UPDATES!!

Justin and I had a very relaxing weekend, which does not happen very often. We went to see a movie Sat. The Blind Side. A very good movie guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. Great movie. Spent the rest of the time sitting around and making a little Christmas candy. Delivered 15 boxes to church on Sunday. Took some Christmas pics of Justin and myself and not much else. We have received no snow. It is all around us but not here. Jeremy has around 3 feet. He finishes up finals today, tomarrow and Wed. Then I think he will be home. He will probably sleep for a week. I am finishing up some painting in my house and hunting a job and thinking about taking some classes at the community college. It has been as cold as -11 and as warm as 34 degrees. So with the wind you don't go outside much. Tooooooo cold. Well love you all

Miracles do happen.

Can you believe it, I am back. Maybe today is the day that my computer decides to work. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We went to Oregon, and had a wonderful time. Our grandboys are getting so big. Lincoln is 2 and Barrett is 3 months. It was a trying time, and Satan was busy from the time we got into the truck here at home, until the time we set foot back here at home. We are all still alive and a few pounds heavier. I'm not sure why it has to be so stressful when you have such a short time to be together. Maybe that is why, time is to short. Will post sooner next time. Love to all and thank you Amber and Ashley for everything. What great young women you have turned into.

Finished for Now!!

Well as of today I have just completed all my tests on my heart. I just returned the Holter monitor and I must stay it was the least invasive and the worst test I have ever done. I hope it was worth it. I was hooked up to 7 electrodes for 24 hours. Wear a monitor around my neck, and if the lines weren't in the way the monitor was. Sleeping was so much fun. I woke up all tangled in it. Not sure which part I was tangled in just tangled. Lost 2 of the patches and had to tape them on. Just not fun. Will go to cadiologist May 13th unless there is a cancelation. Justin has been a real trooper I know he is tired of me being tired all the time but he has went to every test that I have had and every doctors appt. That is a lot let me tell you. He gets his new brace today and then we will have to go and buy him some shoes that will fit with it. Just a quick update back to mowing and rotortilling. Love you all.

Hope!!

Is there any hope?
Can we really have peace and joy in our hearts?
Can we find the purpose for our lives?
Can we find the strength for tough times?
Does anyone really care?

YES! HERE'S HOPE- JESUS CARES FOR YOU!!


The bible says: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 1:16

In His Word, the Bible, we can find the road to hope. The road is clearly sown in the pages of the Bible. The journey begins with Romans 1:16, as we just read.

Romans 3:23 says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," we have all done many things that we should not have and these things separate us from God.

Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Sin causes separation between us and God. We can't do a thing to fix that. We can't be good enough or even do many good deeds for others. Only Jesus could cover our sins and make us perfect before God.

John 3:16-17 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him." God only had one Son born of a virgin, Mary. He, meaning God, did this for us. You see, Jesus had to die so that we may live. Threw His death we may have life everlasting. Here on earth now and in Heaven with Him when we die. There has to be a blood sacrifice for sin, and Jesus is ours. He did not come to judge us but to die for us!!

John 3:36 says,"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him." God can not be around or look upon sin, the bad things that we do. So if we believe Jesus is Gods Son and that He came to earth as a man to die for us, and was raised from the dead, then we will have life and life abundantly with Him. Here on earth now and in Heaven when we die. If we choose not to believe then we receive the wrath of God here on earth and in Hell when we die. Total separated from the love of God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, that no one should boast." This is a gift, it cannot be earned. You can choose to receive this gift or not receive it, but it is a gift of love and sacrifice freely given for us. We can not earn it.

Romans 10:9-10 says, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." If we say Jesus is the boss of our life and really believe it, and know that He died on the cross for all mine and your sins, past present and future, and after being buried in a grave for 3 days God brought Him back to life, you shall be saved. Saved from separation from God. Its with our heart that we believe and our mouth that we confess, then we may live forever with God, here on earth and in heaven when we die.

John 1:12 says, "But as many as received Him to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name," if we believe in Jesus and all that He has done for us we become a child of God. We are one of His forever. Nothing or no one can take that away.

II Corinthians 6:2 says, "for He says, "At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you." God is listening and if you have accepted and believe all the previous scripture you are saved.

Pray this prayer of salvation with me. Dear God I know I have sinned please forgive me for my sins. I know that you sent Jesus to die on the cross for all my sins and that you raised Him from the dead. Thank you for forgiving me and thank you for your love so amazing in Your name. Amen If you truly believe this and truly prayed this prayer that is all there is to salvation. You are saved and have life, an abundant life here on earth and in Heaven when you die.

Acts 8: 35- 39 says, "And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture he preached Jesus to him. And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water!" What prevents me from being baptized?" And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said,"I blieve that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." and He ordered the Chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing."

Acts 2:37, 38, and 47 says, "And Peter said to them,"Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of you sins," "Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved." It is important to be baptized after you have excepted Christ. It is a public confession of what Christ has done for you. Being alive, buried in death (going under the water) being raised from the dead (coming up out of the water). You have died to your old self (going under the water) and are reborn to walk in a new life threw Jesus Christ(coming up from the water).

Please this Easter except this gift of God. Don't put it off. I love each and every one of you and I want to live for all eternity in Heaven with you.

He is Risen!!

I have to say Easter is my favorite Holiday. Have you died for any body lately. Have you given your life or the life of your only son. The sacrifice that was made for me and my sins and you and your sins is bigger than we can imagine.

Also have you thanked Christ for the pain and agony he went threw? He was not only was he beaten so badly you could not recognize him, but then was flogged, stabbed, mocked, kicked and tormented as he carried the sins of the world, past present and future sins of everyone. Make sure and first except the fact that he did this for you and me and then thank him.

This the first Easter that Justin Jeremy and myself are away from our girls and their families and most of our friends. But threw Christ we can gather together thanking Him and worshiping Him no matter how far apart we are we are together in that threw Him.

We love you all! Happy Easter!

Its a Boy!

Ashley and Levi are expecting a little boy in or around August 28th. They are very excited and both mom and baby are doing very well. Love to all.

Miracles Never Cease to Amaze Me!!

Finally I figured out how to change my header. It is amazing how easy and how hard computers are to work. It has already been a difficult week around here. Dad has now fired 3 mechanics and they fired their secretary and a sales man, the one that was demoted when dad came and took his job. And it sounds like there will be more lay offs. Dad was fitted for a new brace this morning and goes to a foot doctor next Monday. I am the same. Some good days and some not so good days. We are having very cold and snowy weather. Guess it will be here all week. Just wanted to update. Love you all.

UPDATES!!

We had a blast with the girls being here. Lincoln is just amazing. I can't wait to see him in May or so. Jeremy was able to see them for a few days, but not near enough. School is keeping him very busy. Here are a few pics from the great time. I didn't know a stick and a water hose could be so entertaining.


Can you hear me now! This one actually made a noise which was really cool. We sure miss him. I have a ton of appointments coming up in the next few months. Nuclear stress test, Echo cardiogram, and a holster monitor. But hopefully by May 13th we will know what is going on with my heart. In the mean time a garden awaits and I can't hardly wait. I haven't heard on the job I applied for. Its up to God. I am not going to the training for disaster relief this weekend. Justin wants to work on my car. It is leaking anti-freeze. So I think I will stay close to home. We have just about emptied our storage shed that we rented when we moved here. That has been a chore. Now yard work and irrigation pipe. I love the spring and summers hear. Winter is another thing.

OLD AGE!!!!!!

I can't believe I said it. I am getting old. I went to meet my new doctor yesterday. The only one excepting new patients in the area, and I must say God must of sent him to me. Or me to him. There might actually be a reason that I am forgetting things and can't keep things straight. Its my heart. He is the first one to hear my heart murmur and my fast resting heart rate. (99 to 107 beats per minute and I am not doing a thing even at home it is this way we had to keep track of blood preasure and pulse. I instantly had an EKG which was interesting. My heart is just beating way to fast. All the time. Its no wonder I'm out of breath all the time. After 3 tries this morning they were finally able to get enough blood for a butt load of tests. Hormones, cortisol, cholesterol, CBC, renal function, thyroid I actually don't think he missed a thing. My hands and arms are so sore but 45 minutes later it was over.. N0w we wait and see. I hope he figures it out. I am literally tired of this. Well just keep the doctor in your prayers. His name is Dr. Sabol, not sure if he is saved yet but belive me I will find out. He said the word CRAP and you know how I love that word. But he is going to make sure we figure this out and I thank God for that. I told him I didn't want some of the tests he wants to do in a few years, and he said well how do I feel about dying I said I look forward to it because then I will have a brand new body that never gets sick. I think he thought I was crazy. He doesn't know crazy yet. I am not going to have a water hose shoved somewhere that it should never go. Well on that note I am going to say good night and pleasant dreams. Love to all Cheryl

Grams and Gramps again for the second time!!!

Yes it is true the word is out. We will be grandparents again around August 28th, or when it decides to come. Please pray for Ash and the baby, Lincoln's adjusting and Levi to have to put up with all the changes.

Ice Climbing!! Go Jeremy!!

We had an amazing time this past weekend. Jeremy went ice climbing in Ouray Colorado. A three hour drive straight up the rocky mountains from us. You see, he had went with a guy from our church, his Sunday school teacher Bryan. Bryan was staying until Monday and Jeremy's roommate was to bring him home. Praise God Jeremy was stranded. His friend would not bring him home and I am very thankful for that. We went up early Sunday morning and had a blast. Jeremy had never ice climbed before and he was amazing. Bryan was explaining to me that the ice is classified by numbers. 1 being the easiest and 5 very difficult. 6 is for extreme climbs. The pictures to follow is a 6. He climbed out of a gorge that to me was about 50 yards to the top straight up on ice, but to make it more difficult he climbed an icicle that was maybe 20 feet long and probably 25 yards off the gorge floor. It was amazing and he did it so quickly. The icicle had a crack all the way threw about 1/3 of the way up it. It also moved while he was climbing it. He is so tallented. Bryan was a great teacher. They climb with picks in thier hands and crimp ons on thier feet thats it. They are attached to a rope that is wrapped around the tree at the top and is dropped down the wall of ice and is attached to their climbing buddy who is watching carefully. It was truely amazing.



Love to all will put more pics on soon. It took forever to post these.