My favorite "little people"

Here are a couple of pics of time spent with Linaya and Josiah. They are so sweet and so much fun as they are busy learning how to talk and express themselves. You can't tease me about being a grandma! I love the word and love the honor!

Taking things to another level!

Well, we spent a couple of days in Saskatoon while Stan was involved in helping Melissa and Robert take a roof off their house and add a second floor. What an amazing thing to watch. Robert and his Dad spent a lot of time working out the fine details of retrofitting their house to make it warmer with thicker walls etc. for better heat control and hatched the plan of stretching the house up a floor. I got to spend wonderful Grandma time with Linaya and Josiah as well as time with my girls. I also saw what happens when a lot of friends and family come over to help and get fed in the backyard! Good job, Melissa. Again, quite a lot of planning required and executed beautifully! Here are a couple of interesting shots!

Pool Party!

Well, we had a wonderful weekend full of kids and fun! Monica and Melissa brought Linaya and Josiah along with Diane and baby Patience. We were visited by Nicole and daughter, Becca as well as little cousin, Ariana from next door and her Mom and Dad. The deck turned into a splash zone around the wading pool with two toddlers swings and bubbles moving through the air. It was great to have all those fun sounds of babies. Today, a heavy silence! I put the toys back and the extra chairs away and look forward to the next visit :-)
On the farming side, Stan finished seeding on Saturday night, so we are so pleased to have the crop in the ground. Now we're ready for some rain.

Wonders and miracles

Yesterday was a special day for the family of Aunt Muriel Jacobs as her ashes were returned from B.C. to be placed by her husand, Earl, in Moose Jaw. It seems like we have all been together a lot lately. The truth is, from now on, I know that life will be a series of goodbyes and it is a wonderful thing to know that God is real and heaven is our destination. In the setting of sharing memories and saying goodbye to someone we all love, there was little miracle among us. I got to hold baby Becca! If God could hand you a smile to make your day, it is on this little girl. Baby Becca has quite a story. She was born 15 weeks early weighing about a pound! and is such a beautiful little girl. God wants her here. Every little inch of her has fought for the right and she is now 9 months old and 10 pounds of wonder! NeoIntensive care in Saskatoon does good work. Seeing a baby at a time of mourning always lifts my heart. It says to me that there is a season for each of us and that life continues. Here is another little life looking for her path. May God bless Mom and baby and may I always remember to enourage them!

Reflections on Mother's Day

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. I am thinking about my special Mom, Grace Jacobs and my mother-in-law, Margaret Bell. What wonderful women and I was so blessed by them. My Mom was always there for me and a wonderful example of service to her family and her church and community. She especially had a heart for children and the elderly. I was always unconditionally loved by her and one of my greatest achievements will be to have earned her trust and her desire to have me with her in her final days of facing her illness. My mother-in-law welcomed me into her family and her heart and was also a wonderful example to me of faithfulness to her family and to God. She taught me a lot of finepoints about being a farmer's wife that I hadn't learned at my home because I was still busy being a kid! Whether it was gardening or raising babies, she was always a source if information if asked but always an example to me of a tactful mother-in-law who gave us love and space. Thankyou God for my mothers. It is now my on going delight to be mother and mother-in-law and grandma! I have joy and pride as I watch my daughters mothering their children and wish them and you a Happy Mother's Day.

First Sunday in new addition!

Well, I took a few pictures as people were arriving this morning. Please be aware that the color is not true. The chairs are really green and not blue and the walls are not yellow or gold, but rather a color closer to milk chocolate (not to be confused with dark chocolate) All this to tell you "Y'all come by and see us!" :-)

All is well

Well, it has been a busy week. It contained seeding, rain (smile!) and today was back to spraying out the little weeds that also like the rain. The canola plants are amost through the ground and the grass in the yard is greening up along with the dandilions. Here are a few seeding time pictures. There's a whole lot of setup before Stan gets to sit in his tractor. I'm glad he has tomorrow off. He's earned a little rest from all the busyness!

Tomorrow is the first Sunday we get to be in the new addition to our church building! The chairs came this week and it's time to move into our new space. It looks great thanks to a lot of hard work from a lot of people. The offical date of a grand opening hasn't been announced.We'll keep you posted.