No Rain, But Still There Is Beauty!

One of our beautiful sunrises recently!

Missed out again on the rain, but this was our consolation prize!!

So close, but it gave out before it got here! Trusting the Lord to give us a soaker one of these days!

Sounds like good advice! The One who holds our future knows best!

Early Morning!

Beautiful Sunrise, Sunday!

We missed out on much rain, (barely wet the ground),  but beautiful cloudy sunrise Sunday morning! Love the reflection on the clouds!

Family Time and Birthday Celebration!!

Last Sunday we celebrated a belated birthday party for Bradley and just enjoyed some family time and making memories!! Following are a few pics from Brad's birthday celebration!

Bradley and Scott sharing a fun moment!! These two crack me up!!  They are so much fun, life of the party as you can tell! lol

The guy side of the table enjoying a delicious meal that Marshalene prepared for us!! Daniel wasn't able to join us until later, but a plate of the yummy meal was saved for him!

The gals, and, well, Bob, side of the table!  As you can see Kay is blooming! Daniel and Kay's little boy is due next month.  Mema Koehn is going to catch up with me on grandkids.  Her daughter-in-law, Carissa is also expecting in August, a little girl!



I see just a bit on oneriness in this precious little guy's face!!

Well, not sure what's happening here!! lol

Daddy sharing his "R" rated card from Uncle Scott with Hunter! lol

This serious little guy is making sure the wall is level!! Think daddy must have shown him how to use the level! Looks as if he knows what he's doing!!

Daddy has plenty of help opening his presents!

Scott and son, Kyler, watching Brad open his presents!

Mema Koehn and Winston hanging out together!

Remingon trying out the boys Bob the Builder's hat!

Bradley's Birthday!

41 years ago today we were blessed when a sweet blue-eyed little cutie came into this world!! He had 2 brothers, Scott, 9 years old, and Terry, 7 years old waiting on him when he got home.  It was quite a change having a baby in the family again after 7 years, but what a fun little guy he was, and I was never lacking for help with him, although there was some grumbling at times if they thought they were having to put up with little brother a little too much!  I have watched Bradley grow from a troubled teenager due to losing his beloved dad and best friend, Oren, when Bradley was 13 to leukemia, and after about 10 years of searching and looking for peace in all the wrong places, Bradley finally found that peace in God who filled the hole in his heart left by the loss of his dad.  What an awesome change in his life!! He has grown into a godly, loving, husband, dad of 3 precious little boys,  brother, and a son to to be very proud of!! Thank you Bradley for blessing our lives every day! Happy Birthday, Bradley Ross Wimer,  Love you so much!


Mom and Bradley
 




Dad & Bradley

Smiley Little Bradley



Mom made big brothers pose with little brother, not happy as you can tell!
Of course, maybe I made them do this a few too many times! lol

 

Brad, Marshalene, and his precious little family now, Hunter, Winston, and Remington!!

God's Glory! New Every Morning!!

Beautiful sunrises recently!! So awesome how the colors change with each sunrise! Clouds make it especially beautiful.  Can only think how very blessed we are!

Memories!!

A few scenes that remind me of the past!  Hard to believe how many years it's been since I roamed the streets of Isabella as a child and teenager.  Lots of good memories!

Sister, JoAnn, Brother, Kenny, Sister, JoyBelle, and their little friends.
Picture taken in front yard of the homeplace. JoAnn and Kenny have gone on to be with the Lord.  Joy, the oldest, and me the baby of the family are left.

Me, at 2, posing for a pic!

The homeplace where I and my sisters and brother grew up.  It looks a little worse for the wear now and was a bright sunny yellow for many years.  So many happy times here!

Little Red School House across the road from our place where I went to school through the 8th grade.

The Patzkowski place a few miles west of Isabella on Isabella road.  Went by this place often on our way to shop in the big city of Fairview!

Windmill on Isabella road.  All that is left of a homestead. Love windmills! Brings back memories of a simpler time!!

Fun Times At The Fishin' Hole!!

Last week I got to go fishing with some "little" and some bigger fishermen! It was cool and windy, but we had  a great time relaxing and enjoying the peaceful setting!!

Just a bit windy and chilly out!

Little fishermen giving it a try! They really do very well throwing their lines out and reeling in!!

Neat Little Get-Away!!

Love Windmills!!

Fun For The Little Guys!!

Well, think we'll try another spot!!

This looks good!

Jackpot!!! Daddy caught a really nice fish!!
It was on mema's pole!  Just had to put that in! lol

Enjoying The Moment!!

Winston checking it out!!

Even Remington had to get a look at the nice fish!!

Mama and the boys didn't have as good of luck though!



Guess who caught another nice one!!

Well, everyone is getting hungry so time to go!! What a fun time!