New Year's Eve!!!

Well, tomorrow morning will be 2009. Hard to believe that 2008 is already coming to an end. In a way it seems like it went by so fast.

Margaret and I had so many blessings from the Lord this year that it would take forever to mention all. However, there are a few that really stand out in my mind and are dear to my heart.

Helping Jeannine up in Newberg to take care of mom was such a blessing. I think that I spent more time with mom then I have in the past 30 years or so. I also was able to get to know some of my sister's and brother's better. That was really a dear thing to me because over the years it seems like everyone has sort of drifted off into their own little worlds.

I would like to take this opportunity now to ask each of you to forgive me for anything that I may have done to hurt you while we were growing up as kids. I know I was not a very nice person back then, but thanks to our Lord, I am a changed person now.

Being able to spend more time with Bill and Amy, Trey and our grandchildren were really blessings from the Lord for Margaret and I. God has blessed us so much.

Being a part of a church family at Vine Street Baptist Church is such a blessing and a comfort to us.

The only New Year's resolution that I know I can keep is that of walking closer with God and putting Him first in my life.

My prayer for each and every one of you is that God will continue to bless you and your families. I also pray that those of you that are not "Saved" to asked Jesus into your life now. The Bible tells us that "Now is the time for Salvation" because tomorrow may never come. Wouldn't it be a joyous occasion to see everyone of our relatives and friends in Heaven one of these days?

In closing, Margaret and I wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Great Pictures

What a wonderful treat to come here and see all the warm smiles. You all are so talented, the walk down memory lane what fun to watch and it is growing.

Toby and I are snowed in today, we are hoping Randy is able to get back in when he is done working. We have already recieved a foot of new snow since he left. I haven't seen this much snow in a long time. Quess I'll have to see how to post a picture and show you how much snow we actually have already and lots of winter yet to come.

God Bless and Happy New Year Bonnie

Three's Company, but a Blessing!!

Erin and Tara
It is such a blessing to have our granddaughter, Tara, spending the week with us. Last night Tara invited two of her church friends over. Now, Margaret and I are used to boys, but having three teenage girls was an experience. Tara, Alisha and Erin all had fun doing "girl things" and chatting all night long with each other. Alisha was too bashful to appear in the photo with Erin and Tara.

This morning Margaret and I got up and drove down to the YMCA to do our "thing" to get back into shape, after eating all the good Christmas goodies that were setting around the house. Today we are just going to relax and take down the Christmas tree and maybe play a few games.

How is everyone else doing after the presents are all open and the Christmas tree begins to dry up? Unless you have one of those "fake" ones that you just put back into a box. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that you all enjoyed the company of loved ones.

Don't be bashful about Posting and letting the whole family know how you are doing. Take care and everyone have a Blessed and Happy New Years. God bless, Margaret & Lloyd

Penguin Baseball

Okay Jeannine, Terry, Trey and all those who play Penguin Baseball. Try and beat my score.

Christmas Day

Mom and I had a wonderful Christmas together. Wayne and Terry came for coffee in the morning. Terry and Evielou was over for Christmas dinner. Mom and I ate to much food. Mom's new outfit from Bonnie and Roy for Christmas. We Love you all. Jeannine

Update on Aunt Maxine

Just talked with Barb, they have about 2 feet of snow in their yard and have been without power since the afternoon of the 24th. They were told it may be another couple days before it is restored. This morning their neighbor came over and helped them get their generator started so they are huddeling under the blankets waiting for the heat to kick in. They said they are fine and send their love out to you all.

Wonderful Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. We were all able to get together at Jennifer & Dougs. Thank goodness Jeff lives right next door. He was able to get out and so we hauled Christmas over to his car and headed out. It was a little bit of a rough ride but we made it. Coming home was rougher as it had started to freeze again.All in all it was a Blessed day with lots of good food and the joy of all being together. Watching Payton in all his excitement was so GREAT. As for us...we are still snowed in. No way we can drive down our driveway. It is still DEEP! The snow was beautiful but I am ready for our good old rain again. Heard about the power failures all around and was Thankful we were not among them. Pray for Aunt Maxine in Vernonia, chances are she is among the outages. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Love & Hugs

We wish you a Merry Christmas--thanks to blogger!

Eek! I am late by 3 3/4 hours and yet....through the magical technology here at blogger I am right on time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Now isn't that cool? I can be good & totally organized even when I'm not:)

And to add to the snow photos----

A new view--------------Snowy table and chairs--------Snow hats on apples

I measured the snow on the table--before we got more--and it was somewhere between 13-14 inches. We do have some storm damage though--the gazebo collapsed, some trees lost boughs and some other plants (camellias, arborvitaes especially) suffered damage.

However, on the positive side---I am really enjoying my new, improved view of the mountains, am getting regular exercise each day outside and my (I mean my hubby's camera) is getting a real work out!

Blessings, b

I'll later post Baby C's newest photo. We were unable to see her due to snow and such but we have a very good DIL who knows how to use a cell phone:)

Christmas with the Family

It was such a blessing to have all the family over for Christmas dinner. Jack and Sammy really had fun opening all their Christmas presents. Us older kids had fun watching the little one's play with their toys. There was a lot of eating and playing games. We hope that your Christmas was as enjoyable as ours. God bless, Margaret & Lloyd

Christmas morning in LaCenter

Kay and Doug wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year may all your wishes and dreams come true:) we are doing alot better now and the kids are just patiently waiting till morning.

Sno Pics

Hi,

Check Rustys album for some sno pic. It has been almost non stop today. Hope it starts melting soon but not so fast that we have flooding.

Fun Day in Roseburg

Even tho it rained all day, Margaret and I still had fun playing with Jack and Sammy. The boys really enjoyed watching their movie while setting on grandpa's lap. As you can see, both Sammy and Jack are concentrating on the Christmas cartoons they were watching.

The rest of the day wasn't too bad. We went down to the YMCA and did our exercises early this morning. Then later in the afternoon, I helped deliver Christmas food baskets to several needed families. All-in-all, the day was a blessing from God.

How was everyone else's day? Did everyone up there in Newberg enjoy playing in the snow. All I can say is, "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the one's I used too know." This sounds better if it is sung by Bing Crosby. Anyways, being we can not control the weather, let us all enjoy and have a Merry Christmas. God bless, Lloyd

How much more snow is Newberg going to get?

Jeannine is playing in the snow. If you want to see how deep it is go to Terry's Gallery.

Happy Birthday Garrett Jr.

Happy birthday Garrett Jr. So you are 9 years old today. I hope you have a good day Love Grandpa.

God's morning to all and Merry Christmas

I am normally a lurker, reading all your posts and looking at your pictures, but this morning needed to share how much your prayers and support and humor and pictures add to my day!

We just got another 8 inch snow storm, it was -19 this morning, Randy started the 4-wheel drive and we made it to church. The service this morning was choirs and music ~ it was fantastic to be there. He is now out moving snow again ~ oh the joy of winter in MN.

Jeannine, I loved the picture of Jeannine on her new bike. A friend at church always calls me Princess Bonnie but I tell her nope still just a frog ~ yup Fully Relying On God.

Anyway just wanted to add my 2cents and say how wonderful it is to be here with you all. Thanks Margaret and Lloyd for including me. :-) Buckets of Teal Hugs ♥ Prayers Bonnie

Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches your heart. God has sure filled our stockings to the max this year once again.

Jingle Bells

Margaret and I had a really nice day with Jack and Sammy. Jack sang Jingle Bells for us and wished all of you a Merry Christmas. Both Jack and Sammy decorated Christmas tree ornaments to give to their mommy and daddy. I posted some pictures that were taken today of the boys into our gallery.

Margaret and I wish each and everyone of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS. It is my prayer that we all remember that, Jesus is the reason for the Christmas Season, and that we will all have the joy and peace that only He can bring.

Prayer for Bonnie

Please continue to keep Bonnie uplifted in prayer. She just posted this update on her website. God bless, Margaret & Lloyd

Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:28 PM CST

More cancer and no chemo. :-(

We are already home from my Dr visit at the U and chemo was cancelled because of the allergic reaction I had last time. They said it would only get worse and my air passages could swell shut on me.

My ca125 went up again and the ct-scan showed that not only did the previous areas grow but there was new tumor growth. My Dr is trying to get a different drug approved; if it isn't approved we will try weekly taxol. Of course I have already shed some tears, I was feeling very hopeful again. Not good news, but we remain hopeful this other drug will be approved and that it will at least slow the cancer down and who knows maybe kill some of it.

Jeannine on her bike

Jeannine on her new bike.

Update on the rest of the family! (Last update 12/21)

Since everyone in the family knows how much I love snow, they know I am quite happy over our scenery lately! But here is an update on the rest of tha family:

• My wonderful, long suffering hubby is only 3 days away from his 2 week long vacation. Update: hubby is on vacation--yea!!
• My DIL recently heard from her hubby. Please continue in prayers for him. She is doing fine although she is blaming me for this snow (imagine that?? LOL) Update: still snowing here! Unfortunately ice too. But the ice is beautiful on the trees. I am so glad we always leave fruit on the trees. I've noticed a bird enjoying it today:)
• My oldest son is doing fine; we will -- hopefully--be getting together with him and his fiancee around Christmas for dinner. Update: Christmas may be postponed till after Christmas; depends on the weather. So maybe while everyone is in the stores after the 25th we'll be eating out!
• I am going through BF withdrawal as my friend of 21 years is out of state. Good time for my hubby to have vacation!! Update: She may be even longer getting home. Since she is in nice weather that may not be too bad.
• Baby C is growing and has produced her first big chuckle in response to her big sister!! Needless to say, big sister thought that was pretty neat! Update: Baby C is rolling over now. So cute:) Kind DIL is sending us video updates --- fun!!
• Nothing to report from my daughter's way; she has been super busy with work for the last several months though. Update: Now she is getting our weather---looks like we are in winter now!

Blessings, b

Penguin Baseball

I beat your score how do you like me now.

Penguin Baseball

Okay. Go to the "Favorite Family Websites" and see if you can beat my score of 317.1 in Penguin Baseball.

alot of snow

Here is a picture of the kids outside last night. we got alot of snow. and the kids love it.

Getting ready for Jesus' Birthday

Hello family,
We are getting ready for Jesus' birthday here in Bend. We are supposed to get dumped on tonight, maybe a few inches of the white stuff. The pass blizzard conditions made Wes' swim team cancel their meet at North Bend. They are pretty bummed about that. The kids are all doing well in school. Jessica is sporting a new hair cut and highlights because she brought her grades up. Now I'm sure Courtney will pick her grades up!!! She really got her nose bent out of shape.

I finished our shopping yesterday, feeling very fortunate especially since twice we have been touched by people in church and the community who are having it pretty tough this year. One family has four small children living in their neighbor's garage with no heat (Jim's gonna fix their pellet stove so they can have some heat) and the other are barely in a house with the father recently losing his job--- they too have four children. We are doing all we can to help these two families out.....just doesn't seem like enough. Courtney is parting with some toys she got when she was younger --littlest pet shop and bratz dolls/cars....Jessie has offered up her karaoke machine and CD player and some other gagets...easy bake ovens and such.....Wes is digging around too to find something to donate to these families. We are so blessed. Please put these families and many others going through a pretty rough time in your prayers. Take care,
Love Marty, Jim, Wes, Jessica, and Courtney

Post From Bonnie

Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:52 PM CST

Cookies are baked, fudge done, Christmas shopping done; now I just need to work on putting a few of the gifts together and then wrap them. We are ready for family, friends and the continued wonder and amazement of Christmas time and chemo next Thursday. :-)

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." Norman Vincent Peale

Story Time at the Library

It is such a blessing to have grand kids. Margaret and I went with Amy and the two boys this morning to the Library for Story Time. It was so much fun watching Jack, who was setting on the floor with grandma on rugs, listening to the story teller. Sammy was a little fidgety, so grandpa was elected to hold him.

After Story Time, We went over to the church for our prayer session, then we went out and visited with homebound members of the congregation. All-in-all, we had a pretty nice day just goofing around and being retired.

How was everyone else's day? Well, I got to go, so POST when you get the urge and don't be shy about letting us all know what is happening in your lives. God bless, Lloyd

Checking In

Baby Grace modeling the latest in baby girl wear:)

We’re doing OK and hoping for some snow (well at least one of us is).

Hubby person will soon have 2 whole weeks off and I am very excited for him!!He deserves it -- I can say that because he never logs on here so he won’t know I am bragging on him:) That is unless one of you tell him!!

We are moving back to the ‘abnormal-normal’ that goes with having a child/ spouse in the Service. It's a difficult time as I can’t help comparing this year to what was happening last year. Would appreciate your prayers on that. Oh and I am supposed to say that the young one made it back there.

Have been searching through a lot of blogs and sites studying recipes for Nordic treats (one of my big weaknesses!). Since the man has repaired/replaced our cook top/oven and microwave I can hardly wait to really use them for more then just dinner. And besides I have till Jan 1--well maybe Jan 2 to enjoy my old style of carbo-loving eating. Oh the joys of lefse, aebleskivers and more!!

Hope all of you are well!! Blessings, b

Nice Day in Roseburg

Good evening everyone. Margaret and I had such a nice day around the house. Not too much happened that was noteworthy. We did our thing at the YMCA, then we babysat Sammy and Jack.

Now I have to tell you, it was so much fun to watch Jack and Sammy play and be able to be a part of their lives. Jack and I walked down to the playgrounds near our house. I played on the swings, slides and big tires with Jack. Jack is growing up so fast.

Well, that's enough about our day. How is everyone else doing? Hope all is well with you. I have been checking the photo galleries and really enjoy looking at the pictures. It is also sort of fun to chat with Terry and Raven in the chat room.

Everyone take care and may God bless, Lloyd

Family Blog Followers

Good morning everyone. I hope all is well with you and your families. I just want to let everyone know that I believe this Family Blog might be a good "Tool" to use in keeping up with all that is happening within our families.

The Family Blog has been up and running now for over two months. We now have 19 family members that have signed up. I encourage everyone to spread the word to all relatives who have email address' to join the Family Blog and start having fun communicating with each other.

If you look over to the sidebar you will notice a "Family Blog Followers" widget that I installed. When you sign up as a Family Blog Follower your profile photo will appear. This shows everyone who comes onto the Family Blog that you are a regular reader.

I also encourage everyone to give me a little feedback on the Family Blog. Remember, this is a family blog, so your opinion is appreciated. If there is anything you would like to add to this Family Blog, just let me know. God bless, Lloyd

Sammy's Visit

Sammy visited us this morning while his brother, Jack, went to the library with his mom. Sammy just loved to have grandma and grandpa read to him. (See more photo's in our gallery).

Up late again!!!

Happy Advent season to all--hope everyone is well:)

Since my great & wondrous (and most patient) hubby person thinks I should be in bed by now so I can (shock!) do actual housework tomorrow (today) like most homemakers .. I will make this fast (that is if modern technology and a very slow dial up modem cooperates).

I just wanted to pass on that Baby C sends her Thanksgiving greetings to all the family! She would have posted it here herself but is still recovering from the festivities. Oh and she has not had any computer classes -- yet.

It was a very busy Thanksgiving day for her. She was put in charge of entertaining her 2 grandmas, 2 great grandparents, 1 grandpa and uncle J throughout the evening. It was very hard "work" but she proved to be a trooper and did it with a lot of grace.

She managed to survive the torture of having every little grin, smile, scowl, clothing change, cuddle, etc photographed by a certain, unnamed, very pesky grandma. And being held and loved a whole bunch, talked to whenever she made an appearance and loved more, photographed again, fed and changed. It was a very, very busy day for her.

Poor child. Soon Christmas is coming ... and I have it on good authority that those very pesky grandparents will be back again.

Blessings, b

Bonnie's Family Photo

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 6:20 AM CST

God's morning to all! I am well :-D no fevers. Yesterday Josh picked me up and we did a little Christmas shopping. Found several things on my list, we had lunch togehter and then shopped a bit more, it was a good day!

Last night was Tuesday night Charis at Sandstone Prison and I went to that too. Was such fun to be out and about, talking and laughing with others.

I know getting through the chemo side affects have not been fun but worth the time it may give me here with my family and friends. And we know for a fact God works miracles all the time, for I am still here. :-) Sometimes it seems they are missed because one gets so focused looking for the answers we want; and we all know the answer can be totally different than we could ever imagine. For me I will try to continue to live in hope and enjoy the time we are blessed with. God is good all the time!

Sending buckets of hope, teal hugs and prayers. Bonnie

Job 9:10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

I'm Back!!

How is everyone doing this fine cloudy December morning? Margaret and I are doing much better. We are just about over our colds and that is such a blessing.

I got up early this morning to go down to the YMCA. It's hard to get going, but after I do my thing, I always feel better. Like an old piece of machinery, you got to keep it moving or it rusts.

I got a few little things around the house to do this morning, then we are going to go play BINGO. After that, I think Margaret wants to do a little Christmas shopping for the grand kids.

Well, got to go now. Everyone take care, and may God bless, Lloyd

Thanksgiving Colds!!

Good morning to all of you. Margaret and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving week-end with our family. God has truly blessed us with family and friends.

We take Tara back home to Albany this morning. We were going to drive up to Newberg to visit, but being we both picked up pretty bad colds, we decided against it. I'm blaming our colds on the kids in Margaret's Sunday School class at church. We will try and get our Newberg visit this month sometime.

How did all of you do over the week-end? If you were like me, I over-ate on all of the Thanksgiving leftovers. Well, got to go. Everyone take care and don't be to shy about "Posting" here on our Family Blog. God bless, Lloyd

Skype Chat Room

I thought I would give this chat room a try on our blog. The program is called SKYPE and it needs to be downloaded on your computer to use. After you are in, click on the "Chat with me" icon, then all you need to do is run a search on who you want to join your chat room. Add my name and we can try it out. Hope all is well with everyone. God bless, Lloyd

Margaret's hill

Went for a walk the other day and caught up on our documentation of the changes in Springbrook.Margaret do you happen to have a picture of the house you grew up in that we could photoshop into "Margaret's Hill"? We had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving with the Family

What a lovely afternoon it was in Roseburg today. Spending Thanksgiving Day with our family was such a blessing. I uploaded several photographs in my gallery for all to enjoy.

I sincerely hope that everyone else enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day as much as Margaret and I did. May God continue to bless each and everyone of you.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Garrett jr is really sick today with high fever and vomiting everywhere, so please pray he will get better. I'm so thankful for all of you that have kept us in your prayers and that have been there for us as well. I'm thankful for the LORD and all that He has done for us in our family. I've been very blessed to have my dad and I'm thankful for my marriage, our house, our cars, and alot more. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks all of you, I love you. Raven

Happy Thanksgiving!

Despite the uncertainty of these times, we as Americans have much to be grateful for.

The Bible teaches that giving thanks to God is right and that it should be done often.

Giving thanks takes the focus off our current problems and reminds us of all we have been given while it helps to increase our faith in God and in His providence for us in the future.

On this day of thanksgiving what are you thankful for? Good health? Your family? A warm home? Thanksgiving dinner? This beautiful world? Your church? Life itself? The freedom to worship as you choose to? A job? I invite you to join me today and give thanks for something you are grateful for.

Blessings,
A Pilgrim's Child

My Thanksgiving list:

• My youngest being home for Thanksgiving.
• My very talented husband who replaced our washer and cook-top, repaired our oven AND bought me a new microwave. WooHoo!! I can cook again!!
• My mom, dad, sister and best friend; Hubby's mom and family.
• All my children who have taught me so very much.
• The cross and what it represents.
• And so much more!

Sunny Day Down South

Howdy all of you Family Bloggers. What a nice day Margaret and I had down here in Roseburg. Didn't do much except goof off. Margaret is still fighting a cold, but otherwise she is doing fine. Hope she is over the cold before Thanksgiving.

We drove down to Canyonville this afternoon and enjoyed a few hours of playing BINGO. We didn't win, but it was fun and relaxing.

Anyways. How are all of you doing up in the big city? Hope all is well. Got to go finish fixing dinner. Take care, and may God bless, Lloyd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AUSTIN

Love Grandpa He is 6 years old.

Hey from home!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone!! This is Chris' mom aka aimee here on blogger.

I think I know where your good weather went Lloyd---that's right--up here!! But usually you have the better weather so I am sure you won't mind us borrowing it for a little while, will you??? Besides it makes for very pretty photos, especially in the autumn!

Chris is out and about checking in with family & friends while he's here. He is planning on seeing Grandma C & Jeannine from what he told me. He's looking good as you can see from the photos I took (on Jeannine's photo area) and is really enjoying being with both of his sweet daughters and beautiful wife!

Oh, I really appreciate all the prayers being sent up for him--it is still a dangerous place over there (despite the fact that you hear about zilch on the news now) and this has been difficult as every mom or dad or spouse or any relative of a deployed Soldier knows. So again TY and keep praying please for my son and those with him!!

Well I need to get back to my blog and update it with another "Walk in HIS Gardens" post so bye and blessings to all! b

Cloudy Day in Roseburg

Good morning to you all. Not much happening here in Roseburg today. Margaret is down with a bad cold so I'm trying to stay clear. Just got back from the "Y" so I'm taking a coffee break right now. I'll probably clean my garage today being Margaret doesn't feel like doing much.

How is everyone else doing? I noticed that the visitor counter is going to hit 800 pretty soon. With the list of Author's on this blog it seems like there would be more Post's. Well, got to go. Take care and may God bless, Lloyd

Tristin at my house

He is getting big. he like to eat.

At the Playground with Jack

It was such a blessing to be able to walk down to the playground with Jack today and play on the swings and slide.

Chris is Home 11-21-2008

Chris is home from Irac, on leave for 2 weeks to see his new baby Grace, Jenn and Alayna.
See more photo's of little Grace on Jeannine's Gallery

Pictures of the little ones

Good Morning to All

What a lovely day it is. Margaret and I did our thing down at the YMCA and I really think that it might be doing us good. We are going to go and have a brunch then play a little BINGO. I have several things I need to do around the house, but that is the good part about being retired, you can work and play anytime you want too.

How is the rest of the family doing these days? Hope everyone is well. Got to go, so "POST" when the urge hits. Take care and may God bless, Lloyd

Update from Bonnie

Bonnie & Toby


No Chemo ended up maybe being a good thing, as I wasn't doing the best on Friday. I think maybe it was from my counts being so low. Every time I was standing more than 4-5 minuets it felt like I was going to faint, I was so weak and had a terrible headache. Then on Saturday I was a bit better, but on Sunday not well again, today feeling better again.

Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:06 AM CST

Chemo is on for tomorrow morning! My labs were still kind of low but high enough for my Dr to okay chemo tomorrow. :-)

One Happy Grandma

I just had to post this photo I received from Jeannine of EvieLou holding her new little grandson, Andrew Lloyd Parlette. What a blessing. Congratulations grandma.

Andrew Lloyd Parlette

Hi! Paul's wife Corie had her baby at 2:06pm today. His name is Andrew Lloyd. He weighs 7lb. 15oz. and he is 20" long.

See more photo's of little Andrew on Jeannine's Gallery.

Fun day with Sammy

Margaret and I had another good day playing with Sammy. Sammy stayed the night with us. It's such a blessing to see how fast Sammy seems to catch on to things. I took several photographs that I have posted in our picture gallery.

Happy Birthday Courtney

Good Morning

How are all the bloggers doing today? Margaret and I just got back from the YMCA. Did our aerobics and played in the swimming pool. Not much planned for today. We go down to the church about 10am for some volunteer work, then this afternoon at about 4pm we get to babysit Sammy. Sammy will spend the night with us, so I'll probably have a few photo's to bore everyone with tomorrow morning. Well, got to go. Take care and God bless, Lloyd

Bonnie Lemke (UPDATE)

Update from Bonnie:

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:04 PM

UPDATE: I just got the call that if Medicare doesn't cover this treatment it will be covered by the drug company. Can finally uncross my fingers and toes and maybe not go threw quite as many kleenex. Chemo is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Thanks for all the prayers!!

Update from Bonnie:

Friday, November 14, 2008 5:56 AM

NO CHEMO ~ How frustrating! After driving all the way down to Masonic, my lab results came back to low. I couldn't believe it, still hard to understand. Looking back at previous lab reports they haven't been this low since the first week in September, when I was still recovering from the transplant. Just do not understand what is happening to my body or what to expect anymore. Last week, on Thursday, I could have had chemo.


Please continue to pray that Bonnie's lab results with return normal so she can begin her chemo. God bless, Margaret & Lloyd

"Family Blog Pictures"

You will notice to the right a new area called "Family Blog Pictures". I have added Rusty & Herbietta's photos there. I thought if anyone else would like to post some family photos on this blog for all to view you can send me your Picasa Web Album Gallery URL.

To open up a Picasa Web Album, do the following:

Go to your Blogger Dashboard, click on "My Account". Then click on "Picasa Web Albums" and sign up. I would suggest that you post your photographs as "Unlisted" instead of "Public". After you have setup your account "upload" photographs from your computer into your album. You are better off in making just one album, that way you can keep adding photos when you get them. Each album will hold 500 photos.

When your photo's are "uploaded", click on the "Share" icon and email me the invatation to view your photo album. I will then add your album to the "Family Photo Gallery" for all to enjoy.

If you have any questions, just give me a call. God bless, Lloyd

God's Blessings

Sometimes in this life we can start feeling sorry for ourself because things just did not work out the way we planned them. But I'm telling you now, all we need to do is open our eyes and look at all the blessings God has given each and everyone of us.

Camren and Candy

I am Looking for that Frog and Elephant so I can have some candy. I love candy like Grandma.

Grandma's Pride and Joy

Jack and Sammy visited us this evening while their mom and dad went out to see a play at UCC. As you can see in the above picture, both Jack and Sammy are really listening intensely to the movie (Charlotte's Web) that was put on so grandma and grandpa could relax. It is so much fun having the boys over at the house.

Bonnie Lemke

A special prayer request goes out to Bonnie for God's intervention. Medicare has denied her coverage of the drug she needs for treatment because it was not FDA approved for ovarian cancer. Bonnie has been through so much and has been a blessing for all. See Bonnie's website.

Hello, We are home

Hello,
We are home from our Cruise. We had a wonderful time but were sadden to hear about Mike. Our Love and Prayers go out to the Parlette Family. We noticed when we visited Picasa after getting home that some of the uploads did not get posted properly so Rusty has fixed that . If anyone is interested there should be some more pictures. Thank you for your prayers for our safe trip. Blessings and Love& Hugs to all

Fun Playing with Sammy

Today wasn't to bad. I got up early and worked out at the YMCA, then went home and had fun with Sammy. Margaret hurt her back last week, so the doctor told her that she had to stay away from the YMCA for a week or so until it heals.

Anyways, Margaret and I enjoyed playing with Sammy for a few hours. Thursday's are the days that Amy takes Jack to the library, so we get to watch Sammy. The video is Sammy playing with his singing lion.

Happy 47th Anniversary

Happy 47th Anniversary to Herbietta and Rusty. May the Lord continue to be with both of you and bring you continued blessings.

Herbietta & Rusty 11-4-08

Hello one last time from the ship,
Today is our last day of our cruise. We will be in Los Angeles tomorrow morning. At present the ship has gone 4754.4 nautical miles and we have 236.4 more to go before reaching our destination in Los Angeles. Today we are celebrating our 47th anniversary. Last night we celebrated it with Colin and Nancy whom we met from Calgary. They were celebrating their 55th. This was their first cruise. Tonight we plan for just the two of us to go to Sabatini's, one of the specialty restaurants on board. Before turning in tonight we have to be all packed and our bags set outside the door. All luggage other than our carry ons will be picked up and taken to another location and we will not see it again until we get off the ship. Then we will take it through customs and then of course again at the airport. We will probably be at the airport by noon and our plane doesn't leave until about 5pm. Going to be a Loooooong day.
This has been a wonderful trip but a long one. It will be good to get home and see family and our critters again. This has been one of the roughest trips we have taken. It isn't horrible but the ship has been rocking nearly the whole distance. Generally there is some but not constant. Still, in all it was great. Didn't gt sick anyway. We are uploading some more pictures this evening so hope they are showing up alright. Take care, Love & Hugs to you all and will be seeing some of you soon.

Lovely Day in Roseburg

Good morning everyone. Hope all is well with the family. Haven't seen any post from some family members, and lots from others. Thanks to all who contribute to keep us all informed on the "happenings" of our little world.

Margaret and I just got back from the YMCA. I can't believe that we have actually stuck with it now for about three months. I think I'm getting strong enough to lift up my grand kids now. We plan on going to BINGO this afternoon, but otherwise, not much planned for the day.

Being we are getting a lot of rain, I can't work outside on the landscaping (Yippee). However, one of my jobs this week is to clean the garage so I can find all my tools.

Anyways, all of you have a blessed day and let us bloggers know how life is treating you. Take care and may God bless.

Fun with Jack & Sammy

One of God's many blessings. Having fun with our grandkids.

Victoria at school

Distiny birthday party age 5

Herbietta & Rusty 11-2-08

Hello again from the Coral Princess
Since our last upload we have been to Costa Rica,Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico. We didn't take a shore excursion in Costa Rica but we did get off the ship and walked around. Got several pictures. The weather was quite warm. Did a bit of shopping and then headed back to the ship. Will order my Britt coffee from the ship. They are offering a bit of a deal. In Nicaragua we took a bus and boat tour. Lunch was included. I didn't especially like it. Rusty thought it ok. I was glad to see that others left food on their plates also. The boat trip was very nice. It took you through a bunch of islands, almost any little patch of land had a house of some kind on it. From shack to mansion. In Guatemala we went to the Filadelphia Coffee Plantation. It was very interesting and probably one of our best days out. When in the town of Antigua, there was at least 4 times that the bus had to do some fancy maneuvering to get down the narrow streets. It took all three of them,the driver, assistant and guide working at it . In Mexico we didn't take a shore excursion either. We were only there from noon to 4pm. Did get off the ship and got pictures. Now we are at sea for the next three days heading for Los Angeles. Until later, Love & Hugs to you all

TRICK OR TREAT

What way did they go? What way did they go?? I am Looking for that Frog and Elephant so I can have some candy.

Trick or Treat!

This little frog and elephant came by the house last night looking for treats. I had a special little package made up for each of them along with a big hug from grandpa.

Update on Shae-Lea

Little Shae-Lea came home from the hospitle yesterday.She still has a tube in her arm that goes to her heart, so that she can take her antiseizure medicine.She will do this until the 7th of november "her first Birthday" when she will have the tube removed.Right now everything seems to be going good.She is happy to be home with brother.She's back to following around like his shadow,with lots of smiles and laughs.

Her parents have been through a lot this past few week.We all thank you for your prayers, and hope the next few weeks that Shae-Lea will be healthy again.

Update on Bill

We took Bill up to OHSU on the 27th to have blood test done. The results were real encouraging. His blood levels are in the normal range. Bill will probably continue on his medication to control his leukemia instead of having a bone marrow transplant. However, testing to see if Trey is a match will probably take place within the next few weeks. This will be done just in case the medication does not continue to work on keeping his blood tests in the normal range. Continue to keep Bill, Amy, and the boys in your prayers. God bless, Lloyd

Tristin update

He is doing good now. His wt 10bls

Newberg Visit

Margaret and I had a really nice visit with Evielou yesterday afternoon. Evielou is doing well, under the circumstances, and she has a lot of support from her loving family. Evielou told us that it was Mike's wish not to have any type of memorial service. I let Evielou know that if there was anything we could do for her, just ask. During the death of a loved one it is so nice to have a loving and supporting family to comfort you in your time of need.

Jeannine drove over to Evielou's with mom. It was wonderful to see mom able to use her walker and navigate, all by herself, up the ramp and into the house to visit with us. Good going Jeannine in keeping mom up and moving. I think mom really enjoyed the visit and the piece of chocolate cake.

Everyone take care and continue to keep Evielou and family in your prayers. God bless, Lloyd

Week-end with our Grandkids

Margaret and I had a really nice week-end with our grandkids.

Sixteen Candles

We celebrated Dakota's 16th birthday this evening with dinner and a DQ birthday cake. It was really nice to have everyone over for the evening.

Prayer for Bonnie Lemke

Bonnie really needs to be lifted up in prayer. Her blood tests are not to good and she is asking for continual prayer for the Lord to intervene with her fight with ovarian cancer. See Bonnie's website.

Sunny Day in Roseburg

Good morning everyone. I hope all is well. The weather in Roseburg is going to be nice for the next several days, so that means I got to get busy again on finishing up my landscaping.

Margaret and I just got back from the YMCA. We are really trying hard to make this exercise program a part of our retirement.

Please continue to pray for our dear friend Grady Williams. He is not expected to make it another day.

I have to go out and help a church friend with some windows this morning. I'm hoping it will only take a few hours, but usually with old houses, it takes longer because nothing is "square".

Margaret and I will be driving up to Albany tomorrow morning to pick up Tara. We get her for four days. I'll try and get some updated photo's of our grand kids posted by this weekend. Anyways, take care and may God bless, Lloyd

Rainy Day Blues

Well, Margaret and I had several things outside we wanted to get done today, but it seems like Oregon weather has put a damper on it. In a way this is good, because I don't have to make up excuses why I can't work outside. Thank you Lord for the rain.

Anyway, we got up early this morning to do our daily workout at the YMCA. I think I'm finally getting over the soreness.

We have another teenage driver in the family. Dakota (Trey's son) finally got his driving permit. Margaret and I let Dakota drive home from church yesterday. All-in-all he did pretty good.

How has everyone been doing lately? Remember that, you to, can now "Post" an update, to let all the family know what's happening. Everyone take care, and may God bless, Lloyd

Wesley's homecoming

Wesley & Allysa homecoming Dance 10-18-2008

Martha's Boy

Good Evening Family

Margaret and I had a pretty good day. Started off with getting down to the YMCA at about 6:30 am and working out on the aerobic machines, then a little dip in the pool.

After that we babysat little Sammy until about noon. Then we attended a prayer session at the church. We then did home bound visits which took us up to about 3:30pm.

At 6pm Margaret and I drove over to Bill and Amy's where we met with Trey and Dakota. We had a wonderful dinner and celebrated Margaret's birthday with cake and ice cream.

The Lord has given us so many blessings. I truly hope that each and everyone of you are doing well and that God will continue to bless you too. Take care, Lloyd

Grace Madelyn Cannaday

Thank you Herbietta for the updated photo of little Grace.