Changes and Challenges

This month has been a challenging one for our family...

My mother's cousin passed away and we travelled to Sparta, NC for the funeral...

my mother in law became ill and passed away and we had a funeral...

a dear friend got married and we joyfully attended the wedding...

we had the privilege of joining our church...

lots of huge life events this month.

Here are some pics to commemorate them.

My great Aunt Maude

My mom and some sweet friends in NC

My dear "Aunt Poodle" whose husband had passed away

we'll miss "Uncle Frank"

My Mom in the middle, with her cousins and a sweet

young friend

Blue Ridge Parkway

the picture collage I did for Grammy's funeral

I can't tell you how much we appreciate the cards, calls,

visits, emails, & food from loved ones!

The same day as the funeral we attended the wedding of this sweet couple!

It was a very God-honoring service and we were blessed to be there!

Bri caught the bouquet! :)

Brad and Bri at the reception

A few years ago our neighbors/friends moved away...and their

sons came back to visit us--what a welcome surprise!

They turned out to be handsome young men!

 

We joined our church--and are happy to be there!

We look forward to serving the Lord with the wonderful people there.

 

Life is full of changes and challenges.

I don't know how we would manage without God.

I am so thankful that He comforts and cares for us through

His people.

 

 

 



Our Trip-Day Three-Part 1

In the parking lot of our hotel was this great little place to eat breakfast!

They had fun decorations in it!

Mom wanted to get some flowers to give to those we visited, so

we stopped at this great farmstand

I couldn't resist snapping this pic of heirloom tomatoes

In our travels we saw another "quilt square"

We went to visit my Great Aunt Maude...below is the view from her house!

 She will turn 93 today! She's very fiesty! And has such a sharp mind!

A picture of her and her departed husband in younger years

Bri met her for the first time--she really enjoyed the visit with her. :)

After a nice visit, we left and saw this quilt square in this field.

We then went to visit with the immediate family of our cousin who passed away

What a sweet family, they will be in our prayers in the days to come.

We saw his war decorations

And visited his gravesite with them

Then we had to say goodbye. I hope it isn't too long until

we see them again!

Our Trip-Day Two-Part 2

The scenery in my Mom's hometown of Sparta was breathtaking!

All through the county were these lovely quilt squares mounted on buildings

and barns

In the hardware store in town, there was a poster of them all

The hardware store also gave us some interesting photos :)

Don't you love the quilt on this display?

Then we hit a little boutique in the town--so fun to shop in!

We thought the shirt below was cute, we are flip flop wearers :)

The sign below is from the Christian cafe that is in the same building

Most of the pictures are Bri's--I did try and take the one below of the window dressing

(sorry it didn't come out that great)

It was a long day, with a lot of emotions...some very sad, and some very joyful.

Isn't that just like life?