Update on Bonnie's Surgery

We received an update on Bonnie last night. Her surgery took longer than expected. She had shunts put in her urethra and then they removed her colon, rectum and part of her intestines. They removed a large tumor that was wrapped around her rectum. She is in a lot of pain and had to have a blood transfusion due to a drop in her blood pressure. Please continue to keep her in prayer for God's will to be done. She has been fighting ovarian cancer for seven years now.

God bless, Margaret

Update today, 4-03-10, click on: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/brlemke

Mahkia's First Birthday

We had lots of fun with Mahkia yesterday at his birthday party.

Happy Birthday Opal!

Margaret and I drove down to Grants Pass today to be with Opal as she celebrated her 74th birthday. Everyone met over at the Taprock Restaurant where we had a really delicious lunch and lots of laughs.

After lunch we went back to Opals house and had a nice visit with her and Fern. In the above picture of Fern and Opal, you will notice Opal's little dog Sophie. Sophie is such a cutie with the little dress Opal got for her. (See more pictures in my photo gallery)

Happy Birthday Wesley

I Hope you have a good day. The big 16 year old!

Happy Birthday Bill!

We sure had a lot of fun celebrating Bill's birthday. After eating a really delicious meal that Amy cooked, we all enjoyed cake and ice cream.

Happy Birthday Jack!

What a blessing it was to go over to Bill and Amy's house to celebrate Jack's 4th birthday.

Good Morning From Roseburg!

Good morning everyone. I thought I'd give an update on how retirement was treating us here in Roseburg. Margaret and I are really enjoying the time we have together with our grand kids. As you can see in the picture on the left, Jack and Sammy just love playing with their grandma. It's hard to believe that the boys are growing up so fast. On the 7th Jack will be four years old.

Margaret and I keep pretty busy with our hospice and church volunteer work. It is so gratifying and rewarding to be able to give of our time. We are starting to get a little excited about our two week trip that we want to take in June. We plan on traveling around parts of Oregon that neither one of us have seen yet.

Well...I have to go now, so if anyone else wants to update what's happening with your family, just take a few minutes to let us know. Take care and may God bless.

Just Hanging Out!

What a fun day we had just hanging out with each other all day long. We started out by going around to all of the thrift stores to see if there were any good buys. Then we headed for Canyonville to play a little bingo. Margaret and I couldn't believe it when she won one bingo and I won two bingos. In the evening we had fun playing bunko and enjoying a potluck dinner with a group of our church friends. It must of been my lucky day because I won top prise at bunko.

Well...How has everyone else been doing lately? Take care and may God bless.

Visit with the Wandering Heaters

Margaret and I had a nice visit with Herbietta and Rusty today at Twin River's RV Park in Roseburg. Buddie decided to stay inside the trailer.

Be My Valentine!

You have been my only Valentine since July 25th, 1969. I love you.

Happy Birthday Terry!

Happy birthday little brother. We love you!

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Terry. Happy birthday to you. May the Lord grant you many more to come.

Love, Lloyd & Margaret

Good Morning from Roseburg!

Good morning everyone out there in cyberspace. I haven't seen to much activity on our family blog lately so I thought I'd make an update from Douglas County.

Margaret and I are doing just fine. We are still trying to get over colds that seem to be lingering on like a fly on a piece of rotten meat. We started to get back into the swing of going down to the Y again. I can sure tell it when I don't exercise for several weeks... the old muscles really ache. It can't be "old age" creeping in on me!

As you can see by the notice I placed in the column to the left, we are transferring the family blog to its own custom domain. There shouldn't be anything for all of you to do because blogger will automatically transfer all visitors to the new website.

If any of you get a chance you might check out the prayer/praise room. We have several family members needing prayer for health issues. If you would like to receive updated emails on current prayer requests just go into your setup and make the change.

Our family blog now has 32 members. I noticed that the number of family members are going down that actually visit, but that probably has a lot to do with the popularity of facebook. Anyway... If you get a chance update us all with a POST now and then or some updated family pictures because there are several family members that are not on facebook. Take care and may God bless.