February Stuff

We are leaving in 2.5 weeks for for San Antonio. Ryan graduates from Boot Camp on the 6th. I'm so glad that we'll be able to go down to share in this huge accomplishment. I can't believe that he's almost done with Boot Camp. Time sure flies!

February has been pretty busy. On March 7th our pastor celebrated his 30 year anniversary leading our church. So in celebration of that accomplishment we had a big surprise party for him. And surprised he was! It was a good time of sharing and fellowship.

The next day we celebrated paying off the church mortgage by burning it during the morning service.





It was a very good weekend!

We had a pretty good Valentine's Day. Marshall sent me 2 dozen BEAUTIFUL roses on Friday. Saturday morning I had to take Angel Food orders, but other then that we just stayed at home and relaxed. I went to Walmart and got lasagna and stuff for dinner. Even though we watched basketball ALL night long, it was a nice evening.




Aren't those roses gorgeous? Thank you, Marshall! I love you very much!!

How can we thank Him?

This will be another short one as I'm tired and want to go to bed, but just wanted to type about a couple of things that have happened already this year.

Can you believe it's 2009 already? Holy cow! It's been a whirlwind already. My brother, Ryan, leaves for Air Force boot camp TOMORROW (Jan. 6th)! We had a going away open house for him on Saturday which included making lunch for nearly 30 of our family members. I spent the day before at my parents helping with whatever (mainly cutting vegetables) needed to be done. I was there all day Saturday, then back to church on Sunday! We really should live in Norwalk.

Anyway, the most exciting thing that happened to me on Saturday was when my dad opened their mail. There was a refund check for the loan on our car (my dad co-signed the loan over 5 1/2 years ago so the letters and stuff go to his address). The note said that came with the check said that the car loan had been overpaid and they were returning the money. The first thing that came to my mind was that there was a pre-pay penalty on that loan. So my dad called right away, then came out of the office with his big grin on his face. He said that the loan was closed and that the money was ours. Hallelujah! I said to my dad, "Happy New Year to me!" We were originally suppose to pay off this loan Dec 2008, but we received a letter this summer saying that the payment book was printed wrong and that our actual last payment would be due in January 2009. We've been overpaying the loan just a few dollars each month. By doing that we removed 1 1/2 payments from the loan (and didn't even know it!).

THANK YOU, GOD, for a good start to the New Year!