Sunday, February 22, 2015

Well, look here......it is SUNDAY and I am writing on my blog!  Not late this week.  Thank goodness....

You may recall that I entered my last blog post on Monday of this week....as we were driving home from our weekend trip with Tina and Kids in Mt. Airy, N.C.  We did hit some ICY conditions as we drove through the northeastern part of Georgia.

Because we were home this week, I was able to get a couple of little FUN projects completed.  I enjoyed doing them.  Spray painted an Easter hanging and a Hello hanging.

We had some very, VERY chilly nights here in PTC.....in the teens.  And with the windchill factored in, it was quite cold outside.  Our little 'stray neighborhood cats' were so cold.  We just didn't have the heart not to bring them in to keep warm.  We have no idea if they have a home because they are always hanging around our apartment when we are home.  We have asked the neighbors we see and they have no idea where they belong either.  Poor babies.  Meet "Lucy" and "Blackie".  

Wayne's computer was about to completely CRASH!!!  Not good.  Kevin got the part needed.  And we were off to the UPS store to ship it west!  We were a little apprehensive about shipping it but we really had no other choice!

So this week Dad has gotten very acquainted with his iPad!!  He has become quite fond of it and even kind of likes it!  Well....it's about time.

Meanwhile, back up at home in the frigid cold weather, including SNOW, Steven and the boys were over at our homestead enjoying the sled riding and the SAUNA!!!  Oh Man.....sounds so fun!  Made us just a wee-bit homesick!

 SO.....I had this brilliant idea of making a couple of doilies for Becky's instagram as a give-away.  I had made and given a doily to each Marj Airaksinen (from Finland) and their daughter Laura Sumrak.  Laura and her husband, Thomas, and daughter Lumi have just moved from Utah to Charlotte, N.C.  We got to stop by and see them for a minute.

Well, low and behold, Wayne got to celebrate his 72nd birthday this week.  On Thursday.  The phones were crazy busy....starting at 6:15 a.m.  We did manage to sneak out for a couple of hours though.

We drove up to Atlanta and visited the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.  It was our first visit to a Presidential Library ever.  It was quite impressive and interesting.  You can see part of the Atlanta Skyline in the background.

The ProjectLifeApp page I created from our trip there.

Announcing the TWO WINNERS of the doily instagram contest on Becky's post.

And while we were at it, why not take a little 'selfie' just because!!

Nothing like having 3 projects going on at the same time.

Saturday is the day we typically like to go to the temple.  It is easier for us to sneak away from the phone for an hour-ish.  Well, much to our surprise, we arrived to find the gates closed and locked.  What on earth!?  We knew it was not the 'maintenance closing'.  That was earlier in January.  I called the temple and got the recording which said "The temple is closed Friday and Saturday due to inclement weather.  We may open on Tuesday, February 24th if the weather is good".  There was absolutely NOTHING on the ground or in the air.  Just cloudy.  There must have been 'something' somewhere.  It was a nice drive though.

In church today we got a text from Kevin.  He 'found' an ancestor on my father's side of the family who actually went in a handcart company to Utah!!!  I never knew this.  WOW this is cool!  Especially since I thought my father was the first of his family to join the church.  Kevin is going to check into it more and see what he can find out.  This is really neat though!!!  :-)

And then back up home in Maryland......more SNOW and church was CANCELLED!!! Oh my heavens.  They have been hammered this winter at home.  Garrett got the snowblower out and started to work.  Today was suppose to be Spencer's mission farewell too.  Maybe he will get to bear his testimony next week in Fast and Testimony Sacrament Meeting.  

It has been a relatively quiet week but we have somehow kept very busy!  We LOVE our mission and feel so blessed and grateful we are able to serve at this time.  And we love our family who so willingly support us in this endeavor!!