Cookie Monsters

 

 

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies....Is there any other?

Dough or cooked....they can't stay away from them..

Who am I kidding....I can't either.

Love 'em - Cookies and Kids!

Happy New Year!

Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!

I just could not resist this clip art of the cows.

I hope I can back- track soon and add some

White Christmas pictures.

Happy 2010

Doesn't time fly?

Drink more milk this year....we want to stay in business.

More from the Get-Together

This is Jackson who is Jodie Lynn's oldest son, 3rd child.

You will see his older sisters in the post below.

Ryan, pictured above is the baby brother.

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Below, is our own Nathan with his "start my

airplane engine up" look.

Katie and family by Aunt Mona's Christmas tree.

 

Santa Sid with his new granddaughter Sidney.

He really has the smile and rosey cheeks of Santa, huh?

Great beard too!

Pretty Little Girls

I am forever taking pictures, but usually I have to chase my subjects down, or sneak up on them, but at the Boyer get-together last Saturday night, this cutie requested a photo shoot.  She was specific about it, and she wanted her sister and cousin in the pictures after I took one of her alone.  This is Raelee, Jodie Lynn's oldest daughter.  I believe she and Andrew share a birthday. 

Yes, now she wanted one with her sister and cousin.

Audrey on the left is Angie's daughter.

 

Raelee and Christalynn...sweet sisters

By the way, they have two brothers, but they will be

in the next post.

 

I love this one...I requested this pose.  

The photographer should have a little say,

don't you think?

 

These are two of the cutest little faces, are they not?

These girls are cousins, but now I am here to tell

you, they are close.  I love this picture.

 

A Neat Little Song

Vicki, a sweet lady in our Sunday School Class

shared the words to this little song she was

taught in Sunday School as a child.

I thought it was neat and wanted to share...

I wish I could remember the tune. 

Vicki sang it to me once, but I can't remember it.

I guess you will have to make up your own tune if

you want to teach it to your kids or grandkids.

It goes like this:

God is my Father,

Jesus is my Brother,

And the Blessed Holy Spirit is my Guide.

The Devil's no relation,

For I'm a new Creation

I'm a member of the family in the sky.

                  

In Loving Memory of My Mother-in-Law

Audrey Marie Wingert Boyer

Died 28 years ago today, December 18, 1981

I can't believe it has been 28 years.  I always think about her more this time of year, not just because she died near Christmas, but because of what Christmas meant to her.  Christmas Eve was always a special treat to her because all of the family would gather at her home.  About a week before she went home to be with the Lord, Katie spent the day with her and they put up the Christmas tree and the nativity set. My mother-in-law expressed a great deal of joy and how much fun they had decorating.  Katie was four years old.

She struggled a few years with diabetes and heart disease, and she died suddenly of a heart attack, without notice or warning, and it was a shock to all of us.  It was interesting....the night we lost her, we left the hospital and went to the house, the gifts were all wrapped and labeled, the house was clean and everything organized...it was as if she knew it was her time to go and she had everything for Christmas Eve all prepared for us.  She was only 61 years old....the age I am now, seems so young...and we were not ready for her to go.

I was very young when David and I married, and immature I might add.  My dear mother-in-law was always good to me, but it took me several years to truly appreciate her for the special woman she really was. She was a true, hard working farm woman and she and my father-in-law raised seven children.  She worked very hard, loved and cared for her family, but most importantly she had a very sweet love of the Lord.  Audrey (always Mrs. Boyer to me) cared for her children and was a submissive wife.  She always took the children to church even while receiving harsh criticism from my father-in-law.  It was Audrey's continued faithfulness to love, lead, teach, and get the children to church that now leaves seven children, many grandchildren, and great grandchildren who are faithful Christians today.  

She was a very talented seamstress, possessed a funny sense of humor, and was non-judgmental of others. She was also one of the most calm, laid back women I have ever known.  She leaves a very worthy legacy.  She continues to be missed by all of us.  We all loved you dearly.