Encouragement!!!!

Well yesterday was the kick off sunday for Junior Church we're doing a theme on Heaven called the New Jerusalem Tour and had 7 children present and hopefully more to come!

Then for youth we had 10 young people plus the pastor's wife, myself and hubby! We've only been having around 3-4 usually so that was a big encouragment and they all seem excited to get into it and we're planning some youth fun things like a bonfire/singspiration and a table game night and stuff and then at the end of June will be the South Eastern Ohio youth camp in Nelsonville that we may have a few that might go to that so that'll be a new experience!

It's so encouraging to see God move! He's been working in both of our lives and I know especially in mine He's been showing me places where I need to move up and to do better. He's a great big wonderful God!

Musings from the Library!

Well I guess it's been awhile since I updated here don't have much time anymore!

I start doing junior church tomorrow so I've been preparing for that (in between being sick!). I'm doing a theme I did before but I'm enhancing it and hoping it will be better the second time through it's called "NEW JERUSALEM TOUR" it's all about the sites in heaven.

Last weekend we spent at our families cabin back up in the mountains here in PA. It was fun except the pump on the well quit working so we had to haul water from the creek about a half to a mile down the road! It was fun though. We went wading in the creek it was so cold my skin turned red! Although it did feel good because it was hot all weekend. Then on Monday we attended the Reitz family reunion I hadn't been there for 2 years so it nice to see everyone.

Last week Bud was sick for three days and missed work and now I think I've got a touch of it. I've been up and around but not feeling so great! We've been sick so much I think we keep giving it back and forth! Maybe I should start sleeping on the couch! LOL (just kidding!)

Well i guess I better not stay on here too long I have some more visual work to do for junior church tomorrow I just wanted to update a little!

Mother's Day Weekend!

It was good to get away and visit my parents for a few days. We'll be heading back home to PA today and back to work tomorrow. My mom has been trying out some new Taste Of Home recipes and a casserole cookbook I'm gonna have to get it has some delicious looking recipes in it!
My home church in Salem here had good services yesterday Pastor Grabill with God's help does an awesome job!
I also joined face book this weekend and didn't realize how many people I knew that were on there!
Mom and I plan to go garden shopping today. And I'm also to be getting my wedding photos! I'm so excited It's been almost 5 months that we've been married. I guess they've been done for awhile but no one could get a hold of us!
Well that's about all for now I'll update again later. Not much to write!
I will be starting Junior church in a few weeks and our church is in revival with Bro. Joe Smith this week. Hopefully I can make it with mine and Bud's work schedules!

Warm Weather here we come!

Well It's been awhile since I posted on here so guess I better update. It just never seems I have enough time to do everything!

Bud and I were sick with some kind of flu bug this week guess we share and share alike now! We're better now but he was off from work 2 days with it and I was off 1 day (didn't hit me as hard as him!)

My tulips are finally blooming and they're so pretty, I really need to post some pics on here but it'll have to wait till Mother's day weekend I guess!

I'm still working 3 days a week like normal. I have the weekends off well from Friday till Tuesday off. That's like having a mini vacation every week except it's usually filled with housework and errands as well as a piano student on Fridays.

It's to be in the 80's all weekend so we're gonna see how warm our house gets since we don't have air conditioning. We've already turned the furnace off due to low oil so it's been pretty chilly I think it was 50's in there when i got up this morning but we'll be glad for that when it gets to the 80's!

I'm wanting to put in a garden but am not sure where to put it the land that we live on is in a weird shape and there's an open lot next to us that belongs to the golf course which is behind us. So I may just put it at the back corner of our house and if it's on their property they are not using it anyways!

This weekend is the church singspiration at 2 pm it's fun to do. I think we're planning one just for the youth at the end of may we'll have it on a saturday afternoon and then have hot dogs and stuff afterwards. Our friends Eric and Becca usually come too and Bud and I and Eric are going to try to start a group together. I'm sure it will be fun. Bud and I are to sing for a youth get together in May also. We all love music so much.

Well I better scram I've got lots to do today! TTYL

A snow storm in April!

I woke up this morning to snow covering the ground here in PA! But it's April! (And it's still snowing!) I'm ready for spring.

There has been so much going on around here it's hard to put everything down. Kevin (my youngest brother) graduated from Marine boot camp 1 1/2 weeks ago. He's now in North Carolina for combat training!

Keith my older brother will be graduating from Recruiters training in May and then will be moving to Florida with his wife and girl.

Well I'm working today and my lunch break is over so gotta run maybe I'll update more!
TTYL

Visiting with the In-Laws and a Birthday!

Today is Bud's birthday he turned 26 (says he's old! LOL). We came to visit Bud's family for a few days. We've not been down since January so it was nice to get away! I think we're coming back next week for another visit and a concert I think!

I went out today and got Bud his favorite kind of cake, Ice Cream cake from DQ!!!! We're having tacos for supper at A. Sharon's.

It's been relaxing so far and we're having fun but we'll be heading home tomorrow for work on Thursday.

I like it down here it's very relaxing and it's so warm!!!! I'm not sure what the temp is but it's quite warm!

Kevin graduates from boot camp next Friday. I really wish I could fly down and see him but can't afford that right now. He starts his crucible tomorrow so if any of y'all think about it pray for him it'll be the worst 3 days of the whole boot camp it's where they earn their, Eagle, Globe and Anchor. Also Keith is in recruiter training in San Diego, California and he needs prayer too. If Keith does not pass this training he will get deployed immediatley to Afghanistan! Otherwise he'll be stateside for 3 years and really that would be great especially for his little family in the last 3-4 years he's been deployed 3 times all for 6 months tours, 2 in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan.

Well I guess I'm gonna get off here and get back to visiting with family! (seems still a little strange that I have in-laws now! LOL It's great I love them!) TTYL

Weekend Happenings!

Well our weekend was pretty full. I cleaned alot on Saturday. Sunday we had our pastor and his wife over for dinner which went very well despite all of my woes about it! We had ham and sweet potatoes and corn and salad, (didn't have desert because they were going to a b-day party afterward and so they would get cake there!).

I'm actually writing this from work I found out I was allowed to get on the internet while on my lunch break so that's how I'm doing this.

It was so beautiful over the weekend and then I got up this morning to cold weather again UGH!!! I want it to get warm to stay! I'm anxious to start planting things and making the outside of our house look nice! (not that it doesn't but y'all know what I mean!)

Bud's work is going to 7 days a week at the end of March Ughh! (well he won't be working Sundays though he's already put his foot down on that a couple times and they're pretty good about it!) A commisary in Cleveland closed (He works for Brueggar's Bagels and I guess they call it a commisary!) So we'll both be staying pretty busy even though my schedule hopefully won't change that much.

The youth and I discussed names for the group and came up with S.W.A.T - Servants With A Testimony. We're going to try and go out calling this weekend. We've got the faithful 3 now and we really need to get more in not just for numbers but because it's what we're called to do! I did get some encouragement at church yesterday during a song and the Pastor's sermon was pretty good too! 2 of our youth boys and their grandmother sang the song "God on the Mountain" and it talks about how that even in the valley He's still God! That's so true and sometimes it's really easy to encourage someone else but when we get there ourselves it's a total different story and we don't see the way out but during his sermon yesterday the Pastor said "a valley is just a mountain turned upside down." I really like that phrase!

Well I've got to get back to work! TTYL