"Snow" Much Joy!

It has been almost a year since my last post...

I have missed you all...

But we have been so busy!

I hope to share some of our "busyness"

in the posts to come...

 

We now have 2 precious grandsons...

Almost a year apart to the day...

Oh the joy that fills our hearts.

Recently, our little Noah came to spend

the afternoon with Nana...

It was a perfect day for playing outside

in the snow...

We went sledding...

And caught snowflakes on our tongues... 

Then we took a walk to meet Grampie

on his way home from work...

But having fun is hard work!

And one of us didn't quite make it all

the way to the end of our dirt road! (smile)

God has so richly blessed us with our 

two "little men"...

What a joy it is having them both live

so close by...

This is definitely the best way to get to Nana's house!

Sometimes we get visits in the evening...

If  Papa and Mama feel like taking a stroll...

These two precious blessings have reminded

me how important it is to be thankful

for the "little joys" in our daily lives...

Joys we often miss in our "busyness"...

Nana's house...where cousins meet...to become best friends!

"Grandchildren are the crown of old men,
And the glory of sons is their fathers..."

Proverbs 17:6

Missing Mama...

Today is mama's birthday...

And I miss her...

That beautiful smile

always warms my heart...

It amazes me how quickly time passes...

It has been almost a year

since she went to be with the Lord...

 

Early last spring 

my dad asked if I would sort through mama's clothes...

And donate some to local folks in need...

As I looked through them...

There were some that held such memories

that I saved them...for another time...

One was a sweater that my mama wore constantly...

You see, she was such a little woman...

and she was always cold! (smile)

The day before mama passed on...

we were all gathered around her bedside...

She was so happy to see us all...

She talked about getting well...

So she could

"rock that new grandbaby by the wood stove!"

Well, I have learned that although the Lord's plans

are not always the same as ours...

we must trust that He always knows what is best for us...

And so...in His most infinite wisdom...

He had decided that it was 

her time to be with Him...

When our first little grandson was born this fall...

I took the sweater that mama loved so dearly...

And fashioned a bunting and cap for him...

 

So now...

whenever he wears it...

Perhaps mama got her wish... 

(smile) 

  

 "And the peace of God, 

which passeth all understanding,

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus..."

 Philippians 4:7

A Way In A Manger...

Happy New Year

dear friends!

Another year passed...

filled with memories...

Thought I'd share a special one

as we come into the new year...

As you know,

Our most precious memory of 2016

will always be the blessed gift that God gave to us...

our beloved grandson, Noah...

 

A month or so before he was born...

my sweet "daughter" was searching for the perfect cradle

for his first bed...

She found one online that she fell in love with...

and asked her father if he would build it for her...

 It reminded us all of a manger...

Such an incredibly talented man...
he built it in his barn just using the picture she found.

Of course,

once the "manger" was built...

It would need a mattress and bedding

for Noah to sleep on...

And that, my sweet friends,

was Nana's job! (smile)

My "daughter" and I spent a lovely afternoon together

shopping for material...

She picked out a sweet forest print...

It was a bit of a challenge at first...

A standard cradle mattress wouldn't fit...

I finally realized that an extra firm king size pillow

fit just perfectly!

I created a "bag" for the pillow to fit in

which had small bumper rolls attached...

So he wouldn't bump his sweet little noggin!

 

Not long before this...

my dear sister-in-law had brought me 2 bags

of quilting material...

She was cleaning out her "stash" (smile)...

Some of it coordinated so perfectly with the forest print...

That I just had to make several sheets and a quilt to match!

 

I had been making some of these little dolls

as part of a "backpack program"...

(a post for another time)

So, of course, our little manger needed one! 

As I was working on this project...

And trying to come up with a way to make the bedding

fit just perfectly...

I began to think about how our Lord came to us...

in a manger...

Nothing fancy about it at all.

 

Yet that "manger" arrival...

provided a way for us to have everlasting life...

and communion for all eternity with our precious Saviour.

We don't have to "guess" how much

He loves us...

I guess reading with Nana tuckered him out!

"As for God, his way is perfect: "

Psalm 18:30