal with each situation accordingly, and that we are teaching her truths as well. Sometimes it can be so hard to remember that not only am I correcting her unacceptable behavior, but I am to be pointing her to Christ as well. It is so easy to just punish and move on! I do believe she is starting to develop an understanding of what a relationship with Christ is, I can see growth in her every day. So, do be praying for her salvation...as well as your own kids too!! She is always asking us questions. Sometimes pretty deep ones. And she is pretty obsessed with "who" and "what" is dying and going to heaven. It is kinda cute on some levels, but sad on others. I never thought I'd have to explain why certain people aren't going to heaven!!! You just don't think of all these things when you go to have a kid.

I have joined a Womens Bible Study at church this year. I am pretty excited, because I wasn't able to do one last year.

Here are the verses for this week. Sorry it has been so long. I was behind, that is why you are just know getting them!!

Wednesday - Numbers 18-20
Thursday - Numbers 21-22
Friday - Numbers 23-25
Saturday - Numbers 26-27
Sunday - Numbers 28-30
Monday - Numbers 31-32
Tuesday - Numbers 33-34

Have a wonderful week!!

Teeth cleaning

Yesterday was Hannah's second dentist appointment. She didn't do as well as she did last spring, but I'm wondering if it wasn't the cleaning girls fault...Hmmm...who knows. Plus she had to sit there by herself this time, not on my lap. I was really glad to get pictures this time. Last spring they simply asked her after they did me, and she said "yes". So I was totally unprepared to get pictures. This time she had her own appointment.
The little circle mirror was her favorite! She held it the whole time they cleaned her mouth. And while they were doing me, she got to hold the magnifying glass and was carrying it all over the office looking at things. Speaking of that...that is the only bad thing about taking her. She kinda roams the office while my teeth are being cleaned. And there is nothing I can do about it!! O well, they all love her there.

Enjoy.